A preliminary list of films to be screened at this year’s Toronto Film Festival have been announced on its official website. Some of the most anticipated screenings include The Conspirator, a Robert Redford drama based on Lincoln’s assassination, Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, which features Natalie Portman playing the role of a ballet dancer, and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s feature directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating.
According to Vulture, the festival has been extended to 11 days and will take place Sept. 9 to 19. Check out the dozens of films that have already been added to this year’s lineup below (via Vulture).
The Bang Bang Club
Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa
World Premiere
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels Van Jaarsveld and Frank Rautenbach
Barney’s Version
Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy
North American Premiere
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Dustin Hoffman, Scott Speedman
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky, USA
North American Premiere
Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder
Casino Jack
George Hickenlooper, Canada
World Premiere
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Rachelle Lefevre and Jon Lovitz.
The Conspirator
Robert Redford, USA
World Premiere
Starring: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood and Tom Wilkinson.
The Debt
John Madden, USA
North American Premiere
Starring: Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington
The Housemaid
Im Sang-Soo, South Korea
North American Premiere
Janie Jones
David M. Rosenthal, USA
World Premiere
The King’s Speech
Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Australia
North American Premiere
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush
Little White Lies
Guillaume Canet, France
World Premiere
Starring: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton and Pascale Arbillot.
Peep World
Barry Blaustein, USA
World Premiere
Potiche
François Ozon, France
North American Premiere
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu
The Town
Ben Affleck, USA
North American Premiere
The Way
Emilio Estevez, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Martin Sheen
West is West
Andy De Emmony, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Another Year
Mike Leigh, United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Peter Wight, Oliver Maltman, David Bradley, Karina Fernandez and Martin Savage.
Beginners
Mike Mills, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor
The Big Picture
Eric Lartigau, France
World Premiere
Starring: Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup and Catherine Deneuve
Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Spain/Mexico
North American Premiere
Starring: Javier Bardem
Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance, USA
Canadian Premiere
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
Brighton Rock
Rowan Joffe, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Buried
Rodrigo Cortés, Spain/USA
Canadian Premiere
Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Conviction
Tony Goldwyn, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell
Cirkus
Columbia Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
International Premiere
Dhobi Ghat
Kiran Rao, India
World Premiere
Easy A
Will Gluck, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Emma Stone
Henry’s Crime
Malcolm Venville, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Fisher Stevens, Peter Stormare, Danny Hoch and Bill Duke
The Illusionist
Sylvain Chomet, United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Starring: Jean-Claude Donda and Eilidh Rankin
In A Better World
Susanne Bier, Denmark/Sweden
International Premiere
I Saw the Devil
Kim Jee-woon, South Korea
North American Premiere
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts and Zach Galifianakis
Jack Goes Boating
Philip Seymour Hoffman, USA
International Premiere
Starring: John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Amy Ryan and Philip Seymour Hoffman
L’Amour Fou
Pierre Thoretton, France
World Premiere
The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Andrew Lau, Hong Kong
North American Premiere
Lope
Andrucha Waddington, Brazil/Spain
World Premiere
Love Crime
Alain Corneau, France
International Premiere
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludivine Sagnier
Made in Dagenham
Nigel Cole, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James and Rosamund Pike
Miral
Julian Schnabel, United Kingdom/Israel/France
North American Premiere
Never Let Me Go
Mark Romanek, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley
Norwegian Wood
Tran Anh Hung, Japan
North American Premiere
Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi and Kiko Mizuhara
Outside the Law
Rachid Bouchareb, France/Algeria/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium
North American Premiere
Rabbit Hole
John Cameron Mitchell, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart
A Screaming Man
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France/Belgium/Chad
North American Premiere
Stone
John Curran, USA
World Premiere
Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich and Frances Conroy
Submarine
Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom
World Premiere
That Girl in Yellow Boots
Anurag Kashyap, India
North American Premiere
Tamara Drewe
Stephen Frears, United Kingdom
North American Premiere
The Trip
Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Starring: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon
Trust
David Schwimmer, USA
World Premiere
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Woody Allen, United Kingdom/USA/Spain
North American Premiere
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