TORONTO – Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are among the stars who will lend their shine to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Organizers released a list of talent on Friday that they believe will flock to the festival.
Styles stars in “My Policeman,” whose ensemble cast was shortlisted for a TIFF Tribute Award for Performance.
Winfrey, meanwhile, is the producer of “Sidney,” the documentary about legendary black actor Sidney Poitier.
She is also a character, portrayed by Quinta Brunson, in the biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” which will premiere on TIFF’s Midnight Madness program.
Yankovic is also expected to attend TIFF, as is Daniel Radcliffe, who portrays him on screen. Brunson is not on the list of participants.
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ star Daniel Craig is set to walk the red carpet with co-stars Edward Norton, Janelle Monae and Kate Hudson.
Canadian talent slated to make an appearance include Seth Rogen, who stars in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” and Brendan Fraser, whose performance in “The Whale” has already generated a lot of buzz.
This will be the first time Spielberg has brought a project to the festival.
Hours before releasing the full talent list, TIFF announced that Swift would be attending the festival to present “All Too Well: The Short Film” in person.
The 13-minute short film brought visual narration to the track “All Too Well” from her re-recorded album “Red (Taylor’s Version)”, which caused a cultural sensation when it was released last November.
Swift is set to discuss her directorial debut with TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 9.
Other notable celebrities who will be landing in the city are Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Moss, Viola Davis, Jordan Peele, Zac Efron and Laura Dern.
TIFF members can buy tickets for TIFF films and special events starting Saturday, and they go on sale to the general public on Monday.
On Friday, the festival canceled a live reading by Canadian director Jason Reitman, citing “circumstances beyond our control” on its website.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on September 2, 2022.
– with files from the Associated Press
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