Toronto International Film Festival Starts Announcing Films!

Every year it takes me by surprise as films start being announced for the 33rd Annual Toronto Interational Film Festival running September 4 - 13, 2008. This year the announcements began in earnest in late June, and I've got to hand it to Twitch, they seem to be the place to get your information about TIFF! You can also check out the official TIFF08 website, which went live last week. Coming up on Monday, July 7, VISA cardholders can start purchasing ticket packages.

Oh, another great thing about Twitch? They collect (almost) all of the trailers for the films coming to Toronto in one place so if you want, you can get a glimpse at the films you want to see before you see them! Go visit the Twitch TIFF 2008 Trailer Park!

Here's a list of the 30+ films announced recently organized by series. To read the synopses, go here and here.

Gala Presentations

• THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD (South Korea) directed by Kim Jee-woon, North American premiere

Special Presentations

• ADORATION (Canada) directed by Atom Egoyan, North American Premiere


• UN CONTE DE NOËL (France) directed by Arnaud Desplechin, North American Premiere


• DISGRACE (Australia/South Africa) directed by Steve Jacobs, World Premiere


• IL DIVO
(Italy/France) directed by Paolo Sorrentino, North American Premiere

• ENTRE LES MURS (France) directed by Laurent Cantet, North American Premiere


• GOMORROAH (Italy) directed by Matteo Garrone, North American Premiere


• GOOD (United Kingdom/Germany) directed by Vicente Amorim, World Premiere


• MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (USA) directed by Spike Lee, World Premiere


• NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST (USA) directed by Peter Sollett, World Premiere


• THE HURT LOCKER
(USA) directed by Kathryn Bigelow, North American Premiere

Masters

• 24 CITY
(China) directed by Jia Zhang-ke, North American Premiere

• FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA (Poland/France) directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, North American Premiere


• OF TIME AND THE CITY (UK) directed by Terence Davies, North American Premiere


• LE SILENCE DE LORNA (Belgium/France/Italy) directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, North American Premiere


• THREE MONKEYS (Turkey/France/Italy) directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, North American Premiere

Real to Reel

• BLIND LOVES (Slovakia) directed by Juraj Lehotský, North American Premiere

Visions

• LIVERPOOL (Argentina/France/Netherlands/Spain/Germany) directed by Lisandro Alonso, North American premiere


• SERVICE (Philippines/France) directed by Brillante Mendoza, North American premiere

Vanguard

• WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Israel/France/Germany) directed by Ari Folman, North American premiere

Discovery

• HUNGER (UK) directed by Steve McQueen, North American Premiere


• MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY (USA) directed by Barry Jenkins, Canadian Premiere


• THE PARANOIDS (Argentina) directed by Gabriel Medina,International Premiere


• SALAMANDRA (Argentina/France/Germany) directed by Pablo Agüero, North American Premiere


• THREE BLIND MICE (Australia) directed by Matthew Newton, International Premiere


• TONY MANERO (Chile/Brazil) directed by Pablo Larraín, North American Premiere


• TULPAN (Germany/Switzerland/Kazakstan/Russia/Poland) directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy, North American Premiere

Contemporary World Cinema

• ACNE (Uruguay/Argentina/Spain/Mexico) directed by Federico Feiroj, North American Premere


• LINHA DE PASSE (Brazil) directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, North American Premiere


• O'HORTEN (Norway/Germany/France) directed by Brent Hamer, North American Premiere


• LION'S DEN (Argentina/South Korea/Brazil) directed by Pablo Trapero, North American Premiere


• RESTLESS (Israel/Germany/Canada/France/Belgium) directed by Amos Kollek, North American Premiere


• REVANCHE (Austria) directed by Götz Spielmann, North American Premiere