The spotlight at the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will belong to Rocky Balboa, KPop superstar Lisa, late disability rights pioneer Judy Heumann and many more when North America’s largest film festival gets underway Thursday.
TIFF is so large and covers such a wide spectrum of movies that the chance to command attention can be fleeting. The majority of this fall’s awards contenders will be vying to stand out alongside movies hoping to catch a distributor’s eye.