Toronto International Film Festival Slate Recap

Gala Presentations

Breathe
Directed by Andy Serkis
Starring Andrew Garfield & Claire Foy
Breathe tells the story of a young man turned paralyzed by Polio.
Biography | Drama | Romance | 2017 | Trailer
✅ Want to watch

C'est la vie!
Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
C'est la Vie is a comedy about a caterer trying to get through a dinner party.
Comedy | 2017

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Darkest Hour
Directed by Joe Wright
Starring Lilly James, Gary Oldman, & Ben Mendelsohn
Darkest Hour focuses on the beginning days of Winston Churchill's career as Prime Minister.
Biography | Drama | History | 2017 | Trailer
✅ Want to watch

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Directed by Paul McGuigan
Starring Jamie Bell & Annette Bening
This film shows a romance between a young actor and a leading Hollywood star.
Biography | Romance | Drama | 2017
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Kings
Directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven
Starring Daniel Craig & Halle Berry
Kings is a crime thriller about a foster family during the time of the Rodney King trial in 1992.
Crime | Drama | Thriller | 2017
✅ Want to watch

Long Time Running
Directed by Jennifer Baichwal
Starring The Tragically Hip band members
This documentary chronicles their last tour in 2016.
Biography | Documentary | 2017

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Mary Shelley
Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour
Starring Maisie Williams & Elle Fanning
Mary Shelley shows the lover affair between Percy Shelly and Mary that lead to the creation of Frankenstein.
Biography | Drama | Romance | 2017
✅ Want to watch

Mudbound
Directed by Dee Rees
Starring Garrett Hudlund, Jason Clarke, & Carey Mulligan
Mudbound is about two men returning from the war to work on a farm with struggles.
Drama | 2017
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Stronger
Directed by David Gordon Green
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Tatiana Maslany
Stronger focuses on a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing as he helps track down the bombers.
Biography | Drama | 2017 | Trailer
​✅ Want to watch

The Mountain Between Us
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Starring Kate Winslet, Idris Elba
Two strangers are stranded after a plane crash and must work together on a journey to get home.
Action | Adventure | Drama | 2017 | Trailer
✅ Want to watch

The Catcher was a Spy
Directed by Ben Lewin
Starring Connie Nielson, Sienna Miller, & Paul Rudd
Based on the book by Nicholas Dawidoff, a major league baseball player leads a double life.
Biography | Drama | War | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

The Wife
Directed by Bjorn Runge
Starring Christian Slater & Glenn Close
The Wife focuses on a writer who leaves her husband to travel and receive an award.
Drama | 2017
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Untitled Bryan Cranston/Kevin Hart Film
Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart star in a remake of The Intouchables, a comedy about a rich quadriplegic and his caregiver
Comedy | 2017
​​✅ Want to watch

Woman Walks Ahead
Directed by Susanna White
Starring Jessica Chastain & Sam Rockwell
Catherine Walden (painter from the 1880s) travels to Dakota to paint Sitting Bull and becomes involved in the struggle to save the Native American's land.
Biography | Drama | History | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

Special Presentations

A Fantastic Woman
Marina is a waitress and nightclub singer who is mourning the loss of her older boyfriend.
​Stars Daniela Vega.
Drama | 2017 | Trailer

Battle of the Sexes
True story of a tennis match in 1973 between World champ and Ex-champ.
Stars Emma Stone & Steve Carell.
Comedy | Biography | Sport | 2017 | Trailer
​✅ Want to watch

Call Me By Your Name
An Italian family is joined by an American student and together they share summer experiences. Stars Armie Hammer & Timothee Chalamet.
Romance | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

Disobedience
A woman returns to her Jewish home and stirs up controversy.
Stars Rachel McAdams & Rachel Weisz
Romance | Drama | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung recounts the horrors and suffering experienced under the rule of Khmer Rouge in Camobdia.
Documentary | Biography | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

I, Tonya
Focuses on the life of Tonya Harding, a U.S. Figure Skater.
Stars Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, & McKenna Grace
Biography | Drama | 2017
✅ Want to watch

Mother!
A couple’s relationship is tested with uninvited guests arrive in their home.
Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, & Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama | Horror | Suspense | 2017
✅ Want to watch

Omerta
Hansal Mehta recounts the story of terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Documentary | 2017

Prof. Marston & the Wonder Women
True story of William Moulton Marston and the relationships kept with his wife and mistress and the creation of Wonder Woman.
Stars Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, & Bella Heathcote.
Biography | Drama | 2017 | Trailer
✅ Want to watch

Submergence
The romance of a man and a woman is recanted during a time of confinement and captivity. Stars Alicia Vikander & James McAvoy
Romance | Thriller | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

The Brawler
A boxer struggles to make his own in the boxing world.
Drama | 2017

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The Children Act
A judge oversees a case involving a young boy diagnosed with cancer who refuses treatment based on religious beliefs.
Stars Fionn Whitehead, Emma Thompson, & Stanley Tucci
Drama | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

The Guardians
The lives of women left behind during the great war are explored.
Drama | 2017

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The Price of Success
A comedian's relationship with his family falls apart as his career takes off.
Stars Tahar Rahim
Drama | 2017

The Shape of Water
Set against the Cold war, a woman working for a high-security government lab discovers a secret classified experiment.
Stars Sally Hawkins & Octavia Spencer
Fantasy | Adventure | 2017 | Trailer
​✅ Want to watch

Thelma
A woman discovers that she has powers amidst falling in love.
Stars Eili Harboe
Romance | Sci-Fi | 2017 | Trailer
✅ Want to watch
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Victoria and Abdul
Queen Victoria has a relationship with an Indian clerk.
Stars Judi Dench
Biography | History | Drama | 2017 | Trailer

A Season in France
An African teacher flees to France and falls in love.
Stars Eriq Ebouaney & Sandrine Bonnaire.
​Drama | 2017
✅ Want to watch​

BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A look back at the French Activism during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s
Documentary | 2017
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Catch the Wind
A factory worker follows her employer to Moracco.
Stars Sandrine Bonnaire.
Drama | 2017

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Downsizing
A man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself
Stars Matt Damon & Kristen Wiig
Comedy | Sci-Fi | 2017
​​​✅ Want to watch

Hostiles
An army captain escorts Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory in 1892.
​Stars Rosamund Pike & Christian Bale
Adventure | Western | Drama | 2017
✅ Want to watch

Lady Bird
A comedy of the adventures of living in California.
Stars Saoirse Ronan & Jake McDorman
Comedy | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

Novitiate
A woman training to become a nun in the 1960's struggles with her faith and sexuality.
Stars Liana Liberato & Dianna Agron.
Drama | 2017
​✅ Want to watch
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Plonger
A photographer leaves her family to embark on a self-discovery journey.
Stars Gilles Lellouche & Maria Valverde
Drama | 2017

Sheikh Jackson
An Islamic man has a crisis of faith after the death of Michael Jackson, his idol.
Stars Basma & Ahmad El-Fishawi
Drama | 2017

Suburbicon
A quiet town is rattled by a home invasion
Stars Matt Damon & Julianne Moore
Comedy | Crime | Suspense | 2017
✅ Want to watch
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The Breadwinner
An Afghan girl disguises herself as a man to provide for her family.
Animated | Family | 2017 | Trailer
✅ Want to watch

The Current War
Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to America. Stars Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, & Michael Shannon.
Biography | History | Drama | 2017
✅ Want to watch
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The Hungry
An adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus set in New Delhi, India.
Stars Tisca Chopra.
Drama | 2017
​✅ Want to watch

The Rider
A young cowboy suffers a head injury and starts a search for a new identity in the heartland of America.
Stars Brady Jandreau & Tim Jandreau
Drama | 2017

The Square
A satire reflecting our times in a postmodern art world
Stars Claes Band & Elizabeth Moss
Comedy | 2017 | Trailer

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
A dark comedy about a woman who paints three signs with controversial messages towards the police for not finding her daughter's killer.
Stars Woody Harrelson & Abbie Cornish
Comedy | Crime | Drama | 2017 | Trailer
​✅ Want to watch

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