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And the films just keeping on coming as the 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has announced 20 movies to its official selection, taking its count to 278 titles. Chief among them is Jason Reitman’s SNL opening-night pic Saturday Night, from Sony which will get its Canadian…

The series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Faithless from Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) will debut in competition as part of the Primetime & Short Cuts line up at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list. The series will…

The 49th edition of the Toronto Film Festival continues to announce more movies, with the festival on Tuesday unveiled its 2024 Centrepiece lineup that features 43 titles from filmmakers representing 41 countries. TIFF runs September 5-15 under its new sponsorship with Rogers. In total, the list…

British filmmaker Mike Leigh will be feted at this year's Toronto Film Festival with the TIFF Ebert Director Award for career achievement. The announcement was made this morning by TIFF head Cameron Bailey. Leigh returns to TIFF this year for the World Premiere of his 23rd film, Hard Truths…

The Toronto Film Festival's cult sidebar will screen 10 features as part of this year's schedule and open with the North American premiere of French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat's buzzy Cannes breakout The Substance, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.  The Midnight Madness programme features five…

The Toronto Film Festival's Discovery sidebar will debut 24 titles with 20 world premieres as part of its 2024 edition, running from September 5 to 15.  The Discovery programme features titles from more than 25 countries, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Denmark, and Greece. Scroll down for…

The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival announced its full lineup of Galas and Special Presentations today in what is a complete embarrassment of riches as the event blasts off after last year’s actors strike with 29 titles having rights for sale. Among those movies making their…

Rebel Wilson’s The Deb will close the Toronto Film Festival on September 15 after all. This is after the actress claimed on social media that the pic’s EPs blocked her feature directorial debut from making its world premiere as the closing-night title at TIFF. Meanwhile, David Gordon Green’s Nutcrack…

UPDATED with producers’ statement: The producer of Rebel Wilson’s The Deb have responded to claims Wilson made earlier Wednesday about their involvement in Australian musical movie, which is Wilson’s directorial debut. "RW's allegations are false, defamatory, and disappointing,” a spokesperson for…

The Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday announced the first six titles set to make their world premieres at the 49th edition, in the Gala and Special Presentation program, also naming this year’s TIFF Tribute Award recipients. Films selected thus far include R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s Disney+ doc El…

The Toronto International Film Fest will launch an official market, kicking off in 2026 and boosted by a generous C$23 million (US$16.9 million) of funding from Canada's Federal Government. TIFF organizers said the new market will be a “game-changer” for the Canadian and wider international business…

The 2023 film festival season has wound its way from Sundance and SXSW through Cannes and Tribeca to the fall stops at Venice, Telluride and Toronto. Still to watch for this fall: Both Sundance’s Festival Favorite Award winner Radical starring Eugenio Derbez and Cannes’ Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a…