In attesa di scoprire (domani alle ore 11) il destino del Concorso ufficiale di Venezia 80, il Toronto International Film Festival lancia il primo forte segnale con la line-up dell’edizione 2023, in programma dal 7 al 17 settembre.
Alexander Payne, Richard Linklater, Marco Bellocchio, Kore-eda Hirokazu e Justine Triet sono tra gli autori che presenteranno le loro ultime opere al festival. Payne sarà presente con The Holdovers, una commedia ambientata in un collegio che lo riunisce con la star di Sideways Paul Giamatti, mentre Linklater presenterà Hitman, una commedia d’azione con Glen Powell e Adria Arjona. Direttamente da Cannes, Kore-eda e Triet presenteranno Monster e Anatomy of a Fall, rispettivamente miglior sceneggiatura e Palma d’oro dell’ultima edizione, mentre ci sarà anche un po’ di Italia con Marco Bellocchio e il suo Rapito.
In totale saranno 60 i film presentati, in rappresentanza di 70 paesi del mondo. Mancano, come prevedibile, i grandi titoli che tutti si aspettavano prima dello sciopero, da Dune: Parte o Il colore viola, per citarne due. Ciò non vuol dire però che il TIFF sarà privo di anteprime importanti. Oltre ai già citati titoli, al festival saranno proiettati Dumb Money di Craig Gillespie, una commedia drammatica sulla spremuta di GameStop della Sony con Seth Rogen e Paul Dano, e diversi film di Netflix come Rustin di George C. Wolfe, Pain Hustlers di David Yates e Nyad di Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi e Jimmy Chin. Apple porterà anche Flora and Son, un dramma musicale del regista di Sing Street John Carney, dopo averlo acquistato dal Sundance per 20 milioni di dollari.
A Toronto sono stati ufficializzati, seppur senza ancora una casa di produzione alle spalle, Lee con Kate Winslet nei panni della fotografa Elizabeth “Lee” Miller e il dramma di sopravvivenza di Jodie Comer The End We Start From.
LEGGI ANCHE: Kate Winslet nella prima foto ufficiale di Lee
Il programma prevede anche diversi film di registi noti per il loro lavoro come attori, tra cui Michael Keaton (Knox Goes Away), Chris Pine (Poolman), Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour) e Viggo Mortensen (The Dead Don’t Hurt). Ethan Hawke porterà la sua ultima fatica registica Wildcat, che vede protagonista la figlia Maya Hawke nel ruolo della scrittrice Flannery O’Connor.
Questo il programma completo del TIFF 2023
GALA PRESENTATIONS 2023
*Previously announced
Concrete Utopia Um Tae-Hwa | South Korea
North American Premiere
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Dumb Money Craig Gillespie | USA
World Premiere
Fair Play Chloe Domont | USA
International Premiere
Flora and Son John Carney | Ireland/USA
Canadian Premiere
Hate to Love: Nickelback Leigh Brooks | Canada
World Premiere
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Lee Ellen Kuras | United Kingdom
World Premiere
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*Next Goal Wins Taika Waititi | USA
World Premiere
NYAD Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | USA
International Premiere
Punjab ’95 Honey Trehan | India
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Solo Sophie Dupuis | Canada
World Premiere
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The End We Start From Mahalia Belo | United Kingdom
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The Movie Emperor Ning Hao | China
World Premiere
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The New Boy Warwick Thornton | Australia
North American Premiere
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The Royal Hotel Kitty Green | Australia/United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2023
*Previously announced
A Difficult Year Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | France
International Premiere
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A Normal Family Hur Jin-ho | South Korea
World Premiere
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American Fiction Cord Jefferson | USA
World Premiere
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet | France
Canadian Premiere
Close to You Dominic Savage | Canada/United Kingdom
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Days of Happiness Chloé Robichaud | Canada
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El Rapto Daniela Goggi | Argentina
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Ezra Tony Goldwyn | USA
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Fingernails Christos Nikou | USA
International Premiere
Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania | France/Tunisia/Germany/Saudi Arabia
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His Three Daughters Azazel Jacobs | USA
World Premiere
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Hit Man Richard Linklater | USA
North American Premiere
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In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon Alex Gibney | USA
World Premiere
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Kidnapped Marco Bellocchio | Italy/France/Germany
North American Premiere
Knox Goes Away Michael Keaton | USA
World Premiere
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La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher | Italy/France/Switzerland
North American Premiere
Last Summer Catherine Breillat | France
North American Premiere
*Les Indésirables Ladj Ly | France
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Memory Michel Franco | USA/Mexico
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Monster Kore-eda Hirokazu | Japan
North American Premiere
Mother Couch Niclas Larsson | USA
World Premiere
North Star Kristin Scott Thomas | United Kingdom
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One Life James Hawes | United Kingdom
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Pain Hustlers David Yates | USA
World Premiere
Poolman Chris Pine | USA
World Premiere
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Reptile Grant Singer | USA
World Premiere
Rustin George C. Wolfe | USA
International Premiere
*Seven Veils Atom Egoyan | Canada
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Shoshana Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom/Italy
World Premiere
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Sing Sing Greg Kwedar | USA
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Smugglers Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea
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Swan Song Chelsea McMullan | Canada
World Premiere
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The Beast Bertrand Bonello | France/Canada
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The Burial Maggie Betts | USA
World Premiere
The Convert Lee Tamahori | Australia/New Zealand
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The Critic Anand Tucker | United Kingdom
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The Dead Don’t Hurt Viggo Mortensen | Mexico/Canada/Denmark
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The Holdovers Alexander Payne | USA
International Premiere
The Peasants DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Poland/Serbia/Lithuania
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The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom/Poland/USA
Canadian Premiere
Together 99 Lukas Moodysson | Sweden/Denmark
World Premiere
Unicorns Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd | United Kingdom/USA/Sweden
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Uproar Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett | New Zealand
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Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock | United Kingdom
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Wildcat Ethan Hawke | USA
International Premiere
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Woman of the Hour Anna Kendrick | USA
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