Filmmaker Brady Corbet will have to schlep twenty-six reels from Venice Italy to Toronto’s Pearson Airport as The Brutalist is confirmed as part of the last title entries that are part of the 2024 edition of the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Among Venice carry-overs we find another highly anticipated acquisition title in Luca Guadagnino‘s Queer and Maura Delpero‘s Vermiglio, alongside A24’s Halina Reijn‘s Babygirl, while Pedro Almodóvar completes the quintet of Venice competition items hitting up TIFF with North American Premiere debuts. Also part of the line-up we find Saturday Night (Canadian premiere heading to Telluride just before) joins On Swift Horses, The Salt Path, Shell, and The Luckiest Man in America as part of heavily anticipated world premiere titles among. And finally, Francis Ford Coppola will indeed have his North American Premiere showcase for Megalopolis. Here are the last additions:
Galas:
Megalopolis – Francis Ford Coppola | USA – North American Premiere
William Tell – Nick Hamm | Italy/United Kingdom – World Premiere
Special Presentations:
Babygirl Halina Reijn | USA – North American Premiere
Dahomey Mati Diop | Benin/France/Senegal – North American Premiere
SATURDAY NIGHT – Jason Reitman | USA – Canadian Premiere
Hold Your Breath – Karrie Crouse, Will Joines | USA – World Premiere
On Swift Horses – Daniel Minahan | USA – World Premiere
Paul Anka: His Way – John Maggio | USA – World Premiere
Queer – Luca Guadagnino | Italy/USA – North American Premiere
Shell – Max Minghella | USA – World Premiere
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet | United Kingdom – North American Premiere
The Luckiest Man in America – Samir Oliveros | USA – World Premiere
The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar | Spain – North American Premiere
The Salt Path – Marianne Elliott | United Kingdom – World Premiere
Vermiglio – Maura Delpero | Italy/France/Belgium – North American Premiere
Discovery
Village Keeper – Karen Chapman | Canada – World Premiere
You Are Not Alone – Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien | Canada – World Premiere
Centrepiece
Bliss (Hemda) – Shemi Zarhin | Israel – International Premiere
Special Anniversary Screenings
Double Happiness Mina Shum | Canada
Whiplash Damien Chazelle | USA
