Toronto International Film Festival sets lineup with Sydney Sweeney, Aziz Ansari and ‘Knives

Films starring Sydney Sweeney, Angelina Jolie and Aziz Ansari will premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced yesterday.

TIFF laid out the selections to its galas and special presentations programs, which make up the bulk of the red carpet premieres to North America’s largest film festival. Films making their world premieres include Ansari’s “Good Fortune,” starring Keanu Reeves as an angel trying to teach a struggling man (Ansari) a lesson; David Michôd’s “Christy,” with Sweeney playing the boxer Christy Martin; and Alice Winocour’s “Couture,” starring Jolie as an American filmmaker attending Paris Fashion Week.

Those films join previously announced TIFF world premieres including Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”

Also debuting in Toronto will be Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman,” starring Channing Tatum as a struggling father turned thief; Nia DaCosta’s Ibsen adaptation “Hedda,” starring Tessa Thompson; Nicholas Hytner’s WWI drama “The Choral,” with Ralph Fiennes; Steven Soderbergh’s third 2025 release, “The Christophers”; Hikari’s “Rental Family,” starring Brendan Fraser as an American actor in Japan; and Paul Greengrass’ “The Lost Bus,” with Matthew McConaughey as a bus driver navigating California’s 2018 Camp Fire.