The 49th Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled a star-studded lineup featuring a slew of highly-anticipated features this awards season. IndieWire can confirm the Galas and Special Presentations programs that boast 63 films, including new titles from beloved directors like Mike Leigh, Morgan Neville, Jacques Audiard, and Edward Berger, whose papal drama “Conclave” will make its world premiere at the festival. The Galas program, sponsored by Dyson, includes buzzy Cannes titles like Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada” and David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds.
” Cronenberg will also be honored with the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award during the festival. The Special Presentations section marks the premiere of Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl” starring Pamela Anderson, as well as Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ “Heretic.” The Galas and Special Presentations programs for 2024 boast films from 25 countries, including 29 sales titles.
“This Special Presentations section can be compared to one of those large, luxury variety boxes of chocolates that you get over the holidays,” Special Presentations Lead Programmer Jane Schoettle said in a video announcing the lineup. “There’s a vast array to choose from and you know you’re always going to find something good, but there’s three or four that you pick out as your favorites, and you end up loving them.” As previously announced, the festival will open with David Gordon Green’s comedy “Nutcrackers” on September 5.
Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, the musical “The Deb,” will close the festival. Check out the full lineup below. Galas 2024 (in alphabetical order) *Previously announced Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe Cosima Spender | UK World Premiere Better Man Michael Gracey | USA Canadian Premiere Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz | South Africa Canadian Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available *Eden Ron Howard | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available *Elton John: Never Too Late R.
J. Cutler, David Furnish | USA World Premiere *Harbin Woo Min-ho | South Korea World Premiere Meet the Barbarians Julie Delpy | France International Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available *Nutcrackers David Gordon Green | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Oh, Canada Paul Schrader | USA North American Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Thom Zimny | USA World Premiere *Superboys of Malegaon Reema Kagti | India World Premiere *The Deb Rebel Wilson | Australia World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Friend Scott McGehee, David Siegel | USA International Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Penguin Lessons Peter Cattaneo | Spain/United Kingdom World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Return Uberto Pasolini | Italy/United Kingdom World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Shrouds David Cronenberg | Canada/France North American Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available *The Wild Robot Chris Sanders | USA World Premiere Unstoppable William Goldenberg | USA World Premiere Will & Harper Josh Greenbaum | USA International Premiere Special Presentations 2024 (in alphabetical order) *Previously announced 40 Acres R.T.
Thorne | Canada World Premiere All of You William Bridges | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia | France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg Canadian Premiere Anora Sean Baker | USA Canadian Premiere Bird Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom North American Premiere Bring Them Down Christopher Andrews | Ireland/Belgium World Premiere Can I Get A Witness? Ann Marie Fleming | Canada World Premiere Carnival is Over Fernando Coimbra | Brazil/Portugal World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-Ke | China North American Premiere Conclave Edward Berger | USA/United Kingdom International Premiere Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard | France/USA/Mexico Canadian Premiere Hard Truths Mike Leigh | United Kingdom/Spain World Premiere Harvest Athina Rachel Tsangari | United Kingdom North American Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Heretic Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Canada World Premiere I’m Still Here Walter Salles | Brazil/France North American Premiere I, the Executioner Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea North American Premiere *K-Pops Anderson .Paak | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Love in the Big City E.oni | South Korea World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Millers in Marriage Edward Burns | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Misericordia Alain Guiraudie | Spain/Portugal/France Canadian Premiere *Nightbitch Marielle Heller | USA World Premiere On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni | Zambia/United Kingdom/Ireland North American Premiere Piece by Piece Morgan Neville | USA International Premiere Quisling – The Final Days Erik Poppe | Norway International Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Relay David Mackenzie | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Rez Ball Sydney Freeland | USA World Premiere Riff Raff Dito Montiel | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada/Germany North American Premiere Sharp Corner Jason Buxton | Canada/Ireland World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available *Shepherds Sophie Deraspe | Canada/France World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Sketch Seth Worley | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Assessment Fleur Fortuné | United Kingdom/Germany/USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Cut Sean Ellis | United Kingdom World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The End Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark/UK Canadian Premiere The Fire Inside Rachel Morrison | USA World Premiere The Girl with the Needle Magnus von Horn | Denmark/Poland/Sweden North American Premiere The Last Showgirl Gia Coppola | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available *The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan | USA World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available The Order Justin Kurzel | Canada/USA North American Premiere The Piano Lesson Malcolm Washington | USA International Premiere *We Live in Time John Crowley | United Kingdom/France World Premiere Went Up the Hill Samuel Van Grinsven | New Zealand/Australia World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Without Blood Angelina Jolie | USA/Italy World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available Young Werther José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço | Canada World Premiere Sales Title – Rights Available.
