The Toronto International Film Festival is still full steam ahead this year despite theongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Today, the event unveiled its first 60 films heading to the festival, with the full line-up expected to be around over 200 films. This year’s lineup includes the long-delayedNext Goal WinsfromTaika Waititi,Craig Gillespie’sDumb Money, and biopics such asJames Hawes’One LifeandGeorge C. Wolfe’sRustin. TIFF 2023 takes place from Thursday, September 7, through Sunday, September 17.
TIFF is finally offeringNext Goal Winsa light at the end of the tunnel, as the feature will finallymake its world premierefollowing several lengthy delays. Based on the 2014 documentary, the film follows the American Samoa soccer team that gained a bad rap after their 2001 FIFA match in which they lost 31-0. It starsMichael Fassbender,Uli Latukefu,Rhys Darby,Elisabeth Moss, and more. Another anticipated feature premiering at TIFF isCraig Gillespie’sDumb Money, which will make its world premiere at the festival ahead of its September 22 theatrical release. StarringPaul Dano,America Ferrera,Seth Rogen,Shailene Woodley,Sebastian Stan, Anthony Ramos,and more,Dumb Moneyrevisits 2021’s GameStop’s short squeeze.
One LifestarringAnthony HopkinsandHelena Bonham-Carterwill have its world premiere at the festival. The based on a true story drama isset during World War IIand follows stockbrokerNicholas Winton(Hopkins) who led a risky mission to save nearly 700 children, who otherwise wouldn’t live, from Nazis. The feature is adapted from the bookIf It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Wintonby Winton’s daughterBarbara Winton.One Life’s screenplay was written byLucinda CoxonandNick Drake, with James Hawes as director. Additional cast includesJohnny Flynnas young Winton,Lena Olin,Ramola Garai,Jonathan Pryce, andAlex Sharp.
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Continuing on the biopic train, Netflix is bringing George C. Wolfe’s upcoming featureRustinto TIFF. StarringColman Domingoin the title role,Rustincenters onBayard Rustin, a gay civil rights activist who helped organize the March on Washington alongsideMartin Luther King Jr., which will be a major focal point of the film. Moreover, Rustin helped usher in the idea of nonviolence and was an overall integral part of the Civil Rights Movement. However, Rustin primarily stayed out of the public eye as he faced additional discrimination for being a gay Black man.
TIFF 2023 Full Lineup (So Far)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A Difficult Year
Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | France
International Premiere
A Normal Family
Hur Jin-ho | South Korea
World Premiere
American Fiction
Cord Jefferson | USA
Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet | France
Canadian Premiere
Close to You
Dominic Savage | Canada/United Kingdom
Days of Happiness
Chloé Robichaud | Canada
Daniela Goggi | Argentina
North American Premiere
Tony Goldwyn | USA
Fingernails
Christos Nikou | USA
Four Daughters
Kaouther Ben Hania | France/Tunisia/Germany/Saudi Arabia
His Three Daughters
Azazel Jacobs | USA
Richard Linklater | USA
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Alex Gibney | USA
Marco Bellocchio | Italy/France/Germany
Knox Goes Away
Michael Keaton | USA
La Chimera
Alice Rohrwacher | Italy/France/Switzerland
Last Summer
Catherine Breillat | France
*Les Indésirables
Ladj Ly | France
Michel Franco | USA/Mexico
Kore-eda Hirokazu | Japan
Mother Couch
Niclas Larsson | USA
North Star
Kristin Scott Thomas | United Kingdom
James Hawes | United Kingdom
Pain Hustlers
David Yates | USA
Chris Pine | USA
Grant Singer | USA
George C. Wolfe | USA
Seven Veils
Atom Egoyan | Canada
Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom/Italy
Greg Kwedar | USA
Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea
Chelsea McMullan | Canada
Bertrand Bonello | France/Canada
The Burial
Maggie Betts | USA
The Convert
Lee Tamahori | Australia/New Zealand
The Critic
Anand Tucker | United Kingdom
The Dead Don’t Hurt
Viggo Mortensen | Mexico/Canada/Denmark
The Holdovers
Alexander Payne | USA
The Peasants
DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Poland/Serbia/Lithuania
The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom/Poland/USA
Together 99
Lukas Moodysson | Sweden/Denmark
Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd | United Kingdom/USA/Sweden
Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett | New Zealand
Wicked Little Letters
Thea Sharrock | United Kingdom
Ethan Hawke | USA
Woman of the Hour
Anna Kendrick | USA
GALA PRESENTATIONS 2023
Concrete Utopia
Um Tae-Hwa | South Korea
Dumb Money
Craig Gillespie | USA
Chloe Domont | USA
Flora and Son
