With only 44 days to go until the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, anticipation is high as to what films will bring Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars to Toronto from September 8 to the 18, 2016.

CEO and Director of TIFF, Piers Handling and Artistic Director, Cameron Bailey were on hand to announce the first round of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes of the 41st annual festival.

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The initial lineup of 19 Galas and 49 Special Presentations include buzzed about films from celebrated directors such as Denis Villeneuve, Jim Jarmusch, Tom Ford, Antoine Fuqua, and Paul Verhoeven.

“Revealing the first round of films offers a highly anticipated glimpse into the Festival’s lineup this year,” said Handling. “Bold and adventuresome work by established and emerging filmmakers from Canada, France, South Africa, Ireland, the UK, Australia, USA, South Korea, Iceland, Germany, Denmark, Chile, India, and China will illuminate Toronto screens and red carpets over another remarkable 11 days this September.”

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“The global voices, transformative stories and diverse perspectives of these films capture the cinematic climate of today,” said Bailey. “New films featuring cinema’s brightest talents promise to captivate and entertain the world’s film community and audiences alike.”

Watch the livestream and check out the list below to find out which films will be heading north of the 49th parallel this year, including the opening night film, “The Magnificent Seven”. Watch the trailer below!

 

Galas

  • “Arrival”, Denis Villeneuve, U.S.
  • “Deepwater Horizon”, Peter Berg, U.S.
  • “The Headhunter’s Calling”, Mark Williams, Canada.
  • “The Journey is the Destination”, Bronwen Hughes, United Kingdom/South Africa.
  • “JT + The Tennessee Kids”, Jonathan Demme, U.S.
  • “LBJ”, Rob Reiner, U.S.
  • “Lion”, Garth Davis, Australia.
  • “Loving”, Jeff Nichols, U.S.
  • “A Monster Calls”, J.A. Bayona, U.S./Spain.
  • “Planetarium”, Rebecca Zlotowski, France/Belgium.
  • “Queen of Katwe”, Mira Nair, South Africa/Uganda.
  • “The Rolling Stones Ole Ole Ole!” : A Trip Across Latin America,Paul Dugdale, United Kingdom.
  • “The Secret Scripture”, Jim Sheridan, Ireland.
  • “Snowden”, Oliver Stone, Germany/U.S.
  • “Strange Weather”, Katherine Dieckmann, U.S.
  • “Their Finest”, Lone Scherfig, United Kingdom.
  • “A United Kingdom”, Amma Asante, United Kingdom.

Special Presentations

  • “The Age of Shadows” (Miljeong), Kim Jee woon, South Korea.
  • “All I See Is You”, Marc Forster, Thailand.
  • “American Honey”,” Andrea Arnold, U.S.
  • “American Pastoral”, Ewan McGregor, U.S.
  • “Asura: The City of Madness”, Kim Sung-soo, South Korea.
  • “Barakah Meets Barakah (Barakah yoqabil Barakah)”,” Mahmoud Sabbagh, Saudi Arabia.
  • “Barry Vikram”, Gandhi, U.S.
  • “Birth of the Dragon”, George Nolfi, U.S./China/Canada.
  • “The Birth of a Nation”, Nate Parker, U.S.
  • “Bleed for This”, Ben Younger, U.S.
  • “Blue Jay”, Alex Lehmann U.S.
  • “Brimstone”, Martin Koolhoven, Netherlands/Germany/France/Belgium/Sweden/United Kingdom.
  • “BrOTHERHOOD”, Noel Clarke, United Kingdom.
  • “Carrie Pilb”y”, Susan Johnson, U.S.
  • “Catfight”, Onur Tukel, U.S.
  • “City of Tiny Lights”, Pete Travis, United Kingdom.
  • “The Commune (Kollektivet)”, Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands.
  • “Daguerrotype (Le Secret de la chambre noire)”, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, France/Japan/Belgium.
  • “A Death in the Gunj”, Konkona Sensharma, India.
  • “Denial”, Mick Jackson, UK/U.S.
  • “Elle”, Paul Verhoeven, France.
  • “Foreign Body” (Jassad Gharib, Corps Etranger), Raja Amari, Tunisia/France.
  • “Frantz”, François Ozon, France/Germany.
  • “The Handmaiden” (Agassi), Park Chan-wook, South Korea.
  • “Harmonium” (Fuchi ni tatsu), Kôji Fukada, Japan/France.
  • “I Am Not Madame Bovary”, Feng Xiaogang, China.
  • “The Journey”, Nick Hamm, United Kingdom.
  • “King of the Dancehall”, Nick Cannon, U.S./Jamaica.
  • “La La Land”, Damien Chazelle, U.S.
  • “The Limehouse Golem”, Juan Carlos Medina, United Kingdom.
  • “Manchester by the Sea”, Kenneth Lonergan, U.S.
  • “Maudie”, Aisling Walsh, Canada/Ireland.
  • “Neruda”, Pablo Larrain, Chile/Argentina/Spain/France.
  • “Nocturnal Animals”, Tom Ford, USA/United Kingdom.
  • “The Oath”, Baltasar Kormakur, Iceland.
  • “Orphan” (Orpheline), Arnaud des Pallieres, France.
  • “Paris Can Wait”, Eleanor Coppola, U.S.
  • “Paterson”, Jim Jarmusch, U.S..
  • “The Salesman”, Asghar Farhadi.
  • “Salt and Fire”, Werner Herzog, Germany/U.S./France/Mexico.
  • “Sing”, Garth Jennings, U.S./France.
  • “Souvenir”, Bavo Defurne, Belgium/Luxembourg/France.
  • “Things to Come” (L’Avenir), Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany.
  • “Toni Erdmann”, Maren Ade, Germany.
  • “Trespass Against Us”, Adam Smith, United Kingdom.
  • “Una”, Benedict Andrews, United Kingdom.
  • “Unless”, Alan Gilsenan, Canada/Ireland.
  • “The Wasted Times” (Luo Man Di Ke Xiao Wang Shi), Cheng Er, China.