Now in its 26th year, the festival has become the leading North American showcase for new films from around the world, from Hollywood star vehicles to fresh works from far-flung corners of the globe.

        Visitors will sample from about 326 films, more than half of them non-English language titles.

        Among the highlights:

        • Eloge de L'Amour, a new film from the legendary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard.

        • Millennium Mambo, from one of China's most influential filmmakers, Hou Hsiao-hsien.

        • Hearts in Atlantis, with Anthony Hopkins in the film version of Stephen King's best seller, directed by Shine director Scott Hicks.

        • Training Day, a police thriller starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, directed by Antoine Fuqua.

        • French director Benoit Jacquot's production of the Puccini opera Tosca.

        • Heist, the latest crime caper from writer-director David Mamet.

        • From Hell, with Johnny Depp on the trail of Jack the Ripper, directed by Allen and Albert Hughes.

        • Baran, the newest drama from the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majid (The Children of Heaven, The Colour of Paradise).

        • Enigma, from director Michael Apted (and produced by Mick Jagger), with Kate Winslet in the tense story of how the British broke the Nazi military code in World War II.

        • The Grey Zone, from director Tim Blake Nelson (O), about Jewish pressed into aiding Nazi death camps.

        Read festival schedule highlights daily on Cincinnati.Com, keyword: Toronto. And watch the Celebrity News column on Page A2 for celebrity sightings in Toronto.

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