2024 Toronto International Film Festival Announces Galas and Special Programs including World Premieres from Mike Leigh, Gia Coppola, Angelina Jolie

The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has revealed this year’s lineup of 63 films from the Gala, sponsored by Dyson, and Special Presentations programs.

Joining previously announced world premieres of Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch with Amy Adams, Ron Howard’s Eden with Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Vanessa Kirby and Jude Law, and John Crowley’s We Live in Time with Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, TIFF will also see the first looks at William Goldenberg Unstoppable, starring Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome and produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ Heretic, starring Hugh Grant, Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis, Rachel Morrison’s The Fire Inside, starring Brian Tyree Henry and Ryan Destiny, and Angelina Jolie’s Without Blood, starring Demián Bichir, as well as several films designated as ‘International Premieres,’ signifying we’ll be seeing them at Venice and/or Telluride first, including Edward Berger’s Conclave, Julie Delpy’s Meet the Barbarians, and Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson, starring John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson and Danielle Deadwyler.

The Gala and Special Presentations films come from 25 countries, including 29 sales titles. Tuesday, July 23 will see the reveal of the Platform program, the Discovery program on the 24th and the Midnight program on the 25th. The 49th edition of the festival will take place from September 5-15.

Tickets for TIFF ’24 go on sale to TIFF Members by level beginning on Friday, August 16. For more details, visit tiff.net/join. The full Festival schedule will be released on Tuesday, August 13.

Here is the complete list of previously announced and new gala and special presentation titles.

Galas 2024 (in alphabetical order) 
*Previously announced 

Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe Cosima Spender | UK
World Premiere

Better Man Michael Gracey | USA
Canadian Premiere

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz | South Africa
Canadian Premiere
Sales Title 

*Eden Ron Howard | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

*Elton John: Never Too Late R.J. Cutler, David Furnish | USA
World Premiere

*Harbin Woo Min-ho | South Korea
World Premiere

Meet the Barbarians Julie Delpy | France
International Premiere
Sales Title 

*Nutcrackers David Gordon Green | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Oh, Canada Paul Schrader | USA
North American Premiere
Sales Title 

Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Thom Zimny | USA
World Premiere

*Superboys of Malegaon Reema Kagti | India
World Premiere

*The Deb Rebel Wilson | Australia
World Premiere
Sales Title 

The Friend Scott McGehee, David Siegel | USA
International Premiere
Sales Title 

The Penguin Lessons Peter Cattaneo | Spain/United Kingdom
World Premiere
Sales Title 

The Return Uberto Pasolini | Italy/United Kingdom
World Premiere
Sales Title

The Shrouds David Cronenberg | Canada/France
North American Premiere
Sales Title

*The Wild Robot Chris Sanders | USA
World Premiere

Unstoppable William Goldenberg | USA
World Premiere

Will & Harper Josh Greenbaum | USA
International Premiere

Special Presentations 2024 (in alphabetical order)
*Previously announced 

40 Acres R.T. Thorne | Canada
World Premiere

All of You William Bridges | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title

All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia | France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg
Canadian Premiere

Anora Sean Baker | USA
Canadian Premiere

Bird Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom
North American Premiere

Bring Them Down Christopher Andrews | Ireland/Belgium
World Premiere

Can I Get A Witness? Ann Marie Fleming | Canada
World Premiere

Carnival is Over Fernando Coimbra | Brazil/Portugal
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-Ke | China
North American Premiere

Conclave Edward Berger | USA/United Kingdom
International Premiere

Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard | France/USA/Mexico
Canadian Premiere

Hard Truths Mike Leigh | United Kingdom/Spain
World Premiere

Harvest Athina Rachel Tsangari | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Sales Title 

Heretic Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Canada
World Premiere

I’m Still Here Walter Salles | Brazil/France
North American Premiere

I, the Executioner Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea
North American Premiere

*K-Pops Anderson .Paak | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 
 
Love in the Big City E.oni | South Korea
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Millers in Marriage Edward Burns | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Misericordia Alain Guiraudie | Spain/Portugal/France
Canadian Premiere

*Nightbitch Marielle Heller | USA
World Premiere

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni | Zambia/United Kingdom/Ireland
North American Premiere

Piece by Piece Morgan Neville | USA
International Premiere

Quisling – The Final Days Erik Poppe | Norway
International Premiere
Sales Title 
 
Relay David Mackenzie | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title

*Rez Ball Sydney Freeland | USA
World Premiere

Riff Raff Dito Montiel | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada/Germany
North American Premiere

Sharp Corner Jason Buxton | Canada/Ireland
World Premiere
Sales Title 

*Shepherds Sophie Deraspe | Canada/France
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Sketch Seth Worley | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

The Assessment Fleur Fortuné | United Kingdom/Germany/USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

The Cut Sean Ellis | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Sales Title 

The End Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark/UK
Canadian Premiere 

The Fire Inside Rachel Morrison | USA
World Premiere

The Girl with the Needle Magnus von Horn | Denmark/Poland/Sweden
North American Premiere

The Last Showgirl Gia Coppola | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

*The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan | USA
World Premiere
Sales Title 

The Order Justin Kurzel | Canada/USA
North American Premiere

The Piano Lesson Malcolm Washington | USA
International Premiere

*We Live in Time John Crowley | United Kingdom/France
World Premiere

Went Up the Hill Samuel Van Grinsven | New Zealand/Australia
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Without Blood Angelina Jolie | USA/Italy
World Premiere
Sales Title 

Young Werther José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço | Canada
World Premiere
Sales Title