Angelina Jolie walks the red carpet for the world premiere of 'Couture'

The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on Thursday. North America's biggest film festival is celebrating its 50th edition. 

US actress Angelina Jolie walked the red carpet for the world premiere of French director Alice Winocour's "Couture" at the Festival. 

TIFF dwarfs more famous film festivals like Venice and Cannes for sheer scale, if not glitz and glamor, drawing an estimated 400,000 annual visitors to the Canadian metropolis. Over 11 days of red-carpet galas, the "audience-first" fest showcases splashy crowd-pleasers in front of giant public audiences, while also serving as a key Launchpad for Oscars campaigns.