Chinese filmmakers set to connect with audiences in Toronto

The Toronto film festival will trumpet European and Asian filmmakers when it opens on Thursday as audiences increasingly demand the best new films from around the world.

Organizers spent much of the past year wooing filmmakers outside of North America who might normally premiere films in their own region, in order to meet that demand.

Significant European filmmakers agreed to premiere their films in Toronto, including Lone Scherfig's The Riot Club and Norwegian master Bent Hamer's 1001 Grams.