By Matt Neglia
With the recent announcements that Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Clement Virgo’s “Brother,” Sanaa Lathan’s “On The Come Up,” and Nicholas Stoller’s “Bros” will all be premiering at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Next Best Picture team came together on the podcast yesterday to discuss the films we think might be having their world premieres at the big four fall film festivals: Venice, Telluride, TIFF & NYFF. It was a very productive conversation, filled with tons of speculation, some of which might be very off. Still, some predictions we suspect are right on the money given the past trends on some of these festivals, their relationships with the filmmakers, and the release dates we’re aware of. Below is a recapped list of all the titles we discussed (with a few extra ones) on the podcast. This is by no means a comprehensive list and will probably be updated the more information we get over the next few days, with TIFF expected to announce more titles this week and the Venice lineup coming at the end of the month on July 26th.
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Banshees Of Inisherin (Dir. Martin McDonagh) – WORLD PREMIERE
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu) – WORLD PREMIERE
Blonde (Dir. Andrew Dominik) – WORLD PREMIERE
Bones & All (Dir. Luca Guadagnino) – WORLD PREMIERE
Don’t Worry Darling (Dir. Olivia Wilde) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Master Gardener (Dir. Paul Schrader) – WORLD PREMIERE
Tár (Dir. Todd Field) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Whale (Dir. Darren Aronofsky) – WORLD PREMIERE
TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL
Aftersun (Dir. Charlotte Wells)
​Armageddon Time (Dir. James Gray)
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Broker (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Close (Dir. Lukas Dhont)
Decision To Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook)
EO (Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
Holy Spider (Dir. Ali Abbasi)
The Master Gardener (Dir. Paul Schrader)
One Fine Morning (Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
​The Pale Blue Eye (Dir. Scott Cooper) – WORLD PREMIERE
See How They Run (Dir. Tom George) – WORLD PREMIERE
She Said (Dir. Maria Schrader) – WORLD PREMIERE
Showing Up (Dir. Kelly Reichardt)
The Son (Dir. Florian Zeller) – WORLD PREMIERE
Tár (Dir. Todd Field)
Tori and Lokita (Dir. The Dardenne Brothers)
Triangle Of Sadness (Dir. Ruben Östlund)
The Whale (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
​Women Talking (Dir. Sarah Polley) – WORLD PREMIERE
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Aftersun (Dir. Charlotte Wells)
​Armageddon Time (Dir. James Gray)
The Banshees Of Inisherin (Dir. Martin McDonagh)
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Broker (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Blonde (Dir. Andrew Dominik)
Bones & All (Dir. Luca Guadagnino)
Boy From Heaven (Dir. Tarik Saleh)
Bros (Dir. Nicholas Stoller) – WORLD PREMIERE
Brother (Dir. Clement Virgo) – WORLD PREMIERE
Brothers (Dir. Max Barbakow) – WORLD PREMIERE
Call Jane (Dir. Phyllis Nagy)
Close (Dir. Lukas Dhont)
Corsage (Dir. Marie Kreutzer)
Decision To Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook)
Devotion (Dir. J. D. Dillard) – WORLD PREMIERE
Don’t Worry Darling (Dir. Olivia Wilde)
The Eight Mountains (Dir. Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch)
Eileen (Dir. William Oldroyd) – WORLD PREMIERE
EO (Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
The Fabelmans (Dir. Steven Spielberg) – WORLD PREMIERE
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Dir. Rian Johnson) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Good Nurse (Dir. Tobias Lindholm) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Dir. Peter Farrelly) – WORLD PREMIERE
Halloween Ends (Dir. David Gordon Green) – WORLD PREMIERE
Holy Spider (Dir. Ali Abbasi)
Leila’s Brothers (Dir. Saeed Roustayi)
Living (Dir. Oliver Hermanus)
​The Lost King (Dir. Stephen Frears)
The Menu (Dir. Mark Mylod) – WORLD PREMIERE
Moonage Daydream (Dir. Brett Morgen)
My Policeman (Dir. Michael Grandage) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Pale Blue Eye (Dir. Scott Cooper)
Passages (Dir. Ira Sachs) – WORLD PREMIERE
Past Lives (Dir. Celine Song)​ – WORLD PREMIERE
One Fine Morning (Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
On The Come Up (Dir. Sanaa Lathan) – WORLD PREMIERE
R.M.N. (Dir. Cristian Mungiu)
See How They Run (Dir. Tom George)
She Said (Dir. Maria Schrader)
Shirley (Dir. John Ridley) – WORLD PREMIERE
Smile (Dir. Parker Finn) – WORLD PREMIERE
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies (Dir. Michael Showalter) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Son (Dir. Florian Zeller)
Tár (Dir. Todd Field)
Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Dir. Kirill Serebrennikov)
Till (Dir. Chinonye Chukwu) – WORLD PREMIERE
Tori and Lokita (Dir. The Dardenne Brothers)
Triangle Of Sadness (Dir. Ruben Östlund)
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Dir. Kasi Lemmons) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Whale (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Women Talking (Dir. Sarah Polley)
The Woman King (Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood) – WORLD PREMIERE
The Wonder (Dir. Sebastián Lelio) – WORLD PREMIERE
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
Aftersun (Dir. Charlotte Wells)
​Armageddon Time (Dir. James Gray)
Bardo (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Boy From Heaven (Dir. Tarik Saleh)
Broker (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Close (Dir. Lukas Dhont)
Decision To Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook)
The Eight Mountains (Dir. Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch)
EO (Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)
Holy Spider (Dir. Ali Abbasi)
Leila’s Brothers (Dir. Saeed Roustayi)
One Fine Morning (Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
R.M.N. (Dir. Cristian Mungiu)
Showing Up (Dir. Kelly Reichardt)
The Stars At Noon (Dir. Claire Denis)
Tár (Dir. Todd Field)
Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Dir. Kirill Serebrennikov)
Tori and Lokita (Dir. The Dardenne Brothers)
Triangle Of Sadness (Dir. Ruben Östlund)
White Noise (Dir. Noah Baumbach) – WORLD PREMIERE
I want to reiterate that this is by no means a final list, and we’re well aware a lot of titles are missing, and not every international film that plays at TIFF will play at NYFF, for example. We’ll be revisiting this post periodically to make updates as we learn more in the coming days. The movies we currently predict will skip the fall film festivals entirely, either because they’re not ready or the studio will elect to release them with a major theatrical push, include David O. Russell’s “Amsterdam,” Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon,” Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light,” Martin Scorsese’s “Killers Of The Flower Moon,” Marc Forster’s “A Man Called Otto” & Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio.” One final time…this is all unconfirmed and should not be considered true as we’re speculating simply for fun. Next Best Picture is extremely excited to be covering all four of the fall film festivals this year with Tom O’Brien attending Venice, Dan Bayer attending TIFF and NYFF, and I’ll be at Telluride, TIFF & NYFF.
Is there a title missing? Do you agree with any of our early predictions? What re you most excited to see at this year’s fall film festivals? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our Twitter account.
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