Crowds of film buffs lined up — some for over 5 hours — in the hopes of seeing or purchasing films during the 50th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this weekend.

Festival screening tickets went up for sale in August, but not all attendees were lucky enough to get a ticket.

Fans eager to catch a specific film can choose to stand in rush lines hours before the screening, in the hopes they can snag an empty seat.

"You never know if you're going to get in for the movie you want or not," said TIFF attendee Sanjoli Jain.

Jain and other festivalgoers say it's a risk they're willing to take to experience different films, but that you won't know if a movie is worth the wait until after the credits start to roll.

For some movie lovers, like Deepak Shukla, the premise and history behin

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