42nd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films

Here’s the complete list of films that will screened at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival.

Gala presentations

  • 55 Steps directed by Bille August
  • Borg/McEnroe directed by Janus Metz Pedersen
  • Breathe directed by Andy Serkis
  • C’est la vie! directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
  • Chappaquiddick directed by John Curran
  • Darkest Hour directed by Joe Wright
  • Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool directed by Paul McGuigan
  • Hochelaga, Land of Souls directed by François Girard
  • Kings directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  • The Leisure Seeker directed by Paolo Virzì
  • Long Time Running directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier
  • Mary Shelley directed by Haifaa al-Mansour
  • The Mountain Between Us directed by Hany Abu-Assad
  • Mudbound directed by Dee Rees
  • My Days of Mercy directed by Tali Shalom Ezer
  • Stronger directed by David Gordon Green
  • Three Christs directed by Jon Avnet
  • The Upside directed by Neil Burger
  • The Wife directed by Björn Runge
  • Woman Walks Ahead directed by Susanna White

Special presentations

  • BPM (Beats per Minute) directed by Robin Campillo
  • A Fantastic Woman directed by Sebastián Lelio
  • A Season in France directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
  • Battle of the Sexes directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  • The Brawler directed by Anurag Kashyap
  • The Breadwinner directed by Nora Twomey
  • Call Me Your Name directed by Luca Guadagnino
  • The Captain directed by Robert Schwentke
  • Catch the Wind directed by Gaël Morel
  • The Children Act directed by Richard Eyre
  • The Conformist directed by Cai Shangjun
  • The Cured directed by David Freyne
  • The Current War directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
  • Disobedience directed by Sebastián Lelio
  • Downsizing directed by Alexander Payne
  • The Escape directed by Dominic Savage
  • Eye on Juliet directed by Kim Nguyen
  • First They Killed My Father directed by Angelina Jolie
  • The Florida Project directed by Sean Baker
  • Foxtrot directed by Samuel Maoz
  • The Guardians directed by Xavier Beauvois
  • Hostiles directed by Scott Cooper
  • The Hungry directed by Bornila Chatterjee
  • I Love You, Daddy directed by Louis C.K.
  • In the Fade directed by Fatih Akin
  • I, Tonya directed by Craig Gillespie
  • Journey’s End directed by Saul Dibb
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Kodachrome directed by Mark Raso
  • Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig
  • Lean on Pete directed by Andrew Haigh
  • Loving Pablo directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
  • Manhunt directed by John Woo
  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House directed by Peter Landesman
  • Marrowbone directed by Sergio G. Sánchez
  • Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller directed by Jerry Kramer
  • Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
  • Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D directed by John Landis
  • Molly’s Game directed by Aaron Sorkin
  • Mother! directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • The Motive directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca
  • Novitiate directed by Margaret Betts
  • Number One directed by Tonie Marshall
  • Omerta directed by Hansal Mehta
  • On Chesil Beach directed by Dominic Cooke
  • Outside In directed by Lynn Shelton
  • Papillon directed by Michael Noer
  • Plonger directed by Mélanie Laurent
  • The Price of Success directed by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
  • Professor Marston and the Wonder Women directed by Angela Robinson
  • Racer and the Jailbird directed by Michaël R. Roskam
  • Radiance directed by Naomi Kawase
  • Redoubtable directed by Michel Hazanavicius
  • The Rider directed by Chloé Zhao
  • Roman J. Israel, Esq. directed by Dan Gilroy
  • The Shape of Water directed by Guillermo del Toro
  • Sheikh Jackson directed by Amr Salama
  • The Square directed by Ruben Östlund
  • Submergence directed by Wim Wenders
  • Suburbicon directed by George Clooney
  • Thelma directed by Joachim Trier
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri directed by Martin McDonagh
  • Three Peaks directed by Jan Zabeil
  • Unicorn Store directed by Brie Larson
  • Victoria & Abdul directed by Stephen Frears
  • Who We Are Now directed by Matthew Newton
  • You Disappear directed by Peter Schønau Fog
  • Youth directed by Feng Xiaogang

Midnight Madness

  • Bodied directed by Joseph Kahn
  • Brawl in Cell Block 99 directed by S. Craig Zahler
  • The Crescent directed by Seth A. Smith
  • The Disaster Artist directed by James Franco
  • Downrange directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
  • Great Choice directed by Robin Comisar
  • Let the Corpses Tan directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
  • Mom and Dad directed by Brian Taylor
  • Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat
  • The Ritual directed by David Bruckner
  • Vampire Clay directed by Sôichi Umezawa

Masters

  • The Day After directed by Hong Sang-soo
  • Faces Places directed by Agnès Varda and JR
  • First Reformed directed by Paul Schrader
  • Happy End directed by Michael Haneke
  • The House by the Sea directed by Robert Guédiguian
  • Loveless directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
  • The Other Side of Hope directed by Aki Kaurismäki
  • Our People Will Be Healed directed by Alanis Obomsawin
  • Rainbow – A Private Affair directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  • The Third Murder directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • Zama directed by Lucrecia Martel

Documentaries

  • Azmaish: A Journey through the Subcontinent directed by Sabiha Sumar
  • BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat directed by Sara Driver
  • The Carter Effect directed by Sean Menard
  • The China Hustle directed by Jed Rothstein
  • Cocaine Prison directed by Violeta Ayala
  • Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars directed by Lili Fini Zanuck
  • Ex Libris: The New York Public Library directed by Frederick Wiseman
  • The Final Year directed by Greg Barker
  • The Gospel According to André directed by Kate Novack
  • Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami directed by Sophie Fiennes
  • Jim & Andy: the Great Beyond – the story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman featuring a very special, contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton directed by Chris Smith
  • Jane directed by Brett Morgen
  • The Judge directed by Erika Cohn
  • The Legend of the Ugly King directed by Hüseyin Tabak
  • Living Proof directed by Matt Embry
  • Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle directed by Gustavo Salmerón
  • Love Means Zero directed by Jason Kohn
  • The Other Side of Everything directed by Mila Turajlic
  • Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me directed by Sam Pollard
  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood directed by Matt Tyrnauer
  • Silas directed by Hawa Essuman and Anjali Nayar
  • Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! directed by Morgan Spurlock
  • There Is a House Here directed by Alan Zweig

Contemporary World Cinema

  • Alanis directed by Anahí Berneri
  • Ana, mon amour directed by Calin Peter Netzer
  • Angels Wear White directed by Vivian Qu
  • April’s Daughter directed by Michel Franco
  • Arrhythmia directed by Boris Khlebnikov
  • Beyond Words directed by Urszula Antoniak
  • The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales… directed by Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
  • Birds Without Names directed by Kazuya Shiraishi
  • Black Kite directed by Tarique Qayumi
  • Breath directed by Simon Baker
  • A Ciambra directed by Jonas Carpignano
  • Dark is the Night directed by Adolfo Alix Jr.
  • Directions directed by Stephan Komandarev
  • Disappearance directed by Boudewijn Koole
  • Don’t Talk to Irene directed by Pat Mills
  • Euthanizer directed by Teemu Nikki
  • Félicité directed by Alain Gomis
  • Good Favour directed by Rebecca Daly
  • Hannah directed by Andrea Pallaoro
  • The Insult directed by Ziad Doueiri
  • Insyriated directed by Philippe Van Leeuw
  • The Journey directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji
  • Life and Nothing More directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza
  • The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches directed by Simon Lavoie
  • The Lodgers directed by Brian O’Malley
  • Longing directed by Savi Gabizon
  • Looking for Oum Kulthum directed by Shirin Neshat
  • Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts directed by Mouly Surya
  • Meditation Park directed by Mina Shum
  • Miami directed by Zaida Bergroth
  • Motorrad directed by Vicente Amorim
  • Nina directed by Juraj Lehotský
  • The Number directed by Khalo Matabane
  • On Body and Soul directed by Ildikó Enyedi
  • Porcupine Lake directed by Ingrid Veninger
  • Public Schooled directed by Kyle Rideout
  • Pyewacket directed by Adam MacDonald
  • Ravenous (Les Affamés) directed by Robin Aubert
  • The Royal Hibiscus Hotel directed by Ishaya Bako
  • Samui Song directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
  • Sergio & Sergei directed by Ernesto Daranas Serrano
  • A Sort of Family directed by Diego Lerman
  • The Summit directed by Santiago Mitre
  • Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle directed by Mike van Diem
  • Under the Tree directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
  • Veronica directed by Paco Plaza
  • Wajib directed by Annemarie Jacir
  • Western directed by Valeska Grisebach

Discovery

  • 1% directed by Stephen McCallum
  • 3/4 directed by Ilian Metev
  • Ava directed by Sadaf Foroughi
  • All You Can Eat Buddha directed by Ian Lagarde
  • Apostasy directed by Daniel Kokotajlo
  • Black Cop directed by Cory Bowles
  • The Butterfly Tree directed by Priscilla Cameron
  • Cardinals directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley
  • Disappearance directed by Ali Asgari
  • A Fish Out of Water directed by Lai Kuo-An
  • Five Fingers for Marseilles directed by Michael Matthews
  • The Future Ahead directed by Constanza Novick
  • The Garden directed by Sonja Kröner
  • The Great Buddha+ directed by Huang Hsin-Yao
  • Gutland directed by Govinda Van Maele
  • High Fantasy directed by Jenna Bass
  • Human Traces directed by Nick Gorman
  • I Kill Giants directed by Anders Walter
  • I Am Not a Witch directed by Rungano Nyoni
  • Indian Horse directed by Stephen Campanelli
  • Killing Jesus directed by Laura Mora
  • Kissing Candice directed by Aoife McArdle
  • Luk’Luk’I directed by Wayne Wapeemukwa
  • Mary Goes Round directed by Molly McGlynn
  • Messi and Maud directed by Marleen Jonkman
  • Miracle directed by Egle Vertelyte
  • Montana directed by Limor Shmila
  • Never Steady, Never Still directed by Kathleen Hepburn
  • Oblivion Verses directed by Alireza Khatami
  • Oh Lucy! directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
  • The Poet and the Boy directed by Kim Yang-hee
  • Princesita directed by Marialy Rivas
  • Ravens directed by Jens Assur
  • Scaffolding directed by Matan Yair
  • Shuttle Life directed by Tan Seng Kiat
  • Simulation directed by Abed Abest
  • Soldiers. Story from Ferentari directed by Ivana Mladenovic
  • Suleiman Mountain directed by Elizaveta Stishova
  • The Swan directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
  • Tigre directed by Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra Guardiola
  • Valley of Shadows directed by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen
  • Village Rockstars directed by Rima Das
  • Waru directed by Briar Grace-Smith, Ainsley Gardiner, Renae Maihi, Casey Kaa, Awanui Simich-Pene, Chelsea Cohen, Katie Wolfe and Paula Jones
  • Winter Brothers directed by Hlynur Pálmason
  • A Worthy Companion directed by Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez

Platform

  • Beast directed by Michael Pearce
  • Brad’s Status directed by Mike White
  • Custody directed by Xavier Legrand
  • Dark River directed by Clio Barnard
  • The Death of Stalin directed by Armando Iannucci
  • Euphoria directed by Lisa Langseth
  • If You Saw His Heart directed by Joan Chemia
  • Mademoiselle Paradis directed by Barbara Albert
  • Razzia directed by Nabil Ayouch
  • The Seen and Unseen directed by Kamila Andini
  • Sweet Country directed by Warwick Thornton
  • What Will People Say directed by Iram Haq

Short Cuts

  • The Argument (with annotations) directed by Daniel Cockburn
  • Bickford Park directed by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart
  • Bird directed by Molly Parker
  • Charles directed by Dominic Étienne Simard
  • Creatura Dada directed by Caroline Monnet
  • Crème de menthe directed by Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy
  • The Crying Conch directed by Vincent Toi
  • The Drop In directed by Naledi Jackson
  • For Nonna Anna directed by Luis De Filippis
  • Grandmother directed by Trevor Mack
  • homer b directed by Milos Mitrovic and Connor Sweeney
  • An Imagined Conversation: Kanye West & Stephen Hawking directed by Sol Friedman
  • Latched directed by Justin Harding and Rob Brunner
  • Lira’s Forest directed by Connor Jessup
  • Midnight Confession directed by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
  • Milk directed by Heather Young
  • Möbius directed by Sam Kuhn
  • Nuuca directed by Michelle Latimer
  • Pre-Drink directed by Marc-Antoine Lemire
  • Rupture directed by Yassmina Karajah
  • Shadow Nettes directed by Phillip Barker
  • Stay, I Don’t Want to Be Alone directed by Gabriel Savignac
  • The Tesla World Light directed by Matthew Rankin
  • Threads directed by Torill Kove
  • We Forgot to Break Up directed by Chandler Levack

Primetime

  • Alias Grace directed by Mary Harron
  • Dark directed by Baran bo Odar
  • The Deuce directed by Michelle MacLaren and Ernest Dickerson
  • The Girlfriend Experience directed by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan
  • Under Pressure directed by Andrucha Waddington and Mini Kerti

Cinematheque

  • I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing directed by Patricia Rozema
  • North of Superior directed by Graeme Ferguson
  • Picture of Light directed by Peter Mettler
  • Rude directed by Clement Virgo

Wavelengths

  • Heart of a Mountain directed by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko and Faraz Anoushahpour
  • Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc directed by Bruno Dumont
  • Palmerston Blvd. directed by Dan Browne
  • Prototype directed by Blake Williams
  • Scaffold directed by Kazik Radwanski
  • A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse) directed by Denis Côté
  • Some Cities directed by Francesco Gagliardi
  • Turtles Are Always Home directed by Rawane Nassif