TIFF 21 Lineup Announced!

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF for short) announced the next batch of films that are going to show at the festival. More specifically, the Gala and Special presentation films, which tend to be a major indication for Academy Award success. 

Here are the films that were announced so far for TIFF:

Gala Presentation:

• Belfast (dir. Kenneth Branagh)
• Clifford The Big Red Dog (dir. Walt Becker)
• Dear Evan Hansen (dir. Steven Chbosky)
• The Electric Life Of Louis Wain (dir. Will Sharpe)
• The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (dir. Michael Showalter)
• Jagged (dir. Alison Klayman)
• Last Night In Soho (dir. Edgar Wright)
• The Mad Women’s Ball (dir. Melanie Laurent)
• The Night Raiders (dir. Danis Goulet)
• One Second (dir. Zhang Yimou)
• The Survivor (dir. Barry Levinson)

Special Presentations:

• Ali & Ava (dir. Clio Barnard)
• All My Puny Sorrows (dir. Michael McGowan)
• Benediction (dir. Terence Davies)
• Bergman Island (dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
• Charlotte (dir. Eric Warin and Tahir Rana)
• Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over (did. Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner)
• Drive My Car (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
• Encounter (dir. Michael Pearce)
• The Guilty (dir. Antoine Fuqua)
• I’m Your Man (dir. Maria Schrader)
• Inexorable (dir. Fabrice du Welz)
• Lakewood (dir. Phillip Noyce)
• The Middle Man (dir. Bent Hamer)
• Official Competition (dir. Gaston Duprat and Mariano Cohn)
• Paris, 13th District (dir. Jacques Audiard)
• Petite Maman (dir. Celine Sciamma)
• The Starling (dir. Theodore Melfi)
• The Story Of My Wife (dir. Ildiko Enyedi)
• Three Floors (dir. Nanni Moretti)
• Violet (dir. Justine Bateman)
• The Worst Person In The World (dir. Joachim Trier)

There are still more announcements to come. Contemporary World Cinema, Discovery, Midnight Madness, Primetime and Wavelengths are to be announced on July 28, and TIFF Shortcuts and the Platform Programme will be announced on August 11th. 

The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival is set to take place from September 9-18.