Comedy and drama in Toronto

Comedy and drama films will feature prominently at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, organisers have announced. Unveiling 312 films to be shown at the 10-day September festival, co-director Cameron Bailey said there was a shift towards films about relationships. Last year's festival featured a number of political and war themed films. Stars including Brad Pitt, ex-wife Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney are all expected. Other actors appearing at the festival, which starts on 4 September, include Sir Ben Kingsley and Keira Knightley. It's movies that are about more the domestic sphere, more about relationships between characters, family relationships and less about the whole political sweep of what's going on in the world Cameron Bailey Toronto International Film Festival Some 249 feature films and 63 short films... [read full story]