2013 Toronto Film Festival Complete Line-Up

Today the organizers of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival announced about a quarter of the festival’s lineup including Galas, Special Presentations and the fest’s opening night film, which will be Bill Condon‘s Wikileaks feature The Fifth Estate. That, however, is just the start.

As far as the Gala Presentations are concerned you have John Wells‘ August: Osage County starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, John Krokidas‘ Kill Your Darlings with Daniel Radcliffe, Justin Chadwick‘s Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom starring Idris Elba in the title role, Peter Landesman‘s JFK assassination pic Parkland and Jonathan Teplitzky‘s The Railway Man with Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman.

The Special Presentations grow even more insane as it begins with Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave, the much-talked-about Cannes feature Blue is the Warmest Color, Jean-Marc VallÃ©e‘s Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey, Atom Egoyan‘s Devil’s Knot based on the story of the West Memphis Three starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, Ned Benson‘s The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her, Dom Hemingway starring Jude Law, which Fox Searchlight dated for a 2014 release only yesterday, Richard Ayoade‘s The Double, Alfonso CuarÃ³n‘s Gravity with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, David Gordon Green‘s Joe, Kelly Reichardt‘s Night Moves, Jim Jarmusch Only Lovers Left Alive, Asghar Farhadi‘s The Past, Stephen Frears‘ Philomena starring Judi Dench, Denis Villeneuve‘s Prisoners with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal and Jonathan Glazer‘s long-gestating Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson.

Yeah, the list is long and it is distinguished and it is only about 25% complete as plenty more titles are yet to be announced, including the Midnight Madness selection.

I have listed the films announced so far directly below and will be updating the list as more and more are announced.

The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15, 2013 and I will be there through the 13th covering as many of these films as possible, but clearly it’s going to be tough.

GALAS

American Dreams in China (dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan) – Hong Kong/China
The Art of the Steal (dir. Jonathan Sobol) – Canada
August: Osage County (dir. John Wells) – USA
Blood Ties (dir. Guillaume Canet) – France/USA
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) (dir. Marion Vernoux) – France
Cold Eyes (dir. Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byung-seo) – South Korea
The Fifth Estate (dir. Bill Condon) – USA [Opening Night Film]
The Grand Seduction (dir. Don McKellar) – Canada
Kill Your Darlings (dir. John Krokidas) – USA
Life of Crime (dir. Daniel Schechter) – USA [Closing Night Film]
The Love Punch (dir. Joel Hopkins) – France
The Lunchbox (dir. Ritesh Batra) – India/France/Germany
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (dir. Justin Chadwick) – South Africa
Parkland (dir. Peter Landesman) – USA
The Railway Man (dir. Jonathan Teplitzky) – Australia/United Kingdom
Rush (dir. Ron Howard) – United Kingdom/Germany
The Right Kind of Wrong (dir. Jeremiah Chechik) – Canada
Shuddh Desi Romance (dir. Maneesh Sharma) – India
Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon (dir. Mike Myers) – USA
Words and Pictures (dir. Fred Schepisi) – USA

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

12 Years a Slave (dir. Steve McQueen) – USA
All Is By My Side (dir. John Ridley) – United Kingdom
The Armstrong Lie (dir. Alex Gibney) – USA
Attila Marcel (dir. Sylvain Chomet) – France
Bad Words (dir. Jason Bateman) – USA
Belle (dir. Amma Asante) – United Kingdom
Blind Detective (dir. Johnnie To) – Hong Kong
Blue Is the Warmest Color (dir. Abdellatif Kechiche) – France
Burning Bush (dir. Agnieszka Holland) – Czech Republic
Can a Song Save Your Life? (dir. John Carney) – USA
Cannibal (CanÃbal) (dir. Manuel MartÃn Cuenca) – Spain/Romania/Russia/France
Child of God (dir. James Franco) – USA
Dallas Buyers Club (dir. Jean-Marc VallÃ©e) – USA
Devil’s Knot (dir. Atom Egoyan) – USA
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her (dir. Ned Benson) – USA
Dom Hemingway (dir. Richard Shepard) – United Kingdom
Don Jon (dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – USA
The Double (dir. Richard Ayoade) – United Kingdom
Enemy (dir. Denis Villeneuve) – Canada/Spain
Enough Said (dir. Nicole Holofcener) – USA
Exit Marrakech (dir. Caroline Link) – Germany
The F Word (dir. Michael Dowse) – Canada/Ireland
The Face of Love (dir. Arie Posin) – USA
Fading Gigolo (dir. John Turturro) – USA
Felony (dir. Matthew Saville) – Australia
The Finishers (dir. Nils Tavernier) – Belgium/France
Gabrielle (dir. Louise Archambault) – Canada
Gloria (dir. SebastiÃ¡n Lelio) – Chile/Spain
Going Away (Il est parti dimanche) (dir. Nicole Garcia) – France
Gravity (dir. Alfonso CuarÃ³n) – USA/United Kingdom
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) (dir. Paolo Sorrentino) – Italy
Hateship Loveship (dir. Liza Johnson) – USA
How I Live Now (dir. Kevin Macdonald) – United Kingdom
The Husband (dir. Bruce McDonald) – Canada
Ida (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski) – Poland
L’intrepido (dir. Gianni Amelio) – Italy
The Invisible Woman (dir. Ralph Fiennes) – United Kingdom
Joe (dir. David Gordon Green) – USA
Labor Day (dir. Jason Reitman) – USA
The Last of Robin Hood (dir. Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland) – USA
The Liberator (Libertador) (dir. Alberto Arvelo) – Venezuela/Spain
Like Father, Like Son (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda) – Japan
Love is the Perfect Crime (Amour Crime Parfait) (dir. Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu) – France/Switzerland
Lucky Them (dir. Megan Griffiths) – USA
MARY Queen of Scots Thomas (dir. Imbach) – France/Switzerland
Night Moves (dir. Kelly Reichardt) – USA
Omar (dir. Hany Abu-Assad) – Palestine
One Chance (dir. David Frankel) – USA
Only Lovers Left Alive (dir. Jim Jarmusch) – USA
The Past (Le PassÃ©) (dir. Asghar Farhadi) – France/Italy
Philomena (dir. Stephen Frears) – United Kingdom
Pioneer (PionÃ©r) (dir. Erik SkjoldbjÃ¦rg) – Norway/Germany/Sweden/France/Finland
Prisoners (dir. Denis Villeneuve) – USA
A Promise (Une Promesse) (dir. Patrice Leconte) – Belgium/France
Quai d’Orsay (dir. Bertrand Tavernier) – France
REAL (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa) – Japan
Rock the Casbah (dir. LaÃ¯la Marrakchi) – France/Morocco
Singing Women (Sarki SÃ¶yleyen Kadinlar) (dir. Reha Erdem) – France/Germany/Turkey
Southcliffe (dir. Sean Durkin) – United Kingdom
Starred Up (dir. David Mackenzie) – United Kingdom
Sunshine on Leith (dir. Dexter Fletcher) – United Kingdo
Therese (dir. Charlie Stratton) – USA
Third Person (dir. Paul Haggis) – Belgium
Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) (dir. Daniele Luchetti) – Italy
Tom at the Farm (Tom Ã la ferme) (dir. Xavier Dolan) – Canada/France
Under the Skin (dir. Jonathan Glazer) – USA/United Kingdom
Unforgiven (Yurusarezarumono) (dir. Lee Sang-il) – Japan
Violette (dir. Martin Provost) – France/Belgium
Visitors (dir. Godfrey Reggio) – USA
Walesa. Man of Hope. (Walesa. Czlowiek z nadziei.) (dir. Andrzej Wajda) – Poland
Watermark (dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky) – Canada
We are the Best! (Vi Ã¤r bÃ¤st!) (dir. Lukas Moodysson) – Sweden
The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) (dir. Hayao Miyazaki) – Japan
Le Week-End (dir. Roger Michell) – United Kingdom
You Are Here (dir. Matthew Weiner) – USA

MIDNIGHT MADNESS

Afflicted (dir. Derek Lee and Clif Prowse) – Canada/USA [Midnight Madness Opening Night Film]
All Cheerleaders Die (dir. Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson) – USA
Almost Human (dir. Joe Begos) – USA
The Green Inferno (dir. Eli Roth) – USA
Oculus (dir. Mike Flanagan) – USA
R100 (dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto) – Japan
Rigor Mortis (dir. Juno Mak) – Hong Kong
The Station (Blutgletscher) (dir. Marvin Kren) – Austria
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de Naze Warui) (dir. Sion Sono) – Japan

DOCUMENTARIES

A Story of Children and Film (dir. Mark Cousins) – United Kingdom
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (dir. Marcel OphÃ¼ls) – France
At Berkeley (dir. Frederick Wiseman) – USA
Beyond the Edge (dir. Leanne Pooley) – New Zealand
Burt’s Buzz (dir. Jody Shapiro) – Canada
The Dark Matter of Love (dir. Sarah McCarthy) – UK
The Dog (dir. Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren) – USA
Faith Connections (dir. Pan Nalin) – France/India
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story (dir. Barry Avrich) – Canada
Finding Vivian Maier (dir. John Maloof and Charlie Siskel) – USA
Hi-Ho Mistahey! (dir. Alanis Obomsawin) – Canada
Ignasi (dir. M. Ventura Pons) – Spain
Jodorowsky’s Dune (dir. Frank Pavich) – USA
The Last of the Unjust (dir. Claude Lanzmann) – France/Austria
The Mayor Emiliano (dir. Altuna Fistolera) – Mexico
Midway (dir. Chris Jordan) – USA
Mission Congo (dir. David Turner and Lara Zizic) – USA
The Square (Al Midan) (dir. Jehane Noujaim) – Egypt/USA
Tim’s (dir. Vermeer Teller) – USA
The Unknown Known (dir. Errol Morris) – USA
Unstable Elements (dir. Madeleine Sackler) – USA
When Jews Were Funny (dir. Alan Zweig) – Canada

VANGUARD

Asphalt Watches (dirs. Seth Scriver and Shayne Ehman) – Canada
Blue Ruin (dir. Jeremy Saulnier) – USA
Borgman (dir. Alex van Warmerdam) – The Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark
Celestial Wives of the Meadow (dir. Mari Alexey Fedorchenko) – Russia
The Fake (dir. Yeon Sang-ho) – Korea
Gerontophilia (dir. Bruce LaBruce) – Canada
Horns (dir. Alexandre Aja) – USA
People In Places (Gente En Sitios) (dir. Juan Cavestany) – Spain
Proxy (dir. Zack Parker) – USA
The Sacrament (dir. Ti West) – USA
Sapi (dir. Brillante Mendoza) – Philippines
Sex, Drugs & Taxation (Spies & Glistrup) (dir. Christoffer Boe) – Denmark
Soul (dir. Chung Mong-Hong) – Taiwan
The Strange Color of Your Bodyâ€™s Tears (dir. HÃ©lÃ¨ne Cattet and Bruno Forzani) – Belgium/France/Luxembourg
Thou Gildâ€™st the Even (dir. Onur ÃœnlÃ¼) – Turkey
We Gotta Get Out of This Place (dir. Simon Hawkins and Zeke Hawkins) – USA

CINEMATHEQUE

An Autumn Afternoon (dir. Yasujiro Ozu) – Japan
Gun Crazy (dir. Joseph H. Lewis) – USA
Hiroshima mon amour (dir. Alain Resnais) – France/Japan
The Lovely Month of May (Le Joli Mai) (dir. Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme) – France
Manila in the Claws of Light (Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag) (dir. Lino Brocka) – Philippines
Rome, Open City (Roma, cittÃ aperta) (dir. Roberto Rossellini) – Italy
Shivers (dir. David Cronenberg) – Canada

CITY TO CITY

The Daughter (I Kori) (dir. Thanos Anastopoulos) – Greece
The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeua) (dir. Elina Psykou) – Greece
J.A.C.E. â€“ Just Another Confused Elephant (dir. Menelaos Karamaghiolis) – Greece/FYROM/Portugal/Turkey
Miss Violence (dir. Alexandros Avranas) – Greece
September (dir. Penny Panayotopoulou) – Germany/Greece
Standing Aside, Watching (Na Kathese ke na Kitas) (dir. Yorgos Servetas) – Greece
To the Wolf (Sto Lyko) (dir. Aran Hughes and Christina Koutsospyrou) – Greece/United Kingdom
Unfair World (Adikos Kosmos) (dir. Filippos Tsitos) – Greece/Germany
Wasted Youth (dir. Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel) – Greece
Wild Duck (dir. Yannis Sakaridis) – Greece

DISCOVERY

All the Wrong Reasons (dir. Gia Milani) – Canada
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (dir. Jeff Barnaby) – Canada

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA

A Place in Heaven (Makom be-gan eden) (dir. Yossi Madmony) – Israel
A Wolf at the Door (O Lobo atrÃ¡s da Porta) (dir. Fernando Coimbra) – Brazil
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Epizoda u Å¾ivotu beraca Å¾eljeza) (dir. Danis TanoviÄ‡) – Bosnia-Herzegovina/France/Slovenia
The Animal Project (dir. Ingrid Veninger) – Canada
Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) (dir. Mariana RondÃ³n) – Venezuela
Bastardo (dir. Nejib Belkadhi) – Tunisia/France/Qatar
The Bit Player (Ekstra) (dir. Jeffrey Jeturian) – Philippines
Blind Dates (Brma Paemnebi) (dir. Levan Koguashvili) – Georgia
Break Loose (Vosmerka) (dir. Alexey Uchitel) – Russia
Child’s Pose (Pozitia Copilului) (dir. Calin Peter Netzer) – Romania
Cinemanovels (dir. Terry Miles) – Canada
Club Sandwich (Club SÃ¡ndwich) (dir. Fernando Eimbcke) – Mexico
Cristo Rey (dir. Leticia Tonos Paniagua) – Dominican Republic/France/Haiti
The Dick Knost Show (dir. Bruce Sweeney) – Canada
The Dinner (Het Diner) (dir. Menno Meyjes) – The Netherlands
Eastern Boys (dir. Robin Campillo) – France
El Mudo (dir. Diego Vega and Daniel Vega) – Peru/France/Mexico
Empire of Dirt (dir. Peter Stebbings) – Canada
Friends from France (Les Interdits) (dir. Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski) – France/Germany/Canada/Russia
Giselle (dir. Toa Fraser) – New Zealand
Heart of a Lion (LeijonasydÃ¤n) (dir. Dome Karukoski) – Finland/Sweden
Honeymoon (LÃbanky) (dir. Jan Hrebejk) – Czech Republic/Slovakia
Hotell (dir. Lisa Langseth) – Sweden/Denmark
The Immoral (De Umoralske) (dir. Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen) – Norway
Intruders (Jo Nan-ja-deul) (dir. Noh Young-Seok) – South Korea
The Kids from the Port (Los Chicos del Puerto) (dir. Alberto Morais) – Spain
iNumber Number (dir. Donovan Marsh) – South Africa
A Journey (Une Jeune Fille) (dir. Catherine Martin) – Canada
Ladder to Damascus (Soullam iIa Dimashq) (dir. Mohamad Malas) – Syria/Lebanon/Qatar
Le Grand Cahier (A Nagy FÃ¼zet) (dir. JÃ¡nos SzÃ¡sz) – Germany/Hungary/Austria/France
Life’s a Breeze (dir. Lance Daly) – Ireland/Sweden
Little Feet (dir. Alexandre Rockwell) – United States of America
The Major (dir. Yuri Bykov) – Russia
Manuscripts Don’t Burn (Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoozand) (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof) – Iran
McCanick (dir. Josh C. Waller) – USA
Metalhead (MÃ¡lmhaus) (dir. Ragnar Bragason) – Iceland
October November (Oktober November) (dir. GÃ¶tz Spielmann) – Austria
Old Moon (Luna Vieja) (dir. Raisa Bonnet) – Puerto Rico
Palestine Stereo (Falastine Stereo) (dir. Rashid Masharawi)
Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung) (dir. Ulrich Seidl) – Austria/France/Germany
Qissa (dir. Anup Singh) – Germany/India/The Netherlands/France
Rags and Tatters (Farsh wa ghata) (dir. Ahmad Abdalla) – Egypt
The Sea (dir. Stephen Brown) – Ireland
The Selfish Giant (dir. Clio Barnard) – United Kingdom
Siddharth (dir. Richie Mehta) – Canada
Something Necessary (dir. Judy Kibinge) – Kenya/Germany
Stay (dir. Wiebke von Carolsfeld) – Canada/Ireland
Stop the Pounding Heart (dir. Roberto Minervini) – Belgium/Italy/USA
Stranger by the Lake (dir. Alain Guiraudie) – France
Unbeatable (dir. Dante Lam) – China/Hong Kong
Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) (dir. Dyana Gaye) – France/Senegal
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (Cand se lasa seara peste Bucuresti sau Metabolism) (dir. Corneliu Porumboiu) – Romania
White Lies (Tuakiri Huna) (dir. Dana Rotberg) New Zealand
The Wonders (Plaot) (dir. Avi Nesher) – Israel
Homecoming (African Metropolis) (dir. Jim Chuchu) – Kenya
Berea (African Metropolis) (dir. Vincent Moloi) – South Africa
To Repel Ghosts (African Metropolis) (dir. Philippe LacÃ´te) – Ivory Coast
Kwaku Ananse Akosua (dir. Adoma Owusu) – Ghana/Mexico/USA
Noah’s Flood (Unogumbe, Noye’s Fludde) (dir. Mark Dornford-May) – South Africa