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Toronto Film Festival Adds Angelina Jolie's "Couture", "Good Fortune", "Christy", More
Toronto Film Festival Adds Angelina Jolie's "Couture", "Good Fortune", "Christy", More

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time22-07-2025

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Toronto Film Festival Adds Angelina Jolie's "Couture", "Good Fortune", "Christy", More

Yara Sameh It's a big news week for the 50th Toronto International Film Festival starting with announcement of their full Galas and Special Presentations section including world premieres of Aziz Ansari's Lionsgate Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen comedy "Good Fortune," Maude Apatow's feature directorial debut "Poetic License," Isabel Coixet's "Three Goodbyes," James McAvoy's feature directorial debut "California Schemin'," Succession star Brian Cox's feature directorial debut "Glenrothan," Romain Gavras' "Sacrifice," David Michôd's "Christy," Yeon Sang-ho's "The Ugly," James Vanderbilt's "Nuremberg," and Alice Winocour's "Couture," as well as movies from Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant. Before "Waiting for Godot" begins its Broadway run on September 13, both Bill and Ted will be in TIFF; Keanu Reeves starring in "Good Fortune" and Alex Winter with the world premiere of his Adulthood. "Good Fortune," which first dropped a trailer at CinemaCon 2024, follows an angel named Gabriel, played by Reeves, who meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy venture capitalist (Seth Rogen). "Poetic License" stars Method Man, Nico Parker, Andrew Barth Feldman, Cooper Hoffman, Maisy Stella and Leslie Mann. The movie follows Liz, a former therapist and soon-to-be empty nester, as she becomes the unexpected point of tension between two inseparable best friends and college seniors, Sam and Ari. Liz is forced to reexamine her life as the boys' friendship unravels in a fierce competition for her affection. Sony Pictures Classics' "Nuremberg" chronicles the true story of the eponymous post-WWII trials held by the Allies against the defeated Nazi regime. The pic centers on American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes. He finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler's right-hand man. Michôd's "Christy" stars Sydney Sweeney as 1990s female boxer Christy Martin. Merritt Weaver, Ben Foster, and Katy O'Brian also star. Winocour's "Couture" stars Angelina Jolie as an American filmmaker who arrives in Paris for Fashion Week on a life-and-death journey, facing challenges and self-discovery. Jolie was at TIFF last year with the world premiere of "Without Blood," which she directed. The Oscar winner was also lauded at TIFF's awards gala. McAvoy's "California Schemin" tells the story of two Scottish lads from Dundee who conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo, bagging a record deal and appearing on MTV until their scam unraveled. "Glenrothan" also stars its director Cox, as well as Alan Cumming, Alexandra Shipp, and Shirley Henderson in a tale about two brothers, who following a violent exchange with their father on the day of their mother's funeral, sees the younger of the two leaving their Highland home for America. After forty years they reunite in the land of their birth. Rachel Lee Goldenberg's world premiere of 20th Century Studios' "Swiped" is inspired by the real-life story of the visionary founder of online dating platform Bumble. It introduces recent college grad Whitney Wolfe (Lily James) as she uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry, launching an innovative, globally lauded dating app – two, actually, and paving the way to becoming the youngest female self-made billionaire. The movie was written by Bill Parker, Rachel Lee Goldenberg, and Kim Caramele. It also stars Jackson White, Myha'la, Ben Schnetzer, Pierson Fodé, Clea DuVall, Pedro Correa, Ian Colleti, Coral Peña, and Dan Stevens. The movie is produced by Jennifer Gibgot, Andrew Panay and James. It premieres on Hulu on September 19. "Train to Busan" filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho's new movie, the mystery thriller, "The Ugly," centers around a man's investigation into his long-lost mother's death. In a full reveal that other big fall and awards season movies are world premiering elsewhere, TIFF announced that Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein," starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac, is getting a North American premiere as well as Dwayne Johnson's movie "The Smashing Machine" from Benny Safdie and starring the former WWE wrestler as mixed-martial arts and UFC champion Mark Kerr. Meanwhile, Edward Berger's Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton psychological drama thriller, "Ballad of a Small Player," is making its Canadian premiere at TIFF. It follows a high stakes gambler who is laying low in Macau whose past and debts start to catch up with him. He encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation. In addition, the closing night movie is "Peak Everything" from Canadian director Anne Émond playing on the last night of the fest on Saturday, September 13. TIFF, presented by Rogers, takes place September 4–14. The festival invited movies from 30 countries. 2025 Galas (in alphabetical order): *previously announced *A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | France North American Premiere Adulthood | Alex Winter | USA World Premiere Driver's Ed | Bobby Farrelly | USA World Premiere Eleanor the Great | Scarlett Johansson | USA North American Premiere Eternity | David Freyne | USA World Premiere Fuze | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom World Premiere Glenrothan | Brian Cox | United Kingdom World Premiere Good Fortune | Aziz Ansari | USA World Premiere *Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom Canadian Premiere *Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India North American Premiere *John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | USA World Premiere Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | Canada World Premiere | USA Nuremberg | James Vanderbilt | USA World Premiere Palestine 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine/United Kingdom/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan World Premiere Peak Everything | Anne Émond | Canada | Closing Night Gala Toronto Premiere *Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USA World Premiere *She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Hong Kong/China North American Premiere Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | 50th Anniversary Restoration North American Premiere Swiped | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | USA World Premiere *The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom World Premiere Two Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France World Premiere 2025 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order): *previously announced A Pale View of Hills | Kei Ishikawa | Japan/United Kingdom/Poland North American Premiere A Poet | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia/Germany/Sweden North American Premiere Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United Kingdom World Premiere Ballad of a Small Player | Edward Berger | United Kingdom Canadian Premiere California Schemin' | James McAvoy | United Kingdom/USA World Premiere Calle Malaga | Maryam Touzani | Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium North American Premiere Charlie Harper | Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge | USA World Premiere Christy | David Michôd | USA World Premiere Couture | Alice Winocour | USA/France World Premiere Dead Man's Wire | Gus Van Sant | USA North American Premiere Degrassi: Whatever It Takes | Lisa Rideout | Canada World Premiere Easy's Waltz | Nic Pizzolatto | USA World Premiere EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Baz Luhrmann | Australia/USA World Premiere Eternal Return | Yaniv Raz | United Kingdom/USA World Premiere Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | USA North American Premiere *Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/Poland World Premiere *Good News | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea World Premiere *Hedda | Nia DaCosta | USA World Premiere If I Had Legs I'd Kick You | Mary Bronstein | USA Canadian Premiere It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi | Iran/France/Luxembourg Canadian Premiere It Would Be Night in Caracas | Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás | Mexico World Premiere Kokuho | Lee Sang-il | Japan North American Premiere Ky Nam Inn | Leon Le | Vietnam World Premiere Lovely Day | Philippe Falardeau | Canada World Premiere Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | Canada World Premiere *Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | Canada World Premiere Monkey in a Cage | Anurag Kashyap | India World Premiere Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France Canadian Premiere Poetic License | Maude Apatow | USA World Premiere Primavera | Damiano Michieletto | Italy/France World Premiere Project Y | Lee Hwan | South Korea World Premiere *Rental Family | HIKARI | USA/Japan World Premiere Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom North American Premiere Sacrifice | Romain Gavras | United Kingdom/Greece World Premiere Scarlet | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan North American Premiere Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway/France/Denmark/Germany/Sweden/United Kingdom Canadian Premiere Silent Friend | Ildikó Enyedi | Germany/Hungary/France North American Premiere Sirāt | Óliver Laxe | France/Spain North American Premiere Sound of Falling | Mascha Schilinski | Germany North American Premiere *Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/Belgium World Premiere *The Captive | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/Italy World Premiere *The Christophers | Steven Soderbergh | United Kingdom World Premiere *The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USA World Premiere The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany Canadian Premiere The Smashing Machine | Benny Safdie | USA North American Premiere The Testament of Ann Lee | Mona Fastvold | UK North American Premiere | Presented in 70mm The Ugly | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea World Premiere Three Goodbyes | Isabel Coixet | Italy/Spain World Premiere Train Dreams | Clint Bentley | USA International Premiere Tuner | Daniel Roher | USA Canadian Premiere Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada North American Premiere *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USA World Premiere You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution… | Nick Davis | USA World Premiere 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