Toronto 2015: First Wave Of Films Arrive, Vallée's DEMOLITION To Open

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Toronto 2015: First Wave Of Films Arrive, Vallée's DEMOLITION To Open
The 40th Toronto International Film Festival is just around the corner (September 10 - 20), so with that our first wave of films arrives today.

Leading the pack in Galas is Jean-Marc Vallée's latest Demolition, with screening spots for Ridley Scott's The Martian, plus new work from Atom Egoyan, Julie Delpy, Stephen Frears and more.

The Special Presentations offer an even richer palette with high profile premieres including Lenny Abrahamson's Room, an adaptation of Emma Donahue's best-selling novel starring Brie Larson, Black Mass starring Johnny Depp, and the Canadian premiere of Sebastian Schipper's one-take action wonder Victoria.

The entire list of announced films follows:

Opening Night

"Demolition," directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, USA, World Premiere

Galas

"Beeba Boys," directed by Deepa Mehta, Canada, World Premiere

"Eye in the Sky," directed by Gavin Hood, UK, World Premiere

"Forsaken," directed by Jon Cassar, Canada, World Premiere

"Freeheld," directed by Peter Sollett, USA, World Premiere

"Freeheld"

"Hyena Road (Hyena Road: Le Chemin du Combat)," directed by Paul Gross, Canada, World Premiere

"Lolo," directed by Julie Delpy, France, World Premiere

"LEGEND," directed by Brian Helgeland, United Kingdom, International Premiere

"The Man Who Knew Infinity," directed by Matt Brown, United Kingdom

"The Martian," directed by Ridley Scott, USA, World Premiere

"The Program," directed by Stephen Frears, United Kingdom, World Premiere

"Remember," directed by Atom Egoyan, Canada, North American Premiere

"Septembers of Shiraz," directed by Wayne Blair, USA, World Premiere

"Stonewall," directed by Roland Emmerich, USA, World Premiere

"The Dressmaker," directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, Australia, World Premiere

Special Presentations

"Anomalisa," directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, USA, Canadian Premiere

"Beasts of No Nation," directed by Cary Fukunaga, Ghana, Canadian Premiere
"Black Mass," directed by Scott Cooper, USA, Canadian Premiere

"Brooklyn," directed by John Crowley, United Kingdom/Ireland/Canada, Canadian Premiere

"The Club," directed by Pablo Larrian, Chile, North American Premiere

"Colonia," directed by Florian Gallenberger, Germany/Luxembourg/France, World Premiere

"The Danish Girl," directed by Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Sweden, North American Premiere

"The Daughter," directed by Simon Stone, Australia, North American Premiere

"Desierto," directed by Jonás Cuarón, Mexico, World Premiere

"Dheepan," directed by Jacques Audiard, France, North American Premiere

"Families (Belles Familles)," directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, France, World Premiere

"The Family Fang," directed by Jason Bateman, USA, World Premiere

"Guilty (Talvar)," directed by Meghna Gulzar, India, World Premiere

"I Smile Back," directed by Adam Salky, USA, Canadian Premiere

"The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer)," directed by Hany Abu-Assad, United Kingdom/Palestine, World Premiere

"The Lady in the Van," directed by Nicolas Hytner, USA, World Premiere

"Len and Company," directed by Tim Godsall, USA, North American Premiere

"The Lobster," directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/United Kingdom/Greece/France/Netherlands, North American Premiere

"Louder than Bombs," directed by Joachim Trier, Norway/France/Denmark, North American Premiere

"Maggie's Plan," directed by Rebecca Miller, USA, World Premiere

"Mountains May Depart (Shan He Gu Ren)," directed by Jia Zhang-ke, China/France/Japan, North American Premiere

"Office," directed by Johnnie To, China/Hong Kong, International Premiere

"Parched," directed by Leena Yadav, India/USA, World Premiere

"Room," directed by Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland/Canada, Canadian Premiere

"Sicario," directed by Denis Villeneuve, USA, North American Premiere

"Son of Saul (Saul Fia)," directed by László Nemes, Hungary, Canadian Premiere

"Spotlight," directed by Tom McCarthy, USA, Canadian Premiere

"Summertime," directed by Catherine Corsini, France, North American Premiere

"Sunset Song," directed by Terence Davies, United Kingdom/Luxembourg, World Premiere

"Trumbo," directed by Jay Roach, USA, World Premiere

"Un plus une," directed by Claude Lelouch, France, World Premiere

"Victoria," directed by Sebastian Schipper, Germany, Canadian Premiere

"Where To Invade Next," directed by Michael Moore, USA, World Premiere

"Youth," directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France/United Kingdom/Switzerland, North American Premiere
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