Toronto International Film Festival: 2021 Title Guide
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1. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 657,075 | Gross: $108.33M
Category: SPECIAL EVENTS
2. Last Night in Soho (2021)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something darker.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg
Votes: 146,067
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
3. The Worst Person in the World (2021)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner
Votes: 76,322
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
4. The Power of the Dog (2021)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 180,198
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
5. Belfast (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama
A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan
Votes: 79,030
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
6. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 35,613
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
7. The Guilty (2021)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal
Votes: 131,630
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
8. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with his wife's unexpected passing when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 55,456
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
9. Titane (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years.
Director: Julia Ducournau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Votes: 48,736
Category: MIDNIGHT MADNESS
10. Spencer (2021)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
Diana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Jack Nielen
Votes: 71,063
Category: SPECIAL EVENTS
11. Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, Musical
Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a fellow classmate.
Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams
Votes: 15,742
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
12. The Forgiven (III) (2021)
R | 117 min | Drama
A fatal accident disrupts the lives of Western visitors to a lavish party in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and will ultimately lead to a reckoning in the desert.
Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith, Caleb Landry Jones
Votes: 5,794
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
13. Silent Night (I) (2021)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Nell, Simon, and their son Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Director: Camille Griffin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis
Votes: 15,642
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
14. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.
Director: Will Sharpe | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones
Votes: 16,656
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
15. Official Competition (2021)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez, José Luis Gómez
Votes: 11,303
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
16. You Are Not My Mother (2021)
93 min | Drama, Horror
In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
Director: Kate Dolan | Stars: Carolyn Bracken, Hazel Doupe, Paul Reid, Jade Jordan
Votes: 4,498
Category: MIDNIGHT MADNESS
17. Benediction (2021)
PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
Legendary 20th Century war poet Siegfried Sassoon's life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships goes unresolved, never realizing it can only come from within.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Jack Lowden, Thom Ashley, Orlando Jopling, Christopher Naylor
Votes: 2,700
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
18. Hellbound (2021– )
TV-MA | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
People hear predictions on when they will die. When that time comes, a death angel appears in front of them and kills them.
Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Jeong Min Park, Jin-ah Won
Votes: 25,917
Category: PRIMETIME
19. The Survivor (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
After World War II, Harry Haft is a boxer who fought against his peers in concentration camps. Haunted by memories, he tries to use fighting legends as a way to find his love.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 4,756
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
20. The Humans (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama
During one evening, the Blake family gathers to celebrate thanksgiving in a broken-down flat newly rented by the daughter and her new man. As the darkness falls, we find that all have less to be thankful about.
Director: Stephen Karam | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein
Votes: 8,999
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
21. Mothering Sunday (I) (2021)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman
Votes: 3,299
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
22. Murina (2021)
96 min | Drama
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic | Stars: Gracija Filipovic, Leon Lucev, Danica Curcic, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 2,441
Categories: CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA and TIFF NEXT WAVE
23. Petite Maman (2021)
PG | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne
Votes: 14,003
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
24. Wolf (II) (2021)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A high-concept arthouse drama about a boy who believes he is a wolf.
Director: Nathalie Biancheri | Stars: George MacKay, Stuart Graham, Helen Behan, Lily-Rose Depp
Votes: 12,102
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
25. Compartment Number 6 (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Seidi Haarla, Yuriy Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug
Votes: 12,622
Category: CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
26. The Good House (2021)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to unravel when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York. Based on Ann Leary's 'The Good House.'
Directors: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney
Votes: 1,893
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
27. Memoria (I) (2021)
PG | 136 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jerónimo Barón
Votes: 9,420
Category: SPECIAL EVENTS
28. The Rescue (2021)
PG | 107 min | Documentary, Action, Mystery
A chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Bancha Duriyapunt, Apakorn Youkongkaew, Anan Surawan, Woranan Ratrawiphukkun
Votes: 17,734
Category: TIFF DOCS
29. True Things (2021)
102 min | Drama
It follows a young woman living on the fringes of society who becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
Director: Harry Wootliff | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider
Votes: 1,163
Category: CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
30. The Starling (2021)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative Starling takes nest beside her quiet home. The feisty bird taunts and attacks the grief-stricken Lilly. On her journey to expel the Starling, she rediscovers her will to live and capacity for love.
Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant
Votes: 13,947
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
31. Bergman Island (2021)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Grace Delrue, Mia Wasikowska
Votes: 8,084
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
32. Montana Story (2021)
R | 114 min | Drama
Two estranged siblings return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague, Gilbert Owuor, Kimberly Guerrero
Votes: 1,498
Category: PLATFORM
33. A Hero (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Sahar Goldoost, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy
Votes: 26,338
Category: SPECIAL EVENTS
34. Flee (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Votes: 17,737
Category: TIFF DOCS
35. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 10,232
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
36. The Desperate Hour (2021)
PG-13 | 84 min | Thriller
A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, Andrew Chown, Sierra Maltby
Votes: 6,073
Category: GALA PRESENTATIONS
37. Dashcam (I) (2021)
R | 80 min | Horror
Two friends embark on a horror-fueled road trip and livestream the most terrifying night of their lives.
Director: Rob Savage | Stars: Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro, Seylan Baxter
Votes: 4,185
Category: MIDNIGHT MADNESS
38. Encounter (III) (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.
Director: Michael Pearce | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada
Votes: 10,221
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
39. Sundown (2021)
R | 82 min | Drama
Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
Director: Michel Franco | Stars: Tim Roth, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Votes: 4,947
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
40. The Story of My Wife (2021)
169 min | Drama, Romance
Jacob Störr, a sea captain, makes a bet in a café with a friend, to marry the first woman who enters the place. And in walks Lizzy.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel, Sergio Rubini
Votes: 2,074
Category: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
41. The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (2021)
83 min | Drama
Three young and free-spirited women decide to escape their daily lives and form a gang.
Director: Luàna Bajrami | Stars: Luàna Bajrami, Flaka Latifi, Andi Bajgora, Era Balaj
Votes: 305
Category: CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
42. Colin in Black & White (2021)
TV-14 | 30 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
This drama series from Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay explores Kaepernick's high-school years and the experiences that led him to become an activist.
Stars: Jaden Michael, Nick Offerman, Mary-Louise Parker, Colin Kaepernick
Votes: 7,741
Categories: PRIMETIME and TIFF NEXT WAVE
43. Farha (2021)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.
Director: Darin J. Sallam | Stars: Karam Taher, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Tala Gammoh
Votes: 79,217
Categories: DISCOVERY and TIFF NEXT WAVE
44. France (2021)
Unrated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama