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Toronto Film Festival line-up
Organisers announce 20 of the best films from festivals around the world to appear at Toronto in September
Jun 22 2005
The build-up to the Toronto International Film Festival began to hot up as organiser Noah Cowan announced a selection of the cinematic highlights to be screened.
Twenty films considered to be the 'cream of the festival circuit' will appear on the programme, 16 of which will be North American premieres.
Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'The Child' from Belgium directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and 'Hidden', which scored Michael Haneke the Best Director gong, are two selections likely to get festival attendee's mouths watering.
Also on Cowan's list are Lars von Trier's 'Manderlay', the second film in his US trilogy; Wim Wenders' 'Don't Come Knocking', which sees Sam Shepard play an aging star of westerns; and Mike Mills' acclaimed debut feature 'Thumbsucker', a comedy/drama about a boy trying to kick his childhood habit and wreaking havoc in the process.
'These films are our programmers' personal favourites from other major international film festivals,' says Cowan of the list.
The festival, which will be celebrating its 30th year, is due to run from September 8-17, 2005.
For more information about the Toronto International Film Festival click here.
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