TIFF Announces Star-Studded Gala and Special Presentations, Led by ‘Rocky’ Biopic ‘I Play Rocky’ and Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’

By Marlow Stern

Marlow Stern

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On Monday, the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival announced its hotly anticipated Gala and Special Presentations programs, showcasing feature films from close to 30 countries along with celebrated directors such as Danny Boyle, Pedro Almodóvar, Cristian Mungiu, Chris Rock, Mike Leigh, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda and many more.

Some of the highlights of the Special Presentations program include “I Play Rocky,” a biographical sports drama about the making of Sylvester Stallone’s 1976 film “Rocky,” starring Anthony Ippolito as the punchy actor/screenwriter and directed by Peter Farrelly, whose film “Green Book” debuted at TIFF and went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and “Misty Green,” a drama written, directed by and starring Chris Rock alongside a loaded cast, including Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace and Anthony Anderson.

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