'Hedda'

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‘Hedda’

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has revealed its first five special presentation world premieres for this year’s official selection, among them Steven Soderbergh’s comedy The Christophers, Alejandro Amenábar’s adventure The Captive and Nia DaCosta’s Hedda.

Also set to make their global debuts at the 50th TIFF edition, running September 4-14, are Sung-hyun Byun’s action thriller Good News, Nia DaCosta’s Hedda and Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks. 

The Christophers, hailing from the UK, stars Ian McKellen, James Corden, Jessica Gunning and Michaela Coel and follows the estranged children of a famous artist who hire a forger to complete their parent’s unfinished works. 

From Spain and Italy, The Captive has Julio Pena as the young Miguel de Cervantes taken prisoner in 16th century Algeria. 

From the US, Nia DaCosta’s Hedda is adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play, with Tessa Thompson in the title role.

South Korea’s Good News stars Sul Kyung-gu. And from Canada, comedy romance Mile End Kicks is set in the Montreal indie music scene. 

TIFF previously announced that Colin Hanks’ documentary John Candy: I Like Me will be its opening night world premiere. 

Commenting on the new additions to the TIFF line-up, festival CEO Cameron Bailey said: “These first five films of our official selection reflect the innovation, heart and global perspective that have made our festival a home for great cinema over the past 50 editions. We’re excited to kick-off our special presentations with Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks, a young, Canadian director who has very close ties to TIFF in addition to these established directors. We can’t wait to share more in the weeks ahead as we celebrate this historic year with audiences and filmmakers from around the world.”

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