TIFF18 Preview: European Cinema

burnsting Editor-in-chief Actors and directors from around the world are lining up to show off their Oscar contenders, breakthrough dramas or eye-opening documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival. With the 2018 edition about to start, here are some of the films worth checking out:

EUROPEAN CINEMA

Loro

Director Paolo Sorrentino ('Youth', 'La grande bellezza') tells the story of Silvio Berlusconi.

Public Screenings: Thu Sep 6, 9:30PM / Fri Sep 7, 9AM / Fri Sep 14 9:45PM

Everybody Knows

Director Asghar Farhadi ('Salesman', 'The Past') directs Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem in a marriage full of secrets.

Public Screenings: Sat Sep 8, 3:30PM / Sun Sep 9, 10AM / Wed Sep 12 9:30PM / Sat Sep 15, 5PM

Dogman

'Gomorra' director Matteo Garrone is back with another Italian crime drama about a dog groomer who also deals drugs.

Public Screenings: Thu Sep 6, 6PM / Sat Sep 8, 3PM

Kursk

Léa Seydoux, Colin Firth and Matthias Schoenaerts star in a drama about the Kursk submarine disaster of 2000.

Public Screenings: Thu Sep 6, 10PM / Fri Sep 7, 5:45PM / Thu Sep 13, 9:30P

Transit

'Phoenix' director Christian Petzold tells the story of a man who assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses, after the German invasion in the 1940s.

Public Screenings: Wed Sep 12 9:30PM / Fri Sep 14, 12:00PM / Sun Sep 16, 5PM

Never Look Away

Sebastian Koch leads the story of a German artist who escapes East Germany and now lives in West Germany.

Public Screenings: Sat Sep 8, 2PM / Mon Sep 10, 8:30A

Wild Rose

Tom Harper ('Peaky Blinders', 'War & Peace') tells the story of a Glasgow musician who dreams of becoming a Nashville star.

Public Screenings: Sat Sep 8, 9:30PM / Mon Sep 10, 3:15PM

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