Toronto fest unveils names of 28 docs

Toronto fest unveils names of 28 docs

MUMBAI: The Toronto International Film Festival, due to be held from 9 to 19 September has unveiled 24 documentaries that will be screened at the fest.

The films include works of filmmakers like Werner Herzog in 3D, Alex Gibney and a collaboration with ‘The Boss.‘ The films expose issues like the banking crisis, war in Afghanistan and the future of energy among others.

The fest will have the world premiere of The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town with Bruce Springsteen attending. Grammy- and Emmy winner Thom Zimny will chronicle the creative process through the making of Springsteen‘s fourth album in 1978.

Werner Herzog‘s Cave of Forgotten Dreams in 3D, that shows the oldest known images created by humans from within the Chauvet caves of southern France will also have a world premiere.

Other films to be show at the fest include Errol Morris (The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line),Kim Longinotto’s Pink Saris, Bjorn Lomborg’s Cool It, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer by Alex Gibney. The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical,
Inside Job and Armadillo by Denmark‘s Janus Metz.