Toronto 2015, annunciati i primi film: apre Demolition, première mondiale per The Martian

A 24 ore dalla conferenza del Festival di Venezia, il Toronto International Film Festival ha annunciato ufficialmente la prima lista (vi saranno importanti aggiornamenti nelle prossime settimane) di film che verranno presentati durante l'attesa 40esima edizione, che si terrà dal 10 al 20 settembre.

Il film d'apertura sarà Demolition, diretto da Jean-Marc Vallée, con Jake Gyllenhaal e Naomi Watts. Numerose, come sempre, le premiére mondiali, alcune forse "soffiate" a Venezia (che quest'anno inizierà due giorni dopo rispetto a Toronto, entrambi i festival lanciano spesso grandi titoli che rivedremo poi nella stagione degli Oscar): da The Martian di Ridley Scott a Trumbo con Bryan Cranston, passando per Where Do We Invade Next, il nuovo documentario di Michael Moore, Stonewall di Roland Emmerich, il biopic su Lance Armstrong diretto da Stephen Frears (The Program), Freeheld di Peter Sollett (con Julianne Moore).

Da notare poi, tra le Special Presentations, i debutti nordamericani di Sicario di Denis Villeneuve, The Lobster di Yorgos Lanthimos, La Giovinezza di Paolo Sorrentino, The Danish Girl di Tom Hooper.

Ecco la lista completa:

GALAS

• “Beeba Boys,” dir. Deepa Mehta, Canada (World Premiere)

• “Forsaken,” dir. Jon Cassar, Canada (World Premiere)

• “Freeheld,” dir. Peter Sollett, USA (World Premiere)

• “Hyena Road,” dir. Paul Gross, Canada (World Premiere)

• “Lolo,” dir. Julie Delpy, France (World Premiere)

• “LEGEND,” dir. Brian Helgeland, United Kingdom (International Premiere)

• “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” dir. Matt Brown, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

• “The Martian,” dir. Ridley Scott, USA (World Premiere)

• “The Program,” dir. Stephen Frears, United Kingdom (World Premiere)

• “Remember,” dir. Atom Egoyan, Canada (North American Premiere)

• “Septembers of Shiraz,” dir. Wayne Blair, USA (World Premiere)

• “Stonewall,” dir. Roland Emmerich, USA (World Premiere)

• “The Dressmaker,” dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse, Australia (World Premiere)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

• “Anomalisa,” dir. Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, USA (Canadian Premiere)

• “Beasts of No Nation,” dir. Cary Fukunaga, Ghana (Canadian Premiere)

• “Black Mass,” dir. Scott Cooper, USA (Canadian Premiere)

• “Brooklyn,” dir. John Crowley, United Kingdom/Ireland/Canada (Canadian Premiere)

• “Colonia,” dir. Florian Gallenberger, Germany/Luxembourg/France (World Premiere)

• “The Danish Girl,” dir. Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Sweden (North American Premiere)

• “The Daughter,” dir. Simon Stone, Australia (North American Premiere)

• “Desierto,” dir. Jonás Cuarón, Mexico (World Premiere)

• “Dheepan,” dir. Jacques Audiard, France (North American Premiere)

• “Families,” dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France (World Premiere)

• “Guilty,” Meghna Gulzar, India (World Premiere)

• “I Smile Back,” dir. Adam Salky, USA (Canadian Premiere)

• “The Idol,” Hany Abu-Assad, United Kingdom/Palestine (World Premiere)

• “The Lady in the Van,” dir. Nicolas Hytner, USA (World Premiere)

• “Len and Company,” dir. Tim Godsall, USA (North American Premiere)

• “The Lobster,” dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/ United Kingdom/ Greece/ France/ Netherlands (North American Premiere)

• “Louder than Bombs,” dir. Joachim Trier, Norway/France/Denmark (North American Premiere)

• “Maggie’s Plan,” dir. Rebecca Miller, USA (World Premiere)

• “Mountains May Depart,” dir. Jia Zhang-ke, China/France/Japan (North American Premiere)

• “Parched,” dir. Leena Yadav, India/USA (World Premiere)

• “Room,” dir. Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland/Canada (Canadian Premiere)

• “Sicario,” dir. Denis Villeneuve, USA (North American Premiere)

• “Son of Saul,” dir. László Nemes, Hungary (Canadian Premiere)

• “Spotlight,” dir. Tom McCarthy, USA (Canadian Premiere)

• “Sunset Song,” dir. Terence Davies, United Kingdom/Luxembourg (World Premiere)

• “Trumbo,” dir. Jay Roach, USA (World Premiere)

• “Un plus une,” dir. Claude Lelouch, France (World Premiere)

• “Victoria,” dir. Sebastian Schipper, Germany (Canadian Premiere)

• “Where To Invade Next,” dir. Michael Moore, USA (World Premiere)

• “Youth,” dir. Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France/United Kingdom/Switzerland (North American Premiere)