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EXCLUSIVE: The GameStop short squeeze drama Dumb Money premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before hitting theaters tomorrow through Sony Pictures. I, Tonya and Lars and the Real Girl helmer Craig Gillespie directed with Paul Dano playing Keith Gill, whose impassioned YouTube stock tip on the retail…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Cord Jefferson has, in recent years, made two life-changing decisions. In 2008, he donated a kidney to his father. "That was easy," he said. "That was one of the easiest decisions I ever made. I mean, he gave me life. I feel like the kidney's half his," the 41-year-old…

THE NEW BOY Section: Gala Presentations Director: Warwick Thornton Writers: Warwick Thornton Logline: Starring Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, this spiritual drama from Warwick Thornton (TIFF '17's Sweet Country) hauntingly evokes Australia's fraught colonial legacy through the story of…

SORRY/NOT SORRY Section: TIFF Docs Directors: Caroline Suh, Cara Mones Logline: Filmmakers Caroline Suh and Cara Mones re-examine the case of Louis C.K., who was accused of sexual harassment in 2017. They explore his comeback and the unseen effects of this on the women who spoke publicly…

FLORA AND SON Section: Gala Presentations Director-screenwriter: John Carney Logline: Irish director John Carney reinvents the musical with Flora and Son, swapping ornately choreographed razzamatazz for disarmingly earnest indie simplicity. The film features a revelatory performance from…

THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE Section: Centrepiece Director: Ilker Çatak Writers: Johannes Dunker Logline: A new junior high teacher (Leonie Benesch) becomes an amateur investigator in order to unmask a thief active in the school, but the roots and consequences of the case run deep. Distrib…

DADDIO Section: Special Presentations Director-screenwriter: Christy Hall Logline: Christy Hall offers a refreshing turn on the tried-and-true cinematic exploitation of the relationship between younger women and older men as Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn display their magnetism and acting…

THE PROMISED LAND Section: Special Presentations Director: Nikolaj Arcel Writers: Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel Logline: In this reteaming of the star and director of A Royal Affair, Mads Mikkelsen displays his mettle as a former soldier trying to tame Jutland in 18th-century…

IRENA’S VOW Section: Centrepiece Director: Louise Archambault Writer: Dan Gordon Logline: In occupied Poland, a former nurse (Sophie Nélisse) risks her own life to shelter a dozen Jewish men and women from the Nazi war machine. Distributor: Quiver Distribution, Elevation…

THE HOLDOVERS Section: Special Presentations Director: Alexander Payne Writer: David Hemingson Logline: Alexander Payne’s latest film focuses in the bond that forms between a strict professor at an elite boarding school, played by Paul Giamatti, and a belligerent student (Dominic…

HIT MAN Section: Special Presentations Director: Richard Linklater Writers: Richard Linklater and Glen Powell Logline: Prolific indie auteur Richard Linklater reunites with Everybody Wants Some!!‘s Glen Powell for a sorta-true crime comedy thriller about role-play, romance and the…

WILDCAT Section: Special Presentation Director: Ethan Hawke Screenwriters: Shelby Gaines, Ethan Hawke Logline: Ethan Hawke directs his daughter Maya Hawke in a film that explores the life and art of American author Flannery O’Connor. The film focuses on a key period in the author’s…