TIFF 2015: Festival ends Sunday with awards, deals and buzz

The 40th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is coming to an endafter nearly two weeksof famous faces, excited fans and most importantly new flicks.

On Sunday, the movie Room, which is based on a best-selling novel,won the People's Choice Award.

Winter on Fire,which isabout the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, took theGrolsch People's Choice Documentary Award.

Canadian filmmaker AlanZweigwas awardedthe inaugural Toronto Platform Prize for his movieHurtabout iconic Canadian runner SteveFonyo.

"The buzz was a little flat, the movies didn't really seem to be selling," saidCBC'sEliGlasner, who's been covering the 11-day event. "As the festival begins to wrap up, that is now changing."

Two films in particular have garnered some positiveattention lately.Mr.Right, whichGlasnercalls a "wacky romantic comedy"starring Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell, got some buzz on the last weekend of the festival. That movie wassold to distributors.

There was also a bit of a bidding war for the sci-fi thrillerEquals starring Kristen Stewart.

The film was reportedlybought for distribution for nearly $16 million, making it one of the most highly covetedfilms at the festival.

Some other noteworthy films that have made a splash with movie buffsat the festival includeThe Danish Girl andSpotlight.

Get the latest on what happened this year at TIFF by clicking on the video above for Glasner's report, which appeared on CBC's The National yesterday evening.