Nicole Kidman stars in the film Rabbit Hole, which will premiere at TIFF in September.Reuters
Films featuring Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Steve Coogan and Keira Knightley are set to debut at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
In all, the festival will include 25 world premieres, 15 galas and 35 special presentations during the run between Sept. 9 to 19. Films from Chad, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom will be screened.
Festival organizers say the slate of world premieres will include a new feature from director Robert Redford called The Conspirator, about a woman accused of aiding her son in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. It stars James McAvoy and Robin Wright.
Oscar-winner Cotillard appears in Guillaume Canet's film, Little White Lies, about a group of friends who are forced to own up to the little white lies they have been telling each other.
In Rabbit Hole, Kidman teams up with Aaron Eckhart to portray a couple devastated by the loss of their son.
Other films bound for the fest include Beginners, starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer. It's about a man forced to examine his relationships when his 71-year-old father comes out of the closet.
Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in the British offering Never Let Me Go, Coogan stars in the comic road movie The Trip, directed by Michael Winterbottom, and David Schwimmer directs Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in Trust, about a family rocked by their daughter's new online friend.
"On the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to announce this selection of important and notable films," said festival director and CEO Piers Handling in a release.
"The richness and diversity of this year's galas and special presentations programs reflect the abundance of exciting works from established and emerging filmmakers in the world of cinema."
A full list of the films announced Tuesday is available here.
An estimated 500,000 moviegoers attended last year's fest, which is considered to be one of the world's most important film festivals.
Other big names with films at this year's festival include Woody Allen, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Colin Firth, Juliette Lewis, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Natalie Portman, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell and Hilary Swank.
Screenings of a few films with Canadian ties were announced Tuesday, including the North American premiere of Barney's Version, based on the book by Mordecai Richler. The Robert Lantos-produced movie stars Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Hoffman and Scott Speedman.
The Bang Bang Club, a Canada/South Africa production, will make its world premiere in Toronto. Starring Ryan Phillippe, it follows four young photographers who documented the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa and the demise of apartheid.
Casino Jack, which was partially filmed in Canada, is based on the true story of a former U.S. lobbyist whose bribery schemes and fraudulent dealings with Indian casinos landed him in prison. It stars Kevin Spacey, Kelly Preston, Lefevre and Jon Lovitz.