Stars lining up for Toronto film fest

TORONTO, July 27 (UPI) -- Robert Redford and Michael Winterbottom are among the directors planning to premiere new movies at the Toronto International Film Festival, organizers said.

Scheduled to take place from Sept. 9-19, the festival will also feature world premieres of films by and Guillaume Canet, John Cameron Mitchell, Kiran Rao, Mike Mills and Andrucha Waddington, organizers said.

Woody Allen, Sylvain Chomet, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Tran Anh Hung, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel and Im Sang-Soo are slated to celebrate the North American premieres of their latest movies in Toronto, as well.

Films shown under the heading "galas" and "special presentations" are to feature on-screen performances by Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Aamir Khan, Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Juliette Lewis, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Christopher Plummer, Natalie Portman, Om Puri, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Amy Ryan and Hilary Swank.

"On the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to announce this selection of important and notable films," Piers Handling, director and chief executive officer of the TIFF, said in a statement. "The richness and diversity of this year's galas and special presentations programs reflect the abundance of exciting works from established and emerging filmmakers in the world of cinema."

"We are honored that filmmakers choose our festival to premiere their films to the world," Cameron Bailey, co-director of the festival, said. "We look forward to introducing these films to Toronto audiences -- the most informed and enthusiastic film-goers in the world."