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Toronto ‘05 Fest Lineup Grows, Organizers Highlight Crop of World Premieres Aimed at Buyers. With just six weeks to go until opening night, organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival are singling out a growing list of titles that are seen as anticipated world premieres. That is, in the words of the festival, “yet-to-be-seen films expected to attract attention from distributors, exhibitors, and other industry insiders.” Among the world premieres officially added to the festival lineup Tuesday were Lorene Machado’s BAM BAM AND CELESTE, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s BROTHERS OF THE HEAD, Danis Tanovic’s L’ENFER, David Ayer’s HARSH TIMES, Rowan Woods’ LITTLE FISH, Joshua Stern’s NEVERWEAS, Jeff Stanzler’s SORRY HATERS, Terry Gilliam’s TIDELAND, and Adam Rapp’s WINTER PASSING. Eugene Hernandez reports and talks with fest co-director Noah Cowan about the roster. [indieWIRE]