TIFF 2014 to screen Xavier Dolan and Denys Arcand films

Xavier Dolans Mommy, Denys Arcands An Eye For Beauty and Charles Binam's The Elephant Song will all have special presentations at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

The films were announced Wednesday afternoon in Toronto as organizers added 37 Canadian movies to the program for the39th edition of the festival.

Mommy,Dolan's fifth feature,will arrive at TIFF fresh from a victorious showing in Cannes.

The drama stars Anne Dorval asa widowed motheroverwhelmed by the taskof raising her troubled teen,played byAntoine Pilon.

After the Cannesaudiencegave Mommya lengthy standing ovation, it was awarded the festival's prestigiousJury Prize, which Dolan shared with French directing legendJean-LucGodard.

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Dolantrades his director's chair for a starring role in another TIFF feature from Quebec:the English-language thrillerThe Elephant Song. Directed by CharlesBinam, thebig-screen adaptation of the play by Nicolas Billonalso starsCatherine Keener and Bruce Greenwood.

Oscar-winning Quebec director Denys Arcand's An Eye for Beauty will also get a special presentation at TIFF. Starring ric Bruneau and Mlanie Thierry, Beauty tells the story of a talented young architect whose life is turned upside down by a mysterious woman.

Canadian masters andup-and-comers

TIFF's updated list featuresfilms from across the country, including titles from first-time directorsand veteran filmmakers likeAlanisObomsawin.

Her new documentary Trick or Treaty? follows the the quest of indigenous peopleseeking justice and dialogue with the Canadian government. It will makes its world premierein TIFF's masters program withother acclaimed directors.

Toronto-based director Jeffery St. Jules will screen his first feature-length film, the sci-fimusicalBang Bang Baby.The filmed-in-Torontocoming-of-age story Wet Bumby LindsayMacKaywill also make its premiere.The movies lead, Julia Sarah Stone, is one of TIFF's Rising Stars.

While Wednesday's announcement focused solely on theCanadian program, many homegrown talents had already been revealed as part of this year's lineup, including two American films each directed by a CanadianWilddirected by Jean-Marc Valle andThe Good Lie,helmedbyPhilippe Falardeau.

David CronenbergsCanadian/Germanco-production Maps to the Starsis also slated to screen. Itfeatures Canadian actress Sarah Gadon alongsideJulianne Moore and Robert Pattinson.

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There was speculation that Atom Egoyan's latest feature,The Captive,would be included in the lineup, but movie fans are going to have to wait to see it. However, festival goers will be able to see a retrospective screeningof Egoyans1989 filmSpeaking Parts.

Tickets and a complete festival lineup can be found on the official TIFF website.

The 2014 Toronto International Film Festival runsSept.4 to14.