TIFF will open with Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Following the critical successes with films such as Wild and Dallas Buyers Club, Vallée will inaugurate the 40th edition of one of Toronto’s favourite festivals. Gyllenhaal is just one of the stars who have become favourites, returning to Toronto year after year.
Julianne Moore will be there with her new film, Freeheld, in which she stars alongside Canadian Ellen Page. It’s based on the real-life love story and fight for justice by two New Jersey women and is likely to be quite powerful in the year same-sex marriage became legal in the United States.
Benedict Cumberbatch, is expected to attend the festival, for the third year in a row, as part of the star-studded film Black Mass. The mob thriller co-stars Johnny Depp, Kevin Bacon and Joel Edgerton and is directed by American Scott Cooper
“It’s a little bit less of a scene and a little bit more of just crowds that really, really dig movies.”
Kevin Bacon confirmed he will attend the festival as well. “I look forward to going,” he told CBC. “TIFF’s a great place. I’ve been there a bunch of times. It’s become a little bit of a cliché but there’s a real, real great appreciation for good films and good filmmakers there. It’s a little bit less of a scene and a little bit more of just crowds that really, really dig movies.”
Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain will be in attendance. After co-starring in Insterstellar, the duo are in space once again, in director Ridley Scott’s new film The Martian. More to come as the festival approaches.
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