Movies Film Festivals Taylor Swift, Weird Al Yankovic film, Squid Game star's directorial debut join TIFF 2022 lineup See this year's slate for the Toronto International Film Festival, which includes new titles from Jennifer Lawrence, Brendan Fraser, Tyler Perry, Olivia Colman, Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Daniel Radcliffe, and more. By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Updated on September 2, 2022 10:15AM EDT The stars are headed north as part of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival lineup. As announced Thursday, notable titles joining TIFF's growing slate include buzzy projects like Brendan Fraser's transformative turn as a 600-pound man in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale; Brett Morgen's trippy David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream; Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae's directorial debut, Hunt; Jennifer Lawrence's latest drama Causeway; Sarah Polley's Women Talking, a mysterious drama featuring Frances McDormand about sexual assaults in a religious colony; Florian Zeller's Laura Dern- and Hugh Jackman-fronted The Son; Sam Mendes' Olivia Colman–led romantic drama Empire of Light; Peter Farrelly's Zac Efron–starring war drama The Greatest Beer Run Ever; Tyler Perry's crime drama A Jazzman's Blues; and Oscar nominee Reginald Hudlin's Sidney Poitier documentary. New titles that joined the Midnight Madness, Discovery, and Wavelengths sections include Daniel Radcliffe's upcoming Weird Al Yankovic biopic, Weird; Ti West's Mia Goth–starring X prequel, Pearl; Tim Story's new movie, The Blackening; and V/H/S 99, a new entry in the V/H/S anthology horror series. New TV series joining the TIFF lineup include season 5 of Elisabeth Moss' Toronto-shot thriller The Handmaid's Tale, Clea DuVall's High School (based on musical duo Tegan and Sara's book), and the third part in Lars von Trier's Kingdom series, The Kingdom Exodus. TIFF's In Conversation With... panels will include presentations focused on Taylor Swift and her All Too Well short film, Damien Chazelle, Davis and her Woman King helmer Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung, and Eddie Redmayne. Other previously announced speakers headed to Canada for TIFF's Visionaries roster include Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Perry. Viola Davis wages war against European colonialism in 'The Woman King'. Ilze Kitshoff/TriStar Pictures The festival previously announced other high-profile films heading to this year's event, including Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama The Fabelmans, Billy Eichner's gay rom-com Bros, Lena Dunham's period piece Catherine Called Birdy, Viola Davis' warrior epic The Woman King, Harry Styles' My Policeman, and Daniel Craig's highly anticipated sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, among others. "We're excited to welcome some of the most celebrated figures in movies back to Toronto to present their Gala and Special Presentation films," said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey in a statement. "With stories that span six continents and feature performances you just have to see, this lineup delivers the rich experiences we wait all year for. Cinema is alive. Red carpets are back. And the best audience in the world awaits them in Toronto." TIFF plays a crucial role in the global film industry, often hosting the premieres of big commercial projects as well as smaller, independently, and internationally produced prestige films. The festival also has a reputation for stoking Oscars buzz ahead of the Academy Awards season, as the event often launches awards-bound projects into the race. Across the past decade, nine of the 10 TIFF People's Choice Award winners have gone on to win or be nominated for the Academy's Best Picture prize — including last year's Best Picture nominee Belfast. See the full 2022 lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival's Gala and Special Presentations programs below. TIFF runs from Sept. 8-18. Tickets are available now. Taylor Swift, in her first feature film role since 2019's Cats, appears in David O. Russell's highly secretive and previously untitled new movie, which has officially been dubbed 'Amsterdam'. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Gala Presentations Alice, Darling — Mary Nighy (Canada, USA)World Premiere Black Ice — Hubert Davis (Canada)World Premiere Butcher's Crossing — Gabe Polsky (USA)World Premiere Dalíland — Mary Harron (United Kingdom, USA)World Premiere The Greatest Beer Run Ever — Peter Farrelly (USA)World Premiere The Hummingbird Francesca Archibugi — (Italy, France)World Premiere Hunt — Lee Jung-jae (South Korea)North American Premiere A Jazzman's Blues — Tyler Perry (USA)World Premiere Kacchey Limbu — Shubham Yogi (India)World Premiere Moving On — Paul Weitz (USA)World Premiere Paris Memories — Alice Winocour (France)North American Premiere Prisoner's Daughter — Catherine Hardwicke (USA)World Premiere Raymond & Ray — Rodrigo García (USA)World Premiere Roost — Amy Redford (USA)World Premiere Sidney — Reginald Hudlin (USA)World Premiere The Son — Florian Zeller (United Kingdom)North American Premiere The Swimmers — Sally El Hosaini (United Kingdom)World Premiere What's Love Got to Do With It? — Shekhar Kapur (United Kingdom)World Premiere The Woman King — Gina Prince-Bythewood (USA)World Premiere Brendan Fraser as Charlie in 'The Whale'. A24 Special Presentations Allelujah — Sir Richard Eyre (United Kingdom)World Premiere All Quiet on the Western Front — Edward Berger (USA, Germany)World Premiere The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh (United Kingdom, Ireland, USA)North American Premiere Blueback — Robert Connolly (Australia)World Premiere The Blue Caftan — Maryam Touzani (Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark)North American Premiere Broker — Hirokazu Kore-eda (South Korea)Canadian Premiere Brother — Clement Virgo (Canada)World Premiere Bros — Nicholas Stoller (USA)World Premiere Catherine Called Birdy — Lena Dunham (United Kingdom)World Premiere Causeway — Lila Neugebauer (USA)World Premiere Chevalier — Stephen Williams (USA)World Premiere Corsage — Marie Kreutzer (Austria, France, Germany)North American Premiere Decision to Leave — Park Chan-wook (South Korea)North American Premiere Devotion — JD Dillard (USA)World Premiere Driving Madeleine — Christian Carion (France)International Premiere El Suplente — Diego Lerman (Argentina, Italy, Mexico, Spain, France)World Premiere Empire of Light — Sam Mendes (United Kingdom, USA)Canadian Premiere The Eternal Daughter — Joanna Hogg (United Kingdom)North American Premiere The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg (USA)World Premiere Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Rian Johnson (USA)World Premiere Good Night Oppy — Ryan White (USA)International Premiere The Good Nurse — Tobias Lindholm (USA)World Premiere Holy Spider — Ali Abbasi (Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France)Canadian Premiere Joyland — Saim Sadiq (Pakistan)North American Premiere The King's Horseman — Biyi Bandele (Nigeria)World Premiere The Lost King — Stephen Frears (United Kingdom)World Premiere A Man of Reason — Jung Woo-sung (South Korea)World Premiere The Menu — Mark Mylod (USA)World Premiere On the Come Up — Sanaa Lathan (USA)World Premiere One Fine Morning — Mia Hansen-Løve (France)Canadian Premiere Other People's Children — Rebecca Zlotowski (France)North American Premiere Moonage Daydream — Brett Morgen (USA)North American Premiere My Policeman — Michael Grandage (United Kingdom)World Premiere Nanny — Nikyatu Jusu (USA)International Premiere No Bears — Jafar Panahi (Iran)North American Premiere The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile — Kathlyn Horan (USA)International Premiere Saint Omer — Alice Diop (France)North American Premiere Sanctuary — Zachary Wigon (USA)World Premiere Stories Not to Be Told — Cesc Gay (Spain)World Premiere Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund (Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, France, Greece)North American Premiere Walk Up — Hong Sangsoo (South Korea)World Premiere Wendell & Wild — Henry Selick (USA)World Premiere The Whale — Darren Aronofsky (USA)North American Premiere Women Talking — Sarah Polley (USA)International Premiere The Wonder — Sebastián Lelio (United Kingdom, Ireland)Canadian Premiere Midnight Madness The Blackening — Tim Story (USA)World Premiere Leonor Will Never Die — Martika Ramirez Escobar (Philippines)Canadian Premiere Pearl — Ti West (USA)North American Premiere The People's Joker — Vera Drew (USA)World Premiere Project Wolf Hunting — Kim Hongsun (South Korea)World Premiere Sick — John Hyams (USA)World Premiere Sisu — Jalmari Helander (Finland)World Premiere Venus — Jaume Balagueró (Spain)World Premiere V/H/S 99 — Flying Lotus, Johannes Roberts, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa & Joseph Winter (USA)World Premiere Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — Eric Appel (USA)World Premiere 'Abbott Elementary' star Quinta Brunson plays Oprah Winfrey in the Daniel Radcliffe-led Weird Al Yankovic biopic. Roku Discovery Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe — Aitch Alberto (USA)World Premiere Baby Ruby — Bess Wohl (USA)World Premiere Carmen — Benjamin Millepied (Australia, France)World Premiere Daughter of Rage (La Hija de todas las Rabias) — Laura Baumeister (Nicaragua)World Premiere A Gaza Weekend — Basil Khalil (United Kingdom, Palestine)World Premiere I Like Movies — Chandler Levack (Canada)World Premiere The Inspection — Elegance Bratton (USA)World Premiere A Long Break — Davit Pirtskhalava (Georgia)World Premiere Pussy — Joseph Amenta (Canada)World Premiere Return to Seoul — Davy Chou (South Korea, France, Germany, Belgium)International Premiere ROSIE — Gail Maurice (Canada)World Premiere Runner — Marian Mathias (USA, France, Germany)World Premiere SHIMONI — Angela Wanjiku Wamai (Kenya)World Premiere Snow and the Bear — Selcen Ergun (Turkey, Germany, Serbia)World Premiere Something You Said Last Night — Luis De Filippis (Canada, Switzerland)World Premiere Susie Searches — Sophie Kargman (USA)World Premiere Sweet As — Jub Clerc (Australia)International Premiere The Taste of Apples Is Red — Ehab Tarabieh (Israel, Germany)World Premiere This Place — V.T. Nayani (Canada)World Premiere Unruly (Ustyrlig) — Malou Reymann (Denmark)World Premiere Until Branches Bend — Sophie Jarvis (Canada)World Premiere When Morning Comes — Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)World Premiere The Young Arsonists — Sheila Pye (Canada)World Premiere Wavelengths Concrete Valley — Antoine Bourges (Canada)World Premiere De Humani Corporis Fabrica — Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor (France, Switzerland)North American Premiere Dry Ground Burning (Mato Seco em Chamas) — Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós (Portugal, Brazil)North American Premiere Horse Opera — Moyra Davey (USA)Festival Premiere Pacifiction — Albert Serra (France, Spain, Germany, Portugal)North American Premiere Queens of the Qing Dynasty — Ashley McKenzie (Canada)North American Premiere Unrest (Unrueh) — Cyril Schäublin (Switzerland)North American Premiere Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fogo-Fátuo) — João Pedro Rodrigues (Portugal, France)North American Premiere Shorts After Work — Céline Condorelli, Ben Rivers (United Kingdom)North American Premiere Bigger on the Inside — Angelo Madsen Minax (USA)World Premiere EVENTIDE — Sharon Lockhart (USA)World Premiere F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now — Fox Maxy (Mesa Grande Reservation/USA)Festival Premiere Fata Morgana — Tacita Dean (United Kingdom, USA)Festival Premiere Hors-titre — Wiame Haddad (France)North American Premiere I Thought the World of You — Kurt Walker (Canada)North American Premiere Moonrise — Vincent Grenier (USA, Canada)World Premiere The Newest Olds — Pablo Mazzolo (Argentina, Canada)World Premiere Puerta a Puerta — Jessica Sarah Rinland, Luis Arnías (Mexico, USA, Venezuela)International Premiere The Time That Separates Us — Parastoo Anoushahpour (Canada, Jordan, Palestine)World Premiere What Rules the Invisible — Tiffany Sia (USA)North American Premiere Primetime (TV) 1899 — Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese (Germany, USA)World PremiereDear Mama — Allen Hughes (USA)World PremiereThe Handmaid's Tale (season 5) — Bruce Miller, Elisabeth Moss (USA)World PremiereHigh School — Clea DuVall, Laura Kittrell (USA, Canada)World PremiereThe Kingdom Exodus — Lars von Trier (Denmark)North American PremiereLIDO TV — Lido Pimienta, Sean O'Neill (Canada)World PremiereMystery Road: Origin — Dylan River (Australia)International Premiere Visionaries (keynote speakers) Efe ÇakarelHillary Clinton, Chelsea ClintonTyler PerryS.S. 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