Today’s edition of TIFF celebrity stalking is a little meatier, as co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey announced 50 films (15 galas, 35 special presentations, including 25 world premieres) and the whackitude of celebrities associated with them. We’ve got two Friends (Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer), the Gilmore Girls (Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel), the Mad Men man himself (Jon Hamm), Office favourite Rainn Wilson, the ever-intriguing Winona Ryder, plus Robert Redford, Woody Allen, Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and more. This year might just top 2009’s Oprah-Clooney juggernaut appearances. Too lazy to go through the list? The lowdown, after the jump.
Screen legends: Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Woody Allen, Stanley Tucci, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert De Niro
Hot hunks: Ryan Phillippe, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, James McAvoy, Jeremy Renner, Michael C. Hall, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Sam Worthington, Andrew Garfield, Sam Rockwell, Aaron Eckhart, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Penn Badgley, Keanu Reeves, Edward Norton, Ryan Reynolds
Cool chicks: Malin Akerman, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, Robin Wright, Evan Rachel Wood, Mila Kunis, Blake Lively, Brittany Snow, Elisabeth Shue, Marion Cottillard, Keira Knightley, Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, Minnie Driver, Sandra Oh, Freida Pinto, Michelle Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Amanda Bynes, Vera Farmiga
Fan favourites: Rainn Wilson, Helena Bonham Carter, Zach Galifanakis, Sarah Silverman
Galas
Casino Jack (Canada) Director: George Hickenlooper Starring: Kevin Spacey, Rachelle Lefevre, Jon Lovitz, Yannick Bisson
The Bang Bang Club (Canada/South Africa) Director: Steven Silver Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch
Barney’s Version (Canada/Italy) Director: Richard J. Lewis Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman
Black Swan (U.S.) Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder
The Conspirator (U.S.) Director: Robert Redford Starring: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Alexis Bledel
Janie Jones (U.S.) Director: David M. Rosenthal Starring: Abigail Breslin, Elisabeth Shue, Brittany Snow
Peep World (U.S.) Director: Barry Blaustein Starring: Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson, Taraji P. Henson, Sarah Silverman
The Town (U.S.) Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Blake Lively, Jon Hamm, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner
The Way (U.S.) Director: Emilio Estevez Starring: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger
The Debt (U.K.) Director: John Madden Starring: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson
The King’s Speech (U.K.) Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth
West Is West (U.K.) Director: Andy DeEmmony Starring: Om Puri Vanessa Hehir, Jim Mistry
Little White Lies (France) Director: Guillaume Canet Starring: Marion Cottillard, Francois Cluzet, Gilles Lellouche
Potiche (France) Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve
The Housemaid (South Korea) Director: San-soo Im Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee
Special Presentations
Another Year (U.K.)
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville
Brighton Rock (U.K.) Director: Rowan Joffe Starring: Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Sam Riley
The Illusionist (U.K.) Director: Sylvain Chomet Starring: Jean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin
Made in Dagenham (U.K.) Director: Nigel Cole Starring: Rosamund Pike, Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins
Never Let Me Go (U.K.) Director: Mark Romanek Starring: Carey Milligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley
Submarine (U.K.) Director: Richard Ayoade Starring: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine
Tamara Drewe (U.K.) Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam
The Trip (U.K.) Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (U.S./U.K./Spain) Director: Woody Allen Starring: Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Freida Pinto
Beginners (U.S.) Director: Mike Mills Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent
Blue Valentine (U.S.) Director: Derek Cianfrance Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
Conviction (U.S.) Director: Tony Goldwyn Starring: Sam Rockwell, Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis, Peter Gallagher
Easy A (U.S.) Director: Will Gluck Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, Patricia Clarkson, Penn Badgley
Henry’s Crime (U.S.) Director: Malcolm Venville Starring: Keanu Reeves, Judy Greer, Vera Farmiga
Jack Goes Boating (U.S.) Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (U.S.) Director: Ryan Fleck and Anna Bowen Starring: Zach Galifanakis, Emma Roberts, Lauren Graham
Rabbit Hole (U.S.) Director: John Cameron Mitchell Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Sandra Oh
Stone (U.S.) Director: John Curran Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich
Trust (U.S.) Director: David Schwimmer Starring: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener
Miral (U.K./France/Israel) Director: Julian Schnabel Starring: Willem Dafoe, Freida Pinto, Vanessa Redgrave
The Big Picture (France) Director: Eric Lartigau Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Branka Katic
Love Crime (France) Director: Alain Corneau Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludvine Sagnier
Yves Saint Laurent - L’Amour Fou (France) Director: Pierre Thoretton Starring: Yves Saint-Laurent (archival footage), Pierre Berge
A Screaming Man (France/Belgium/Chad) Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Starring: Emile Abossolo M’bo, Youssouf Djaoro
Outside the Law (France/Algeria/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium) Director: Rachid Bouchareb Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila
In a Better World (Denmark/Sweden) Director: Susanne Bier Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Mikael Persbrandt
Biutiful (Spain/Mexico) Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Starring: Javier Bardem
Buried (Spain/U.S.) Director: Rodrigo Cortes Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Lope (Spain/Brazil) Director: Andrucha Waddington Starring: Sonia Braga, Leonor Watling
Cirkus Columbia (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Director: Danis Tanovic Starring: Miki Manojlovic, Boris Ler
Dgobi Ghat (India) Director: Kiran Rao Starring: Aamir Khan, Prateik Babbar
That Girl in Yellow Boots (India) Director: Anurag Kashyap Starring: Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah
I Saw the Devil (South Korea) Director: Kim Jee-woon Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi
Norwegian Wood (Japan) Director: Tran Anh Hung Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Ken’ichi Matsuyama
The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (Hong Kong) Director: Andrew Lau Starring: Donnie Yen, Qi Shu
Complete list of films on the TIFF site.
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