The world premiere of 'The Fifth Estate', a ripped from the headlines drama regarding Julian Assange as well as the creation of WikiLeaks, will open the 38th Toronto International Film Festival, which typically yields a member of Oscar competitors. The organisers informed on Tuesday having at a great extent in consideration the kick-off to Oscar season, the 2013 festival will feature films starring Meryl Streep, Idris Elba, Colin Firth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, George Clooney along with others. The 11-day event opens on Sept 5.

Interestingly, Elba takes on the lead role in Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, a dramatisation of the life of legendary anti-apartheid South African leader Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalised accompanying a lung infection for the past six weeks. 'The Fifth Estate' which has been directed by Bill Condon stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy website Wikileaks.          

(AW:Samrat Biswas)