2013 Toronto Festival Adds Canadian Titles Including New Dolan, Villeneuve's 'Enemy' and Radcliffe's 'F Word'

The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup of Canadian features, which includes The F Word from Michael Dowse (Goon) starring Daniel Radfliffe and Adam Driver (“Girls”), Xavier Dolan‘s new film Tom at the Farm and Denis Villeneuve‘s second film to be added to the festival Enemy, which stars one of his two leads in Prisoners (which is also premiering in Toronto), Jake Gyllenhaal.

The F Word is also Daniel Radfliffe‘s third film in the fest after Horns from Alexandre Aja and Kill Your Darlings. F Word centers on Wallace (Radfliffe) who meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) and it would be love at first sight, except she lives with her long-term boyfriend. So Wallace, acting with both best intentions — and maybe a little denial — discovers the dirtiest word in romance: friends.

Dolan is coming off the fantastic Laurence Anyways and again wrote, directed and stars in Tom at the Farm as the titular character, a young advertising copywriter who travels to the country for a funeral. There, he’s shocked to find out no one knows who he is, nor who he was to the deceased, whose brother soon sets the rules of a twisted game. In order to protect the family’s name and grieving mother, Tom now has to play the peacekeeper in a household whose obscure past bodes even greater darkness for his “trip” to the farm. Tom at the Farm will also be screened in the main competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival just before arriving in Toronto.

As for Enemy, it’s a thriller based on “The Double” by Nobel Laureate JosÃ© Saramago, and explores the troubled psyche of a man (Gyllenhaal) who is torn between his mistress and his wife. The film co-stars MÃ©lanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), Sarah Gadon (Cosmopolis) and Isabella Rossellini.

The complete list of films added to the line-up are featured below and on top of that I have added all of them to my complete list of films premiering at the festival right here.

The 38th Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5 to 15, 2013 and I will be there through the 13th covering as many of these films as possible, but clearly it’s going to be tough.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Enemy (dir. Denis Villeneuve) – Canada/Spain
The F Word (dir. Michael Dowse) – Canada/Ireland
Gabrielle (dir. Louise Archambault) – Canada
The Husband (dir. Bruce McDonald) – Canada
Tom at the Farm (Tom Ã la ferme) (dir. Xavier Dolan) – Canada/France
Watermark (dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky) – Canada

DISCOVERY

All the Wrong Reasons (dir. Gia Milani) – Canada
Rhymes for Young Ghouls (dir. Jeff Barnaby) – Canada
Sarah Prefers To Run (Sarah prÃ©fÃ¨re la course) (dir. ChloÃ© Robichaud) – Canada