Last week, the Toronto International Film Festival announced their 2012 line-up for the Special Presentations and Galas programs. They've now announced their other line-ups including Midnight Madness and Documentaries as well as TIFF Kids, Vanguard, and Cinematheque. The Kids program only has four films, but two of them are Hotel Transylvania and Finding Nemo 3D. Vanguard, which is "international works that defy convention and ride on the pulse of cutting-edge cinema, includes the British remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher, the great Shining documentary Room 237, Michel Gondry's The We and the I, and Sightseers, the new film from Kill List director Ben Wheatley. Finally, Cinematheque is for the classic films and it includes the digital 3D presentation of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, and a 4K restoration of Roman Polanski's Tess.Hit the jump for all the line-ups. The 2012 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 6 â 16th.TIFF KIDSErnest & Célestine Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier, France/Belgium/Luxembourg North American PremiereGiant bears and tiny mice donât tend to mingle much, but when Ernest and Célestine cross paths, the two become inseparable friends and embark on an adventure of a lifetime.Finding Nemo 3D Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, USA/Australia World PremiereAcademy Award-winning film Finding Nemo returns to the big screen in thrilling Disney Digital 3D™ for the first time ever. Teeming with memorable comedic characters and heartfelt emotion, this stunning underwater adventure follows the momentous journey of an overprotective clownfish named Marlin (Albert Brooks) and his young son Nemo (Alexander Gould) ââ who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from his ocean home to a fish tank in a dentistâs office. Buoyed by the companionship of Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic effort to rescue his son ââ who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home.Hotel Transylvania Genndy Tartakovsky, USA World PremiereWelcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Draculaâs lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the worldâs most famous monsters â Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more â to celebrate his daughter Mavisâ 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem â but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. A considerable portion of animation on Sony Pictures Animationâs Hotel Transylvania was completed out of the newly-expanded Sony Pictures Imageworksâ offices in Vancouver.Igor & the Cranes' Journey Evgeny Ruman, Israel/Poland/Germany World PremiereDuring his involuntary migration from Russia to Israel, 11-year-old Igor faces many challenges, just like the baby crane Igor observed hatching while he was still together with his dad in Russia. Their close and caring watch over the crane's journey helps both father and son accomplish their adventure!VANGUARD90 Minutes Eva Sørhaug, Norway World PremiereDirector Eva Sørhaug (Cold Lunch) reveals the rage and violence lurking beneath seemingly tranquil domesticity in her bold and uncompromising sophomore feature.Beijing Flickers Zhang Yuan, China World PremiereBeneath Beijing's dazzling economic boom exists the downtrodden and the forgotten âlittleâ people who bear the weight of life's trials and injustices.Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland, United Kingdom North American PremiereSet in 1976: Gilderoy is hired to orchestrate the sound mix for the latest film by Italian horror maestro, Santini. As time and realities shift, Gilderoy is lost in a spiral of sonic and personal mayhem, and has to confront his own demons in order to stay afloat.Blondie Jesper Ganslandt, Sweden North American PremiereThree sisters, all adrift and in crisis, reunite at their childhood home as their domineering mother arranges a big birthday. But as the festivities come to an end, repressed conflicts rise to the surface. Old wounds are opened and a new family is born.Here Comes the Devil Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Mexico/Argentina World PremiereOn a family vacation, a coupleâs son and daughter disappear while exploring a cave-riddled mountainside. The children eventually return home seemingly unharmed, but are withdrawn and devoid of emotion. The parents fear they have fallen prey to something inhuman â and that this dark evil has come home with them.iLL Manors Ben Drew, United Kingdom International PremiereiLL Manors is the highly anticipated directorial debut by pioneering British music artist Ben Drew (a.k.a. Plan B). A unique crime thriller set on the unforgiving streets of London, iLL Manors follows six disparate lives, all struggling to survive the circles of violence that engulf them. Narratively linked through original music from Plan B, the film is a visually stunning and emotionally impactful experience laced with street-wise humour. The filmâs soundtrack just topped the U.K.âs album chart.Motorway Soi Cheang, Hong Kong North American PremiereA cocky young cop on the city's top-secret, high-speed pursuit squad must learn the tricks of the trade from a grizzled veteran (Hong Kong action star Anthony Wong) as he prepares to take down a getaway driver in this super-charged, high-octane thriller from Hong Kong action auteur Soi Cheang (Accident) and legendary producer Johnnie To.Painless Juan Carlos Medina, Spain/France/Portugal World PremiereAt the dawn of the Spanish civil war, a group of children insensitive to pain is locked in a sanatorium in the heart of the Pyrénées. In the present day, brilliant neurosurgeon David Martel discovers that he has a tumor and starts searching for his biological parents, in order to get the bone marrow transplant necessary for his survival. During his quest, he will exhume terrifying secrets about his origins, reanimate ghosts of his country and confront Berkano, the only fateful survivor of the insensitive children. From the writer of [Rec]. Peaches Does Herself Peaches, Germany World PremiereOn the advice of a 65-year-old stripper, Peaches makes music that is sexually forthright. Her popularity grows and she becomes what her fans expect her to be: transsexual. She falls in love with a beautiful she-male, but Peaches gets her heart broken and has to realize who she really is. Described as an anti-jukebox musical. Peaches writes, directs and plays the role of Peaches herself.Pusher Luis Prieto, United Kingdom North American PremiereAs edgy and explosive as Nicolas Winding Refnâs (Drive) 1996 cult classic, this English language remake tells the story of a week in the life of Frank, a big time drug pusher in London. Frankâs life is a fun-filled rollercoaster ride that spins out of control. Friendships start to vanish, there is no longer room for love within his life, and violence takes over. Danger and chaos ensue, and eventually Frank is left with no one to turn to and nowhere to go.Room 237 Rodney Ascher, USA Canadian PremiereRoom 237 fuses fact and fiction through interviews with ardent fans convinced they have decoded Stanley Kubrickâs The Shiningâs secret messages regarding genocide, government conspiracy, and the nightmare that we call history. Ideas of five devotees of the film are braided together in a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of the horror classic.Sightseers Ben Wheatley, United Kingdom North American PremiereChris (Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (Alice Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way: on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford caravan. Erotic odyssey... Killing spree... Caravanning holiday... The trip taken by Tina and Chris in Sightseers is all these things and more.Thale Aleksander Nordaas, Norway Canadian PremiereTwo crime-scene cleaners discover a mythical, tailed female creature in a concealed cellar. She never utters a word, unable to tell her story, but the pieces of the puzzle soon come together: she's been held captive for decades for reasons soon to surface.The We and the I Michel Gondry, USA North American PremiereItâs the last day of the year at a high school in the Bronx, and students pile on to the usual bus home. The raucous bunch of aggressive and superficial teens â the bullies and the bullied â develops and is transformed as the bus empties. Relationships become closer and more personal between students with absolutely nothing in common.CINEMATHEQUEThe Bitter Ash Larry Kent, CanadaA landmark in Canadian independent cinema, Larry Kentâs jazzy, Nouvelle Vagueâstyle chronicle of the sexual shenanigans of a young printer returns in a new restoration.The Cloud Capped Star Ritwik Ghatak, IndiaA young woman desperately struggles to keep her family out of poverty in this fiercely moving masterpiece by the great, perennially under-recognized Indian auteur Ritwik Ghatak.Dial M for Murder Alfred Hitchcock, USAAlfred Hitchcockâs devilish drawing-room thriller, about a retired tennis pro (Ray Milland) who plans the âperfectâ murder of his adulterous wife (Grace Kelly), is revived in a new, eye-popping 3D digital restoration.Loin du Viêtnam Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, FranceThe legendary, rarely-seen 1967 agit-prop classic from celebrated filmmakers mixes fact and fiction in an angry rebuke to the U.S. war in Vietnam.Stromboli Roberto Rossellini, Italy/USALong circulated in severely truncated or re-edited versions, Roberto Rossellini's once reviled, now revered masterpiece â the first of an epochal trilogy of films starring Ingrid Bergman â returns in this glorious new restoration. Stromboli will be followed by Francesco Patiernoâs new documentary, The War of the Volcanoes, the story of one of the biggest jet-set love scandals of all time, between the worldâs most famous actress (Ingrid Bergman), the most appreciated director by Hollywood of his time (Roberto Rossellini) and Italyâs most beloved actress (Anna Magnani).Tess Roman Polanski, France/United KingdomRoman Polanskiâs gorgeous, sweeping version of Thomas Hardyâs classic novel Tess of the dâUrbervilles returns in a 4K digital restoration.
TIFF 2012 Line-ups for Kids, Vanguard, and Cinematheque; Includes HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, PUSHER Remake, ROOM 237, and DIAL M FOR MURDER 3D
TIFF 2012 Line-Up for Kids, Vanguard, and Cinematheque includes Hotel Transylvania, the remake of Pusher, Room 237, and Dial M for Murder 3D.