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Movie selections for the upcoming 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival have been revealed. They include Ridley Scott's sci-fier "The Martian" starring Matt Damon, Roland Emmerich's drama "Stonewall" about the 1969 riot in the Greenwich Village, and Scott Cooper's true-story gangster film "Black Mass" led by Johnny Depp.

The annual film festival will be held in September. Jean-Marc Vallee's drama "Demolition" that pairs up Jake Gyllenhaal with Naomi Watts will be screened during the opening night on September 10. The event will take place until September 20.

"Vallee has a tradition of presenting strong characters who are on journeys to self-discovery and redemption, and is the only filmmaker in our history to present both an opening and a closing night film at the Festival," said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF.

The director added in a statement, "This film tells the story of a man who deals with loss in unexpected ways, and is brought to life on screen through sensitive and commanding performances by Gyllenhaal, Watts, Cooper and newcomer [Judah] Lewis."

Gala Presentations:

• "Beeba Boys" by Deepa Mehta
• "Demolition" by Jean-Marc Vallee
• "Eye in the Sky" by Gavin Hood
• "Forsaken" by Jon Cassar
• "Freeheld" by Peter Sollett
• "Hyena Road" by Paul Gross
• "Lolo" by Julie Delpy
• "Legend" by Brian Helgeland
• "The Man Who Knew Infinity" by Matt Brown
• "The Martian" by Ridley Scott
• "The Program" by Stephen Frears
• "Remember" by Atom Egoyan
• "Septembers of Shiraz" by Wayne Blair
• "Stonewall" by Roland Emmerich
• "The Dressmaker" by Jocelyn Moorhouse

• "Anomalisa" by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
• "Beasts of No Nation" by Cary Fukunaga
• "Black Mass" by Scott Cooper
• "Brooklyn" by John Crowley
• "Colonia" by Florian Gallenberger
• "The Danish Girl" by Tom Hooper
• "The Daughter" by Simon Stone
• "Desierto" by Jonas Cuaron
• "Dheepan" by Jacques Audiard
• "Families" by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• "Guilty" by Meghna Gulzar
• "I Smile Back" by Adam Salky
• "The Idol" by Hany Abu-Assad
• "The Lady in the Van" by Nicholas Hytner
• "Len and Company" by Tim Godsall
• "The Lobster" by Yorgos Lanthimos
• "Louder Than Bombs" by Joachim Trier
• "Maggie's Plan" by Rebecca Miller
• "Mountains May Depart" by Jia Zhang-ke
• "Parched" by Leena Yadav
• "Room" by Lenny Abrahamson
• "Sicario" by Denis Villeneuve
• "Son of Saul" by Laszlo Nemes
• "Spotlight" by Tom McCarthy
• "Sunset Song" by Terence Davies
• "Trumbo" by Jay Roach
• "Un Plus Une" by Claude Lelouch
• "Victoria" by Sebastian Schipper
• "Where to Invade Next" by Michael Moore
• "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino