Having its international premiere in the section are A Difficult Year from French duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, while Cannes titles Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet, Four Daughters by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, Kidnapped by Italy’s Marco Bellocchio, La Chimera by his fellow countrywoman Alice Rohrwacher Last Summer from French director Catherine Breillat and The Zone of Interest by British director Jonathan Glazer will also be presented in Canadian or North American premieres. Outside of the UK, European productions and co-productions having their world premiere in Special Presentations include American actor Viggo Mortensen’s second directorial effort, The Dead Don’t Hurt, a co-production between Mexico, Canada and Denmark, with Mortensen starring in the film alongside German actress Vicky Krieps The Peasants, from Loving Vincent directors DK and Hugh Welchman Together 99, from Swedish director and novelist Lukas Moodysson Unicorns by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, who starred in El Hosaini’s 2022 film The Swimmers [ + see also:
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Alongside the already announced Les Indésirables, the highly anticipated new film from French director Ladj Ly ( Les Misérables), we will therefore find the world premieres of North Star, the directorial debut from British actress Kristin Scott Thomas, starring Scarlett Johansson, Freida Pinto, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham One Life, from experienced British TV director James Hawes, starring Anthony Hopkins Shoshana from indefatigable English director Michael Winterbottom English director Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters, starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley The Critic from London-based director Anand Tucker and starring Gemma Arterton as well as Close to You by British director Dominic Savage ( The Escape ) a co-production between Canada and the UK, starring Elliot Page. However, an overwhelming share of the European films having their world premiere in the section are British productions, boasting an array of (mostly British) stars. Meanwhile, the Special Presentations section boasts a total of 29 world premieres - with many quick to point out the large presence of directorial efforts from established actors, apparently a consequence of the pandemic allowing actors to devote time to passion projects, according to TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. The musical Flora and Son, from Irish director John Carney ( Sing Street ), will be making its Canadian premiere at the festival, as will The Royal Hotel from Canadian director Kitty Green, a co-production between Australia and the UK. Of the 8 world premieres expected in the Gala Presentations section, two are from the UK: Ellen Kuras’ Lee, starring Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller, and Mahalia Belo’s The End We Start From, a survival film starring Jodie Comer adapted by Alice Birch from the novel of the same name by Megan Hunter. This situation has not resulted in an unusually large European presence at the festival either, though considering the instability of current circumstances, it seems reasonable to expect more changes and surprises in the run-up to the event. The announcement of a first wave of 60 films in the Gala and Special Presentations sections of the upcoming 2023 edition has quelled some of those concerns, with apparently many high profile actors and directors still willing to premiere their films there, though whether they will be attending to accompany their films remains to be seen.
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