Heading into the 10-day whirlwind of celebrity sightings and movie mania that is the Toronto International Film Festival, almost 100 of the 330 titles to be screened are still looking for distribution deals.

On August 27, TIFF released a list of these titles. It includes films from all over the globe like ‘Castaway on the Moon’ from South Korea’s Lee Hey-jun, ‘The Dirty Saints’ from Argentina’s Luis Ortega, and ‘Bare Essence of Life’ from Japan’s Satoko Yokohama. It includes films by Canadians: ‘Chloe’ by Atom Egoyan and ‘Cooking with Stella’ by Dilip Mehta; films by established directors: Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine,’ Barry Levinson’s ‘The Band That Wouldn’t Die;’ films by unknown directors: ‘Mall Girls’ by Poland’s Katarzyna Roslaniec; and films by actresses turned directors ‘The Unloved’ by Samantha Morton.

The National Post’s Adam McDowell reports that two titles on the list, ‘Suck’ by Canada’s Rob Stefaniuk and ‘Creation,’ by the U.K.’s Jon Amiel (which is opening the festival) have since found deals, though the former’s is only in Canada.

The market for selling movies is apparently terrible. TIFF co-director Piers Handling told the National Post he doesn’t think he’s ever seen it this tough.

If you are buyer, on the other hand, things are looking pretty good. Handling also told the Post “There’s a lot of product in the marketplace right now, so [buyers] can afford to be choosy.”

Industry bigwigs will be looking for treasures like ‘The Wrestler,’ which sparked an all-night bidding war last year.

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