2018 TIFF Gala Movie You Most Want to See?
What do films like 'La La Land', 'Moonlight', 'Arrival', 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', 'Ladybird', and 'The Shape of Water' have in common besides being Best Picture Oscar nominees? They were all launched at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one of the most important events of the awards season, which is generally considered to start with the kick-off of this festival. This year, TIFF opens on the 6th of September and with it, the anticipation of fresh, exciting, new films. Which of the TIFF "Gala" films, from 2018, do you most hope to be able to see in the coming months?
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- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsSteve CarellMaura TierneyJack Dylan GrazerBased on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.Recent Oscar nominees Steve Carrell and Timothee Chalamet star in this inspiring story based on best-selling memoirs of a father and son's struggle with addiction.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPenélope CruzJavier BardemRicardo DarínLaura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem star in this mystery about secrets surfacing when a woman returns to her hometown for a wedding.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingClaire FoyJason ClarkeA look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy star in Damien Chazelle's ('LaLaLand,' 'Whiplash') depiction of the life of the first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong.
- DirectorMélanie LaurentStarsBen FosterJeffrey GroverChristopher AmitranoAfter escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.Melanie Laurent directed and co-wrote this crime drama about a dying hitman (Ben Foster) who returns to his hometown to plot revenge. Also stars Elle Fanning.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyStarsViggo MortensenMahershala AliLinda CardelliniA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.Viggo Mortensen portrays a working class bouncer who becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist (Mahershala Ali), on a musical tour of the American South during the tumultuous 1960s.
- DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.StarsAmandla StenbergRegina HallRussell HornsbyStarr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.The dichotomous worlds of a teenager weigh down on her after she witnesses a police officer fatally shoot her best friend from childhood. Anthony Mackie and Amandla Stenberg star.
- DirectorWen JiangStarsEddie PengFan LiaoYun ZhouA young swordsman in 1930's China returns home to try and solve a five-year-old murder case. Described as the third installment of the gangster trilogy that includes "Let The Bullets Fly" and "Gone With The Bullets."The third installment in the gangster trilogy that includes 'Let The Bullets Fly' and 'Gone With The Bullets,' this film tells the story of a young swordsman in 1930s China who tries to solve a five-year-old murder case.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsRobert PattinsonJuliette BinocheAndré 3000A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.Claire Denis directs Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson in this story of a father and daughter living in deep space as part of a reproduction experiment.
- DirectorJustin KellyStarsKristen StewartLaura DernJim SturgessA young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.The bio-pic of a woman (Kristen Stewart) living as a celebrated author who is actually the made-up literary persona of a relative. Features an impressive cast, including Laura Dern and Jim Sturgess.
- DirectorVeena SudStarsPeter SarsgaardMireille EnosJoey KingA father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.Mystery surrounds the details of this thriller from the creator of The Killing, Veena Sud. Stars Peter Sarsgaard, Joey King, and Mireille Enos.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsTaapsee PannuAbhishek BachchanVicky KaushalA love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.This romance, directed by the writer of Ugly (2013), is set in the state of Punjab, in India.
- DirectorSara ColangeloStarsMaggie GyllenhaalGael García BernalAto Blankson-WoodA kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael García Bernal lead the cast of this drama about a teacher who becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.
- DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsBen MendelsohnNatalie GoldThomas MannAfter leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders befriends a drug-addicted teen, sending him down a path of reckless and shameful behavior.This highly anticipated comedy-drama stars Ben Mendelsohn as a financier who quits his job and divorces his wife (Edie Falco) to escape his wealthy, stifling community. When he befriends a drug-addicted teen, his life leads him to profound questions.
- DirectorDan FogelmanStarsOscar IsaacOlivia WildeAnnette BeningAs a young New York City couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.The third film from Dan Fogelman, a writer for 'This Is Us,' boasts an all-star cast (Annette Bening, Oscar Isaac, and Olivia Wilde, among others) as it tells a couple's story that reverberates throughout continents and lives.
- DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsChris PineStephen DillaneRebecca RobinA true David vs. Goliath story of how the 14th century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat the much larger and better equipped occupying English army.Chris Pine portrays "the Outlaw King," in this David vs. Goliath story from the director of 'Hell or High Water.'
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsAlec BaldwinTaylor SchillingEmilio EstevezAn act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.When an Arctic blasts lands in downtown Cincinnati, the often homeless and marginalized patrons of a public library stage a sit, with the support of some of the regular staff but against the library administration. The stellar cast (Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright, Taylor Schilling, and many more) propels this dramatic examination of some of modern society's most important issues.
- DirectorTrevor NunnStarsJudi DenchSophie CooksonStephen Campbell MooreThe story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.Judi Dench plays Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsLady GagaBradley CooperSam ElliottA musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.Bradley Cooper stars, along with Lady Gaga and Dave Chapelle, in his directorial debut, a story of artistic struggle, music, love, fame, and personal demons.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChao DengLi SunRyan ZhengIn a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.Set during China's Three Kingdom's era, this is the story of a king and his people, who will be expelled from their homeland and will aspire to claim it.
- DirectorElizabeth ChomkoStarsHilary SwankMichael ShannonRobert ForsterBridget returns home at her brother's urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.This family drama features Hillary Swank and Michael Shannon as the adult children whose mother's life-threatening illness is difficult for their father to accept.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsViola DavisMichelle RodriguezElizabeth DebickiFour women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.This crime thriller about a group of women who are left with the debt of their dead husbands' criminal activities face the future on their own terms. The great cast includes Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, and Michelle Rodriguez.