{"id":28881,"date":"2026-08-05T19:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28881"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:07:22","slug":"noomi-rapace-alexander-and-stellan-skarsgard-films-join-toronto-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28881","title":{"rendered":"Noomi Rapace, Alexander and Stellan Skarsgard Films Join Toronto Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its Short Cuts program, with highlights like Niki Lindroth von Bahr\u2019s animated comedy <em>The End<\/em>, starring Noomi Rapace, Denis Lavant and Alexander Skarsgard, and the Stellan Skarsgard-starrer <em>Please,<\/em> from director Anna Mantzaris and also a stop motion animated short film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere\u2019s also world premieres for <em>John Wick 4 <\/em>actor Shamier Anderson\u2019s directorial debut with the mockumentary <em>Call Me Tim;<\/em> Fala Chen\u2019s <em>Bloodline, <\/em>produced by Colin Farrell; Camille Summers-Valli\u2019s <em>Untitled Woman<\/em>, starring Julianne Nicholson and Charles Melton; Michael Del Monte\u2019s <em>Fight Kid, <\/em>executive produced by Derek Cianfrance; and Oscar\u2013nominated director Shaunak Sen\u2019s <em>Termite<\/em> drama, starring Faisal Malik and Vipin Sharma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tToronto\u2019s Short Cuts program unveiled in all 45 films, including <em>Forgotten Spaceman<\/em>, by director Elham Ehsas; Elia Kalogianni\u2019s <em>Mammalia;<\/em> Daniel Cheerubin\u2019s short horror pic <em>Koden\u2019n;<\/em> Nigerian-American filmmaker Kaelo Iyizoba\u2019s <em>The Spectacular Death of Prisca<\/em>; Ophelia Harutyunyan\u2019s sibling drama <em>Fried Chicken &amp; Strip Checkers;<\/em> and <em>The Day I Smoked a Cigarette with my Father,<\/em> a 2D animated film co-directed by Sameh Alaa and Robin Vouters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCanadian films in the TIFF program include veteran documentary maker\u00a0Yung Chang\u2019s fiction narrative debut, <em>The Highway<\/em>; the comedy<em> Skinny Bottines <\/em>from Romain F. Dubois; Canadian-Pakistani filmmaker Zarrar Khan\u2019s rom-com <em>The Lion Does Not Concern Himself<\/em>; Logan Graham Greene\u2019s <em>The Episode<\/em>; Christian Smith\u2019s dark comedy <em>Fivehead;<\/em> Jess Barclay Lawton\u2019s short documentary <em>When the Ground Paused<\/em>, about a young woman navigating the quiet chaos of early motherhood; <em>Leftover Women<\/em>, by Atalanta Swire; Juie Charette\u2019s <em>The Comet;<\/em> and a world premiere for Between Late April and Early May, from Sophia Smith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Toronto Film Festival is set to run from Sept. 10 to 20.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its Short Cuts program, with highlights like Niki Lindroth von Bahr\u2019s animated comedy The End, starring Noomi Rapace, Denis Lavant and Alexander Skarsgard, and the Stellan Skarsgard-starrer Please, from director Anna Mantzaris and also a stop motion animated short film. 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