TORONTO –
Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are among the stars that will shine at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Organizers released a list on Friday of the talent they expect to pour into the festival.
Style stars in “My Policeman,” whose main cast has been selected for the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance.
Winfrey, meanwhile, is a producer on “Sidney,” the documentary about legendary black actor Sidney Poitier.
She is also a character, played by Quinta Brunson, in the biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” which will debut as part of TIFF’s Midnight Madness.
Yankovic will also attend TIFF, as will Daniel Radcliffe, who portrayed him on screen. Brunson was not on the list of attendees.
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” star Daniel Craig will walk the red carpet with co-stars Edward Norton, Janelle Monae and Kate Hudson.
Among the Canadian talent slated to appear are Seth Rogen, who starred in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” and Brendan Fraser, whose performance in “The Whale” has resonated well. tell.
This will be the first time Spielberg has brought a project to the festival.
Hours before the release of the full talent list, TIFF announced that Swift will be attending the festival to perform “All Too Well: The Short Film” live.
The 13-minute short that provides visual storytelling for the track “All Too Well” from her re-recorded album “Red (Taylor’s Version),” created a cultural sensation upon its November release. last year.
Swift is set to discuss her directorial debut with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 9.
Other notable celebrities set to descend on the city are Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Moss, Viola Davis, Jordan Peele, Zac Efron and Laura Dern.
TIFF members can purchase tickets to TIFF movies and special events starting Saturday, and they will go on sale to the public on Monday.
On Friday, the film festival canceled a live reading by Canadian director Jason Reitman, citing “situations beyond our control” on their website.
This report by the Canadian Press was first published on September 2, 2022.
– with files from the Associated Press
