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)
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
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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