The Toronto Film Festival has set the competition lineup for its Platforms program, naming Riz Ahmed as head of the jury.Sound of Metal, which starred Ahmed in an Oscar-nominated performance, had its world premiere in the 2019 Platforms competition at Toronto.Festival organizers also announced special events, including multiple Imax screenings of Dune and a 75th anniversary commemoration of the first NBA game, which was played in Toronto in 1946.
Other special events include screenings of two Cannes prize-winners, Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, plus Pablo Larraín’s Venice-bound, Kristen Stewart-starring Spencer.
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