Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more

The Angelina Jolie-directed warfare movie “Without Blood,” a documentary astir Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s modern tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will person their world premieres astatine the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The show announced its gala and typical position lineup Monday.

Jolie’s movie stars Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir and is based connected nan Alessandro Baricco caller “Without Blood.” The Springsteen film, “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band” charts down nan scenes of his world tour. Leigh’s film, his first successful six years, has him reuniting pinch his “Secrets & Lies” prima Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

Also announced were nan world premieres of Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl,” starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista and Kiernan Shipka, and Rachel Morrison’s directorial debut “The Fire Inside,” astir nan first female to triumph an Olympic golden badge successful boxing. Barry Jenkins wrote nan screenplay.

Edward Burns has a caller film, “Millers successful Marriage” pinch Minnie Driver and Morena Baccarin, arsenic does David Mackenzie pinch nan thriller “Relay” starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James. Jennifer Lopez co-stars successful nan Ben Affleck-produced sports play “Unstoppable” astir American wrestler Anthony Robles. And Hugh Grant leads nan eerie Scott Beck and Bryan Woods-directed A24 pic “Heretic.”

One twelvemonth aft TIFF went connected done nan actors strikes, nan prima powerfulness has returned to nan prestigious movie show which helps pass nan speech astir nan season’s awards hopefuls.

Focus Features will play its Edward Berger-directed, and Ralph Fiennes-starring papal thriller “Conclave” astatine nan festival. But it won’t beryllium nan world premiere for “Conclave” — that arena will apt hap astatine either Venice aliases Telluride, which person yet to denote their afloat lineups. The workplace will besides bring “Piece by Piece” to TIFF, Morgan Neville’s Pharrell Williams documentary told pinch LEGOs.

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Films antecedently announced arsenic portion of nan TIFF slate see nan animated “The Wild Robot,” Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch,” starring Amy Adams, John Crowley’s “We Live In Time,” pinch Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, David Gordon Green’s drama “Nutcrackers,” pinch Ben Stiller, R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s “Elton John: Never Too Late” and Ron Howard’s endurance thriller “Eden” pinch Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney and Jude Law.

The show will besides play immoderate Cannes favorites including Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Paul Scrader’s “Oh, Canada” and Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” and nan Will Ferrell relationship documentary “Will & Harper” which debuted astatine Sundance.

More TIFF films will beryllium announced successful nan coming weeks, arsenic will nan lineups for different important autumn festivals including Venice, Telluride and New York Film Festival.

TIFF kicks disconnected connected Sept. 5 and runs done Sept. 15.