Toronto Fest Adds Bill Nighy, Matt Dillon, Jude Law Films to Complete Lineup
There's world premieres for El Clan director Pablo Trapero's English language debut, & Sons, which stars Bill Nighy, Noah Jupe and Johnny Flynn and is based on a script by Trapero and Sarah Polley.
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Claire Denis's Africa-set The Fence, starring Mia McKenna-Bruce, Tom Blyth and Matt Dillon, is also getting a first look in Toronto before screening at the New York Film Festival. And there's North American premieres for host of Venice titles, including Cedric Jimenez's thriller Dog 51, toplined by French stars Adele Exarchopoulos and Gilles Lellouche and set for the closing night slot on the Lido.
Headed to Toronto after Venice are Park Chan-wook's 12th feature, No Other Choice, a dark comedy in which Lee Byung Hun stars; Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin, a political thriller that stars Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Zach Galifianakis and Tom Sturridge; and director Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab, a drama that recounts a 6-year old Palestinian girl killed by the Israeli military in Gaza in 2024 along with six of her family members as part of that Middle East conflict.
The latest film announcements in Toronto round out the 2025 lineup and mark a return to strength for the marquee festival after the disruption of the pandemic and the 2023 Hollywood actors strike.
On Tuesday, TIFF organizers also unveiled plans for informal conversations with Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson and Tessa Thompson. Deadpool franchise star Reynolds will be in Toronto for the world premiere of the feature documentary John Candy: I Like Me, Reynolds, which he executive produces.
Johnson will discuss his Hollywood career while bringing his latest movie, director Ben Safdie's The Smashing Machine, about the true story of MMA legend Mark Kerr, to Toronto for a North American premiere.
Passing star Thompson and director Nia DaCosta will talk about their collaboration on Hedda, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play Hedda Gabler, which will receive a world premiere in Toronto. Other conversations at TIFF include with South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook, and Project Y co-stars Han So-hee and Jun Jong-seo.
The Toronto Film Festival, set to run Sept. 4 to 14, will open with Colin Hanks' John Candy documentary, John Candy: I Like Me.
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