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TIFF 2014: 10 films creating major buzz

If previous years are any indication, there's a pretty good chance that the next Academy Award best picture winner is buried somewhere among the almost 400 movies set to unspool at the Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday.

Is the next best picture Oscar winner at the Toronto International Film Festival?

When 25-year-old Quebecois auteur Xavier Dolan unveiled his latest feature, Mommy, at Cannes this summer, it was met with deafening buzz and went on to win the prestigious Jury Prize. (Canadian Press)

If previous years are any indication, there's a pretty good chance that the next Academy Award best picture winner is buried somewhere among the almost 400 movies set to unspool at the Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday. There's no cinematic crystal ball that will tell us which title will have the appeal of Argo, the whimsy of The Artist or the gravitas of 12 Years a Slave, but here are 10 titles that Canadian Press reporters will be rushing to the theatre to see.

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