Werner Herzog, Regina King, Mira Nair – Deadline

The Toronto Film Festival (Sept. 10-19) revealed the lineup for its 2020 hybrid edition, which had to be shortened due to the impact of the coronavirus.

Joining the films previously announced for the festival are new projects by artists like Werner Herzog, Regina King, Francois Ozon and Naomi Kawase. Mira Nair’s BBC-Netflix television series A suitable boy It has been established as the closing night of the festival. Scroll down for the full list.

As revealed earlier this month, the slimmed festival will open with Spike Lee’s concert film version of the David Byrne show American Utopia. Previously announced films for Sundance and Venice that are also heading to Toronto include those by Viggo Mortensen. FallingOlivia Colman-Anthony Hopkins protagonist The fatherOf Kornél Mundruczó Pieces of a woman and Frederick Wiseman Municipality. Chloé Zhao Nomadic It will debut in Toronto and Venice simultaneously.

Like Venice earlier this week, Toronto has put together a healthy global offering in context, even if it looks lighter than usual at the likely Oscar fare in America, as studios continue to delay films on middle of the pandemic. Also in tune with Venice, the North American showcase is approaching gender parity among its selection with 46% of films directed or co-directed by women, an increase of 36% last year.

Toronto films will be played during the first five days of the event as physical, socially distanced projections, as long as the festival doesn’t have to change course due to unexpected outbreaks of coronavirus. Large gatherings are not yet allowed in Toronto, but starting this Friday the city must reopen theaters and resume Indoor service in bars and restaurants. Indoor pickup sizes may increase to 50.

Despite the slowdown in closing, the festival has said that few international and industry press are expected to attend the festival in person, with screenings and market deals also taking place online.

“We started this year planning a 45th Festival much like our previous editions,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Director of TIFF, “but along the way we had to rethink almost everything.” This year’s lineup reflects that tumult. The names you already know are doing new things this year, and there are a whole host of new and exciting names to discover. We are grateful to all the filmmakers and companies that joined us on this adventure, and we are eager to share these brilliant films with our audience. “

“TIFF 2020 is a special edition and symbolizes what is possible when collaboration, ingenuity and passion take center stage,” said Joana Vicente, TIFF Executive Director and Co-Director. “It is also a time for us to celebrate and affirm some of TIFF’s founding values, including the power film that has to propel us as a society and present a diversity of voices. I am proud and excited to share these films with the public. “

The festival added: “The films on offer will reflect world-class Canadian cinema, documentaries and creativity. The strong representation of women, blacks, indigenous people and people of color in the TIFF selection reflects the organization’s continued commitment to normalize gender parity and racial equality for future generations. “

Toronto Lineup 2020

180 degrees Farnoosh Samadi Rule | Iran
76 days Hao Wu, anonymous, Weixi Chen | U.S
Ammonite Francis Lee | UK
Another round (Druk) Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark
Bandar Band Manijeh Hekmat | Iran / Germany
Beans Tracey Deer | Canada
Starting (Dasatskisi) Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia / France
The best is yet to come (Bu Zhi Bu Xiu) Wang Jing | China
Bruised Halle Berry | U.S
Municipality Frederick Wiseman | U.S
Concrete cowboy Ricky Staub | U.S
Opening Night Movie – David Byrne’s American Utopia Spike Lee | U.S
The disciple Chaitanya Tamhane | India
Enemies of the state Sonia Kennebeck | U.S
Falling Viggo Mortensen | Canada / UK
The father Florian Zeller | United Kingdom / France
Fauna Nicolás Pereda | Mexico / Canada
Fireball: visitors from darker worlds Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer | United Kingdom / United States
Gaza mon amour Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser | France / Germany / Portugal / Palestine / Qatar
Get out of here (Tao Chu Li Fa Yuan) I-Fan Wang | Taiwan
Good Joe Bell Reinaldo Marcus Green | U.S
I care a lot J Blakeson | UK
Uncomfortable indian Michelle Latimer | Canada
The Heritage Efraín Asili | U.S
Lift like a girl (Captain Ash Ya) Mayye Zayed | Egypt / Germany / Denmark
Limbo Ben Sharrock | UK
Memory house (Antique House) João Paulo Miranda Maria | Brazil / France
MLK / FBI Sam Pollard | U.S
The New Corporation: the unfortunately necessary sequel Joel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott | Canada
New order (New order) Michel Franco | Mexico
Kings night (La Nuit des Rois) Philippe Lacôte | Ivory Coast / France / Canada / Senegal
Nomadic Chloé Zhao | U.S
No ordinary man Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt | Canada
Notturn Gianfranco Rosi | Italy / France / Germany
One night in Miami Regina King | U.S
Penguin Bloom Glendyn Ivin | Australia
Pieces of a woman Kornél Mundruczó | United States / Canada / Hungary
Preparations to be together for an unknown period of time (Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre) Lili Horvát | Hungary
Quo Vadis, Aïda? Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina / Norway / Netherlands / Austria / Romania / France / Germany / Poland / Turkey
Shadow in the cloud Roseanne Liang | United States / New Zealand
Shiva baby Emma Seligman | United States / Canada
Spring Flower Suzanne Lindon | France
Closing Night Presentation – A suitable boy Mira Nair | UK / India
Summer of 85 (Été 85) François Ozon | France
The third Felix Barrett Day, Dennis Kelly | UK
Trickster Michelle Latimer | Canada
True mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) Naomi Kawase | Japan
Under the open sky (Subarashiki Sekai) Miwa Nishikawa | Japan
Rape Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli | Canada
Wildfire Cathy Brady | United Kingdom / Ireland