The Angelina Jolie-directed war film 鈥淲ithout Blood," a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh鈥檚 contemporary tragicomedy 鈥淗ard Truths鈥� will have their world premieres at the this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation lineup Monday.
Jolie鈥檚 film stars Salma Hayek and Demi谩n Bichir and is based on the Alessandro Baricco novel 鈥淲ithout Blood.鈥� The Springsteen film, "Road Diary: and The E Street Band" charts behind the scenes of his world tour. Leigh鈥檚 film, his first in six years, has him reuniting with his 鈥淪ecrets & Lies鈥� star Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Also announced were the world premieres of Gia Coppola鈥檚 鈥淭he Last Showgirl,鈥� starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista and Kiernan Shipka, and Rachel Morrison鈥檚 directorial debut 鈥淭he Fire Inside,鈥� about the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. Barry Jenkins wrote the screenplay.
Edward Burns has a new film, 鈥淢illers in Marriage鈥� with Minnie Driver and Morena Baccarin, as does David Mackenzie with the thriller 鈥淩elay鈥� starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James. Jennifer Lopez co-stars in the Ben Affleck-produced sports drama 鈥淯nstoppable鈥� about American wrestler Anthony Robles. And Hugh Grant leads the eerie Scott Beck and Bryan Woods-directed A24 pic 鈥淗eretic.鈥�
One year after TIFF went on through the actors strikes, the star power has returned to the prestigious film festival which helps inform the conversation around the season's awards hopefuls.
Focus Features will play its Edward Berger-directed, and Ralph Fiennes-starring papal thriller 鈥淐onclave鈥� at the festival. But it won鈥檛 be the world premiere for 鈥淐onclave鈥� 鈥� that event will likely happen at either Venice or Telluride, which have yet to announce their full lineups. The studio will also bring 鈥淧iece by Piece鈥� to TIFF, Morgan Neville鈥檚 Pharrell Williams documentary told with LEGOs.
Films previously announced as part of the TIFF slate include the animated 鈥淭he Wild Robot,鈥� Marielle Heller鈥檚 鈥淣ightbitch,鈥� starring Amy Adams, John Crowley鈥檚 鈥淲e Live In Time,鈥� with Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, David Gordon Green鈥檚 comedy 鈥淣utcrackers,鈥� with Ben Stiller, R.J. Cutler and David Furnish鈥檚 鈥淓lton John: Never Too Late鈥� and Ron Howard鈥檚 survival thriller 鈥淓den鈥� with Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney and Jude Law.
The festival will also play some Cannes favorites including Sean Baker鈥檚 鈥淎nora,鈥� Paul Scrader鈥檚 鈥淥h, sa国际传媒鈥� and Jacques Audiard鈥檚 鈥淓milia P茅rez,鈥� and the Will Ferrell friendship documentary 鈥淲ill & Harper鈥� which debuted at Sundance.
More TIFF films will be announced in the coming weeks, as will the lineups for other important fall festivals including Venice, Telluride and New York Film Festival.
TIFF kicks off on Sept. 5 and runs through Sept. 15.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
