Here are all the A-list stars expected in Toronto for TIFF

While Toronto is well-known for celebrity sightings, stargazers typically have the most luck spotting their favourite artists during the annual Toronto International Film Festival. 

Now in its 50th year, TIFF–initially dubbed the Toronto Festival of Festivals in 1976–is set to kick off tomorrow (Sept. 4) and bring 291 films (209 features, six classics, 10 primetime, and 66 shorts) to the city.

The 10-day event, which allows film industry insiders and aficionados to see everything from theatrical releases and streaming service darlings to avant-garde domestic and international films before they become available worldwide, typically attracts big-name actors, directors, writers, and producers — and this year will be no different. 

Today, TIFF said that big names expected to attend the festival this year include Angelina Jolie, Keanu Reeves, Matthew McConaughey, Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, Daniel Craig, Paul Mescal, Mia Goth, Steven Soderbergh, Claire Denis, Baz Luhrmann, Anurag Kashyap, Charli xcx, J Balvin, Method Man, Jodie Foster, Idris Elba, Lee Byung Hun, Dustin Hoffman, Ralph Fiennes, Riz Ahmed, Brian Cox, Kerry Washington, Josh O’Connor, Scarlett Johansson, Seal, Park Chan-wook, and Dwayne Johnson. 

Jolie will be in town for her films Couture and Without Blood (which she directed), while Reeves is starring in the Aziz Ansari-directed film Good Fortune.

McConaughey is starring in The Lost Bus, Sweeney in boxer biopic Christy, Reynolds in John Candy: I Like Me, Portman in Arco, Blunt in The Smashing Machine (which also stars Dwayne Johnson), Craig in the latest Knives Out installment, Elba in Dust to Dreams and Johansson repping her directorial feature, Eleanor the Great. 

Foster is starring in A Private Life, Fiennes in The Choral and Hoffman in Tuner.

TIFF also announced that its Tribute Award Presenters will include Benny Safdie, Chandler Levack, Christoph Waltz, Denis, Derek Cianfrance, Eugene Levy, Jacob Elordi, Goth, Naomi Johnson, Nia DaCosta, Oscar Isaac, Park Chan-wook and Tessa Thompson.

Tribute Performers include Sekou and Thompson Egbo-Egbo.

TIFF said over 700 other performers and filmmakers are expected to attend, including Amanda Seyfried, America Ferrera, Andrea Werhun, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ansari, Ben Foster, Billie Lourd, Blair Underwood, Bob Odenkirk, Bobby Cannavale, Bobby Farrelly, Brendan Fraser, Catherine O’Hara, Channing Tatum, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Colin Hanks, Dan Levy, Elizabeth Olsen, Elle Fanning, Ethan Hawke, Felicity Jones, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Gus Van Sant, James McAvoy, Jeremy Renner, Jerrod Carmichael, Jessie Buckley, Jude Law, June Squibb, Juno Temple, Kirsten Dunst, Lily James, Masai Ujiri, Michael Shannon, Mila Kunis, Miles Teller, Molly Shannon, Rami Malek, Rian Johnson, Richard Linklater, Riz Ahmed, Rose Byrne, Russell Crowe, Sam Worthington, Sarah McLachlan, Shailene Woodley, Sigourney Weaver, Toni Collette, Troy McClure (he’s on the list, what can we say?), Victor Garber, Vince Vaughn, Vincent Cassel, Willem Dafoe, William H. Macy and more. 

TIFF, presented by Rogers, begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday, Sept. 14.