Movies My Policeman with Harry Styles set for TIFF world premiere The queer drama will have its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival. By Lester Fabian Brathwaite Lester Fabian Brathwaite Lester Fabian Brathwaite is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he covers breaking news, all things Real Housewives, and a rich cornucopia of popular culture. Formerly a senior editor at Out magazine, his work has appeared on NewNowNext, Queerty, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker. He was also the first author signed to Phoebe Robinson's Tiny Reparations imprint. He met Oprah once. EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 21, 2022 10:00AM EDT Harry Styles may be a world renowned pop star but he's building up some serious acting credits to his name, including My Policeman from Prime Video. EW can reveal that the queer drama will have its world premiere at the 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival. David Dawson, Emma Corrin, and Harry Styles in 'My Policeman'. Parisa Taghizadeh/Amazon Studios In My Policeman, based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts, Styles plays closeted copper Tom, who sparks a relationship with Patrick (Peaky Blinders' David Dawson), a handsome museum curator. It being 1950s Britain where homosexuality was still illegal, Tom decides to settle down with schoolteacher Marion, played by The Crown's Emma Corrin. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but are faced with one last chance to repair the damage of the past. Directed by Michael Grandage (Genius) from a screenplay by Ron Nyswaner, My Policeman will premiere at TIFF, which runs from Sept. 8-18, before opening in theaters on Oct. 21. The film will then arrive on Prime Video on Nov. 4. Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Related content: Harry Styles falls into a complex love triangle in teaser trailer for gay romance My Policeman See Harry Styles as a closeted gay cop in first look at My Policeman Viola Davis' The Woman King to have world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival