WITH UPDATES:
TIFF has announced the first five films on their roster:
R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s Disney+ doc Elton John: Never Too Late
Woo Min-ho’s Harbin Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck
Marielle Heller’s Amy Adams-led dark comedy Nightbitch
Netflix’s Indigenous coming-of-age basketball film Rez Ball from Sydney Freeland
DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot
Oscar nominated actress Amy Adams and legendary director David Cronenberg are the first two named honorees at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
Sandra Oh will preside as honorary chair at the TIFF Tribute Awards.
Amy is featured this year at TIFF in a new film by Marielle Heller called “Nightbitch.” She is the first of two actors to be named for the Tribute Award. One more announcement is coming.
Cronenberg is getting the Norman Jewison Award for great Canadian filmmakers.
TIFF begins September 5th.
