Barney’s Version, producer Robert Lantos’s anticipated adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s book, Robert Redford’s drama The Conspirator and the Woody Allen comedy You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger will unspool at this year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced on Tuesday.

TIFF CEO and director Piers Handling and co-director Cameron Bailey unveiled dozens of titles that will be featured at the September gala, special presentation and masters lineups, many making their world or North American debuts.

The bill includes new works from noted filmmakers such as Darren Aronofsky, Mike Leigh, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Cameron Mitchell and Susanne Bier.

This year also marks the 35th edition of the popular annual celebration of film, and programmers have once again scoured the world for “the best cinema we can find from every part of the globe,” Handling told media, donors and industry representatives gathered for the morning announcement.

“To continue to find these gems and to bring them to greater prominence is one of our key roles as a festival,” Handling said, citing as an example the Argentine film The Secret in Their Eyes, which arrived at TIFF last year with no distribution deal, but left with a deal and acclaim that eventually led to its best foreign film win at the Oscars.

“This role of discovery is central to our mission and no doubt there will be similar stories this year.”

Films to receive lavish gala screenings and their directors include:

The Bang Bang Club, Steven Silver.
Barney’s Version, Richard J. Lewis.
Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky.
Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper.
The Conspirator, Robert Redford.
The Debt, John Madden.
The Housemaid, Im Sang-Soo.
Janie Jones, David M. Rosenthal.
The King’s Speech, Tom Hooper.
Little White Lies, Guillaume Canet.
Peep World, Barry Blaustein.
Potiche, François Ozon.
The Town, Ben Affleck.
The Way, Emilio Estevez.
West is West, Andy De Emmony.
TIFF is also introducing two new initiatives this year, including the addition of an extra day and, to mark the 35th anniversary, a program of free public screenings of past movies that notably launched at the festival, including Lawrence Kasdan’s The Big Chill, Paul Haggis’s Crash and Deepa Mehta’s Water.

The free screenings — which will be first come, first served — will be offered at the festival’s new Lightbox headquarters, set to open during this year’s event.

The 35th annual TIFF will take place Sept. 9-19.

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