The Toronto Film Festival ’s 50th edition may not have reached previous heights, but it was the liveliest and starriest in years.

Daniel Craig and a parade of A-listers delivered “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” to a boisterous crowd; Channing Tatum and Brendan Fraser enjoyed some of the best reviews of their careers for “Roofman” and “Rental Family,” both of which premiered at TIFF; and Sydney Sweeney took the festival by storm, earning plaudits for “Christy” and gamely working the room at any event she attended.

There may not have been the splashy sales of years past, but several films looking for distribution, such as Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers,” Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” and Daniel Roher’s “Tuner,” seem certain to land deals after scoring wit

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