TIFF may be approaching the end of its 2016 run, but that doesn't mean the star power fueling it is fading.
Tonight at Roy Thomson Hall, Rooney Mara continues her busy festival with the premiere of The Secret Scripture. The film is an adaptation of Sebastian Barry's 2008 award-winning novel, and centers on the complex history of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital. Aside from Rooney, director Jim Sheridan and co-star Vanessa Redgrave are expected to attend. The topnotch talent is slated to arrive at 5:30 p.m. in advance of the film's 6:30 p.m. screening.
Directly after Rooney's film plays, LBJ will take the spotlight at Roy Thomson Hall. The biopic stars Woody Harrelson as Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who became President after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Woody is one of the expected guests on a list that also includes Michael Stahl-David and director Rob Reiner. The movie screens at 9:30 p.m. with the stars set to arrive at 8:30 p.m.
If the Ryerson Theatre is your choice of venue, you're in luck tonight. At 5:15 p.m., actors Jacob Tremblay, Vera Farmiga and Virginia Madsen are expected to walk the red carpet before their film Burn Your Maps screens. In addition to the three stars, the film's director - Jordan Roberts - will also appear. The movie is based on a short story by Robyn Joy Leff and follows an eight-year-old boy who becomes convinced that he is a Mongolian goat herder.
Now that you're up to speed on the action set to unfold tonight, head out and enjoy day 8 of TIFF! Come back here tomorrow for all the info you need on the red carpet events of day 9. ~Matthew Pariselli
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Burn Your Maps, jacob tremblay, Jim Sheridan, LBJ, Rob Reiner, Rooney Mara, The Secret Scripture, tiff, TIFF 2016, Vanessa Redgrave, vera farmiga, Virginia Madsen, Woody Harrelson
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Currently the festival's 14 sections are as follows: [26] Contemporary World Cinema: narrative feature films by established directors Discovery: films that are typically the director's first or second feature film Gala Presentations: high-profile feature films, often featuring international movie stars, presented with a red carpet In Conversation With...: interviews of a director or other figure from the film industry, generally accompanied by brief excerpts from films up until the 2014 festival, this section was called "Mavericks" Masters: feature films by "the world's most influential art-house filmmakers" Midnight Madness: genre films traditionally at TIFF each film in this section has one screening scheduled for 11:59pm and another the following afternoon ; the section was launched at TIFF in 1988 and was programmed by Colin Geddes from 1998 to 2016, [49] now programmed by Peter Kuplowsky Platform: a competitive section launched in 2015, named for Jia Zhangke's film Platform , of films from around the world that do not have distribution in North America. Primetime: television episodes making either their world premiere or North American premiere projected cinematically; this section was launched in 2015 Short Cuts: a section of short films usually six to ten short films included at each screening both Canadian and international; up until the 2013 festival only Canadian short films were screened and the section was called Short Cuts Canada, in 2014 a new section called Short Cuts International was added, and then in 2015 they were merged into a section called Short Cuts Special Presentations: high-profile feature films, usually Canadian premieres if not world premieres TIFF Cinematheque: unlike the other sections which present new films, the TIFF Cinematheque section has films from all eras of cinema, often classic films that have been newly restored TIFF Docs formerly called Reel to Reel : documentary films TIFF Kids and TIFF Next Wave formerly called Sprockets : films for children and teenagers; however, this is not a dedicated program in its own right, but a designation added to youth-suitable films that are already in one of the other programs. In 2016, TIFF hosted 1,800 members of the press and print media outlets such as the Toronto Star , The Globe and Mail , The New York Times , The Times of India , Los Angeles Times , The Philadelphia Inquirer , Miami Herald , and the Toronto Sun have published a significant amount of festival coverage.
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