“Slow Horses” star Gary Oldman, “Obsession” director Curry Barker and “Barbie” producer Robbie Brenner are among the lineup of speakers at the Toronto Film Festival’s inaugural market, which runs Sept. 10-16.
Other speakers at the event, known as TIFF: The Market, include “Obsession” star Inde Navarrette, director Lee Chang-dong, and producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. They will join Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s co-chairs and CEOs, who were already announced.
Charles Tremblay, head of TIFF: The Market, said, “The high caliber of speakers participating in our first market reflects the industry’s strong support for our vision and the intentional efforts we’re making to build on TIFF’s long-standing reputation as a welcoming space for creativity and commerce to co-exist.”
The speakers will appear as part of the Visionaries and Dialogues programs, as follows:
VISIONARIES PROGRAMGary OldmanThe festival said the talk would be “anchored in Oldman’s creative process” and would “celebrate an unparalleled career filled with varied and unforgettable characters,” including Jackson Lamb in the espionage drama “Slow Horses,” which is premiering its sixth season at the festival.
