Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong

From director Adam Smith comes a complicated Family Drama, Trespass Against Us which begs the question to what lengths we will go to for our family. What makes this TIFF ’16 selection stand out are the lead performances from Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson.

The story focuses on the dynamic between Chad (Michael Fassbender) and Colby (Brendan Gleeson) as they live in a deserted part of town with the rest of the family in trailers and Colby sends them on missions to cause havoc and break the law in town. It truly is a family affair, but Chad always seems to be the go to guy for big jobs and general mayhem. When enough becomes enough, Chad tries to leave the family but Colby is not a force to be reckoned with. The overarching question is, can Chad manage to escape his father and siblings to protect his family or will he forever be stuck with the hand he was dealt?

Trespass Against Us truly is a great addition to TIFF ’16 with its powerhouse performances from both Fassbender and Gleeson making this one of many must-see Films at the Festival.

It screens on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10 PM at Princess of Wales and Saturday September 10, 2016 at 11:45 AM at the Bloor Hot Docs Theatre.

Sweeping both the Audience Award – U.S. Dramatic and Grand Jury Prize – U.S. at Sundance, Nate Parker takes his tour-de-force The Birth of a Nation north en route to what should be a major player this coming awards season.

The story centers on Nat Turner (Parker), the trusted slave of Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), who is intent on helping his family regain its former strength after losing his father. Able to read, Nat is enlisted to help preach obedience from the bible to other slaves, but as he and his master embark on their journeys together, he witnesses the inhumane treatment of his fellow black men and women. This drives him to question his own beliefs and his world unravels after he is impacted personally by the inhumanities of slavery. In the name of justice and honour, Nat leads his comrades in  a very violent rebellion against their enslavers.

Make no mistake, The Birth of a Nation in addition to educating us about this not well-known-enough moment in American history, very much is a starmaking vehicle for Parker who quietly has treaded away in the trenches, now ready to unleash what should be a profitable venture for Fox Searchlight with its record-setting investment made after Sundance. Parker is mesmerizing start to finish as we see Nat‘s story progress and his world crumble. Supporting turns from Colman Domingo as fellow slave Hark Turner and Armie Hammer, in a role unlike anything we’ve seen him in thus far, are noteworthy. Aja Naomi King from How To Get Away With Murder is barely-recognizable in a subdued performance as Nat‘s wife, Cherry.

Despite being a period piece, a thoughtfully-conceptualized soundtrack intensifies the experience and makes the experience fresh. This admittedly also disconnects the audience from the moment also, while dialogue at moments fails to capture the period in which the story is set.

The Birth of a Nation will be seen and not forgotten, although whether or not it shakes its audience like recent predecessor, the phenomenal 12 Years a Slave, remains to be seen.

It screens at TIFF Friday, September 9, 2016 at 8:00 PM Winter Garden Theatre and 9:00 PM VISA Screening Room, Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 12:00 PM Roy Thomson Hall and Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 3:00 PM Princess of Wales Theatre.

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong

Ewan McGregor tries his hand at directing by adapting Philip Roth’s Novel American Pastoral and the Movie works incredibly-well. There are some downfalls, like a slow-burning Third Act, but for a directorial debut, this is remarkable.

The Movie takes place in 1968 and centers on a family consisting of Merry (Dakota Fanning), Dawn (Jennifer Connelly) and Seymour ‘Swede’ Levov (Ewan McGregor) and how their lives turn upside down when their daughter starts devoting herself to a radical political cause. . However it is not that she just simply believes in another political affiliation, it is the extremes she goes to that sends her family in a downward spiral, destroying everything they have built.

What works in American Pastoral are the powerhouse performances from both McGregor and Fanning respectively as the father who will stop at nothing to find his daughter and the defiant daughter who must stand her ground in the name of what she feels is right. The Film is sure to generate a conversation.

American Pastoral screens at TIFF:

Friday, September 9, 2016 6:30 PM at Princess of Wales Theatre

Saturday, September 10, 2016 10:00 AM at VISA Screening Room

Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong

I am about to ask you to trust me to tell you something so astounding and odd that at first it will seem somewhat unbelievable. Trust me on this because I would not lie or steer you wrong: there is a 162 minute German, subtitled Movie at TIFF that you simply MUST see. Please don’t run away or scoff because I would not lie about the brilliance Writer/Director Maren Ade’s Film Toni Erdmann.

Winfried Conradi (Peter Simonischek) and his daughter Ines (Sandra Hüller) don’t understand each other. He wants her to learn to be happy and she wishes he would learn to grow up. He “likes to make jokes” and she thinks “happiness is a strong word.” In order to find a place in his daughter’s life he becomes Toni Erdmann: a gregarious stranger with bad teeth and an even worse wig. The people in Ines’ life know he’s fake and slightly off-key but they accept this strange man into their circle more willingly than they do Winfried; and to her own amazement, so does Ines.

This unconventional comedy will have you reassessing everything you thought you knew about German Cinema. This oddly-sentimental Film will you have you laughing and smiling for days.

Toni Erdmann screens:

Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 5:30 PM Ryerson Theatre
Friday, September 9, 2016 at 12:15 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX 1

After setting the world of cinema on fire with his all-in 2008 debut Hunger, Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender quickly has risen to the ranks among Hollywood’s top leading men. The striking star has challenged himself with great aptitude in roles so demanding, alas the Academy could not resist, garnering him a nomination for his portrayal of technology icon Steve Jobs earlier this year.

TIFF ’16, the Festival’s 41st edition, rolled out the Red Carpet for Fassbender at its TIFF Bell Lightbox Headquarters, him headlining its annual Soirée. The London-trained star spoke with TIFF Artistic Director Cameron Bailey before an intimate audience which included notable names Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deepa Mehta, Kristian Bruun and several TIFF Rising Stars. He reflected on his most memorable roles and collaborations with Writer/Director Steve McQueen, both whom have paired together through three widely-acclaimed Films: Hunger, Shame and Best Picture-winning 12 Years a Slave. All three Films premiered at TIFF.

He is back this year with Trespass Against Us for Elevation Pictures, in which he stars alongside Brendan Gleeson. The Film examines the tensions between travelers versus settlers and a son’s attempt to escape the outlaw life of a criminal clan.

Does Fassbender like to watch his own Films?

He describes the process of seeing his own Films rather “horrifying” but admits, “I kinda get off on it.”. He doesn’t plan to sit through his performance in Trespass Against Us.

On his experience working with Director Andrea Arnold, he admits to being a bit of a slow learner as she would pass him his lines the night before. “She likes to create chaos and is brilliant at capturing it, whereas some Directors like to create chaos and can’t do the same.”. “Magic moments are ones that can’t be planned. It’s like the black lines between a photograph which get captured by a camera – they make us fall in love with a story.”.

How does Fassbender compare the experience of acting on stage versus camera?

He says, “It’s about finding the pace of the day when filming and pacing yourself accordingly. Filming is much like sprinting, whereas theatre is more like a marathon.”.

On filming big-budget Blockbusters like Prometheus and X-Men, he breaks down how much slower a process that is versus the smaller-budget Films he’s made in his repertoire.

“On a big budget shoot, we go through maybe two pages of dialogue a day. Everyone has to be in-sync as a machine – it’s quite impressive.”.  He adds, “It took 25 days on the other hand to make Shame and an unbelievable 35 days to make 12 Years a Slave.”.

Playing Erik Lehnsherr in the X-Men Franchise, he sheds some light on his own superpowers.

“I’m a great Powernapper. I mustn’t be without a superpower! I can just lie down on stage if it comes to that. When I’m tired I just have to sleep.”.

How exactly did the magical Steven McQueen-Michael Fassbender partnership begin?

Fassbender admits, “He actually hated me at first and thought I was arrogant”. The Casting Director of Hunger convinced him to let me read again for the much-talked-about 17-minute-long scene between his Bobby and the Priest. He was offered the role shortly after that.

He equates collaborating with McQueen and Team to making music, describing it “like riffing back and forth”.

Bailey asked Fassbender about the physicality he brings to his roles in how he fully transforms every time.

“Pub Theatre (performing the likes of Resevoir Dogs) and doing pantomimes is how I started where we used body as expression,” he recalls. During his time in London, which saw him dropping-out six months before graduation, he studied movement within space and ballet.

“Shoes and costumes give me that extra layer to get into character.  It all starts from feet up.”.

With already this much accomplished we wonder what’s left for Fassbender to conquer?

The Thespian would love to do Comedy. “I spoke to Seth Rogen (his Steve Jobs Co-Star) about it after throwing a blueberry at him over dinner!”.

Trespass Against Us premieres TIFF ’16 on Friday, September 9, 2016 at Princess of Wales Theatre at 10:00 PM.

Fassbender at the TIFF Soirée:

 Shohreh Aghdashloo + Alma Parvizian

TIFF Rising Star Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama + Cameron Bailey

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong + Team)

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong

Director Kim Nguyen brings to TIFF ’16 a Philosophical Drama, Two Lovers and a Bear, that questions how far one will go for a loved one and at what cost. When two lovers are living close to the North Pole and they both have their inner demons to face, the question gets raised as to what they will do for one another to allow them to achieve their dreams and try to escape the horrible pasts they have left behind.

The Movie focuses on Lucy (Canada’s Tatiana Maslany) and Roman (Dane DeHaan) who are madly in love with one another. They both live near the North Pole in a secluded community to try and escape their pasts but every now and then it manages to resurface and hurt them both. When Lucy receives word that she has been accepted to study biology, their relationship takes a turn for the worst and the movie starts to beg the question of how far will one go for their love?

Both Maslany and DeHaan give it their all, and their performance can turn even the most cynical of people into believers. The chemistry they share throughout the Film is truly magical and makes the audience believe what they are witnessing is genuine emotions. Two Lovers and a Bear is not to be missed at TIFF ’16.

Two Lovers and a Bear screens at TIFF on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 6:30 PM at the Visa Screening Room (Elgin Theatre) and Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 3 PM at Ryerson Theatre.

TIFFmas is about to arrive and before the insanity begins, we’re proud to announce our official Partners for TIFF ’16! We couldn’t do it without them and YOU! MRWILLWONG.COM has been a part of this City’s colourful wallpaper for seven years now, our unique take on the Festival balancing the celebrity spotlight with a strong focus on the Films which have the Festival abuzz. Contributing again this year on our Team on Reviews are George Kozera,  Siobhán Rich, David Baldwin and Justin Waldman!

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Now in its third year, the annual TIFF Soirée quickly has become one of the City’s marquee events. The Party, which this year kicks off the 41st edition of the world’s greatest Film Festival, TIFF, takes place once again at TIFF Bell Lightbox.  Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender follows the footsteps of Al Pacino and Natalie Portman to take the stage before a select few journalists, VIPs glamorous Soirée guests Wednesday, September 7, 2016 to reflect on his meteoric rise to fame. A fabulous cocktail party under the stars is to follow.

Fassbender, a graduate of London’s prestigious Drama Centre, has riveted audiences with acclaimed work in Films like Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave, the X-Men Franchise and of course his Oscar-nominated work in 2015’s Steve Jobs. He next can be seen in Alien: Covenant, Assassin’s Creed, The Snowman and this month in The Light Between Oceans.

With tickets starting at $300, you too can be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Hosting Packages also are available, but time is limited.  For more details on this year’s TIFF Soirée, click here.

Fassbender has long been on our radar as one to watch and we’ll never forget meeting him the first time!

Premiering at TIFF ’16, a brand new Trailer has just surfaced for what looks like an emotional ride, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.

Synopsis:
Five year old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of Kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

See the Trailer:

eOne Films release LION Friday, November 25, 2016.

(Photo/video credit: eOne Films)

It’s our favourite time of the year and the greatest Film Festival in the universe! Guests announcements for #TIFF16 were made earlier today and with several familiar returning faces, we are excited to see new emerging names in the City for the first time.

Filmmakers, creators and Artists are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Shirley Abraham, Gabriel Abrantes, Rebecca Addelman, Maren Ade, Kemi Adetiba, Hamid Ahmadi, Niyi Akinmolayan, Mounia Akl, Mahmoud al Massad, Francisca Alegría, Izer Aliu, Raja Amari, Ana Lily Amirpour, Juan Andrés Arango, Benedict Andrews, Raúl Arévalo, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Andrea Arnold, Amma Asante, Olivier Assayas, Claude Barras, Gerard Barrett, J.A. Bayona, Ruth Beckermann, Otto Bell, Emil Ben Shimon, Houda Benyamina, Emmanuelle Bercot, Peter Berg, Brigitte Berman, Vincent Biron, Rod Blackhurst, Emily Kai Bock, Bertrand Bonello, Boo Junfeng, Elena Brodach, Charlie Brooker, Ryszard Bugajski, Nanette Burstein, John Butler, Terril Calder, Antonio Campos, Nick Cannon, Lucía Carreras, Joseph Cedar, Damien Chazelle, Jay Cheel, Jim Chuchu, Noel Clarke, Joe Cobden, Barney Cokeliss, Kasper Collin, Eleanor Coppola, Daouda Coulibaly, Tizza Covi, María José Cuevas, Andreas Dalsgaard, Axel Danielson, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Julie Dash, Kief Davidson, Terence Davies, Hubert Davis, Garth Davis, Mijke de Jong, Manuela de Laborde, Nicholas de Pencier, Bavo Defurne, Guillermo del Toro, Emilie Deleuze, Samuel M. Delgado, Zeki Demirkubuz, Jonathan Demme, Mathieu Denis, Arnaud des Pallières, Mamadou Dia, Lav Diaz, Hope Dickson Leach, Katherine Dieckmann, Xavier Dolan, Alexandre Dostie, Sotiris Dounoukos, Julia Ducournau, Michael Dudok de Wit, Martin Edralin, Tony Elliott, Anne Émond, Petra Epperlein, Amat Escalante, Kevin Jerome Everson, Sofia Exarchou, Philippe Falardeau, Asghar Farhadi, Guetty Felin, Feng Xiaogang, Ryan Ferko, Bayu Prihantoro Filemon, Lee Filipovski, Lorcan Finnegan, Ann Marie Fleming, Tom Ford, Marc Forster, Mirrah Foulkes, James Franco, Thierry Frémaux, Kelly Fremon Craig, Kevan Funk, Antoine Fuqua, Sidney J. Furie, Cyprien Gaillard, Vincent Gallagher, Vikram Gandhi, Iván D. Gaona, Víctor Gaviria, Chris Gehman, Janie Geiser, Matteo Gentiloni, Terry George, Hugh Gibson, Alan Gilsenan, Tess Girard, Helena Girón, Philip Gnadt, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Douglas Gordon, Lutz Gregor, Christopher Guest, Steve Gukas, Tony Guma, Fernando Guzzoni, Nick Hamm, Maysaloun Hamoud, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Owen Harris, Erin Heidenreich, Rasmus Heisterberg, Werner Herzog, Walter Hill, Peter Huang, Bronwen Hughes, Štepán Hulík, Eimi Imanishi, Mick Jackson, Benoît Jacquot, Steve James, Jim Jarmusch, François Jaros, Barry Jenkins, Garth Jennings, Matt Johnson, Susan Johnson, Fariborz Kamkari, Björn Kämmerer, Jamie Kastner, Rahmatou Keïta, Amanda Kernell, James N. Kienitz Wilkins, Kim Sung-soo, Kim Jee woon, Michael Koch, Jan Koester, Nina Könnemann, Martin Koolhoven, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Baltasar Kormákur, Kristina Kumric, Zacharias Kunuk, Juho Kuosmanen, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Ladkani, Joachim Lafosse, Patrice Laliberté, Rachel Lambert, Pablo Larraín, Pier-Luc Latulippe, Simon Lavoie, Oliver Laxe, Carlos Lechuga, Lee Chung-hyun, Sang-il Lee, Alex Lehmann, Adam Leon, Fernando León de Aranoa, Laida Lertxundi, David Leveaux, Sharon Lockhart, Kenneth Lonergan, Greg Loser, Ariane Louis-Seize, Alice Lowe, Sergei Loznitsa, Johnny Ma, Alison Maclean, Amit Madheshiya, Sheetal Magan, Anna Maguire, Abba Makama, Eden Mallina Awashish, Vitaly Mansky, Mbithi Masya, Leo Matsuda, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Jay McCarrol, Colm McCarthy, Bruce McDonald, Brian McGinn, Molly McGlynn, Ewan McGregor, Katherin McInnis, Ashley McKenzie, Greg McLean, Juan Carlos Medina, Stella Meghie, Deepa Mehta, Richie Mehta,Dilip Mehta, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brillante Ma Mendoza, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Sophie Michael, Eva Michon, Milos Mitrovic, Alexey Mizgirev, Caroline Monnet, Peter Monsaert, Martín Morgenfeld, Nathan Morlando, Errol Morris, April Mullen, Cristian Mungiu, Mira Nair, Joyce A. Nashawati, Avi Nesher, Kim Nguyen, Jeff Nichols, Elizabeth Nichols, Miwa Nishikawa, Tomonari Nishikawa, Marie Noëlle, George Nolfi, Khyentse Norbu, Ryan Noth, Johannes Nyholm, Omoni Oboli, Alanis Obomsawin, Izu Ojukwu, William Oldroyd, Akin Omotoso, Clive Oppenheimer, Daniel Emeke Oriahi, André Øvredal, François Ozon, Thanos Papastergiou, Park Chan-wook, Nate Parker, Goran Paskaljevic, Uduak-Obong Patrick, Fred Peabody, Raoul Peck, Yanillys Perez, Osgood Perkins, Ralitza Petrova, Madi Piller, Matías Piñeiro, Alex Pitstra, Josh Polon, Julia Pott, Katell Quillévéré, Mateusz Rakowicz, Khushboo Ranka, Raphaël, Deepak Rauniyar, Charlotte Regan, Kelly Reichardt, Rob Reiner, Camilo Restrepo, Raymund Ribay Gutierrez, Jordan Roberts, Wayne Roberts, Chloé Robichaud, João Pedro Rodrigues, John Rose, Gianfranco Rosi, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Damon Russell, Mahmoud Sabbagh, Dain Iskandar Said, Claudia Sainte-Luce, Carlos Saura, Angela Schanelec, John Scheinfeld, Lone Scherfig, Paul Schrader, Süheyla Schwenk, Ivan Sen, Ena Sendijarevic, Konkona Sensharma, Albert Serra, Dash Shaw, Jim Sheridan, Vinay Shukla, George Sikharulidze, Justin Simms, Or Sinai, Michelle Sinclair, Adrian Sitaru, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Sarah Adina Smith, Brett Smith, Adam Smith, Gastón Solnicki, Joshua Gen Solondz, Jill Soloway, Morgan Spurlock, Kimo Stamboel, Kelton Stepanowich, Fisher Stevens, Oliver Stone, Stephan Streker, Amanda Strong, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Robin Swicord, Lee Tamahori, Alisi Telengut, Timo Tjahjanto, Thyrone Tommy, Timothy Barron Tracey, Pete Travis, Jonathan Tremblay, Fien Troch, Michael Tucker, Onur Tukel, Marie-Hélène Turcotte, Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Matt Tyrnauer, Dawid Ullgren, Natar Ungalaaq, Theodore Ushev, Yesim Ustaoglu, Petr Vaclav, Lukas Valenta Rinner, Maximilien Van Aertryck, Nicole van Kilsdonk, Agnès Varda, Alberto Vázquez, Fabian Velasco, Paul Verhoeven, Nicholas Verso, Nacho Vigalondo, Selma Vilhunen, Thomas Vinterberg, Žiga Virc, Orlando von Einsiedel, Aisling Walsh, Haya Waseem, Ben Wheatley, Mark Williams, Eduardo Williams, Tin Win Naing, Adam Wingard, Wong Chun, Walter Woodman, Joe Wright, Mickey Yamine, Mohanad Yaqubi, Ben Younger, Midi Z, Ivan Zachariáš, Elite Zexer, Zhang Yang, Maya Zinshtein, Sanja Zivkovic, Rebecca Zlotowski, and Obaidah Zytoon.

Actors:
Hiam Abbass, Christopher Abbott, Olusola Abiodun Sobowale, Terri Abney, Jared Abrahamson, Amy Adams, Ilias Addab, Casey Affleck, Kunle Afolayan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ijeoma Agu, Riz Ahmed, Aisholpan, Bimbo Akintola, Fatima Al Banawi, James Alexander, Niamh Algar, Mahershala Ali, Almagul, Nai An, Penelope Ann Miller, Dean Armstrong, Gemma Arterton, Lior Ashkenazi, Charlotte Aubin, Judith Audu, Bob Balaban, Christian Bale, Nathalie Baye, Vanessa Bayer, Kristoffer Bech, Paul Beer, Laurent Bélanger, Maria Bello, Jim Belushi, Zachary Bennett, Haley Bennett, Shaun Benson, Vansh Bhardwaj, Alexandra Billings, Janki Bisht, Matt Bomer, Mark Boone Jr., Douglas Booth, Sônia Braga, James Browne, Kristian Bruun, Joe Dion Buffalo, Gerard Butler, Sara Canning, Cecilia Cantú, Babou Ceesay, Caylin Cervetti, Kyle Chandler, Wes Chatham, Mandy May Cheetham, Gang Chen, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Alli Chung, Enzo Cilenti, Sam Claflin, Raymond Coalson, Joakim Cohen, Bern Cohen, Jennifer Connelly, Olivia Cooke, Sharlto Copley, Ben Cotton, Jai Courtney, Emily Coutts, Bryan Cranston, Ángeles Cruz, Valorie Curry, Da Peng, Bryce Dallas Howard, Matt Damon, Mackenzie Davis, Dayahang Rai, Rossy de Palma, Dane DeHaan, Joseph DeLorey, Lily-Rose Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ifeanyi Dike, Coleman Domingo, Rita Dominic, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tshering Dorji, Anne Dorval, Iretiola Doyle, Adam Driver, Kate Drummond, Jay Duffy, Moe Dunford, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Trine Dyrholm, Scott Eastwood, Aaron Eckhart, Joel Edgerton, Taron Egerton, Bassey-Inyang Ekpenyong Edet, Nora El Koussour, Jenna Elfman, Aunjanue Ellis, Mireille Enos,
Julie Estelle, Adesua Etomi, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Veronica Ezell, Hisham Fageeh, Fan Bingbing, Dakota Fanning, Golshifteh Farahani, Vera Farmiga, Michael Fassbender, Petr Fedorov, Colm Feore, Veronica Ferres, R.J. Fetherstonhaugh, Daniel Allen Frazier Jr., Nicholas Galitzine, Gael García Bernal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Jennifer Garner, Richard Gere, Okeke Gideon Echezonachi, Grace Glowicki, Luis Gnecco, Mara Goldbloom, Tito Alexander Gómez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Lou Gossett Jr., Chris Greene, Jayden Greig, Luke Grimes, Hannah Gross, Guo Tao, Jackie Earle Haley, Rebecca Hall, Jamie Hallahan, Armie Hammer, Han Ji min, Sarra Hannachi, Woody Harrelson, Naomie Harris, Anne Hathaway, Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Maxwell Haynes, Anne Heche, Lucas Hedges, Dwight Henry, Callie Hernandez, Alex Hibbert, Odai Hijazi, Gaby Hoffmann, André Holland, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Hudson, Emma Hunter, Holly Hunter, Isabelle Huppert, Somkele Idhalama, Oscar Isaac, Chelsea Islan, Tudor Aaron Istodor, Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama, Lily James, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Blake Jenner, Suman Jha, Scarlett Johansson, Karan Johar, Felicity Jones, Rashida Jones, Ju Ji-hoon, Ashley Judd, Jung Woo-sung, Tori Kelly, Ellie Kendrick, Marwan Kenzari, Riley Keough, Nicole Kidman, Nina Kiri, Hailey Kittle, Shannon Kook, Lawrence Krauss, Nick Kroll, Kwak Do-won, Shia LaBeouf, Amy Landecker, Sasha Lane, Diane Lane, Brie Larson, Guillaume Laurin, Mark Lavery, Charlotte Le Bon, Jean-Simon Leduc, Byung-Hun Lee, Sidney Leeder, Alexis Lefebvre, John Legend, David Lennon, Melissa Leo, Justin LeRoy, Shane Leydon, Sadon Lhamo, Boguslaw Linda, McCaul Lombardi, Alison Louder, Chris Lowell, Jane Lynch, Lewis MacDougall, Mylène Mackay, Bhreagh MacNeil, Spencer MacPherson, Asha Magrati, Rami Malek, John Malkovich, Maria Mamona, Darren Mann, Rooney Mara, Lyndsey Marshal,Tatiana Maslany, Vikrant Massey, Kari Matchett, Jason Maza, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew McConaughey, James Allen McCune, Ufuoma Stacey McDermott, Paul McGillion, Don McKellar, Alan McKenna, Colm Meaney, Jonas Mekas, Ben Mendelsohn, Aoi Miyazaki, Richard Mofe Damijo, Chidi Mokeme, Janelle Monáe, Ritchie Montgomery, Chloë Grace Moretz, William Moseley, Elisabeth Moss, Kathleen Munroe, Madina Nalwanga, Aja Naomi King, Ruth Negga, Sophie Nélisse, Tim Blake Nelson, Sylvia Ngozi Ezeokafor, Bill Nighy, Cynthia Nixon, Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Nouah, Nurgaiv, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Thomas Olajide, Perrie Olthuis, Ahna O’Reilly, Fionn O’Shea, David Oyelowo, Dev Patel, Kimberly Patterson, Sarah Paulson, Bill Paxton, Jim Piddock, Andrew Pimento, Christopher Plummer, Natalia Polo, Iggy Pop, Natalie Portman, Parker Posey, Bel Powley, Chris Pratt, Florence Pugh, Ella Purnell, Zachary Quinto, Tahar Rahim, Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Renner, Jack Reynor, Trevante Rhodes, Haley Lu Richardson, Sam Riley, Nadeem Rimawi, Jason Ritter, Dylan Roberts, Wes Robinson, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Rodriguez, Gabrielle Rose, Kate Ross, Constance Rousseau, Julia Roy, Kurt Max Runte, Kurt Russell, Katey Sagal, Samer Salem, Emmanuel Salinger, Ashton Sanders, Jagjeet Sandhu, Angela Sarafyan, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Schnetzer, Liev Schreiber, Andrew Scott, Esther Scott, Martin Sensmeier, Léa Seydoux, Michael Shannon, Pablo Sigal, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Linnea Skog, Michael Smiley, Roger Guenveur Smith, Timothy Spall, Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mary Steenburgen, Hailee Steinfeld, Isaiah Stone, Emma Stone, Julia Sarah Stone, Yvonne Strahovski, Michael Stuhlbarg , Jason Sudeikis, Sunny Pang, Mihály Szabados, Hayden Szeto, Jeffrey Tambor, Noah Taylor, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Devon Terrell, Ahmad Thaher, Charlize Theron, Justin Timberlake, Phoebe Tonkin, Ian Tracey, Jacob Tremblay, Gabrielle Tremblay, Kreesha Turner, Callum Turner, Adriana Ugarte, Masai Ujiri, OC Ukeje, Gaspard Ulliel, Gabrielle Union, Iko Uwais, Marni Van Dyk, Grace Van Patten, Emily VanCamp, Sara Vertongen, Arnaud Viard, Visra Vichit-Vadakan, Mark Wahlberg, Clive Walton, Yusra Warsama, Denzel Washington, Ken Watanabe, Suki Waterhouse, Naomi Watts, Sigourney Weaver, Rachel Weisz, Banky Wellington, David Wenham, Marilla Wex, Josh Wiggins, Tom Wilkinson, Wim Willaert, Michelle Williams, Annie Williams, Rod Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Susan Yeagley, Ivan Zacharias, and Zhang Ziyi.

#TIFF16 runs Thursday, September 8 through Sunday, September 18, 2016.

Happy stargazing!!