
Yup, the remaining titles for the Toronto International FIlm Festival have just been announced and complete schedules should be appearing on the festival website later today. The highlights of the new titles? A Michael Moore film I didn't even know existed - Captain Mike Across America - as a Special Presentation, a program that now also includes Brian DePalma's Redacted and Alison (daughter of Clint) Eastwood's Rails and Ties. Paul Schrader's The Walker gets the gala treatment as does Renny Harlin - and has there ever been a less deserving director than Harlin? - with The Cleaner. I'll include the overview announcement below, check in to the official website for the full update later today.
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES COMPLETE LINEUP OF PROGRAMMING INCLUDING 349 FILMS FROM 55 COUNTRIES
Toronto – Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival today announced final programming details, including the complete lineup of films and programmes for its 32nd edition running September 6 – 15, 2007. At this year's Festival, 349 films from 55 countries will screen, including 275 feature and mid-length films, 85 per cent of which are world, international or North American premieres, and 71 of which are feature directorial debuts. Highlights from today's announcement include Mavericks presentations from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn Carter, Bill Maher and Larry Charles, and Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Don Cheadle; Alain Corneau's LE DEUXIÈME SOUFFLE as a Gala Presentation; the first independent films from Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB) in ten years as part of Masters; cineastes' favourite Dialogues, featuring legendary actor Max von Sydow marking the passing of Ingmar Bergman with a presentation of Bergman's THE VIRGIN SPRING; Michael Moore's film CAPTAIN MIKE ACROSS AMERICA, the documentary MAN FROM PLAINS from Academy Award™ winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS), IN BLOOM by Vadim Perelman (HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG), JUNO by Jason Reitman (THANK YOU FOR SMOKING) and THE VISITOR by Thomas McCarthy (THE STATION AGENT) as Special Presentations; and Julian Schnabel's documentary LOU REED'S BERLIN as part of Real to Reel. Ticket Passes and Packages now on sale. Gala and Visa Screening Room tickets on sale August 25 at 10 a.m. Tickets on sale Wednesday, September 5 at 7 a.m. For more information, please visit tiff07.ca or call 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM. The Festival’s programme book and Official Film Schedule are available August 28.
Today's announcements feature six Gala Presentations, including Renny Harlin's CLEANER, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes and Keke Palmer; Richard Attenborough's CLOSING THE RING, starring Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite and David Alpay; Alain Corneau's LE DEUXIÈME SOUFFLE, starring Daniel Auteil, Monica Bellucci, Eric Cantona, Michel Blanc, Jacques Dutronc, and Daniel Duva; Robin Swicord's THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, starring Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Marc Blucas, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits, Kevin Zegers and Lynn Redgrave; Kenneth Branagh's SLEUTH, starring Michael Caine and Jude Law; and Paul Schrader's THE WALKER, starring Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin, Willem Defoe, Ned Beatty, Moritz Bleibtreu and Mary Beth Hurt.
Four enlightening Mavericks presentations will feature appearances by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Bill Maher, Larry Charles, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Don Cheadle, Mira Nair, Santosh Sivan and more. Eight presentations in Dialogues: Talking with Pictures will feature Max von Sydow, Bell Festival Centre architect Bruce Kuwabara, Ken Loach, Arthur Dong and Nancy Kwan, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Sidney Lumet, and Lord Richard Attenborough showcasing films that have inspired them or have marked a significant period in their careers.
For the first time in ten years, Wayne Wang returns to the low-budget filmmaking that made him a leader in the American independent cinema movement with A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS and THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA, two tales about the experience of Chinese immigrants in the United States screening as part of Masters. This year's Masters will feature a complete line-up of 20 films.
Thirteen titles have been added to Special Presentations for a complete programme of 50 films. Titles announced today include Sidney Lumet's BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD, Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann's BILL, Michael Moore's CAPTAIN MIKE ACROSS AMERICA, Gillian Armstrong's DEATH DEFYING ACTS, Vadim Perelman's IN BLOOM, Jason Reitman's JUNO, Ira Sachs' MARRIED LIFE, Jonathan Demme's MAN FROM PLAINS, Alison Eastwood's RAILS & TIES, Brian De Palma's REDACTED, Brad Furman's THE TAKE, Thomas McCarthy's THE VISITOR, and Anand Tucker's WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?
Eight documentaries join Real to Reel for a complete programme featuring 32 of the world's finest non-fiction films. Titles announced today include Paul Crowder/Murray Lerner's AMAZING JOURNEY: THE STORY OF THE WHO, Julian Schnabel's LOU REED'S BERLIN, Ran Tal's CHILDREN OF THE SUN, Philippe Kholy's CALLAS ASSOLUTA, Wang Bing's FENGMING: A CHINESE MEMOIR, Grant Gee's JOY DIVISION, Olga Konskaya and Andreï Nekrasov's REBELLION: THE LITVINENKO CASE, and Jia Zhang-ke's USELESS. A series of conversations with directors and producers exploring the how and why of documentary filmmaking, Doc Talks will be open to the public for the first time this year; previously the series was offered exclusively to the Festival’s industry delegates.
The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival is proud to announce a Special Event at which Hollywood great Peter Bogdanovich (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW) will be presented with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Award for his contribution to film preservation. He has chosen to screen Jean Renoir's historic gem LA GRANDE ILLUSION (1937) as an example of the importance of film restoration.
The Festival is a presentation of The Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG), a charitable, not-for-profit, cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image.
***UPDATE***
Here is the big list of everything:
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days Cristian Mungiu
Acadia Acadia?!? Michel Brault Pierre Perrault
The Acrobat Chris Kennedy
Across The Universe Julie Taymor
Days of Darkness Denys Arcand
Alexandra Alexander Sokurov
Algeria, Unspoken Stories Jean-Pi erre Lledo
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Martin Scorsese
All Hat Leonard Farlinger
All That Rises Daïchi Saïto
Amal Richie Mehta
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who Paul Crowder Murray Lerner
American Venus Bruce Sweeney
Romance of Astrea and Celadon Eric Rohmer
And Along Come Tourists Robert Thalheim
Angel François Ozon
The Anthem Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik
At Sea Peter Hutton
Atonement Joe Wright
Automoto Neil McInnes Cathy McInnes
Before I Forget Jacques Nolot
The Babysitters David Ross
The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin
The Banishment Andrey Zvyagintsev
Barcelona (A Map) Ventura Pons
Battle for Haditha Nick Broomfield
Battle in Seattle Stuart Townsend
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sidney Lumet
Before the Rains Santosh Sivan
Best Minds, Part One Jeremy Shaw
The Best Years of Our Lives (Sidney Lumet presents...) William Wyler
Beyond the Years Im Kwon-taek
Bill Melisa Wallack Bernie Goldmann
Blind Tamar van den Dop
Blood Brothers Alexi Tan
Blood Will Tell Andrew McPhillips
Boar Attack Jay White
Body of War Ellen Spiro Phil Donahue
Good Riddance Francis Mankiewicz
Boy A John Crowley
The Brave One Neil Jordan
Breakfast with Scot Laurie Lynd
Brick Lane Sarah Gavron
Bucking Broadway John Ford
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame Hana Makhmalbaf
Bumblebee Jonathan van Tulleken
Burgeon and Fade Audrey Cummings
The Butterfly in Winter Ute Aurand Maria Lang
California Dreamin' (Endless) Cristian Nemescu
Callas Assoluta Philippe Kohly
Can You Wave Bye Bye? Sarah Galea-Davis
The Canadian Shield Simon Ennis
Capitalism: Slavery Ken Jacobs
Captain Mike Across America Michael Moore
Caramel Nadine Labaki
Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen
Mona's Daughters Rafaël Ouellet
Chacun son cinéma (Anthology) VARIOUS
Les Chansons d'amour Christophe Honoré
Chaos Youssef Chahine Youssef Khaled
Chaotic Ana Julio Medem
Children of the Sun Ran Tal
Chop Shop Ramin Bahrani
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma Manoel de Oliveira
Chronique d'un été Edgar Morin Jean Rouch
Chrysalis Julien Leclercq
The Besieged Fortress Philippe Calderon
Cleaner Renny Harlin
Closely Observed Trains (Ken Loach Presents...) Jirí Menzel
Closing the Ring Richard Attenborough
Cochochi Israel Cárdenas Laura Amelia Guzmán
Code 13 Mathieu L. Denis
The Colony Jeff Barnaby
Congratulations Daisy Graham Cassandra Nicolaou
Continental, a Film Without Guns Stéphane Lafleur
Summit Circle Bernard Émond
Control Anton Corbijn
Corroboree Ben Hackworth
The Counterfeiters Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cross Worlds Cécile Fontaine
A Cure for Terminal Loneliness Samir Rehem
Cursing Hanley Kelly Harms
Dada Dum Britt Randle
DAINIPPONJIN Hitoshi Matsumoto
Two Ladies Philippe Faucon
Dans la ville de Sylvia José Luis Guerín
Darfur Now Ted Braun
Days and Clouds Silvio Soldini
Death Defying Acts Gillian Armstrong
Death in the Land of Encantos Lav Diaz
Déficit Gael García Bernal
Second Wind Alain Corneau
The Devil's Chair Adam Mason
Diamonds in a Bucket Sherry White
The Dictator Hunter Klaartje Quirijns
Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey Sabiha Sumar Sachithanandam Sathananthan
Discoveries on the Forest Floor 1-3 Charlotte Pryce
Disengagement Amos Gitai
Dr. Plonk Rolf de Heer
Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! Sébastien Pilote
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg
Eat, For This is My Body Michelange Quay
Echo Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
ecp 2D: sun John Price
The Edge of Heaven Fatih Akin
Elizabeth: The Golden Age Shekhar Kapur
Emotional Arithmetic Paolo Barzman
Empties Jan Sverák
Encarnación Anahí Berneri
Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog
Intimate Enemies Florent-Emilio Siri
Drifting Upstream Michel Brault
Erik Nietzsche The Early Years Jacob Thuesen
Erzählung Hannes Schüpbach
Europa 2005, 27 Octobre Jean-Marie Straub Danièle Huillet
Everything to Gain: A Conversation with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Bruce McClure
Ex Drummer Koen Mortier
The Exodus Pang Ho-cheung
Fados Carlos Saura
Farmer's Requiem Ramses Madina
Faro, Goddess of the Waters Salif Traoré
Wrong Moves Pip Chodorov
Fengming, A Chinese Memoir Wang Bing
A Girl Cut in Two Claude Chabrol
Flash Point Wilson Yip
Flower Drum Song Henry Koster
Forever Never Anywhere Antonin Svoboda
found oBjects David Birnbaum
Four Walls Raha Shirazi
Four Women Adoor Gopalakrishnan
fracas Eduardo Menz
Francesco Vezzoli: A True Hollywood Story! Gregory Burke
Frontière(s) Xavier Gens
Frozen Shivajee Chandrabhushan
Fugitive Pieces Jeremy Podeswa
Garage Lenny Abrahamson
Gene Boy Came Home Alanis Obomsawin
Geneviève Michel Brault
A Gentle Breeze in the Village Nobuhiro Yamashita
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead George A. Romero
The Girl in the Park David Auburn
GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts Scott Hicks
Glory to the Filmmaker! Takeshi Kitano
God Provides Brian M. Cassidy Melanie Shatzky
gone Karoe Goldt
Gone with the Woman Petter Næss
La Grand Illusion Jean Renoir
The Schoolyard Chloé Leriche
Happiness Hur Jin-ho
Happy New Life Árpád Bogdán
Hastings Street Larry Kent
Heavy Metal in Baghdad Eddy Moretti Suroosh Alvi
Help Me Eros Lee Kang Sheng
Here Is What Is Adam Vollick Daniel Lanois, Adam Samuels
Hirsute A.J. Bond
Hollywood Chinese Arthur Dong
The Home Song Stories Tony Ayres
Honeydripper John Sayles
Hymn to Pan François Miron
I Am from Titov Veles Teona Strugar Mitevska
I Have Seen the Future Cam Christiansen
I'm Not There Todd Haynes
I've Never Had Sex... Robert Kennedy
Import Export Ulrich Seidl
In Bloom Vadim Perelman
In Memory of Myself Saverio Costanzo
In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis
Into the Wild Sean Penn
Iron Ladies of Liberia Daniel Junge Siatta Scott Johnson
Iska's Journey Csaba Bollók
It's a Free World... Ken Loach
The Jane Austen Book Club Robin Swicord
Jar City Baltasar Kormákur
Jellyfish Shira Geffen Etgar Keret
La Jetée Chris Marker
A Jihad for Love Parvez Sharma
Joy Division Grant Gee
Juno Jason Reitman
Just Buried Chaz Thorne
Just Like Home Lone Scherfig
King of California Mike Cahill
King of the Hill Gonzalo López-Gallego
Kings Tom Collins
Knights of Atomikaron Adam Brodie Dave Derewlany
L'Amour Caché Alessandro Capone
Inside Alexandre Bustillo Julien Maury
L'Ora di punta Vincenzo Marra
Lars and the Real Girl Craig Gillespie
The Last Lear Rituparno Ghosh
The Last Moment Deco Dawson
Latchkey's Lament Troy Nixey
Late Fragment Anita Doron Daryl Cloran and Mathieu Guez
Lou Reed's Berlin Julian Schnabel
Loudly, Death Unties Sheila Pye Nicholas Pye
Love Comes Lately Jan Schütte
Lust, Caution Ang Lee
La Lutte Claude Fournier Marcel Carrière, Claude Jutra, Michel Brault
M Lee Myung-Se
Mad Detective Johnnie To Wai Ka Fai
Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis Maciek Szczerbowski
The Man from London Béla Tarr
Man from Plains Jonathan Demme
Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient Todd McCarthy
Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach
Married Life Ira Sachs
Max & Co Frédéric Guillaume Samuel Guillaume
me Rafa Cortés
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
Mid Road Gang Pantham Thongsang Somkiat Vithuranich
Mister Lonely Harmony Korine
Mongol Sergei Bodrov
Monica Enrico Mandirola
The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories Andrey Paounov
The Mother of Tears Dario Argento
The Mourning Forest Naomi Kawase
Munyurangabo Lee Isaac Chung
Mutum Sandra Kogut
My Brother Is an Only Child Daniele Luchetti
My Enemy's Enemy Kevin Macdonald
My Kid Could Paint That Amir Bar-Lev
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin
Water Lilies Céline Sciamma
The Duchess of Langeais Jacques Rivette
New York City Serenade Frank Whaley
Night Lawrence Johnston
Nightwatching Peter Greenaway
No Bikini Claudia Morgado Escanilla
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen Ethan Coen
The Paper Wedding Michel Brault
Nocturna Victor Maldonado Adriàn García
Normal Carl Bessai
Our Private Lives Denis Côté
Nothing Is Private Alan Ball
Obscene Neil Ortenberg Daniel O'Connor
Oh! What a Lovely War (Lord Richard Attenborough Presents...) Richard Attenborough
On The Wings of Dreams Golam Rabbany Biplob
One Hundred Nails Ermanno Olmi
Operation Filmmaker Nina Davenport
Orders Michel Brault
The Orphanage Juan Antonio Bayona
Papillon Olivier Fouchard
Paradise Jesse Rosensweet
Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant
The Passage Mark Heller
The Past Hector Babenco
Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud Marjane Satrapi
Philippine Science Auraeus Solito
Ping Pong Playa' Jessica Yu
Pink Alexander Voulgaris
Please Vote For Me Weijun Chen
Ploy Pen-ek Ratanaruang
POOL Chris Chong Chan Fui
Poor Boy's Game Clement Virgo
The Pope's Toilet Enrique Fernandes César Charlone
The Moontrap Pierre Perrault Michel Brault
Pour Vos Beaux Yeux Henri Storck
The Princess of Nebraska Wayne Wang
Profit motive and the whispering wind John Gianvito
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman Peter Raymont
Quartet Nicky Hamlyn
Rails & Ties Alison Eastwood
The Snowshoers Gilles Groulx Michel Brault
Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case Andrei Nekrasov
Reclaim your brain Hans Weingartner
Redacted Brian De Palma
Rendition Gavin Hood
ReOrder Sean Garrity
Reservation Road Terry George
Roming Jirí Vejdelek
Romulus, My Father Richard Roxburgh
Run, Fat Boy, Run David Schwimmer
Sad Vacation Shinji Aoyama
The Savages Tamara Jenkins
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Julian Schnabel
Schindler's Houses (Photography and Beyond Part 12) Heinz Emigholz
Secret Sunshine Lee Chang-dong
The Secrets Avi Nesher
September Peter Carstairs
Shadows Milcho Manchevski
Shake Hands with the Devil Roger Spottiswoode
The Shock Doctrine Alfonso Cuarón Jonás Cuarón, Naomi Klein
Shooting Geronimo Kent Monkman
A Short Film About Falling Peter Lynch Max Dean
Silent Light Carlos Reygadas
Silent Resident Christian Frosch
Silk François Girard
Sleuth Kenneth Branagh
Slingshot Brillante Mendoza
Smile Julia Kwan
Smiley Face Gregg Araki
Soft Revolution Brian Johnson Anthony Roberts
Son of Rambow Garth Jennings
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris Hiner Saleem
Starting Out in the Evening Andrew Wagner
The Stone Angel Kari Skogland
A Stray Girlfriend Ana Katz
Stuck Stuart Gordon
The Substitute Ole Bornedal
SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO Takashi Miike
The Sun Also Rises Wen Jiang
Surfwise Doug Pray
The Take Brad Furman
Tape Film Chris Kennedy
Teenage Girl Greg Atkins
Terminus Trevor Cawood
Terra Aristomenis Tsirbas
Terror's Advocate Barbet Schroeder
The Time is Now: A Conversation About Darfur Dev Khanna
Then She Found Me Helen Hunt
They Wait Ernie Barbarash
This Beautiful City Ed Gass-Donnelly
Those Three Naghi Nemati
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Wayne Wang
Three Beans For George Sean Anicic
Tic Tac Toe Matthew Swanson
Time to Die Dorota Kedzierzawska
To Love Someone Åke Sandgren
The Tracey Fragments Bruce McDonald
The Trap Srdan Golubovic
Trumbo Peter Askin
Tyranny Ryan Sluggett
Ulzhan Volker Schlöndorff
Under the Same Moon Patricia Riggen
Unfinished Sky Peter Duncan
Unfinished Stories Pourya Azarbayjani
Useless Jia Zhang-Ke
Very Young Girls David Schisgall
Vexille Fumihiko Sori
The Last Mistress Catherine Breillat
The Virgin Spring (Max Von Sydow presents...) Ingmar Bergman
The Visitor Thomas McCarthy
Flight of the Red Balloon Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Voyeurs Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Walk All Over Me Robert Cuffley
The Walker Paul Schrader
Weirdsville Allan Moyle
What the Water Said, nos. 4-6 David Gatten
When Did You Last See Your Father? Anand Tucker
White Lies, Black Sheep James Spooner
The Whole Day Through Adam Budd
The Wild Horse Redemption John Zaritsky
Wildflowers of Manitoba Noam Gonick Luis Jacob
With Your Permission Paprika Steen
Wolfsbergen Nanouk Leopold
The World Unseen Shamim Sarif
XXY Lucía Puenzo
You, the Living Roy Andersson
Young People Fucking Martin Gero
La Zona Rodrigo Plá

Also, Am I right in concluding that there are two JOY DIVISION related films at the festival this year?
-Grant Gee’s JOY DIVISION (documentary)
-Anton Corbijn's CONTROL (biopic)
I heard that mongol is gonna be there.
Mongol was announced earlier.
And Guy Ritchie's made some good films, at least. I'm hard pressed to think of a decent Harlin film.
Sorry, I've a soft spot for Long Kiss Goodnight and parts of Deep Blue Sea. Everything else is total crap.