The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) starts the 2022 edition this Thursday (8/9). As usual, the event partly coincides with the Venice Film Festival, but this year, instead of repeating the titles screened in Italy, the Canadian show serve as the exclusive stage for world premieres of the films nominated for the Oscars.
Among the great previews absent in Venice, several titles stand out. The most anticipated are “The Fabelmans”, a fiction inspired by the memories of Steven Spielberg’s youth, “Empire of Light”, an ode to cinema by Sam Mendes, and “Glass Onion: A Mystery Between Knives and Secrets”, a continuation of “Between Knives and Secrets” (2018), directed by Rian Johnson.
In addition, Toronto will also host “Causeway”, with Jennifer Lawrence, “The Menu”, with Anya Taylor-Joy, “My Policeman”, with Harry Styles, and “The King Woman”, which stars Viola Davis as a warrior the Kingdom. of Dahomey, Africa.
But the schedule obviously also includes films that have been popular in Italy for a long time, such as “The Son” by Florian Zeller, “The Banshees Of Inisherin” by Martin McDonagh, and “The Whale” by Darren Aronofsky.
The film that will open the film exhibition is “The Swimmers”, a drama by British director Sally El Hosaini (“My Brother the Devil”) about the true story of the swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini, who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria. to participate in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Bringing together the best film critics in North America, the Canadian festival is the biggest “test drive” of many Oscar nominees’ claims. Positive reviews – and rewards – can block favorites. “Green Book” and “Nomadland” won the 2018 and 2020 editions before claiming the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences trophy.
The Toronto Film Festival runs until September 18. Below is the list of films confirmed at the event.
Opening
“The Swimmers” by Sally El Hosaini
Gala presentations
“Alice, honey” by Mary Nighy
“Black Ice” by Hubert Davis
“Crossing the Butcher” by Gabe Polsky
“The Greatest Beer Run Ever” by Peter Farrelly
“Il colibrì” by Francesca Archibugi
“Hunt” by Lee Jung-jae
“A Jazz Player’s Blues” by Tyler Perry
“Kacchey Limbu” by Shubham Yogi
“Moving forward” by Paul Weitz
“Memories of Paris” by Alice Winocour
“The Prisoner’s Daughter” by Catherine Hardwicke
“Raymond & Ray” by Rodrigo Garcia
“Roost” by Amy Redford
“Sidney” by Reginald Hudlin
Florian Zeller’s “son”
“The Swimmers” by Sally El Hosaini
“What does love have to do with it?” by Shekhar Kapur
“The King Woman” by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Special presentations
“Allelujah” by Sir Richard Eyre
“All Quiet on the Western Front” by Edward Berger
“Inisherin’s Banshees” by Martin McDonagh
“Blueback” by Robert Connolly
“The blue caftan” by Maryam Touzani
“Broker” by Hirokazu Kore-eda
“Brother” of Clement the Virgin
“Bros” by Nicholas Stoller
“Catherine Called Birdy” by Lena Dunham
“Causeway” by Lila Neugebauer
“Chevalier” by Stephen Williams
“Corsage” by Marie Kreutzer
“Decision to leave” by Park Chan-wook
“Devotion” by JD Dillard
“Driving Madeleine” by Christian Carion
“El Suplente” by Diego Lerman
“Empire of Light” by Sam Mendes
Joanna Hogg’s “Eternal Daughter”
“The Fabelman” by Steven Spielberg
“Glass Onion: A Mystery Between Knives and Secrets” by Rian Johnson
“Good Night Oppy” by Ryan White
“The Good Nurse” by Tobias Lindholm
“Santo Ragno” by Alì Abbasi
“Joyland” by Saim Sadiq
“The King’s Knight” by Biyi Bandele
“The Lost King” by Stephen Frears
“A man of reason” by Jung Woo-sung
“The menu” by Mark Mylod
“Coming Soon” by Sanaa Lathan
“A beautiful morning” by Mia Hansen-Løve
“Other people’s children” by Rebecca Zlotowski
“Moonage Daydream” by Brett Morgen
“My Cop” by Michael Grandage
“The nanny” by Nikyatu Jusu
“No Bears” by Jafar Panahi
“The Return of Tanya Tucker: With Brandi Carlile” by Kathlyn Horan
“Sant’Omer” by Alice Diop
“Shrine” of Zachary Wigon
“Stories not to tell” by Cesc Gay
“Triangle of sadness” by Ruben Östlund
“Walk Up” by Hong Sang-soo
“Wendell & Wild” by Henry Selick
“The Whale” by Darren Aronofsky
“Women Talking” by Sarah Polley
“The Wonder” by Sebastián Lelio
Source: Terra
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