The list of actors, directors, and others attending or expected to attend the festival has been announced. The full list can be found here.
Some highlights of the filmmakers coming to the festival:
- Alexander Payne
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Bruce Beresford
- Bruce McDonald
- Cameron Crowe
- David Cronenberg
- Davis Guggenheim
- Enrico Colantoni
- Francis Ford Coppola
- George Clooney
- Gus Van Sant
- Guy Maddin
- Ingrid Veninger
- James Franco
- Jean-Marc Vallée
- Jennifer Westfeldt
- Joel Schumacher
- Johnnie To
- Jonathan Demme
- Ken Scott
- Kore-Eda Hirokazu
- Lasse Hallstrom
- Léa Pool
- Luc Besson
- Madonna
- Marc Forster
- Mark Duplass
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Michael Glawogger
- Michael Winterbottom
- Morgan Spurlock
- Nicholas Winding Refn
- Ole Christian Madsen
- Paddy Considine
- Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- Peter Lynch
- Ralph Fiennes
- Roland Emmerich
- Sarah Polley
- Terence Davies
- Todd Solondz
- Werner Herzog
- William Friedkin
- Wim Wenders
Actors and others attending include:
- Alia Shawkat
- Abbie Cornish
- Adam Brody
- Adam Scott
- Albert Brooks
- Alexander Skarsgard
- Alison Pill
- Allison Janney
- Alexis Bledel
- Anton Yelchin
- Antonio Banderas
- Arielle Kebbel
- Ben Foster
- Bill Nighy
- Blake Lively
- Brad Pitt
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Carey Mulligan
- Catherine Deneuve
- Catherine Keener
- Chace Crawford
- Charlotte Rampling
- Chloe Moretz
- Chris Pratt
- Christopher Plummer
- Clive Owen
- David Thewlis
- Deepa Mehta
- Dominic Monaghan
- Elias Koteas
- Emile Hirsch
- Emily Blunt
- Erin Brockovich
- Ethan Hawke
- Evan Rachel Wood
- Ewan McGregor
- Frances O'Connor
- Freida Pinto
- Gael Garcia Bernal
- Geoffrey Rush
- George Clooney
- Gerard Butler
- Glenn Close
- Greta Gerwig
- Harry Knowles
- Hugh Dancy
- Hugh Laurie
- Isabelle Huppert
- Jamel Debbouze
- James Gandolfini
- Jane Fonda
- Jason Reitman
- Jason Statham
- Jay Baruchel
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan
- Jeffrey Wright
- Jennifer Garner
- Jennifer Hudson
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Jessica Chastain
- Joely Richardson
- Jon Hamm
- Jonah Hill
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Juliette Binoche
- Juliette Lewis
- Juno Temple
- Keira Knightley
- Kirsten Dunst
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Lauren Ambrose
- Leighton Meester
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Marisa Tomei
- Matthew Goode
- Max Minghella
- Maya Rudolph
- Megan Fox
- Michael Fassbender
- Michelle Williams
- Michelle Yeoh
- Mira Sorvino
- President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives
- Neil Young
- Nicolas Cage
- Oliver Platt
- Pascale Bussières
- Patrick Huard
- Pearl Jam
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Rachel Weisz
- Rebecca Hall
- Robin Wright
- Rosemary DeWitt
- Ryan Gosling
- Salma Hayek
- Salman Rushdie
- Sam Neill
- Saoirse Ronan
- Sarah Silverman
- Scott Speedman
- Seann William Scott
- Selma Blair
- Seth Rogen
- Shahid Kapoor
- Terrence Howard
- Tilda Swinton
- Tom Hiddleston
- U2
- Viggo Mortensen
- Willem Dafoe
- Woody Harrelson
