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

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.
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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
OMG she is looking so pretty….
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