Toronto Film Fest lineup will generate buzz, and debates

NEW YORK (AP) — Few institutions in cinema can match the teeming, overwhelming Toronto International Film Festival as a conversation-starting force. It simply has a lot of movies worth talking about.

And this year, many of the films that will parade down Toronto red carpets will hope to shift the dialogue not just in terms of awards buzz, but in other directions, too: equality in Hollywood; politics in Washington; even about the nature of the movies, themselves. At TIFF, expect debate.

That's what the filmmakers behind "The Battle of the Sexes," one of the anticipated films heading to TIFF in the coming days, are hoping for.