Movies starring Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie and Aziz Ansari will premiere on the fiftieth Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant, pageant organizers introduced Monday.
TIFF laid out the choices to its galas and particular shows packages, which make up the majority of the crimson carpet premieres to North America’s largest movie pageant. Movies making their world premieres embody Ansari’s “Good Fortune,” starring Keanu Reeves as an angel attempting to show a struggling man (Ansari) a lesson; David Michôd’s “Christy,” with Sweeney taking part in the boxer Christy Martin; and Alice Winocour’s “Couture,” starring Jolie as an American filmmaker attending Paris Trend Week.
These movies be part of beforehand introduced TIFF world premieres together with Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.” All three of Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies have premiered in Toronto.
Additionally debuting in Toronto might be Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman,” starring Channing Tatum as a struggling father turned thief; Nia DaCosta’s Ibsen adaptation “Hedda,” starring Tessa Thompson; Nicholas Hytner’s WWI drama “The Choral,” with Ralph Fiennes; Steven Soderbergh’s third 2025 launch, “The Christophers”; Hikari’s “Rental Family,” starring Brendan Fraser as an American actor in Japan; and Paul Greengrass’ “The Lost Bus,” with Matthew McConaughey as a bus driver navigating California’s 2018 Camp Fireplace.
The Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant will kick off Sept. 4 with the debut of the documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” from director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds. The pageant runs via Sept. 14.
Toronto has lengthy been one of many prized launching pads to the autumn film season, although lots of the prime movies usually first go to the Venice or Telluride movie festivals. This 12 months, that features TIFF choices like Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” and Edward Berger’s “Ballad of a Smaller Player.” The designation of these premieres suggests “Frankenstein” will first play Venice, whereas the opposite two will doubtless play each Venice and Telluride.
Different notable movies premiering in Toronto embody James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg trials drama “Nuremberg,” with Rami Malik and Russell Crowe; Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s “Swiped,” starring Lily James as Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd; and Agnieszka Holland’s Franz Kafka drama “Franz.”
A number of directorial debuts might be touchdown in Toronto together with these by Brian Cox (“Glenrothan”) and Maude Apatow (“Poetic License”). Different choices embody “Bad Apples,” with Saoirse Ronan as a trainer with a poorly behaved scholar; “Easy Waltz,” a Las Vegas-set drama starring Vince Vaughn and Al Pacino; and Alex Winter’s “Adulthood.”
Quite a few standouts from Could’s Cannes Movie Pageant will even play in Toronto, akin to Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winner “It Was Just an Accident,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” and Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague.”
