August 19, 2014 .NEWS RELEASE.
COMING THIS SEPTEMBER: FILMMAKERS AND TALENT FROM AROUND THE GLOBE DESCEND ON THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TORONTO — The 39th Toronto International Film Festival® attracts an unparalleled roster of celebrated film talent during the 11-day event, running September 4 to 14, 2014. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Noah Baumbach, Mia Hansen-Løve, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Ning Hao, Philippe Falardeau, Susanne Bier, Oren Moverman, Michael Winterbottom, Ruba Nadda, Antoine Fuqua, Alanis Obomsawin, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Christian Petzold, Isabel Coixet, Sophie Barthes, Bent Hamer, Lone Scherfig and Roger Waters.
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers and artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival: Naji Abu Nowar, James Adolphus, Michele Alhaique, Lisandro Alonso, Kiki Álvarez, Yuri Ancarani, Roy Andersson, Sarik Andreasyan, Juanfer Andrés, Theo Anthony, Olivier Assayas, Robin Aubert, Barry Avrich, Ramin Bahrani, Jaume Balagueró, Anaïs Barbeau- Lavalette, Daniel Barber, Daniel Barnz, Rebecca Baron, Sophie Barthes, Eric Baudelaire, Noah Baumbach, Wiam Simav Bedirxan, Justin Benson, Nils Bergendal, Dana Berman Duff, Anahí Berneri, Paul Bettany, Susanne Bier, Charles Binamé, Mike Binder, Vincent Biron, Baran bo Odar, Shonali Bose, Scott Brachmayer, Adam Brooks, Israel Cárdenas, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Damien Chazelle, Peter Chelsom, Andrew Cividino, Mary Helena Clark, Isabel Coixet, Saverio Costanzo, Paul Cowan, David Cronenberg, Harold Crooks, Ernesto Daranas, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Siebren de Haan, Mijke de Jong, Yann Demange, Lav Diaz, David Dobkin, Xavier Dolan, Andrea Dorfman, Sotiris Dounoukos, Lee Do-yun, Fabrice Du Welz, Kaveh Ebrahimpour, Martin Edralin, Kris Elgstrand, Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz, Tony Elliott, Martine Époque, Santiago Esteinou, Chris Evans, Sean Evans, Philippe Falardeau, Lixin Fan, Alexander Farah, Sepideh Farsi, Pascale Ferran, Severin Fiala, Fluorescent Hill, Anne Fontaine, Maya Forbes, Alain Fournier, James Franco, Veronika Franz, Toa Fraser, Sol Friedman, René Frölke, Tor Fruergaard, Antoine Fuqua, Sarah Galea-Davis, Connor Gaston, Ole Giæver, Dan Gilroy, Dana Gingras, François Girard, Shaun Gladwell, Richard Glatzer, Rob Grant, David Gordon Green, Eugène Green, Sturla Gunnarsson, Laura Amelia Guzmán, Szabolcs Hajdu, Dieudo Hamadi, Bent Hamer, Mia Hansen-Løve, Ning Hao, Hal Hartley, Mark Hartley, Ethan Hawke, Jalmari Helander, Ryuichi Hiroki, Nguyen Hoang Diep, Margaret Honda, Israel Horovitz, Slater Jewell-Kemker, Cristián Jiménez, Boo Ji-Young, Gerard Johnson, July Jung, Park Jung-bum, Chang Jung-Chi, Zvonimir Jurić, Marie-Ève Juste, Serhat Karaaslan, Yassmina Karajah, Dome Karukoski, Ross Katz, Matthew Kennedy, Robert Kenner, Nino Kirtadze, Arlen Konopaki, Panos H. Koutras, Omung Kumar, Juris Kursietis, Kim Kyung-man, Richard LaGravenese, Joel Lamangan, Alexandre Larose, Michelle Latimer, Andrew Lau, Mélanie Laurent, Josh Lawson, Elizabeth Lazebnik, François Leduc, Mike Leigh, Jean-Baptiste Leonetti, Barry Levinson, Shawn Levy, Ben Lewis, Richard Loncraine, Andrew Loo, Julie Lopes Curval, Zhang Lu, Frieda Luk, Johann Lurf, Adam MacDonald, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Caroline Mailloux, Nilesh Maniyar, Mikael Marcimain, T. Marie, Carolina Markowicz, Isidora Marras, James Marsh, Lynne Marsh, Philip Martin, Mario Martone, Thomas McCarthy, Dave McKean, Santiago Menghini, Bennett Miller, Pat Mills, Reza Mirkarimi, Jyoti Mistry, Ako Mitchell, David Robert Mitchell, Jefferson Moneo, Grayson Moore, Michael Moore, Tomm Moore, Aaron Moorhead, Oren Moverman, Francesco Munzi, Ruba Nadda, Olivier Nakache, Tetsuya Nakashima, Afia Nathaniel, Andrew Niccol, Laura Nix, Jonathan Nossiter, Ryan J. Noth, Alanis Obomsawin, David Oelhoffen, Randall Okita, Joshua Oppenheimer, Luis Ortega, Ruben Östlund, Hlynur Pálmason, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Christian Petzold, Yim Pil-sung, Joana Pimenta, Matías Piñeiro, Shira Piven, Gabe Polsky, Denis Poulin, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Megha Ramaswamy, Hamy Ramezan, Matthew Rankin, Jason Reitman, Martin Rejtman, Giulio Ricciarelli, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Esteban Roel, Alberto Roldán, Oscar Ruiz Navia, Samir, Christophe M. Saber, Benny Safdie, Joshua Safdie, Ghassan Salhab, Fernanda Salloum, Feike Santbergen, Marjane Satrapi, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Lone Scherfig, Céline Sciamma, Liew Seng Tat, Kim Seong-hun, Jacques Servin,
Lynn Shelton, Raha Shirazi, Amer Shomali, Amie Siegel, Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Kevin Smith, Sion Sono, Jeffrey St. Jules, Jon Stewart, Mike Stoltz, Marah Strauch, Peter Strickland, Amanda Strong, Shim Sung-Bo, Mariama Sylla, Damian Szifron, Isao Takahata, Jordan Tannahill, Julie Taymor, David Tedeschi, Frank Ternier, David Thorpe, Jacob Tierney, Eric Toledano, Clément Trehin-Lalanne, Shinya Tsukamoto, André Turpin, Morten Tyldum, JP Valkeapää, Igor Vamos, Lonnie van Brummelen, Jan-Willem van Ewijk, Pieter Van Hees, Marte Vold, Calum Walter, Wayne Wapeemukwa, Matthew Warchus, Roger Waters, Wash Westmoreland, Blake Williams, Adam Wingard, Michael Winterbottom, Frederick Wiseman, Ray Wong, Wang Xiaoshuai, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries (Young- hae Chang and Marc Voge), Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Zhang Yimou, Soon-Mi Yoo, Jeffrey Zablotny, Krzysztof Zanussi, Baldvin Zophoníasson, Christian Zübert, Mich’ael Zupraner, Andrey Zvyaginstev, Edward Zwick and Antoinette Zwirchmayr.
The following guests are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival: Liam Aiken, Jennifer Aniston, Loreto Aravena, Gemma Arterton, Dorothy Atkinson, Charlotte Aubin, Marion Bailey, Ellen Barkin, Isaach De Bankolé, Jason Bateman, Haley Bennett, Sonja Bennett, Melissa Benoist, Juliette Binoche, Evan Bird, Douglas Booth, John Boylan, Jordana Brewster, Connie Britton, Daniel Brühl, Arabella Bushnell, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Steve Carell, Josh Charles, Justin Chatwin, Justin Chon, Priyanka Chopra, Hayden Christensen, Sam Claflin, Richard Clarkin, Patricia Clarkson, Suzanne Clément, Jennifer Connelly, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kevin Costner, Marton Csokas, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Cusack, Rosario Dawson, Benicio del Toro, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Zhou Dongyu, Vincent D'Onofrio, Sarah Doucet, Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Dryborough, Ger Duany, Robert Duvall, Ansel Elgort, Jillian Estell, Alice Eve, Vera Farmiga, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Sarah Gadon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gael García Bernal, Andrew Garfield, Jennifer Garner, Richard Gere, Greta Gerwig, Sophie Goulet, Holliday Grainger, Aidan Greene, Jessica Gunning, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Alex Harrouch, Ken Harrower, Salma Hayek, Hannah Herzsprung, Dustin Hoffman, Nina Hoss, Holly Hunter, Max Irons, Jeremy Irvine, Johnny Issaluk, Christopher Jacot, Emmanuel Jal, Sian James, Felicity Jones, Jeremy Jordan, Reda Kateb, Diane Keaton, Catherine Keener, Anna Kendrick, Tory Kittles, Kevin Kline, Keira Knightley, Mpho Koaho, Chandia Bernadette Kodili, Nick Kroll, Lilianna La Greca, Allen Leech, Melissa Leo, Jane Levy, Justin Long, Alex Loubert, Steven Love, Elyas M´Barek, Anthony Mackie, Chris Mackie, Marte Magnusdotter Solem, Tobey Maguire, Brit Marling, Faye Marsay, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Meunier, Anthony Michael Hall, Antoine Monot Jr., Maika Monroe, Julianne Moore, Chloë Grace Moretz, Viggo Mortensen, Bill Murray, Ahmed Muslimani, Bill Nighy, Arnold Oceng, Jack O'Connell, Haley Joel Osment, Muna Otaru, Al Pacino, Nate Parker, Michael Parks, Robert Pattinson, Alex Paxton-Beesley, Jaime Pebanco, Simon Pegg, Lee Perkins, Rosamund Pike, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Plummer, Maxime Pomerleau, Colin Price, Bill Pullman, Tahar Rahim, Vanessa Redgrave, Eddie Redmayne, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Genesis Rodriguez, Mark Ruffalo, Rene Russo, Adam Sandler, Romnick Sarmenta, Dan Savage, Tom Schilling, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Schwartz, Andrew Scott, Alexey Serebryakov, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Shannon, Dax Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Aidan Shipley, Bob Silvers, J.K. Simmons, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Ross Smith, Timothy Spall, Peter Spence, Abigail Spencer, Octavia Spencer, Hailee Steinfeld, Dan Stevens, Ben Stiller, Corey Stoll, Peter Stormare, Ma Su, Omar Sy, Channing Tatum, Miles Teller, Aliaune “Akon” Thiam, John Travolta, Alexandre Vallerand, Garrett Wareing, Denzel Washington, Ernardi Watimin, Danny Webb, Dominic West, Kuoth Wiel, Kristen Wiig, Cassie Williams, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, Jung Woo-sung, Sam Worthington, Han Ye-ri and Zhao Wei.
The 2014 Toronto International Film Festival Official Film Schedule was released today and is available at TIFF Bell Lightbox or by visiting tiff.net/festival. Copies will also be distributed in the Toronto Star and Metro on Thursday, August 21. A section about the Festival will appear in the Toronto Star on Thursday, August 28, and will include the full film schedule.
Purchase Festival ticket packages until August 20 while quantities last. Single tickets are on sale from Sunday, August 31 to Sunday, September 14. Purchase packages and tickets online 24 hours a day at tiff.net/festival, by phone at 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433. Festival Box Office located at 225 King Street West opens on August 31.
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