This morning the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced an additional 26 films to their 2019 slate. All 26 of the new additions are directed by Canadians (with almost 50% of these pictures directed by women). This news comes a week after the festival announced 18 Galas and 38 Special Presentations which include Ford v Ferrari, Knives Out, and Joker.

The announcement contains 3 Galas (American Woman, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, The Song of Names), two Midnight Madness films (Blood Quantum, The Twentieth Century), two Special Presentations (Guest of Honour, Clifton Hill), and a David Foster tribute.

Previously announced Canadian titles include François Girard’s The Song of Names, Semi Chellas’s American Woman and Barry Avrich ‘s David Foster: Off the Record. Daniel Roher’s Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band has been selected as the opening-night Gala film.

TIFF 2019 Canadian Lineup:

Galas
American Woman​ –  Semi Chellas, Canadian Premiere
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band – ​ Daniel Roher, World Premiere
The Song of Names –​ François Girard, World Premiere

Special Presentations
Clifton Hill – ​Albert Shin, World Premiere
Guest of Honour –  Atom Egoyan, North American Premiere

Special Events
David Foster: Off the Record – ​Barry Avrich, World Premiere
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk – ​Zacharias Kunuk, North American Premiere

Masters
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger – ​Alanis Obomsawin, World Premiere

TIFF Docs
Coppers – ​Alan Zweig, World Premiere
This Is Not a Movie – Y​ung Chang, World Premiere
There’s Something in the Water – ​Ellen Page and Ian Daniel, World Premiere

Discovery
Black Conflux –​ Nicole Dorsey, World Premiere
Easy Land  –  S​anja Zivkovic, World Premiere
Kuessipan – M​yriam Verreault, World Premiere
Murmur – ​Heather Young, World Premiere
Raf – H​arry Cepka, World Premiere
The Rest of Us – A​isling Chin-Yee, World Premiere

Contemporary World Cinema
And the Birds Rained Down ​(I​l pleuvait des oiseaux)​ – L​ouise Archambault, World Premiere
Antigone – S​ophie Deraspe, World Premiere
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open​ – Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn, North American Premiere
Castle in the Ground – Joey Klein, World Premiere
The Last Porno Shown​– Kire Paputts, World Premiere
Tammy’s Always Dying – Amy Jo Johnson, World Premiere
White Lie​ – Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis, World Premiere

Midnight Madness
Blood Quantum – J​eff Barnaby, World Premiere
The Twentieth Century – ​Matthew Rankin, World Premiere

The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 05 – 15^th 2019.