After Paul Gross’ Passchendaele opens TIFF on Sept. 4, it will be U.S. indie directors such as Rod Lurie, Neil Burger, Jodie Markell and Gavin O’Connor who dominate Roy Thomson Hall during the rest of the festival, which unveiled its full lineup on Tuesday.

U.S. directors and star wattage to light up Toronto include Markell’s The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, which stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans; O’Connor’s family drama Pride and Glory, top-lined by Edward Norton and Colin Farrell; Burger’s road-trip epic The Lucky Ones, which stars Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña; and Lurie’s Nothing But the Truth, a political thriller that stars Kate Beckinsale as a Washington, DC reporter jailed for not revealing her source for a explosive story.

Striking a balance between U.S. and international filmmakers — in addition to homegrown Canadian films — the festival also announced gala world premieres for German director Caroline Link’s A Year Ago in Winter, starring Karoline Herfurth and Josef Bierbichler; Toa Fraser’s Dean Spanley, headlined by Peter O’Toole, Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill; and Indian director Anees Bazmee’s Singh is Kinng.

Joel and Ethan Coen’s Burn After Reading, which stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt — who is expected to appear — will transfer to Toronto after the CIA comedy opens the Venice festival.

The TIFF lineup, the first for Cameron Bailey as festival co-director after he replaced Noah Cowan, will unspool fewer films than in recent years: 312 from 64 countries. These include 249 feature-length films — of which 76% are world, international or North American premieres — and 61 directorial debuts, according to festival organizers.

The Contemporary World Cinema program added 25 titles, including world premieres for Anthony Fabian’s South African apartheid drama Skin and Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf’s Two-Legged Horse, as well as Nigel Cole’s Christopher Walken-starrer $5 a Day.

The latest titles come on top of earlier Canadian additions to the TIFF lineup, including galas for Kari Skogland’s Fifty Dead Men Walking and Michael McGowan’s One Week, and Special Presentation slots for Philippe Falardeau’s It’s Not Me, I Swear!, Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth and Fernando Meirelles’ Blindness, which opened Cannes.

The festival also announced that the Mavericks series will include appearances by filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow, Arne Glimcher and Julian Schnabel, and actors Matt Damon and Josh Brolin, while the Dialogues: Talking with Pictures series has booked Terence Davies, Agnès Varda and Deepa Mehta to present favorite films of their own choosing.

Other TIFF highlights include New York, I Love You, a work-in-progress collection of short films about the Big Apple by noted filmmakers, Adam Resurrected by Paul Schrader and Nuit de chien by Werner Schroeter in the Masters series, while the Canada First! series has added Lyne Charlebois’ Borderline.

Nonfiction films added to the Real to Reel sidebar include Adria Petty’s Paris Hilton documentary Paris, Not France, Jamie Jay Johnson’s Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary, and The Heart of Jenin by Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter.

Toronto’s 33rd edition also promises first-time free outdoor programming at the downtown Yonge-Dundas Square, where the festival will wrap on Sept. 14 with a public party.