In attesa di scoprire il programma della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia (che sarà presentato domani a Roma), è stato svelato quello del 40° Toronto International Film Festival, che si svolgerà nella metropoli canadese dal 10 al 20 settembre.
Il film d’apertura sarà Demolition di Jean-Marc Vallée, con Naomi Watts e Jake Gyllenhaal, ma le anteprime mondiali comprendono anche altri film molto attesi: da segnalare soprattutto The Martian di Ridley Scott, Where to Invade Next di Michael Moore e Legend di Brian Helgeland, con Tom Hardy impegnato in un doppio ruolo. Fra le Presentazioni Speciali – ma non anteprime mondiali – saranno inclusi The Danish Girl (con Eddie Redmayne transgender), Black Mass e Youth – La giovinezza di Paolo Sorrentino, in anteprima per il Nord America. Sappiamo invece che la premiere di Black Mass, con Johnny Depp nel ruolo del criminale Whitey Bulger, si svolgerà a Venezia il 4 settembre.
L’assenza di titoli come Il ponte delle spie o Crimson Peak suggerisce che potrebbero essere presenti a Venezia, oppure al New York Film Festival. Comunque, ecco tutti i film annunciati sinora per Toronto.
GALAS:
“Beeba Boys,” director Deepa Mehta, Canada (World Premiere)
“Forsaken,” director Jon Cassar, Canada (World Premiere)
“Freeheld,” director Peter Sollett, USA (World Premiere)
“Hyena Road,” director Paul Gross, Canada (World Premiere)
“Lolo,” director Julie Delpy, France (World Premiere)
“LEGEND,” director Brian Helgeland, United Kingdom (International Premiere)
“The Man Who Knew Infinity,” director Matt Brown, United Kingdom (World Premiere)
“The Martian,” director Ridley Scott, USA (World Premiere)
“The Program,” director Stephen Frears, United Kingdom (World Premiere)
“Remember,” director Atom Egoyan, Canada (North American Premiere)
“Septembers of Shiraz,” director Wayne Blair, USA (World Premiere)
“Stonewall,” director Roland Emmerich, USA (World Premiere)
“The Dressmaker,” director Jocelyn Moorhouse, Australia (World Premiere)
“Eye in the Sky,” director Gavin Hood, United Kingdom (World Premiere)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
“Anomalisa,” directors Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, USA (Canadian Premiere)
“Beasts of No Nation,” director Cary Fukunaga, Ghana (Canadian Premiere)
“Black Mass,” director Scott Cooper, USA (Canadian Premiere)
“Brooklyn,” director John Crowley, United Kingdom/Ireland/Canada (Canadian Premiere)
“Colonia,” director Florian Gallenberger, Germany/Luxembourg/France (World Premiere)
“The Danish Girl,” director Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Sweden (North American Premiere)
“The Daughter,” director Simon Stone, Australia (North American Premiere)
“Desierto,” director Jonás Cuarón, Mexico (World Premiere)
“Dheepan,” director Jacques Audiard, France (North American Premiere)
“Families,” director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France (World Premiere)
“Guilty,” director Meghna Gulzar, India (World Premiere)
“I Smile Back,” director Adam Salky, USA (Canadian Premiere)
“The Idol,” director Hany Abu-Assad, United Kingdom/Palestine (World Premiere)
“The Lady in the Van,” director Nicolas Hytner, USA (World Premiere)
“Len and Company,” director Tim Godsall, USA (North American Premiere)
“The Lobster,” director Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/ United Kingdom/ Greece/ France/ Netherlands (North American Premiere)
“Louder than Bombs,” director Joachim Trier, Norway/France/Denmark (North American Premiere)
“Maggie’s Plan,” director Rebecca Miller, USA (World Premiere)
“Mountains May Depart,” director Jia Zhang-ke, China/France/Japan (North American Premiere)
“Parched,” director Leena Yadav, India/USA (World Premiere)
“Room,” director Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland/Canada (Canadian Premiere)
“Sicario,” director Denis Villeneuve, USA (North American Premiere)
“Son of Saul,” director László Nemes, Hungary (Canadian Premiere)
“Spotlight,” director Tom McCarthy, USA (Canadian Premiere)
“Sunset Song,” director Terence Davies, United Kingdom/Luxembourg (World Premiere)
“Trumbo,” director Jay Roach, USA (World Premiere)
“Un plus une,” director Claude Lelouch, France (World Premiere)
“Victoria,” director Sebastian Schipper, Germany (Canadian Premiere)
“Where To Invade Next,” director Michael Moore, USA (World Premiere)
“Youth,” director Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France/United Kingdom/Switzerland (North American Premiere)
“The Club,” director Pablo Larraín, Chile (North American Premiere)
“The Daughter,” director Simon Stone, Australia (North American Premiere)
“The Family Fang,” director Jason Bateman, USA (World Premiere)
“Office,” director Johnnie To, China/Hong Kong (International Premiere)
“Son of Saul,” director Laszlo Nemes, Hungary (Canadian Premiere)
“Summertime,” director Catherine Corsini, France (North American Premiere)
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Fonte: Variety