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TIFF Adds Five World Premieres: Nia DaCosta’s ‘Hedda’, Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’, Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘The Captive’ & More


The 50th Toronto International Film Festival has set their first five World Premiere Special Presentation titles in the Official Selection including Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive, Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers, Sung-hyun Byun’s Good News, Nia DaCosta’s Hedda, and Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks. The festival runs from Sept. 4-14, presented by Rogers. “These first five films […]

The 50th Toronto International Film Festival has set their first five World Premiere Special Presentation titles in the Official Selection including Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive, Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers, Sung-hyun Byun’s Good News, Nia DaCosta’s Hedda, and Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks. “These first five films of our Official Selection reflect the innovation, heart, and global perspective that have made our Festival a home for great cinema over the past 50 editions,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF. This is the tenth time for Soderbergh at TIFF following 1999’s The Limey, 2005’s Bubble, 2008’s Che, 2009’s The Informant, 2013’s The Visitors(as a presenter), 2017’s GFE – season 2 (as a producer), 2019’s The Laundromat, 2021’s Mr. Kneff, and last year’s Presence.

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