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Ben Affleck's 'Argo', Halle Berry's 'Cloud Atlas', and Jennifer Lawrence's 'Silver Linings Playbook' are among the much-talked-about indie films which will throw their world premiere at the event.

• Jul 25, 2012

AceShowbiz - The lineup for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival has been revealed, showcasing a number of much-talked-about indie movies from various notable filmmakers. Among those which are included in the World Premiere list are Ben Affleck's political thriller "Argo", as well as Tom Hanks and Halle Berry-starring actioner "Cloud Atlas".

David O Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook", which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, is also set to hold its world premiere at the September event. Also highlighted in the lineup are Joss Whedon's passion project "Much Ado About Nothing", and Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut "Quartet".

In the International Premiere lineup, meanwhile, Terrence Malick's star-studded drama "To the Wonder" becomes the highlight. Jake Gyllenhaal-starring actioner "End of Watch", and Keira Knightley-starring period drama "Anna Karenina" will also hold their international premiere at the event.

Slated as the festival's opener is Rian Johnson's sci-fi flick "Looper", which stars Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Defending the decision to pick an American movie instead of a Canadian one for the opener, TIFF director Piers Handling says, "A couple of years ago we decided to change the policy of not necessarily having to open with a Canadian film."

"We were certainly looking around for Canadian films. For the last three years, I guess, we have actually opened with an international film," he explains. The festival artistic director Cameron Bailer adds, "Looper is original, its edgy, you cant take your eyes off it and I think it perfectly sets the tone for this year's festival."

This year's TIFF will take place from September 6 to 16. There will be 17 galas, 38 world premieres and 45 special presentations to be held throughout the prestigious film festival.

World Premieres:

• "Looper" (Rian Johnson) (Opening Film)
• "Cloud Atlas" (The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer)
• "Argo" (Ben Affleck)
• "Silver Linings Playbook" (David O Russell)
• "Love, Marilyn" (Liz Garbus)
• "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" (Shola Lynch)
• "The Place Beyond the Pines" (Derek Cianfrance)
• "Midnight's Children" (Deepa Mehta)
• "Hyde Park on Hudson" (Roger Michell)
• "Great Expectations" (Mike Newell)
• "Inescapable" (Rubba Nadda)
• "Twice Born" (Sergio Castellitto)
• "English Vinglish" (Gauri Shinde)
• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (Stephen Chbosky)
• "Thanks for Sharing" (Stuart Blumberg)
• "End of Watch" (David Ayer)
• "Imogene" (Robert Puccini and Shari Springer Berman)
• "A Late Quartet" (Yaron Zilberman)
• "Much Ado About Nothing" (Joss Whedon)
• "Frances Ha" (Noah Baumbach)
• "The Time Being" (Nenad Cicin-Sain)
• "Writers" (Josh Boone)
• "At Any Price" (Ramin Bahrani)
• "Venus and Serena" (Maiken Baird)
• "Byzantium" (Neil Jordan)
• "Quartet" (Dustin Hoffman)
• "Ginger and Rosa" (Sally Potter)
• "A Liar's Autobiography" (Ben Timlett, Bill JOnes, Jeff Simpson)
• "Foxfire" (Laurnet Cantet)
• "In the House" (Francois Ozon)
• "The Impossible" (JA Bayona)
• "Hannah Arendt" (Margarethe Von Trotta)
• "Mr. Pip" (Andrew Adamson)
• "Capital" (Costa-Gavras)
• "The Attack" (Ziad Doueriri)
• "Zaytoun" (Eran Riklis)
• "The Deep" (Baltasar Kormakur)
• "Dreams for Sale" (Nishikawa Miwa)
• "The Last Supper" (Lu Chuan)

• "To the Wonder" (Terrence Malick)
• "Anna Karenina" (Joe Wright)
• "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (Mira Nair)
• "The Company You Keep" (Robert Redford)
• "Jayne Mansfield's Car" (Billy Bob Thornton)
• "A Royal Affair" (Nikolai Arcel)
• "Dangerous Liaisons" (Hur Ji-Ho)
• "Thermae Romae" (Hideki Takeuchi)
• "Caught in the Web" (Chen Kaige)
• "Dormant Beauty" (Marco Belloccchio)
• "Everyone Has a Plan" (Ana Piterbarg) w/ Viggo Mortensen
• "Kon-Tiki" (Espen Sandberg)
• "Reality" (Matteo Garrone)
• "A Few Hours of Spring" (Stephan Brize)
• "The Hunt" (Thomas Vintenberg)
• "The Iceman" (Ariel Vromen)
• "Lore" (Cate Shortland)
• "No" (Pablo Larrain)
• "Outrage Beyond" (Takeshi Kitano)
• "Rust & Bone" (Jacques Audiard)
• "The Sapphires" (Wayne Blair)
• "Tai Chi 0" (Stephen Fung)

• "The Sessions" (Ben Lewis)