Scene-setters ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival

Описание: (6 Sep 2018) SCENE-SETTERS AHEAD OF THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
There's a quiet anticipation on the streets of the city Wednesday (5 SEPTEMBER) on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival.
The 43rd installment kicks off Thursday with the premiere of David Mackenzie's Robert the Bruce epic "Outlaw King" with a gala at Roy Thomson Hall.
It's one of eight Netflix original films at the festival this year.
The festival will feature 343 films over the next 10 days, many of them a reflection of our world.
Paul Greengrass' "22 July" investigates democracy in the face of white supremacist terrorism. Barry Jenkins' "If Beale Street Could Talk" pries into the intimate tragedies of police brutality. Michael Moore directly confronts the Trump era with "Fahrenheit 11/9." And then there's "American Dharma," Michael Errol Morris' Steve Bannon documentary.
Most of the major premieres will be at Roy Thomson Hall and the Princess of Wales Theater. Both are near the state-of-the-TIFF Bell Lightbox, which acts the festival headquarters.
The annual film festival has a reputation for breeding Oscar-caliber films.
Toronto is where best picture-winning films like "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" and "Slumdog Millionaire" debuted, and while there isn't an obvious 2018 candidate to that lineage, there are a host of films looking to capture Toronto's spotlight.
Much of the attention at TIFF will surround the films that drew raves last week at the Venice Film Festival, like Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma," Damien Chazelle's "First Man" and Bradley Cooper's "A Star Is Born." Added to the mix will be Felix Van Groeningen's father-son addiction drama "Beautiful Boy," with Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet.
How potential Academy Awards contenders reverberate among the larger audiences and massive media contingent of Toronto's launching pad usually says a lot about their Oscar chances.

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