The TIFF news keeps pouring in, with the festival announcing today the addition of eight galas (those splashy parties everyone wants to crash) and 17 special presentations, totalling 25 additions, 14 of which are world premieres. This brings the final number of galas this season to 20 (that’s a whole lot of free champagne) and the number of special presentations to 67. At TIFF, there’ll be a star for everyone, like brawny action dudes Jason Statham, Clive Owen (who has two movies premiering) and Gerard Butler, French actress Catherine Deneuve (so engaging we’d watch her eat Kraft dinner and do laundry), TV stars Adam Brody and Alexis Bledel (who taught us that the best way to solve complex teen problems is to talk really, really fast) and mega-stars Robert DeNiro, Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage.

To the recently added galas »

Galas

Page Eight (Closing-night film) Starring: Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon Director: David Hare

The Awakening Starring: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton Director: Nick Murphy

The Beloved Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastoianni Director: Christophe Honoré

Hysteria Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Johnathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, Felicity Jones Director: Tanya Wexler

Killer Elite Starring: Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen Director: Gary McKendry

Machine Gun Preacher Starring: Gerard Butler Director: Marc Forster

Trespass Starring:  Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman Director: Joel Schumacher

Winnie Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Terrance Howard, Wendy Crewson Director: Darrel J. Roodt

To the recently added special presentations »

Special Presentations

The Cardboard Village Starring: Michael Lonsdale, Rutger Hauer Director: Ermanno Olmi

Damsels in Distress Starring: Adam Brody, Greta Gerwig, Megalyn Echikunwoke Director: Whit Stilman

Death of a Superhero Starring: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aisling Loftus Director: Ian FitzGibbon

The First Man Director: Gianni Amelio

In Darkness Starring: Robert Wieçkiewicz, Benno Fürmann Director: Agnieszka Holland

Intruders Starring: Clive Owen Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Life Without Principle Director: Johnnie To

Low Life Director: Nicolas Klotz

Mausam Starring: Shahid Kapur, Sonam A. Kapoor, Anupam Kher Director: Pankaj Kapur

My Worst Nightmare Starring: Isabelle Huppert Director: Anne Fontaine

Rebellion Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

Sleeping Beauty Starring: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake Director: Julia Leigh

Terraferma Director: Emanuele Crialese

That Summer Director: Philippe Garrel

Violet and Daisy Starring: Alexis Bledel, Saoirse Ronan, Danny Trejo Director: Geoffrey Fletcher

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Director: We Te-Sheng

Wuthering Heights Starring: James Howson, Kaya Scodelario Director: Andrea Arnold