Toronto Film Festival Announces Line Up
28 July 2010
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Toronto Film Festival has announced it's line-up for the thirty five event which kicks off on September 9th and runs until 19th.
As the blockbuster summer draws to a close it's time to start looking forward to the movies that are going to be battling it out for gongs come the awards season.
This year there is a great mix of premieres from Darren Aronofsky Woody Allen, Robert Redford and Ben Affleck to British movie such as Made In Dagenam and Never Let Me Go.
The festival also boasts stars such as Helen Mirren, Gemma Arterton, keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and Ryan Reynolds.
Full list of movies being shown at the festival:
Galas:
The Bang Bang Club
(dir. Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa)
The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the final demise of apartheid. The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these young men – and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels Van Jaarsveld and Frank Rautenbach.
Barney's Version
(dir. Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy)
From producer Robert Lantos, Barney’s Version is a film based on Mordecai Richler's prize-winning comic novel. Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Barney’s candid confessional spans four decades and two continents, and includes three wives (Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre), one outrageous father (Dustin Hoffman) and a charmingly dissolute best friend (Scott Speedman).
Black Swan
(dir. Darren Aronofsky, USA)
A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, Black Swan stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. Black Swan takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect. Black Swan also stars Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder.
Casino Jack
(dir. George Hickenlooper, Canada)
Based on a true story, Kevin Spacey stars as Jack Abramoff, the former high-powered lobbyist whose bribery schemes and fraudulent dealings with Indian casinos ultimately landed him in prison, and stunned the world. It remains the biggest scandal to hit Washington, D.C. since Watergate. The film also stars Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Rachelle Lefevre and Jon Lovitz.
The Conspirator
(dir. Robert Redford, USA)
While an angry nation seeks vengeance, a young union war hero must defend a mother accused of aiding her son in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Directed by Robert Redford, the film stars James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood and Tom Wilkinson.
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