--- title: The Toronto International Film Festival Launches Its 2015 Lineup description: The event, seen as the opening of Oscar contender season, will kick off on Sept. 10 in Toronto canonical: https://time.com/3976233/tiff-lineup-2015-toronto-international-film-festival/ author: Joanna Plucinska article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-29T03:45:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:16.338Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Oscar Contender Season Is Officially Here og:description: The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup. og:url: https://time.com/3976233/tiff-lineup-2015-toronto-international-film-festival/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda7f1563936e42da/69885cf0524fc06cb2df3cb2/gettyimages-482216174.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2015 Toronto International Film Festival Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oscar Contender Season Is Officially Here twitter:description: The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda7f1563936e42da/69885cf0524fc06cb2df3cb2/gettyimages-482216174.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # It Must Be Oscar Season Because the Toronto International Film Festival Lineup Has Been Announced by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Jul 29, 2015 3:45 AM UTC  Piers Handling, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Cameron Bailey, artistic director, attend a press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox on July 28, 2015, in Toronto Piers Handling, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Cameron Bailey, artistic director, attend a press conference at TIFF Bell Lightbox on July 28, 2015, in TorontoIsaiah Trickey—FilmMagic by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Jul 29, 2015 3:45 AM UTC The Toronto International Film Festival, considered the opening of Oscar contender season, will kick off on Sept. 10 in Toronto. It will be the festival’s 40th anniversary. _Demolition_, a film starring Naomi Watts and Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays a forlorn banker with family troubles, will open the 10-day event, [according](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/07/28/tiff-2015-reaches-for-the-stars.html) to the _Toronto Star_. Among other highlights, Eddie Redmayne will play a transgender woman in _The Danish Girl_, while Julianne Moore and Ellen Page will feature as lesbian lovers in _Freeheld_. The festival will also have its fair share of thrillers, with Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch heading up the Whitey Bulger biopic, _Black Mass_, and Matt Damon starring as a lost astronaut in _The Martian_. The screening list of documentaries will be announced later this summer, the _Star_ says, but Academy Award winner Michael Moore’s latest film, _Where to Invade Next_, is expected to be the leader of the pack. 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