MUMBAI: Fairport native Philip Seymour Hoffman‘s directorial debut Jack Goes Boating will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month. The film, adapted from Bob Glaudini‘s acclaimed off-Broadway play, is a story about two working class New York City couples that explores love, betrayal, friendship and grace.

The festival that runs from 9 to 19 September will also feature Malcolm Venville‘s Henry‘s Crime. The film starring Keanu Reeves is a story about a man wrongly convicted for bank robbery who decides to pull a heist for real after he‘s released from prison was shot in Buffalo.

Films of other actors-turned-directors premiering at the festival include Ben Affleck‘s The Town; Robert Redford‘s The Conspirator, David Schwimmer‘s Trust and Emilio Estevez‘s The Way. Also premiering will be Miral by Julian Schnabel that has Freida Pinto in the tale of a girl growing up in war-torn East Jerusalem.

TIFF has long been a showcase for potential Academy Awards contenders and big fall releases.