British director Steve McQueen's film 12 Years a Slave won the Toronto International Film Festival, which this year mostly hosted films based on true stories.
Trailer: 12 Years a Slave
It is from September 5 to 15 Toronto shining in the light movie spotlights, where it spun its reels around 300 films from 70 countries, and it had its world premiere 146 movies. The festival atmosphere is mainly created by small independent films, and the festival provides them with greater media exposure, and the festival award there is considered a good guide to the awarding of the Oscars. This year, the film was so celebrated A slave for 12 years, which is about a free black American who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Runner-up film Philomena directed by Stephen Frears is also about life's trials, and third place was taken by a thriller Kidnapped by director Denis Villeneuve, who will soon also appear on Slovenian screens.
Trailer: Philomena
Trailer: Kidnapped