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TIFF 2011 announcement: 53 films, one new venue and a whack of stars who might come to Toronto

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Sarah Polley’s Take this Waltz is one of this year’s Galas
Sarah Polley’s Take this Waltz is one of this year’s Galas

TIFF unveiled part of its 2011 lineup today, and 53 movies will have their North American or world premieres in Toronto this fall. Among the spectators at the press conference this morning in Toronto was a solitary celebrity—actress and director Sarah Polley—but expect lots of boldface names in the city come September. Directors whose films are slated for this year’s fest include Lars von Trier, Francis Ford Coppola and Marc Forster, and they could come accompanied by such stars as Olivia Wilde, Juliette Binoche, Carey Mulligan, Blake Lively, Glenn Close, Vincent Cassel and Ice Cube (yes, of the famed Are We There Yet? and Friday). Those are just some of the famous faces that we’re hoping to spot at Sassafraz, pop-up nightclubs and the latest TIFF venue, The Princess of Wales Theatre. We’ve compiled a full list below.

Screen legends: Philip Baker Hall, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Vincent Cassel, Glenn Close, James Cromwell, Willem Defoe, Mia Farrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Anjelica Houston, Val Kilmer, Malcolm MacDowell, Sam Neill, Charlotte Rampling, Vanessa Redgrave, Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marisa Tomei, Christopher Walken, Sigourney Weaver, Neil Young.

Hot hunks: Antonio Banderas, Adam Brody, Edward Burns, Gerard Butler, George Clooney, Chace Crawford, Ice Cube, Hugh Dancy, Michael Fassbender, Ben Foster, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Ethan Hawke, Emile Hirsch, Hugh Jackman, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, Justin Long, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor, Viggo Mortensen, Brad Pitt, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alexander Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Channing Tatum, Eddie Vedder.

Cool chicks: Juliette Binoche, Selma Blair, Emily Blunt, Abbie Cornish, Rosario Dawson, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Jane Fonda, Megan Fox, Jennifer Garner, Salma Hayek, Anne Heche, Christina Hendricks, Bryce Dallas Howard, Catherine Keener, Anna Kendrick, Keira Knightley, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Michelle Monaghan, Carey Mulligan, Cynthia Nixon, Elizabeth Olsen, Freida Pinto, Alicia Silverstone, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Weisz, Kristen Wiig, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Williams, Robin Wright.

Fan favourites: Bryan Cranston, Judy Greer, Ed Helms, Jonah Hill, Rhys Ifans, Juliette Lewis, Kyle MacLachlan, Oliver Platt, John C. Reilly, Seth Rogen, Maya Rudolph, Adam Scott, Jason Segel, Michael Shannon, Sarah Silverman.

(Image: Nicolas Genin)

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GALAS

Albert Nobbs (Ireland) Director: Rodrigo Garcia Starring: Glenn Close

Butter (U.S.) Director: Jim Field Smith Starring: Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde

A Dangerous Method (Canada/France/Ireland/U.K./Germany) Director: David Cronenberg Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley

A Happy Event (France) Director: Remi Bezancon Starring: Louise Bourgoin

The Ides of March (U.S.) Director: George Clooney Starring: Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei

The Lady (France/U.K.) Director: Luc Besson Starring: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis

Moneyball (U.S.) Director: Bennett Miller Starring: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill

Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding (U.S.) Director: Bruce Beresford Starring: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Chace Crawford

Take this Waltz (Canada) Director: Sarah Polley Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen

W.E. (U.K.) Director: Madonna Starring: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D’Arcy

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

11 Flowers (China/France) Director: Wang Xiaoshuai Starring: Liu Wenqing, Wang Jinchun, Yen Ni

50/50 (U.S.) Director: Jonathan Levine Starring: Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anna Kendrick

360 (U.K./Austria/France/Brazil) Director: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz

The Artist (France) Director: Michel Hazanavicius Starring: Malcolm McDowell, James Cromwell, John Goodman

Americano (France) Director: Mathieu Demy Starring: Salma Hayek, Géraldine Chaplin

Anonymous (Germany) Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: David Thewlis, Vanessa Redgrave

A Better Life (France) Director: Cédric Khan Starring: Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Ketthabi

Burning Man (Australia) Director: Jonathan Teplitzky Starring: Matthew Goode, Rachel Griffiths

Chicken with Plums (France/Germany/Belgium) Directors: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud

Coriolanus (U.K.) Director: Ralph Fiennes Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler

Countdown (Korea) Director: Huh Jong-ho Starring: Jeon Do-youn

Dark Horse (U.S.) Director: Todd Solondz Starring: Justin Bartha, Selma Blair

The Deep Blue Sea (U.K.) Director: Terence Davies Starring: Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale, Rom Hiddleston

The Descendants (U.S.) Director: Alexander Payne Starring: George Clooney, Judy Greer

Drive (U.S.) Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman

Elles (France/Poland/Germany) Director: Malgoska Szumowska Starring: Juliette Binoche, Joanna Kulig, Anaïs Demoustier

The Eye of the Storm (Australia) Director: Fred Schepisi Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling

Friends With Kids (U.S.) Director: Jennifer Westfeldt Starring: Kristen Wiig, Megan Fox, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Edward Burns

Habemus Papam (Italy/France) Director: Nanni Moretti

Headhunters (Norway) Director: Morten Tyldum Starring: Aksel Hennie, Nikolah Coster-Waldau

Hick (U.S.) Director: Derick Martini Starring: Blake Lively, Chloe Moretz, Alec Baldwin, Juliette Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Rory Culkin

The Hunter (Australia) Director: Daniel Nettheim Starring: Willem Defoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (U.S.) Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass Starring: Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon

Killer Joe (U.S.) Director: William Friedkin Starring: Emile Hirsch, Matthew McConaughey

Like Crazy (U.S.) Director: Drake Doremus Starring: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones

Machine Gun Preacher (U.S.) Director: Marc Forster Starring: Gerard Butler

Martha Marcy May Marlene (U.S.) Director: Sean Durkin Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy

Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany) Director: Lars von Trier Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland

The Oranges (U.S.) Director: Julian Farino Starring: Hugh Laurie, Adam Brody, Sam Rosen, Leighton Meester

Pearl Jam Twenty (U.S.) Director: Cameron Crowe Starring: Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell

Rampart (U.S.) Director: Oren Moverman Starring: Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Ned Beatty, Ice Cube, Robin Wright

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (U.K.) Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt

Shame (U.K.) Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie

A Simple Life (Hong Kong, China) Director: Ann Hui Starring: Andy Lau, Deanie Ip, Wang Fuli, Qin Hailu

The Skin I Live In (Spain) Director: Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Blanca Suárez, Jan Cornet

Take Shelter (U.S.) Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain

Ten Year (U.S.) Director: Jamie Linden Starring: Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Anthony Mackie, Chris Pratt

Trishna (U.K.) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed

Twixt (U.S.) Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin

Tyrannosaur (U.K.) Director: Paddy Considine Starring: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman

We Need to Talk About Kevin (U.K.) Director: Lynne Ramsay Starring: Tilda Swinton

Where Do We Go Now? (France/Lebanon/Italy/Egypt) Director: Nadine Labaki Starring: Kevin Abboud, Julian Farhat

Woman in the Fifth (France/Poland/U.K.) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas

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