{"id":116576,"date":"2017-09-07T04:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T08:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116576"},"modified":"2017-09-07T04:38:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T08:38:32","slug":"toronto-film-fest-kicking-off-with-borgmcenroe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/07\/toronto-film-fest-kicking-off-with-borgmcenroe\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto film fest kicking off with ‘Borg\/McEnroe’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Piers Handling, director and CEO of TIFF, says this year’s lineup features adventurous work by major filmmakers at a time when the instinct is to not take risks. (Photo<\/a>: TIFF\/FACEBOOK<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO\u2014 The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off today with the story of an epic tennis rivalry.<\/p>\n

\u201cBorg\/McEnroe,\u201dabout the two tennis stars who battled at Wimbledon in 1980, is the opening night film.<\/p>\n

Shia LaBeouf is among the film’s stars and is expected to attend the 11-day festival.<\/p>\n

Other films in the lineup include \u201cSuburbicon,\u201ddirected by George Clooney, Darren Aronofsky’s \u201cmother!\u201dstarring Jennifer Lawrence and Alexander Payne’s \u201cDownsizing.”<\/p>\n

About a third of the films in the lineup are directed by women, including Angelina Jolie’s \u201cFirst They Killed My Father.”<\/p>\n

About 340 films will screen at this year’s fest, which runs until Sept. 17.<\/p>\n

It’s a smaller number than in recent years a result of a TIFF mandate to trim the overall number of titles by 20 per cent. Organizers said they made the changes in response to feedback from audiences, the industry and the media.<\/p>\n

Piers Handling, director and CEO of TIFF, says this year’s lineup features adventurous work by major filmmakers at a time when the instinct is to not take risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s terrific to see these very strong, very individualistic, challenging pieces of work still being done,\u201dhe said in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople talk about the death of independent cinema and how everything is a franchise or a comic book or that kind of thing it’s not really true,\u201dadded Cameron Bailey, artistic director of TIFF.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the best filmmakers are still getting the chance to tell adventurous stories, to be bold with the ideas in their movies and to still work with big budgets.”<\/p>\n

Other stars expected to attend the festival include Denzel Washington (\u201cRoman J. Israel, Esq.”), Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba (both of \u201cMolly’s Game”) and Steve Carell and Emma Stone (co-stars of \u201cBattle Of The Sexes”).<\/p>\n

Some A-listers will also discuss their craft at a multitude of Q-and-A special events, including Jolie, Helen Mirren, Glenn Close and Javier Bardem. Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan will speak at an IMAX screening of \u201cDunkirk,\u201dAaron Sorkin will conduct a master class, and Louis C.K. will do a live TIFF Long Take podcast for his film \u201cI Love You, Daddy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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