These Are All the Intriguing Movies Premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival

MY POLICEMAN, from left: David Dawson, Emma Corrin, Harry Styles, 2022. ph: Parisa Taghizadeh / Amazon Prime Video /Courtesy Everett Collection
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Making it to the Toronto International Film Festival is a huge deal for filmmakers at any stage of their careers. The annual Canadian festival features everything from smaller movies by up-and-coming filmmakers to potential blockbusters from some of the biggest names in the business.

The selections for the 2022 festival, which runs Sept. 8 through Sept. 18, reflect some of the best and most creative minds in filmmaking today. TIFF 2022 has divided its presentations up into a few different categories. The marquee categories are the Gala Presentations and the Special Presentations, which are where some of the festival's most-anticipated movies will make their debuts.

Among the 2022 Gala lineup are "The Woman King," starring Viola Davis and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and Tyler Perry's latest film, "A Jazzman's Blues." The Special Presentations, meanwhile, include buzzy films such as "My Policeman," starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin; the "Knives Out" sequel "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"; and Steven Spielberg's latest, "The Fabelmans."

Along with these big-name presentations, TIFF has also made room for some quirkier fare under its Discovery, Midnight Madness, and Wavelengths categories. The Wavelengths selections are for the niche-art-film fans, while Midnight Madness features the especially bizarre. For example, this year, the Daniel Radcliffe-starring Weird Al Yankovic biopic will highlight the Midnight Madness section. Discovery, meanwhile, is exactly what it sounds like: a showcase designed to feature promising early-career directors.

Here's a complete list of all the films scheduled to premiere at TIFF 2022.

Gala Presentations

  • "Alice, Darling"
  • "Black Ice"
  • "Butcher's Crossing"
  • "The Greatest Beer Run Ever"
  • "The Hummingbird"
  • "Hunt"
  • "A Jazzman's Blues"
  • "Kacchey Limbu"
  • "Moving On"
  • "Paris Memories"
  • "Prisoner's Daughter"
  • "Raymond & Ray"
  • "Roost"
  • "Sidney"
  • "The Son"
  • "The Swimmers"
  • "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
  • "The Woman King"

Special Presentations

  • "Allelujah"
  • "All Quiet on the Western Front"
  • "The Banshees of Inisherin"
  • "Blueback"
  • "The Blue Caftan"
  • "Broker"
  • "Brother"
  • "Bros"
  • "Catherine Called Birdy"
  • "Causeway"
  • "Chevalier"
  • "Corsage"
  • "Decision to Leave"
  • "Devotion"
  • "Driving Madeleine"
  • "El Suplente"
  • "Empire of Light"
  • "The Eternal Daughter"
  • "The Fabelmans"
  • "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"
  • "Good Night Oppy"
  • "The Good Nurse"
  • "Holy Spider"
  • "Joyland"
  • "The King's Horseman"
  • "The Lost King"
  • "A Man of Reason"
  • "The Menu"
  • "Moonage Daydream"
  • "My Policeman"
  • "Nanny"
  • "No Bears"
  • "On the Come Up"
  • "One Fine Morning"
  • "Other People's Children"
  • "The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile"
  • "Saint Omer"
  • "Sanctuary"
  • "Stories Not to be Told"
  • "Triangle of Sadness"
  • "Walk Up"
  • "Wendell & Wild"
  • "The Whale"
  • "Women Talking"
  • "The Wonder"

Discovery

  • "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"
  • "Baby Ruby"
  • "Carmen"
  • "Daughter of Rage (La Hija de todas las Rabias)"
  • "A Gaza Weekend"
  • "I Like Movies"
  • "The Inspection"
  • "A Long Break"
  • "Pussy Joseph"
  • "Return to Seoul"
  • "Rosie"
  • "Runner"
  • "Shimoni"
  • "Snow and the Bear"
  • "Something You Said Last Night"
  • "Susie Searches"
  • "Sweet As"
  • "The Taste of Apples Is Red"
  • "This Place"
  • "Unruly (Ustyrlig)"
  • "Until Branches Bend"
  • "When Morning Comes"
  • "The Young Arsonists"

Midnight Madness

  • "The Blackening"
  • "Leonor Will Never Die"
  • "Pearl"
  • "The People's Joker"
  • "Project Wolf Hunting"
  • "Sick"
  • "Sisu"
  • "Venus"
  • "V/H/S 99"
  • "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story"

Wavelengths: Features

  • "Concrete Valley"
  • "De Humani Corporis Fabrica"
  • "Dry Ground Burning (Mato Seco em Chamas)"
  • "Horse Opera"
  • "Pacifiction"
  • "Queens of the Qing Dynasty"
  • "Unrest (Unrueh)"
  • "Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fogo-Fátuo)"

Wavelengths: Shorts

  • "After Work"
  • "Bigger on the Inside"
  • "Eventide"
  • "F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now"
  • "Fata Morgana"
  • "Hors-titre"
  • "I Thought the World of You"
  • "Moonrise"
  • "The Newest Olds"
  • "Puerta a Puerta"
  • "The Time That Separates Us"
  • "What Rules the Invisible"
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