LOS ANGELES — George Clooney’s crime comedy “Suburbicon,” Angelina Jolie’s Khmer Rouge drama “First They Killed My Father,” and Darren Aronofsky’s horror feature “mother!” starring Jennifer Lawrence are among the films that will be playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
Festival programmers Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey unveiled the initial 47 film lineup July 25.
The Toronto festival, along with Venice and Telluride, is considered one of the launching pads for Hollywood’s awards season and a best-of display of films from other festivals.
Some of the buzzier films set to play include Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill biopic “The Darkest Hour,” starring Gary Oldman; Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-set fairy tale “The Shape of Water”; Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and Alexander Payne’s satire “Downsizing,” starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, which will have previously opened the Venice Film Festival.
A few actors will be showing off their directorial debuts, including Andy Serkis with the biographical drama “Breathe,” starring Andrew Garfield as the polio-stricken disability advocate Robin Cavendish and Greta Gerwig with “Lady Bird,” where Saoirse Ronan plays a Sacramento teenager looking to escape her small town.
