Variety will host additional festival events, including the annual Chanel Female Filmmakers Dinner and a party, supported by J.Crew and SharkNinja, honoring cover star Demi Moore. The studio is also supported by J.Crew and SharkNinja.
Chanel & Variety Honor Female Filmmakers at TIFF
Variety is pleased to announce the lineup for this year’s annual Toronto International Film Festival Interview Studio. Made possible by supporting partners J.Crew and SharkNinja, the studio will run from September 6-8, featuring conversations with the cast and filmmakers behind the top projects screening at this year’s festival.
Talent participating in the studio includes Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov and Sean Baker ("Anora"); Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, Himesh Patel and Fleur Fortuné ("The Assessment"); Barry Keoghan and Nykiya Adams ("Bird"); Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro and Sean Ellis ("The Cut"); Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas and Ron Howard ("Eden"); Elton John, David Furnish and RJ Cutler ("Elton John: Never Too Late"); Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Édgar Ramírez and Jacques Audiard ("Emilia Perez"); Ryan Destiny, Bryan Tyree Henry, Claressa Shields and Rachel Morrison ("The Fire Inside"); Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, David Siegel and Scott McGehee ("The Friend"); Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber and Mike Leigh ("Hard Truths"); Anderson .Paak and Soul Rasheed ("K-Pops!"); Pamela Anderson, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Gia Coppola and Kate Gersten ("The Last Showgirl"); Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mike Flanagan ("The Life of Chuck"); Dakota Johnson and Talia Bernstein ("Loser Baby"); Ben Stiller and David Gordon Green ("Nutcrackers"); John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Corey Hawkins, Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams ("The Piano Lesson"); Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore ("The Room Next Door"); Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson ("Rumours"); Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Lamorne Morris and Jason Reitman ("Saturday Night"); Lupita Nyong'o, Kit Connor, Catherine O'Hara, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill and Chris Sanders ("The Wild Robot").
Cast members and filmmakers in attendance can visit the J.Crew Gifting Suite, where they can try on and take home some of the brand’s famously soft, high-quality cashmere pieces, and the SharkNinja touch-up station, where an in-studio stylist will perform touch-ups using Shark Beauty™ products.