Tuesday, July 24, 2012

2012 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Lineup

It looks like a great lineup this year, with a lot of big contenders screening. On Thursday Venice will be announced, all ready to gear up for Oscar when September rolls around. Check out the list/descriptions below:

GALAS
"A Royal Affair" / dir. Nikolai Arcel, Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany (North American Premiere)

"Argo" / dir. Ben Affleck, USA (World Premiere)

"The Company You Keep" / dir. Robert Redford, USA (North American Premiere)

"Dangerous Liaisons" / dir. Hur Jin-ho, China (North American Premiere)

"English Vinglish" / dir. Gauri Shinde, India (World Premiere)

"Free Angela & All Political Prisoners" / dir. Shola Lynch, USA/France (World Premiere)

"Great Expectations" / dir. Mike Newell, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

"Hyde Park on Hudson" / dir. Roger Michell, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

"Inescapable" / dir. Ruba Nadda, Canada (World Premiere)

"Jayne Mansfield’s Car" / dir. Billy Bob Thornton, USA/Russia (North American Premiere)


OPENING NIGHT FILM 
"Looper" / dir. Rian Johnson, USA (World Premiere)

"Love," / dir. Marilyn Liz Garbus, USA (World Premiere)

"Midnight’s Children" / dir. Deepa Mehta, Canada/United Kingdom (World Premiere)


"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" / dir. Mira Nair, USA (North American Premiere)

"Silver Linings Playbook" / dir. David O. Russell, USA (World Premiere).

"Thermae Romae" / dir. Hideki Takeuchi, Japan (North American Premiere).

"Twice Born" / dir. Sergio Castellitto, Italy/Spain/Croatia (World Premiere)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
"A Few Hours of Spring" / dir. Stéphane Brizé, France (North American Premiere)


"Anna Karenina" / dir. Joe Wright, United Kingdom (International Premiere)

"At Any Price" / dir. Ramin Bahrani, United Kingdom/USA (North American Premiere)

"The Attack" / dir. Ziad Doueiri, France (World Premiere)

"Byzantium" / dir. Neil Jordan, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

"Capital" / dir. Costa-Gavras, France (World Premiere)

"Caught in the Web" / dir. Chen Kaige, Japan/China (International Premiere)

"Cloud Atlas" / dir. Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, USA (World Premiere)

"The Deep (Djúpið)" / dir. Baltasar Kormákur, Iceland/Norway (World Premiere)

"Dormant Beauty" / dir. Marco Bellocchio, Italy/France (International Premiere)

"Dreams for Sale" / dir. Nishikawa Miwa, Japan (World Premiere)

"End Of Watch" / dir. David Ayer, USA (World Premiere)

"Everybody Has A Plan" / dir. Ana Piterbarg, Argentina (International Premiere)

"Foxfire" / dir. Laurent Cantet, France/Canada (World Premiere)

"Frances Ha" / dir. Noah Baumbach, USA (World Premiere)

"Ginger and Rosa" / dir. Sally Potter, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

"Hannah Arendt" / dir. Margarethe von Trotta, Germany (World Premiere)

"The Hunt" / dir. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark (North American Premiere)

"The Iceman" / dir. Ariel Vromen, USA (North American Premiere)

"Imogene" / dir. Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman, USA (World Premiere)
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"The Impossible" / dir. J.A. Bayona, Spain/USA (World Premiere)

"In the House" / dir. François Ozon, France (World Premiere)

"Kon-Tiki" / dir. Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, United Kingdom/Norway/Denmark (International Premiere)

"The Last Supper" / dir. Lu Chuan, China (World Premiere)

"A Late Quartet" / dir. Yaron Zilberman, USA (World Premiere)

"A Liar’s Autobiography — The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman" / dir. Ben Timlett, Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

"Lore" / dir. Cate Shortland, Australia/United Kingdom/Germany (North American Premiere)

"Mr. Pip" / dir. Andrew Adamson, New Zealand (World Premiere)

"Much Ado About Nothing" / dir. Joss Whedon, USA (World Premiere)

"No" / dir. Pablo Larraín, Chile/USA (North American Premiere)

"Outrage Beyond" / dir. Takeshi Kitano, Japan (North American Premiere)

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" / dir. Stephen Chbosky, USA (World Premiere)

"The Place Beyond the Pines" / dir. Derek Cianfrance, USA (World Premiere)

"Quartet" / dir. Dustin Hoffman, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

"Reality" / dir. Matteo Garrone, Italy/France (North American Premiere)

"Rust and Bone" / dir. Jacques Audiard, France/Belgium (North American Premiere)

"The Sapphires" / dir. Wayne Blair, Australia (North American Premiere)

"The Sessions" / dir. Ben Lewin, USA (International Premiere)

"Tai Chi 0" / dir. Stephen Fung, China (North American Premiere)

"Thanks for Sharing" / dir. Stuart Blumberg, USA (World Premiere)
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"The Time Being" / dir. Nenad Cicin-Sain, USA (World Premiere)

"To The Wonder" / dir. Terrence Malick, USA (North American Premiere)

"Venus & Serena" / dir. Maiken Baird, USA (World Premiere)

"Writers" / dir. Josh Boone, USA (World Premiere)

"Zaytoun" / dir. Eran Riklis, United Kingdom/Israel (World Premiere)

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