‘Eden’ & ‘We Live In Time’ Set For TIFF As Fest Unveils Five World Premieres

Toronto International Film Festival has added five more world premiere titles to its Gala and Special Presentation programs.

Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden will debut in the Gala program. Based on true events about the lengths people go to in pursuit of a better life, it is written by Halifax-born Noah Pink and starsJude Law, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Vanessa Kirby and Daniel Brühl.

It is produced by Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and AGC.

Other Gala titles include Indian director Reema Kagti’s Superboys of Malegaon about the life of amateur filmmaker of Nasir Shaikh.

Special Presentation additions include K-POPS, a dramatic comedy that takes inspiration from eight-time Grammy Award winner Anderson .Paak’s own life, bridging family lineages and cultures, and John Crowley’s romance We Live in Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a couple whose chance encounter changes their lives as they fall in love, build a home, start a family, and face difficult truths.

Also added to the Special Presentation line-up is Sophie Deraspe’s drama Shepherds, an adaptation of the Canadian novel D’où viens tu, berger?, which follows a young advertising executive who trades in his Montreal life to become a shepherd in France.

“I’m thrilled to share today’s list of World Premiere films, featuring stories from around the world that highlight the scope and breadth of TIFF’s programming,” said TIFF Chief Programming Officer Anita Lee,

“We have a Canada/France co-production set in the French Alps, directed by a French Canadian auteur; a Seoul-set comedic debut from musician Anderson .Paak; a Bollywood glimpse into the vibrant film industry of Malegaon, India; a London-set love story starring Florence Pugh from an Irish director; and a highly original survival thriller that takes us to the Galapagos Islands from Ron Howard. I can’t wait for TIFF audiences to take these journeys on the big screen and be transported by cinema together this September.”

Film details (in alphabetical order): 

Eden | Ron Howard | USA 
World Premiere | Gala 
Imagine Entertainment / AGC Studios

K-POPS | Anderson .Paak | USA 
World Premiere | Special Presentation 
Sales Title – Rights Available (WME)

Shepherds | Sophie Deraspe | Canada/France
World Premiere | Special Presentation
DCP, micro_scope, Avenue B Productions, Maison 4:3, Pyramide International

Superboys of Malegaon | Reema Kagti | India
World Premiere | Gala 
Amazon MGM Studios

We Live in Time | John Crowley | United Kingdom/France
World Premiere | Special Presentation 
Sphere Films / StudioCanal