August 22, 2017 .NEWS RELEASE.
LEADING TALENT AND GLOBAL STARS TO DESCEND ON THE CITY FOR THIS YEAR’S TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival® today revealed the hundreds of special guests and talent that will attend the Festival this September. Attendees to include:
Abed Abest, Kathryn Aboya, Austin Abrams, Hany Abu-Assad, Kawa Ada, Pamela Adlon, Travis Agresti, Dianna Agron, Abbesi Akhamie, Adeel Akhtar, Fatih Akin, Mounia Akl, Haifaa Al Mansour, Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, Sameh Alaa, Gina Alajar, Rana Alamuddin, Barbara Albert, Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi, Ahmad Alfishawy, Arsher Ali, Adolfo Alix Jr., Vicente Amorim, Kamila Andini, Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Pedram Ansari, Urszula Antoniak, Cyril Aris, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Darren Aronofsky, Gemma Arterton, Ariane Ascaride, Ali Asgari, Jens Assur, Mamoudou Athie, Robin Aubert, Bille August, Amberley Jo Aumua, Jon Avnet, Violeta Ayala. Nabil Ayouch, Shoja Azari, Ali Badshah, Ida Bagus Putu Radithya Mahijasena, Jennifer Baichwal, Rob Baker, Sean Baker, Simon Baker, Ishaya Bako, Christian Bale, Zainab Balogun, Claes Bang, Javier Bardem, Greg Barker, Phillip Barker, Clio Barnard, Jenna Bass, Justine Bateman, Jeff Bauman, Nathalie Baye, Sophie Beaulieu, Xavier Beauvois, Bérénice Bejo, Jamie Bell, Mateo Bendesky, Annette Bening, Vinnie Bennett, Zaida Bergroth, Anahí Berneri, Halle Berry, Swaneige Bertrand, Maggie Betts, Véro Tshanda Beya, Nav Bhatia, Jason Biggs, Noa Biron, Mary J. Blige, Baran bo Odar, Matthew Boi-1da Samuels, Katie Boland, Nick Bollettier, Christopher Bolton, Helena Bonham Carter, Sandrine Bonnaire, Douglas Booth, Scotty Bowers, Cory Bowles, Patrick Bresnan, Beau Bridges, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Yoni Brook, David Bruckner, Rob Brunner, Iris Bry, Lars Brygmann, Reine Brynolfsson, Martina Buchelová, Jessie Buckley, Neil Burger, Steve Buscemi, Louis C.K., Cai Shangjun, Nevada Caldwell, Priscilla Cameron, Stephen Campanelli, Robin Campillo, Steve Carell, Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, Jonas Carpignano, Jim Carrey, Vince Carter, Michelle Carter-Scott, Jean-François Casabonne, Aya Cash Raffey Cassidy, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Hélène Cattet, Timothée Chalamet, Jessica Chastain, Bornila Chatterjee, Hong Chau, Saara Chaudry, Joan Chemla, Richard Chevolleau, Soma Chhaya, Eric Clapton, Dane Clark, Jason Clarke, Jermaine Clement, Suzanne Clément,George Clooney, Glenn Close, Daniel Cockburn, Chelsea Cohen, Erika Cohn, Joe Cole, Robin Comisar, Kelly Connaire, Dominic Cooke, Carrie Coon, Scott Cooper, Dominic Cooper, Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr, Ryan Corr, Denis Côté, Valeria Cotto, Samson Coulter, Clare Coulter, Daniel Craig, Bryan Cranston, Rachael Crawford, Penélope Cruz, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming, John Curran, Sara Cwynar, Brian D’Arcy James, Vuyo Dabula, Willem Dafoe, Rebecca Daly, Matt Damon, Ernesto Daranas Serrano, Rima Das, Dan David, Rae Dawn Chong, Charlie Day, Jonathan Dayton, Luis De Filippis, Nicholas de Pencier, Maurice Dean Wint, Guillermo del Toro, Dame Judi Dench, Kaitlyn Dever, Hamilton Dhlamini, Saul Dibb, Peter Dinklage, Zethu Dlomo, Daniel Doheny, Pascale Drevillon, Sara Driver, Jay Duplass, Trine Dyrholm, Dionne Edwards, Carmen Ejogo, Adam Ekeli, Lina El Arabi, Idris Elba, Alana Elmer, Matt Embry, Joan Embry, Dr. Ashton Embry, Duncan Embry, John Embry, Dean Embry, Eminem, Ildikó Enyedi, Hawa Essuman, Luke Evans, Kevin Jerome Everson, Heidi Ewing, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Richard Eyre, Edie Falco, Elle Fanning, Coralie Fargeat, Valerie Faris, Colin Farrell, Johnny Fay, Ali Fazal, Alexander Fehling, Beanie Feldstein, Ryan Ferko, Sophie Fiennes, Travis Fimmel, Lili Fini Zanuck, Jenna Fischer, Sadaf Foroughi, Bruno Forzani, Claire Foy, Dave Franco, Michel Franco, James Franco, Stephen Frears,
David Freyne, Sol Friedman, Anna Friel, Jantje Friese, Savi Gabizon, Sarah Gadon, Francesco Gagliardi, Philippe David Gagné, Mary Galloway, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Gael García Bernal, Antonio García Cabanes, David García Salmerón, Andrew Garfield, Louis Garrel, Angel Gates, Melissa George, Sofia Georgovassili, Richard Gere, Greta Gerwig, Zahraa Ghandour, Giancarlo Giannini, Craig Gillespie, Andrew Gillis, François Girard, Grace Glowicki, Walton Goggins, Tony Goldwyn, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Laura Gonçalves, Jane Goodall, Forrest Goodluck, Nic Gorman, Briar Grace-Smith, Rachel Grady, Michael Grange, Emmanuel Gras, Ari Graynor, David Gordon Green, Judy Greer, Michael Greyeyes, Valeska Grisebach, Paul Gross, Glen Grunwald, Luca Guadagnino, Sverrir Gudnason, Robert Guédiguian, Noorin Gulamgaus, Elif Güney Pütün, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, I Gusti Ayu Laksmiyani, Javier Gutiérrez, Jake Gyllenhaal, Andrew Haigh, Sherwan Haji, Mona Halem, Tamron Hall, Rebecca Hall, Patricia Hamilton, Armie Hammer, Michael Haneke, Iram Haq, Eili Harboe, Justin Harding, Bethann Hardison, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Ed Harris, Mary Harron, Ken Harrower, Kevin Hart, Sally Hawkins, Michel Hazanavicius, Bella Heathcote, Lucas Hedges, Garrett Hedlund, Maria Heiskanen, Stephen Henderson, Kathleen Hepburn, Rod Hernandez-Farella, Adam Herstig, Peter Higginson, Victoria Hill, Atsuko Hirayanagi, Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir, Louis Hoffmann, Edward Holcroft, Charlotte Hope, Cynthia Hoppenfeld, Billy Howle, Hsin-yao Huang, Max Hubacher, Laura Huertas Millán, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Zoya Hussain, Adil Hussain, Gloria Huwiler, Armando Iannucci, Patrick Imbert, Eddie Izzard, Ameer Ali Jabarah, Mohamed Jabarah Al-daradji, Mahour Jabbari, Annemarie Jacir, Naledi Jackson, Jorge Jácome, Robert James-Collier, Brady Jandreau, Allison Janney, Natasha Jaramillo, Richard Jenkins, Connor Jessup, Emmanuel John, Clark Johnson, Don Johnson, Marine Johnson, Angelina Jolie, Grace Jones, Paula Jones, Doug Jones, Marleen Jonkman, Cory Joseph, Noah Jupe, Casey Kaa, Ni Kadek Thaly Titi Kasih, Joseph Kahn, Ajuawak Kapashesit, Yassmina Karajah, Ayce Kartal, Anurag Kashyap, Sam Keeley, Barry Keoghan, Lodge Kerrigan, Mini Kerti, Alireza Khatami, Nala Khumalo, Nicole Kidman, Udo Kier, Kim Yang-hee, Anthony Kirlew, Ryûhei Kitamura, Jason Kohn, Daniel Kokotajlo, Stephan Komandarev, Dane Komljen, Boudewijn Koole, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jide Kosoko, Krista Kosonen, Michaela Kostková, Torill Kove, Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor, Jerry Kramer, Louisa Krause, Diane Kruger, Sam Kuhn, Sonja Kuittinen, Vineet Kumar Singh, Asuka Kurosawa, Antoine L'Écuyer, Shia LaBeouf, Ian Lagarde, Lai Kuo-An, Kemi 'Lala' Akindoju, Peter Landesman, John Landis, Diane Lane, Paul Langlois, Lisa Langseth, Yorgos Lanthimos, Brie Larson, Shaista Latif, Michelle Latimer, Frederick Lau, Mélanie Laurent, Simon Lavoie, Jennifer Lawrence, Abbey Lee, Xavier Legrand, Juraj Lehotsky, Sebastián Lelio, Gilles Lellouche Marc-Antoine Lemire, Melissa Leo, Fernando León de Aranoa, André Leon Talley, Diego Lerman, Tracy Letts, Chandler Levack, Dani Leventhal, Zachary Levi, Sharon Lewis, Rebecca Liddiard, Ryan Lincoln, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Rifka Lodeizen, Brit Loder, Jackie Long, Luis López Carrasco, Josh Lucas, Ivete Lucas, Teddy Lussi-Modeste, Matilda Lutz, Loaded Lux, David Lyons, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Adam MacDonald, Trevor Mack, Peter MacNeill, Ifunanya Maduka, Mothusi Magano, Kane Mahon, Renae Maihi, Ahmed Malek, John Malkovich, Carlo Francisco Manatad, Edna Manitowabi, Samuel Maoz, Kate Mara, Narimane Mari, Luca Marinelli, Carolina Markowicz, Tonie Marshall, Eboni Marshall Turman, Lucrecia Martel, Manuel Martín Cuenca, Anna Marziano, Warren Masemola, Tatiana Maslany, Khalo Matabane, Michael Matthews, Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, Rakan Mayasi, Rachel McAdams, Aoife McArdle, James McAvoy, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Stephen McCallum, Sheila McCarthy, Martin McDonagh, Frances McDormand, Ian McEwan, Molly McGlynn, Paul McGuigan, Don McKellar, Hansal Mehta, Sean Menard, Ben Mendelsohn, Antonio Méndez Esparza, Denis Ménochet, Laurie Metcalf, Ilian Metev, Peter Mettler, Janus Metz, Egle Mikulionyte, Pat Mills, Bill Milner, Helen Mirren, Jason Mitchell, Mark Mitchinson, Milos Mitrovic, Ivana Mladenovic, Caroline Monnet, Emilie Monnet, Julianne Moore, Grayson Moore, Laura Mora, Natalie Morales, Gaël Morel, Rob Morgan, Brett Morgen, Maria Mozhdah, Michaela Müller, Carey
Mulligan, Kimhak Mun, Mela Murder, Michael Murphy, Nadia Myre, Gijs Naber, Matt Nable, Olivier Nakache, Sameer Nasim, Rawane Nassif,Anjali Nayar,Meira Nechemya, Elinor Nechemya, Liam Neeson, Shirin Neshat, Matthew Newton, Kim Nguyen, Melanie Nicholls-King, Julianne Nicholson, Teemu Nikki, Alessandro Nivola, Kenneth Nkosi, Héctor Noas, Michael Noer, Kate Novack, Constanza Novick, Rungano Nyoni, Brian O'Malley, Alanis Obomsawin, Kardinal Offishall, Deyemi Okanlawon, Kenneth Okolie, Gary Oldman, Rachel Oniga, Matti Onnismaa, Ruben Östlund, Ed Oxenbould, Ellen Page, Andrea Pallaoro, Hlynur Pálmason, Jessica Palud, Véréna Paravel, Grace Park, Molly Parker, Alexander Payne, Michael Pearce, Stephanie Pearson, Richard Peddie, George Pelecanos, Théodore Pellerin, Sladen Peltier, Anastasia Phillips, Rosamund Pike, Pedro Pinho, Paco Plaza, Charlie Plummer, Sam Pollard, Sarah Polley, Imogen Poots, Ulises Porra Guardiola, Samantha Power, Bel Powley, Brooklynn Prince, Bill Pullman, Tarique Qayumi, Qiu Yang, Vivian Qu, Margaret Qualley, Juan Sebastián Quebrada, Zachary Quinto, Vahid Rad, Kazik Radwanski, Shazi Raja, Andrés Ramírez Pulido, Matthew Rankin, Mark Raso, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Leo Rautins, Dee Rees, Noah Reid, Benjamin Renner, Ben Rhodes, Miranda Richardson, Kyle Rideout, Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Rivera, Margot Robbie, Emma Roberts, Maxime Robin, Angela Robinson, Michael Robinson, Sam Rockwell, Jordan Rodrigues, Giovanny Rodríguez, Vincent Romeo, Saoirse Ronan, Michaël R. Roskam, Joshua Roter, Jed Rothstein, Delphine Roussel, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Jean-Marc E. Roy, Patricia Rozema, Clara Rugaard, Björn Runge, Ben Russell, Shayesteh Sajadi, Amr Salama, Charlotte Salisbury, Gustavo Salmerón, Julia Salmerón, Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez, Sergio G. Sánchez, Rohit Saraf, Sreymoch Sareum, Dominic Savage, Gabriel Savignac, Karim Sayad, Sayani, Paul Scheer, Adrian Schiop, Silvina Schnicer, Matthias Schoenaerts, Liza Scholtz, Peter Schønau Fog, Paul Schrader, Robert Schwentke, Marielle Scott, Kristin Scott Thomas, Shahrzad Seifi, Amy Seimetz, Tan Seng Kiat, Andy Serkis, Greg Sestero, Chloë Sevigny, Tali Shalom- Ezer, Shoniqua Shandai, Michael Shannon, Lynn Shelton, Aidan Shipley, Kazuya Shiraishi, Limor Shmila, Neta Shpigelman, Elisabeth Shue, Mina Shum, Jane Siberry, Jarrett Siddall, Fern Silva, Sarah Silverman, Dominic Etienne Simard, Awanui Simich-Pene, David Simon, Gord Sinclair, Stellan Skarsgård, Ann Skelly, Christian Slater, Lois Smith, Chris Smith, Seth A. Smith, Jimmy Smits, Ksenia Solo, Aaron Sorkin, Rafe Spall, Morgan Spector, Steven Soderbergh, Ben Spence, Peter Spence, Octavia Spencer, Morgan Spurlock, Jerry Stackhouse, Sebastian Stan, Annie Starke, Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Linsey Stewart, Ben Stiller, Elizaveta Stishova, Emma Stone, Julia Sarah Stone, Austin Stowell, Tracy Heather Strain, Wes Studi, Jason Sudeikis, Sunny Suljic, Mouly Surya, Donald Sutherland, Conor Sweeney, Hallie Switzer, Hüseyin Tabak, Harrison Tanner, Paolo Taviani, Brian Taylor, Charlamagne Tha God, Cedric the Entertainer, Julia Thelin, Alexis Thomas, Emma Thompson, Warwick Thornton, Jason Tobias, Vincent Toi, Eric Toledano, Toni Tones, Deisy Torrez, Maryam Touzani, Alex Trahan, Joachim Trier, Sam Troughton, Stanley Tucci, Mila Turajlic, Nora Twomey, Matt Tyrnauer, OC Ukeje, Soîchi Umezawa, Rory Uphold, Adriano Valerio, Gríma Valsdóttir, María Valverde, Mike van Diem, Govinda Van Maele, Jamille van Wijngaarden, Danika Vandersteen, Francesca Varrie Michel, Vince Vaughn, Charlotte Vega, Daniela Vega, Pacho Velez, Ingrid Veninger, Egle Vertelyte, Alicia Vikander, Bria Vinaite, Clement Virgo, Jari Virman, Paolo Virzì, Soren W. Aandahl, Andrucha Waddington, Dr. Terry Wahls, Denis Walgenwitz, Sophia Walker, Anders Walter, Christoph Waltz, Wayne Wapeemukwa, Lanette Ware, Rachel Weisz, Charlotte Wells, Wim Wenders, Susanna White, Mike White, Bradley Whitford, Kristen Wiig, Kaya Wilkins, Maisie Williams, Sheilah Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ruth Wilson, Kate Winslet, Tommy Wiseau, Frederick Wiseman, Katie Wolfe, Madison Wolfe, Evan Rachel Wood, Calum Worthy, Joe Wright, Xu Bing, Matan Yair, Alexa Yeames, Heather Young, Jan Zabeil, S. Craig Zahler, Roschdy Zem, Chloé Zhao, Andrey Zvyaginstev, Alan Zweig, Director X, Dizaster, Drake, Dumbfoundead, Maïwenn, Xá.
More talent and special guests are still to be confirmed. This list is subject to change.
The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7 to 17, 2017.
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