Stars Coming To TIFF 2018

By Rachel West. 30 Aug 2018 8:41 AM

It’s that time of year! Hollywood A-listers are arriving for the 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival. Find out if your favourite stars will hit the red carpet this September with a look at the expected guests.

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Julia Roberts
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Oscar winner Julia Roberts will hit the red carpet for the family drama “Ben Is Back” and her new Amazon series “Homecoming” which will screen at the festival.
Ryan Gosling
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Ryan Gosling aims for the moon in “First Man”, a look at the Apollo 11 moon landing from Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director of “La La Land”.
Colin Firth
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Oscar winner Colin Firth will attend the premiere of Russian submarine disaster drama, “Kursk”.
Viola Davis
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Viola Davis leads an ensemble cast in “12 Years A Slave” director Steve McQueen’s heist movie “Widows”.
Colin Farrell
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After attending the festival in 2017 with "The Killing Of A Sacred Deer", Colin Farrell will return in the ensemble heist movie "Widows".
Liam Neeson
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After attending in 2017 with “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House”, Liam Neeson is back, appearing as Viola Davis’ husband in “Widows”.
Maggie Gyllenhaal And Peter Sarsgaard
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Husband and wife, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard both have movies at TIFF this year. Expect to see the couple hit the red carpet for “The Kindergarten Teacher” and the Canadian film “The Lie”.
Tatiana Maslany
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The former “Orphan Black” star will appear in “Destroyer” with Nicole Kidman and Sebastian Stan.
Susan Sarandon
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Susan Sarandon star sin Canadian director Xavier Dolan’s English-language debut “The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan”.
Mahershala Ali
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Oscar winner Mahershala Ali will participate in a special In Conversation event to discuss his life and career. He'll also walk the red carpet for the premiere of "Green Book".
Melissa McCarthy
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Melissa McCarthy will attend the premiere of “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” at TIFF. She stars as biographer Lee Israel who forged letters written by famous people to sell them on the black market.
Bradley Cooper
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After the project sat in limbo for years, Bradley Cooper directs and stars in a remake of “A Star Is Born”. Cooper hasn’t been to the festival since “Silver Linings Playbook” screened in 2012.
Lady Gaga
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Lady Gaga is expected to attend the premiere and press conference for “A Star Is Born”.
Amandla Stenberg
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Amandla Stenberg is doing double duty at TIFF, appearing in both “The Hate U Give” and “Where Hands Touch”.
Lucas Hedges
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An Oscar nominee for “Manchester By The Sea”, Lucas Hedges stars in “Ben Is Back”, directed by his dad, Peter Hedges.
Jake Gyllenhaal
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Jake Gyllenhaal plays brother to Joaquin Phoenix in “The Sisters Brothers”, an adaptation of Canadian author Patrick deWitt’s novel.
Claire Foy
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Claire Foy plays Janet Armstrong, the worried wife to Ryan Gosling’s pioneering astronaut Neil Armstrong in “First Man”.
Timothee Chalamet
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“Call Me By Your Name” star Timothee Chalamet plays the drug addicted son of Steve Carell in “Beautiful Boy”, adapted from the best-selling memoir by David Sheff.
Nicole Kidman
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After attending the screening of “The Killing Of A Scared Deer” last year, Nicole Kidman is expected to walk the red carpet for “Destroyer”.
Julianne Moore
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Julianne Moore stars in “Gloria Bell”, directed by Academy Award winner Sebastián Lelio in a remake of his own film, “Gloria”.
Keira Knightley
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Keira Knightley comes to TIFF with the biopic “Colette”.
Geena Davis
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Expect to see Geena Davis on the red carpet at the premiere of the timely documentary “Casting By”, which takes a look at sexism in Hollywood.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Expect Aaron Taylor-Johnson to walk the red carpet twice during TIFF. He stars opposite Chris Pine in the festival’s opening night film “Outlaw King” and in the rehab drama “A Million Little Pieces”, directed by his wife, Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Taika Waititi
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New Zealand actor and “Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi is set to participate in a special conversation about his life and career in front of and behind the camera.
Emilio Estevez
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Actor Emilio Estevez directs and stars in “The Public”. He was last at the festival in 2010 with his feature “The Way”.
Kit Harington
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Newlywed Kit Harington leads the ensemble cast of “The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan”.
Regina King
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Regina King will step out for the world premiere of Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk”.
Steve Carell
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After hitting TIFF with “Battle Of The Sexes” last year, Steve Carell is back in Toronto with “Beautiful Boy”.
Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem
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The Oscar-winning couple bring their latest joint project, “Everybody Knows” to TIFF.
Dev Patel
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Expect Dev Patel on the red carpets for the premieres of his two TIFF films, “Hotel Mumbai” and “The Wedding Guest”. The actor first came to TIFF with his breakout film, “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2008.
Robert Pattinson
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Robert Pattinson is a prisoner sent into space in Claire Denis’ “High Life”. The actor was last at the festival in 2014 with “Maps To The Stars”.
Ben Foster
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Ben Foster is a con man on the run in “Galveston”, the English-language debut of French actress-turned-director Melanie Laurent. The actor last attended the festival with the Lance Armstrong movie “The Program” in 2015.
Juliette Binoche
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Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche will walk the red carpet at the premiere of “High Life”. She was last at TIFF in 2014 with “The Clouds Of Sils Maria”.
Billy Bob Thornton
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Look for Billy Bob Thornton on the red carpet at the premiere of “A Million Little Pieces”.
Thandie Newton
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“Westworld” actress Thandie Newton will step out at the premiere of “The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan”.
Alexander Skarsgard
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Alexander Skarsgard will attend the premiere of “The Hummingbird Project”.
Joaquin Phoenix
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Future Batman villain Joaquin Phoenix will make an appearance at TIFF with “The Sisters Brothers”.
Jacob Tremblay
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Jacob Tremblay has two films at the festival: “The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan” and the horror movie “The Predator”.
Michael Moore
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Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore chronicles Donald Trump’s rise to power in his latest project, “Fahrenheit 11/9” which will have its world premiere at TIFF.
Matthew McConaughey
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Matthew McConaughey is expected to attend the premiere of his latest project, “White Boy Rick”.
Olivia Wilde
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Olivia Wilde stars in “Life Itself”, a relationship drama that spans several years and comes from the creator of “This Is Us”.
Elizabeth Debicki
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“Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2” actress Elizabeth Debicki stars in “Widows”.
Michelle Rodriguez
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Michelle Rodriguez stars in Steve McQueen’s ensemble female heist film “Widows”.
Hilary Swank
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Not only will two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank appear in the Alzheimer’s drama “What They Had”, she’ll also take the stage as part of an In Conversation event to discuss her career.
Chris Pine
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Chris Pine will help kick of the 43rd edition of TIFF with the festival opening night film, “Outlaw King”.
Anthony Mackie
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Anthony Mackie is expected to attend the premiere of “The Hate U Give”.
Armie Hammer
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“Call Me By Your Name” star Armie Hammer returns to TIFF with “Hotel Mumbai”.
Jamie Bell
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After attending the festival last year, Jamie Bell is back with two films. The British actor will star as a young man raised by skinheads in “Skin” and will play a bare-knuckle brawler in “Donnybrook”.
Common
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Common is likely to walk the red carpet and attend the press conference for “The Hate U Give”.
Annette Bening
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Annette Bening returns to TIFF this year with a role in the ensemble drama “Life Itself”.

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