FIRST LOOK | Steven Soderbergh's THE CHRISTOPHERS, Set to World Premiere at TIFF

WORLD PREMIERE | SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Screenplay by Ed Solomon

Starring Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, Jessica Gunning, James Corden

The children of a once famous artist (Ian McKellen) hire a forger (Michaela Coel) to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they’ll have an inheritance when he dies.

Cinematographer: Peter Andrews

Editor: Mary Ann Bernard

Executive Producers: Michael Schaefer, Mike Larocca, Corey Bayes

Producers: Jim Parks, Iain A. Canning

Production Companies: Department M, Butler & Sklar Productions

United Kingdom | 2025 | English | 100 Minutes | Color

Steven Soderbergh is a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. The Christophers is his 39th feature and his fourth collaboration with screenwriter Ed Solomon. Soderbergh’s most recent of many visits to TIFF was for last year’s screening of his horror film, Presence, released by NEON in January of this year.

Photo Credit: Peter Andrews