IN PHOTOS | Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz promote new film at TIFF

Film fans and stars flock to Toronto for the 11-day festival

Film fans and stars are flocking to Canada's largest city for the Toronto International Film Festival. The 51st edition of TIFF, which runs for 11 days until Sept. 20, features nearly 300 titles and big-name actors, including Javier Bardem, Cynthia Erivo and Seth Rogen, among others.

Each day, we will feature highlights from red carpet premieres, fan excitement and other festival moments, so keep scrolling.

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Oscar-winning married couple and stars of the psychological thriller, Bunker, Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz (second photo) attend the film's premiere at Roy Thomson Hall.

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Director Hirokazu Kore-eda attends the premiere of his film Look Back, which explores the life-long friendship and shared creative journey of two young manga artists.

Director Takashi Miike, centre, and stars Shotaro Mamiya, left, Shun Oguri, right, and Lily James (second photo) attend the premiere of Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

From left to right, Zo In-sung, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong and Lee Chang-dong attend the premiere of their film, Possible Love.

Isabelle Huppert poses for photographers at the premiere of All About Corinne at Roy Thomson Hall.

Orlando Bloom as well as sisters Kate (in second photo) and Rooney Mara are among the celebrities in town to promote their film. In their case, it's the buzzy Bucking Fastard, the tale of sisters Jean and Joan Holbrooke, who speak in unison, dress alike and fall for the same man played by Bloom.

Taraji P. Henson attends the premiere of Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Alden Ehrenreich on the red carpet for the premiere of the thriller A Talent for Murder at Roy Thomson Hall.

Oscar-winning actor Helen Mirren, who was honoured at TIFF's Tribute Awards on Sunday, reacts with fans during the premiere of A Talent for Murder.

Cast member Mariana di Girolamo is photographed on the red carpet for the black comedy action thriller Wild Horse Nine at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

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Wild Horse Nine star John Malkovich attends the film's premiere.

Léa Seydoux (first photo) and Lily-Rose Depp (second photo) attend the premiere of their film, Alpha Gang, which is about aliens that come to Earth to conquer it, and find that the human world has a plague they weren’t ready for.

Cynthia Erivo poses with fans at the premiere of Prima Facie at Roy Thomson Hall. In the film, she plays a British defence lawyer, who primarily defends those accused of sex crimes.

Annie Murphy poses on the red carpet at the premiere of her rom-com, All That She Wants. Murphy stars as a millennial, who hooks up with a Gen Zer.

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Margaret Qualley promotes her film Love Of Your Life at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Amanda Seyfried attends the premiere of the American prison drama thriller The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd.

From left: director Yeon Sang-ho, and stars Kim Hyun-joo and Bae Hyun-sung pose with fans on Toronto's King Street West at the premiere of Paradise Lost.

(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)Julianne Moore greets fans during the premiere of The Debut at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

Javier Bardem attends the red carpet for The Beloved, in which he stars as an acclaimed film director who casts his estranged daughter, played by Victoria Luengo, second photo, in a period piece.

Channing Tatum, left, and Gemma Chan promote their film, Josephine, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. They play the parents of a young girl, played by Mason Reeves, second photo, who are helping their daughter cope after she witnesses a crime.

Zaria arrives on the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall to promote the film Misty Green, which was written, directed and produced by Chris Rock, second photo, who also appears in the film.

Lauren Miller Rogen looks at her husband, Seth Rogen, as they promote Babies, a film she wrote and directed.

Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick, seen below, star in the film about a couple deciding whether they want to be parents.

Sarah Paulson poses ahead of the premiere of her film Closing Night at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

Courtney Cox, centre, directs Evil Genius, which dramatizes a bizarre 2003 bank heist by a pizza delivery man dubbed the "pizza bomber." Patricia Arquette, left, and David Harbour star in the film, which premiered at Roy Thomson Hall.

Fans of K-pop superstar Lisa caught a glimpse of her at the premiere of her documentary Always Lalisa at Roy Thomson Hall.

(Robin Marchant/Getty Images)The cast and crew of The Stunt Driver pose on the red carpet at the film's premiere. The film stars Jay Baruchel, in the centre, pointing, and Ed Helms, to his left.

Director Michael Dowse, to Baruchel's right, says he knew Baruchel was perfect for the role of Canadian daredevil Ken Carter after watching him in the film Blackberry.

Baruchel with his wife Rebecca-Jo Dunham-Baruchel.

(Evan Mitsui/CBC)Rebel Wilson, left, with her wife, Ramona Agruma-Wilson, promotes Girl Group, a film she wrote, directed and starred in alongside Jennifer Coolidge and Randall Park, in second photo, at Roy Thomson Hall.

Actor James McAvoy signs autographs ahead of the premiere of his supernatural drama Faith at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Faith co-star Smylie Bradwell, right, who plays the son of a single mom, attends the premiere.

Earlier Friday at Roy Thomson Hall, director Adrian Buitenhuis arrives to promote the film Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story.

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Hansen arrives on the red carpet.

Workers roll out the red carpet ahead of Thursday's opening film Being Heumann by Oscar-winning director Siân Heder, as well as the Canadian premieres for Fjord, The Housewife and Stuffed.

Furry friends and visitors pose for photos in front of the TIFF sign on King Street West, a section of which is blocked off during the first part of the festival and known as Festival Street.

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At Roy Thomson Hall, the cast and crew of Being Heumann pose on the red carpet ahead of its premiere. The biographical film is about the so-called mother of the disability rights movement, Judy Heumann.

Actor Rio Finnegan attends the film's premiere.

Actor Fan Bingbing, who is a TIFF 2026 Tribute Award honouree, attends the film's premiere.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow also attends the premiere.

At the Royal Alexandra Theatre, actor Jodie Comer of Killing Eve fame attends the premiere of Stuffed.

And the film's director and co-writer Theo Rhys meets fans at the premiere.

Later at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, actor Naomi Watts greets fans as she attends the red carpet for her film The Housewife, directed by Canaadian filmmaker Ben Shirinian.

The Housewife is a historical drama based on a true story that focuses on a couple played by Watts and Luke Evans, also at the premiere.

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