Tiff Announces First 2019 Gala and Special Presentations Titles: Safdies, Rian Johnson, Pablo Larraín and More

On the heels of last week’s announcement of Tiff 2019’s opening night film, today the festival dropped the first titles announced for its Gala and Special Presentation sections.

Per usual, this first wave announcements is heavy on big-name festival titles.

Among the galas, world premieres include Marielle Heller’s follow-up to Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the Tom Hanks-starring Mr.

Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighbhorhood; Western Stars, a performance film co-directed by Bruce Springsteen for his latest album; the Eddie Murphy-starring Rudy Ray Moore biopic directed by Craig Brewer; and Rian Johnson’s Agatha Christie-inflected murder mystery comedy Knives Out.

Other prominent titles include […]

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