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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AS LOVE STORIES, PSYCHOLOGICAL CHILLERS, POLITICAL THRILLERS, COMEDIES AND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY JOIN THE FESTIVAL’S GALAS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS LINEUP

Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® announces the addition of 8 Galas and 17 Special Presentations to the high-calibre selection of crowd-pleasers premiering in September. Today’s announcement includes 14 World Premieres and reveals that Festival-goers will be treated to a programming lineup featuring world premieres from directors including Nick Murphy, Gary McKendry, Joel Schumacher, Gianni Amelio, Agnieszka Holland, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Pankaj Kapur, Anne Fontaine, Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Fletcher.

The films unveiled today feature onscreen appearances by Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Imelda Staunton, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Shahid Kapur, Isabelle Huppert, Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel and James Gandolfini, among others.

This announcement brings the final number of Galas to 20, and the final number of Special Presentations to 67.

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WORLD PREMIERES FROM NANCY SAVOCA, FAOUZI BENSAIDI, NACHO VIGALONDO AND XIAOLU GUO ARE AMONG 51 INTERNATIONAL TITLES IN FESTIVAL’S CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA PROGRAMME

Toronto – The Contemporary World Cinema programme delivers 51 cinematic gems from around the globe at this year‟s Toronto International Film Festival®. Offering a variety of filmmakers’ voices and perspectives from around the world, the lineup draws from Brazil, China, South Africa, France, Iran, Morocco, the Netherlands, Israel, Portugal, Russia, Canada and more. This snapshot of global trends in cinema also features the North American premieres of new films by directors such as Andrey Zvyagintsev, Gerardo Naranjo, Sion Sono, Asghar Farhadi, Karim Ainouz, Ole Christian Madsen and Cristián Jiménez.

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