The 2018 Toronto International Film Festival has announced this year’s lineup for Galas and Premieres. This is where the most high-profile titles show to a large portion of the press and make their first big impression on the public even if they might play at Venice or Telluride beforehand. This year is no exception to exciting movies playing at TIFF with highlights includingFelix van Groeningen’sBeautiful Boy,Damien Chazelle’sFirst Man,George Tillman Jr.’sThe Hate U Give,Claire Denis’High Life,Nicole Holofcener’sThe Land of Steady Habits,Bradley Cooper’sA Star Is Born,Steve Mcqueen’sWidows,Jason Reitman’sThe Front Runner,Barry Jenkins’If Beale Street Could Talk,David Lowery’sThe Old Man & The Gun,Alfonso Cuaron’sRoma,Jacques Audiard’sThe Sisters Brothers, andYann Demange’sWhite Boy Rick.
Check out the full Galas and Special Presentations lineup below. The 2018 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 6 to 16th.
“Beautiful Boy,” Felix van Groeningen, USA
“Galveston,” Mélanie Laurent, USA
“Everybody Knows,” Asghar Farhadi, Spain/France/Italy
“First Man,” Damien Chazelle, USA
“The Hate U Give,” George Tillman, Jr., USA
“Hidden Man,” Jiang Wen, China
“High Life,” Claire Denis, Germany/France/Poland/United Kingdom
“Husband Material,” Anurag Kashyap, India
“The Kindergarten Teacher,” Sara Colangelo,USA
“The Land of Steady Habits,” Nicole Holofcener, USA
“Life Itself,” Dan Fogelman, USA
“The Public,” Emilio Estevez, USA
“Red Joan,” Sir Trevor Nunn, United Kingdom
“A Star is Born,” Bradley Cooper, USA
“Shadow,” Zhang Yimou, China
“What They Had,” Elizabeth Chomko, USA
“Widows,” Steve McQueen, United Kingdom/USA
Special Presentations
“Ben is Back,” Peter Hedges, USA
“Burning,” Lee Chang-dong, South Korea
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Marielle Heller, USA
“Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki, Lebanon
“Cold War,” Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland/United Kingdom/France
“Colette,” Wash Westmoreland, United Kingdom
“Dogman,” Matteo Garrone, Italy/France
“The Front Runner,” Jason Reitman, USA
“Giant Little Ones,” Keith Behrman,Canada
“Girls of the Sun” (Les filles du soleil), Eva Husson, France
“Hotel Mumbai,” Anthony Maras, Australia
“The Hummingbird Project,” Kim Nguyen, Canada
“Maya,” Mia Hansen-Løve, France
“Manto,” Nandita Das, India
“Monsters and Men,” Reinaldo Marcus Green,USA
“Mouthpiece,” Patricia Rozema, CanadaSpecial Presentations Opening Night
“Non-Fiction,” Olivier Assayas, France
“Old Man & the Gun,” David Lowery, USA
“Papi Chulo,” John Butler, Ireland
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico/USA
“Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, JapanSpecial Presentations Closing Night
“The Sisters Brothers,” Jacques Audiard, USA/France/Romania/Spain
“Sunset,” László Nemes, Hungary/France
“Through Black Spruce,” Don McKellar, Canada
“The Weekend,” Stella Meghie, USA
“Where Hands Touch,” Amma Asante, United Kingdom
“White Boy Rick,” Yann Demange, USA
“Wildlife,” Paul Dano, USA
