‘Knives Out 3,' ‘Rental Family,' ‘Hamnet,' ‘Roofman' to kick off Oscar campaigns at Toronto Film Festival
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Those include:
The Choral: Set against the backdrop of WWI, Ralph Fiennes stars as a tough choir director mentoring a group of enlisted British teens in the Nicholas Hytner film.
Franz: Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland directs this episodic biopic of writer Franz Kafka (German actor Idan Weiss), from his birth to death.
Hamnet: Nomadland Best Picture winner Chloé Zhao returns from her ill-fated excursion into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a historical indie drama based on Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel about Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) grieving the death of their son, Hamnet.
The Lost Bus: Paul Greengrass' tense based-on-a-true-story drama stars Matthew McConaughey as a driver trying to get a school bus full of children and their teacher (America Ferrera) out of burning Paradise, Calif., during the Camp Fire in 2018.
Rental Family: Hikari , who helmed multiple episodes of the Emmy-winning Netflix series Beef, directs this dramedy starring Oscar winner Brendan Fraser as a struggling American actor hired by a Japanese "rental family" company to pretend to be part of strangers' lives.
Roofman: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst star in this Derek Cianfrance film about a real-life ex-Army officer-turned-criminal who hides from authorities in the walls of a Toys R Us.
Steal Away: Clement Virgo directs this psychological thriller starring Angourie Rice plays a teenager who forms an unhealthy obsession with a refugee (Mallori Johnson) taken in by her family.
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 4-Sept. 14. The full schedule will be revealed Aug. 12. Below are the galas and special presentations announced so far.
Galas (in alphabetical order)
The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | U.K. World Premiere | Gala Presentation
Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | IndiaNorth American Premiere | Gala Presentation
Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | U.K.Canadian Premiere | Gala Presentation
A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | FranceNorth American Premiere | Gala Presentation
Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USAWorld Premiere | Gala Presentation
She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | ChinaNorth American Premiere | Gala Presentation
Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):
Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/PolandWorld Premiere | Special Presentation
The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USAWorld Premiere | Special Presentation
Rental Family | Hikari | USA/Japan World Premiere | Special Presentation
Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/BelgiumWorld Premiere | Special Presentation
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USAWorld Premiere | Special Presentation
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