TIFF 2020 Line-Up Includes Films From Regina King, Viggo Mortensen, Halle Berry, Werner Herzog & More
The2020 Toronto International Film Festivalis still happening this fall, albeit with a lot of changes as the world is still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Though there will still be some physical screenings in movie theaters happening up in Canada, this year’s line-up features a smaller selection of films, the addition of plenty of digital screenings, and some collaboration with the Venice Film Festival and New York Film Festival. And now we known which movies will be playing
The full TIFF 2020 line-up has been announced, and it includes a total of 50 films spread out over 10 days, including new movies directed byRegina King,Viggo Mortensen,Halle Berry,Werner Herzog,Chloé Zhao,Mira Nair,and many more. Get the full list of TIFF 2020 films below.
We already knewSpike Lee’s filmed version ofDavid Byrne’s American Utopiawas going to bethe opening night filmof TIFF 2020, but there are plenty of exciting films being offered at this year’s festival. In fact, TIFF is proud to have a line-up where 46% of the movies are directed by women, something that hopefully becomes normal enough that it doesn’t need to be celebrated.
One of those films will beNomadland, directed byChloé Zhaoand starringFrances McDormand. For the first time ever, a TIFF premiere will also be simultaneously screened at the Venice Film Festival and the New York Film Festival on September 11. But this premiere and all the other physical screenings will not have any talent on-hand. All introductions and Q&A’s after the movie will be conducted virtually.
Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of TIFF, made a statement to accompany the programming line-up:
The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival runs fromSeptember 10–19, 2020.
TIFF 2020 provided a first look at each and every movie they selected on Twitter, and here they are:
In Farnoosh Samadi’s 180 DEGREE RULE, a teacher from Tehran makes a choice that changes her family’s structure and puts her on a painful path to atonement.#TIFF20https://t.co/S9RLFo770kpic.twitter.com/Q3w4LGvBe7
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Hao Wu, Anonymous, and Weixi Chen’s intimate documentary 76 DAYS captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling COVID-19 early in the pandemic.#TIFF20https://t.co/DMxQrJrNV9pic.twitter.com/htfsI7Fq16
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in Francis Lee’s (@strawhousefilms) AMMONITE, a raw love story between a solitary paleontologist and a wealthy, grieving wife in 19th-century Dorset.#TIFF20https://t.co/grDMxtdGcbpic.twitter.com/HA9nywLCLI
Thomas Vinterberg’s ANOTHER ROUND, starring Mads Mikkelsen (@theofficialmads), Thomas Bo Larsen,@MillangMagnus, Lars Ranthe, and Maria Bonnevie.#TIFF20https://t.co/McW29h95XCpic.twitter.com/U73pYuvJCl
.@manijeh_hekmat’s BANDAR BAND is a music-infused twist on a road movie starring Reza Koolghani, Pegah Ahangarani, Amir Hossein Taheri, and Mahdieh Mousavi.#TIFF20https://t.co/42Hrlq2QRJpic.twitter.com/X2ncAx87ij
.@traceydeer’s debut feature BEANS stars Kiawentiio, Rainbow Dickerson, Violah Beauvais, Paulina Jewel Alexis, D’Pharaoh Mckay Woon-a-Tai, Joel Montgrand, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve (@cardinal_cinema) and Taio Gélinas.#TIFF20https://t.co/iqsSN5kLk2pic.twitter.com/VLp9KhaInf
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s harrowing debut BEGINNING, centres on a Jehovah’s Witness missionary seeking justice in a remote Georgian village.#TIFF20https://t.co/tg3vVHlDbqpic.twitter.com/FKIixsj99y
THE BEST IS YET TO COME is the timely debut from Wang Jing, Jia Zhangke’s assistant director, and was inspired by a journalist who defended 120 million people’s rights with a pen.#TIFF20https://t.co/sbzAlcYnkXpic.twitter.com/Oc5DmDIokG
.@halleberry’s directorial debut BRUISED follows a former MMA fighter struggling to regain custody of her son and restart her athletic career. Also starring@adancanto, Sheila Atim, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and@ShamierAnderson.#TIFF20https://t.co/2ohBn53gkCpic.twitter.com/H4FBh1DfQ9
Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s (@ZipporahFilms) CITY HALL delivers an epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.#TIFF20https://t.co/e5r9iH8Zh0pic.twitter.com/PrZhrcc7os
Ricky Staub’s CONCRETE COWBOY follows a troubled teen torn between a life of crime and his estranged father’s vibrant urban-cowboy subculture. Starring@calebmclaughlin,@JharrelJerome, Lorraine Toussaint (@LPToussaint),@IdrisElba, and@methodman.#TIFF20https://t.co/EerrbBFtlBpic.twitter.com/O2WuW0h89F
Spike Lee directs a transformative, political experience in DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA that showcases David Byrne’s high energy performance, and examines issues surrounding Black Americans and police brutality.
The Opening Night Film of#TIFF20:https://t.co/jfMZneF4Uopic.twitter.com/7vZACwieoj
Chaitanya Tamhane’s THE DISCIPLE, starring Aditya Modak, Dr. Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Abhishek Kale, Neela Khedkar, Makarand Mukund, Kristy Banerjee, and Prasad Vanarse.#TIFF20https://t.co/R8RmYwRJaSpic.twitter.com/vuwPXXRMIr
Sonia Kennebeck’s (@skdocs) bizarre tale of secrets and lies, ENEMIES OF THE STATE, follows an American family seeking refuge in Canada after their hacker son is targeted by the US government.#TIFF20https://t.co/R3HNh0ajbFpic.twitter.com/e43LywhZvh
Viggo Mortensen stars as a man on a patience-testing mission to care for his ailing father in his feature directorial debut, FALLING. Also starring@LanceHenriksen, @theTerryChen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross, Laura Linney, and Bracken Burns.#TIFF20https://t.co/zrOvNZpg5rpic.twitter.com/fD9tb0ODtx
.@AnthonyHopkinsand Olivia Colman star in Florian Zeller’s THE FATHER, a hallucinatory chamber drama about a man’s slide into dementia.#TIFF20https://t.co/3LzuMz9W6fpic.twitter.com/r0ykbUsQEF
Nicolás Pereda’s FAUNA, starring Lázaro Gabino Rodriguez (@GabinoRodrigues), Luisa Pardo, Francisco Barreiro, and Teresita Sánchez, is a sly, comedic take on how violence in Mexico has infiltrated popular imagination.#TIFF20https://t.co/OtYkDgggtbpic.twitter.com/RJfjdBbxz4
Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s (@ultraplinian) FIREBALL: VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDS is a globe-trotting exploration of meteors that fell to Earth.#TIFF20https://t.co/PSKzgYI1BNpic.twitter.com/6MUoQxoOrd
The latest film from Tarzan and Arab Nasser GAZA MON AMOUR, is a satire on love and desire. Starring Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass,@maisaabdElhadi, George Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari and Manal Awad.#TIFF20https://t.co/TH3kIV71RUpic.twitter.com/EBqrh16cqm
A deadly virus transforms politicians into ravenous zombies in I-Fan Wang’s martial arts horror-comedy GET THE HELL OUT, starring Bruce Ho and Megan Lai.#TIFF20https://t.co/JOiNaxJk2b
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Reinaldo Marcus Green’s GOOD JOE BELL tells the true story of a father’s walk across the US to raise awareness of the harms of bullying. Starring@markwahlberg, @thereidmiller and@conniebritton.#TIFF20https://t.co/LuEWx5FApmpic.twitter.com/9WhF5BQMma
.@jblakeson’s droll thriller, I CARE A LOT stars Rosamund Pike as a legal conservator who defrauds elderly clients and runs afoul of a gangster. Also starring Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, and Dianne Wiest.#TIFF20https://t.co/BX8HuSHZJDpic.twitter.com/3DI0SGj1tC
Narrated by Thomas King, Michelle Latimer’s (@NORTHERNGRRL) affecting adaptation of King’s award-winning book INCONVENIENT INDIAN explores the cultural colonization of Indigenous peoples in North America.#TIFF20https://t.co/cX0KeHVpltpic.twitter.com/uwnnuuYoz9
Ephraim Asili’s debut film THE INHERITANCE weaves together the histories of the MOVE Organization, the Black Arts Movement, and Asili’s time in a Black Marxist collective.#TIFF20https://t.co/Eb8LSBKJHapic.twitter.com/3jSYyaIj2M
.@mayyezayed’s LIFT LIKE A GIRL is an intimate journey into the inner life of an aspiring athlete.#TIFF20https://t.co/4NLauhhPfKpic.twitter.com/9iZDbQgZ4U
Ben Sharrock’s (@BASharrock) LIMBO, starring Amir El-Masry (@AmirMasry), Sidse Babett Knudsen, Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, and Kwabena Ansah (@kwabsansah), is a melancholic comedy centered on a Syrian asylum-seeker.#TIFF20https://t.co/qWeyx142Wxpic.twitter.com/I8vHOKRPCt
João Paulo Miranda Maria’s (@jpmiranda82) lush and haunting debut MEMORY HOUSE, starring Antonio Pitanga, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, and Sam Louwyck, explores racial tensions in modern-day Brazil.#TIFF20https://t.co/kSD2MQ95C3pic.twitter.com/mzlOIC23o6
Drawing from newly declassified files, Sam Pollard’s resonant MLK/FBI explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.#TIFF20https://t.co/DDwN4Fsyplpic.twitter.com/5G0NAC58ni
.@joelbakanand Jennifer Abbott’s THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible — and threatening democratic freedoms in the process.#TIFF20https://t.co/aOlXIfVwSQpic.twitter.com/HZhhMsoRgG
Michel Franco’s NEW ORDER, starring Naian González Norvind (@Naian_GN),@DiegoBoneta, Mónica del Carmen (@Monidelcarmen), Fernando Cuautle, Eligio Meléndez, and Darío Yazbek, is a timely indictment of class divide and abuse of power.#TIFF20https://t.co/YmULq2gCwnpic.twitter.com/QfpX9VCH2f
Philippe Lacôte’s prison drama, NIGHT OF THE KINGS, starring Koné Bakary, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Issaka Sawadogo, Digbeu Jean Cyrille, Abdoul Karim Konaté, Anzian Marcel, Laetitia Ky, and Denis Lavant.#TIFF20https://t.co/VZmlwV6h75pic.twitter.com/evAYrS2BEL
Chloé Zhao’s NOMADLAND is a wise and intimate portrayal of life as a modern-day nomad. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, and Charlene Swankie.#TIFF20https://t.co/n26Y9XXDrKpic.twitter.com/EeN3QCeBUy
Aisling Chin-Yee (@spectraversa) and@ChaseJoynt’s NO ORDINARY MAN explores the legacy of 20th century American jazz musician and trans icon Billy Tipton, brought to life by a group of contemporary trans artists.#TIFF20https://t.co/Ajrm1eZyblpic.twitter.com/3BL2X4mLm1
Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary NOTTURNO is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.#TIFF20https://t.co/HYGU8GKG05pic.twitter.com/AlnAzzAlkk
.@ReginaKing’s feature directorial debut ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI is a fictionalized account of a 1964 meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown.#TIFF20https://t.co/0sTZXhdmwMpic.twitter.com/AtitQ9YX19
.@Glendyn_Ivin’s PENGUIN BLOOM follows a paralyzed woman who finds new hope caring for an injured baby magpie. Starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, and Jacki Weaver.#TIFF20https://t.co/Ij1NWQ2L9Upic.twitter.com/kvrSR3F19t
.@VanessaKirbyand Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) star in Kornél Mundruczó’s PIECES OF A WOMAN, as a couple reeling — in very different ways — from tragedy.#TIFF20https://t.co/Arjlh1QGlqpic.twitter.com/dxZPJwJOTv
Lili Horvát’s PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME, starring Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, and Benett Vilmányi, follows a neurosurgeon who returns to Budapest to reunite with the love of her life — who says they have never met.#TIFF20https://t.co/duyYBI0N8upic.twitter.com/lROHJoVx6d
Jasmila Žbanić’s QUO VADIS, AÏDA? tells the true story of a translator attempting to save the lives of her husband and sons during the Bosnian genocide. Starring Jasna Ðuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, and Boris Isakovic.#TIFF20https://t.co/DKHHL5AHEmpic.twitter.com/liFFg75Gbv
In Roseanne Liang’s new nightmare SHADOW IN THE CLOUD,@ChloeGMoretzstars as a WWII pilot trying to warn her obstinate male comrades of a sinister stowaway aboard their Flying Fortress.#TIFF20https://t.co/ze0NchPCDApic.twitter.com/LE2HYmgE2U
Emma Seligman’s comedy of discomfort SHIVA BABY centers on one emotionally frantic shiva where a young Jewish woman’s steamy secrets are unearthed.#TIFF20https://t.co/05e6gVImrppic.twitter.com/chfw2uP2u0
A Parisian teenager contemplates the pitfalls of growing up in SPRING BLOSSOM, directed by and starring Suzanne Lindon, with Arnaud Valois, Florence Viala, Frédéric Pierrot, and Rebecca Marder.#TIFF20https://t.co/EZIUJUFnUYpic.twitter.com/H8KEVoKrVV
.@MiraPagliNair’s A SUITABLE BOY follows a young woman in post-partition India struggling to balance family duty and personal independence. Starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala, and Rasika Dugal.
The Closing Night Presentation of#TIFF20:https://t.co/miyZO40UWUpic.twitter.com/oe3wA3PGpQ
François Ozon’s SUMMER OF 85 is a gorgeous 1980s period piece that looks at the fateful friendship and love affair between two teenage boys on the Normandy coast.#TIFF20https://t.co/BbgfuEH4Skpic.twitter.com/q5OcSWgs5F
Felix Barrett and Dennis Kelly’s mysterious miniseries THE THIRD DAY is about a small island town and its denizens' uncanny rituals. Starring Jude Law,@NaomieHarris, and Emily Watson.#TIFF20https://t.co/UZ1HigIfW9pic.twitter.com/eH7AXO9Dje
Based on Eden Robinson’s bestselling novels, Michelle Latimer’s (@NORTHERNGRRL) series TRICKSTER follows an Indigenous teen struggling to support his dysfunctional family as myth, magic, and monsters slowly infiltrate his life.#TIFF20https://t.co/DJfjeLc8IYpic.twitter.com/As5VRbWgEJ
TRUE MOTHERS, the latest from acclaimed director Naomi Kawase — a candid force in contemporary Japanese cinema — is a touching family story of love and adoption.#TIFF20https://t.co/E7LvVyuz8Apic.twitter.com/EyoxMbRdLM
A middle-aged ex-yakuza seeks redemption in Miwa Nishikawa’s touching drama UNDER THE OPEN SKY, starring Koji Yakusho and Taiga Nakano.#TIFF20https://t.co/kzwoDFl6gOpic.twitter.com/L8c1RM4MYH
A traumatic betrayal drives a woman to seek revenge in Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s debut feature VIOLATION, starring Madeleine Sims-Fewer, @annacmaguire, Jesse LaVercombe, and Obi Abili.#TIFF20https://t.co/qGK2GnbYR7pic.twitter.com/Tbrs5svFpr
.@Cathy_Brady’s debut film WILDFIRE is an emotionally stirring exploration of two sisters — and a country — struggling to emerge from a traumatic past.#TIFF20https://t.co/O5MTuOVgq7pic.twitter.com/dXpkJf3yuq
Here’s just a list of the titles playing the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival for your reference:
180 Degree RuleFarnoosh Samadi | Iran76 Days Hao Wu,Anonymous, Weixi Chen | USAAmmoniteFrancis Lee | United KingdomAnother Round(Druk) Thomas Vinterberg | DenmarkBandar BandManijeh Hekmat | Iran/GermanyBeansTracey Deer | CanadaBeginning(Dasatskisi) Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia/FranceThe Best is Yet to Come(Bu Zhi Bu Xiu) Wang Jing | ChinaBruisedHalle Berry | USACity HallFrederick Wiseman | USAConcrete CowboyRicky Staub | USADavid Byrne’s American UtopiaSpike Lee | USA (Opening Night Film)The DiscipleChaitanya Tamhane | IndiaEnemies of the StateSonia Kennebeck | USAFallingViggo Mortensen | Canada/United KingdomThe FatherFlorian Zeller | United Kingdom/FranceFaunaNicolás Pereda | Mexico/CanadaFireball: Visitors from DarkerWorldsWerner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer | United Kingdom/USAGaza mon amourTarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser | Palestine/France/Germany/Portugal/QatarGet the Hell Out(Tao Chu Li Fa Yuan) I-Fan Wang | TaiwanGood Joe BellReinaldo Marcus Green | USAI Care A LotJ Blakeson | United KingdomInconvenient IndianMichelle Latimer | CanadaThe InheritanceEphraim Asili | USALift Like a Girl(Ash Ya Captain) Mayye Zayed | Egypt/Germany/DenmarkLimboBen Sharrock | United KingdomMemory House(Casa de Antiguidades) João Paulo Miranda Maria | Brazil/FranceMLK/FBISam Pollard | USAThe New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary SequelJoel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott | CanadaNew Order(Nuevo orden) Michel Franco | MexicoNight of the Kings(La Nuit des Rois) Philippe Lacôte | Côte d’Ivoire/France/Canada/SenegalNomadlandChloé Zhao | USANo Ordinary ManAisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt | CanadaNotturnoGianfranco Rosi | Italy/France/GermanyOne Night in MiamiRegina King | USAPenguin BloomGlendyn Ivin | AustraliaPieces of a WomanKornél Mundruczó | USA/Canada/HungaryPreparations to Be Together For an Unknown Period of Time(Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre) Lili Horvát | HungaryQuo Vadis, Aïda?Jasmila Žbani? | Bosnia and Herzegovina/Norway/The Netherlands/Austria/Romania/France/Germany/Poland/TurkeyShadow In The CloudRoseanne Liang | USA/New ZealandShiva BabyEmma Seligman | USA/CanadaSpring BlossomSuzanne Lindon | FranceA Suitable BoyMira Nair | United Kingdom/India (Closing Night Presentation)Summer of 85(Été 85) François Ozon | FranceThe Third DayFelix Barrett, Dennis Kelly | United KingdomTricksterMichelle Latimer | CanadaTrue Mothers(Asa Ga Kuru) Naomi Kawase | JapanUnder the Open Sky(Subarashiki Sekai) Miwa Nishikawa | JapanViolationMadeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli | CanadaWildfireCathy Brady | United Kingdom/Ireland
