The Toronto Film Festival has announced its official selections marking the start of awards season.

TIFF is well known as one of the largest festivals in the world and for hosting the biggest star-studded films as well as most of the award-friendly pictures.

This year the festival will host a number of festival favorites, including the Cannes Best Director winner "Foxcatcher." Mike Nichol's feature "Mr. Turner," which won at Cannes for Best Actor, will also play at TIFF.

The Sundance winner "Whiplash," starring Miles Teller will become one of the few Sundance films to ever be featured in the main slate. "Whiplash" has been generating a lot of buzz since January, and even though it wasn't considered a breakout hit, the film is likely to generate awards buzz throughout the next few months.

Canada's prolific David Cronenberg will also present "Map to the Stars" after scoring mixed reviews at Cannes. The film will receive its North American premiere and stars Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Olivia Williams and Sarah Gadon.

The Argentine picture "Wild Tales" will also be at Toronto after a successful Cannes debut. The feature, which was produced by Pedro Almodovar, looks like it will represent Argentina at the Oscars, especially since it scored rave reviews.

One of the most anticipated world premieres is undoubtedly Jean Marc-Vallee's "Wild." The feature starring Reese Witherspoon comes on the heels of the director's Academy Award winner "Dallas Buyers Club." Fox Searchlight recently released the trailer for the film and Witherspoon is already getting Best Actress buzz. With the Toronto premiere, that buzz will likely expand.

Fox Searchlight will also bring "The Drop" to the festival before its September release. The thriller stars the late James Gandolfini in his last movie alongside Tom Hardy.     

Warner Bros.' "The Judge" will also have its world premiere. For months the film has generated a lot of buzz especially since it stars Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. The court room drama is set for an October release which is in the middle of awards season.

One of the biggest surprises of the slate is Denzel Washingotn's "The Equalizer." The feature also stars Melissa Leo and Chloe Grace Moretz and it is unlikely going to be an awards contender come January.

The Weinstein Company will only be present with "The Imitation Game." The movie will have its Canadian premiere in Toronto before heading to the UK to open the London Film Festival. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, and Mark Strong star in the picture.

A few of features are also premiering in search of a distributor. One of the highly anticipated films that will make its world premiere is "Miss Julie" by Liv Ullman. The feature stars Jessica Chastain in the lead role as well as Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.

David Gordon Green will also return to Toronto with "Manglehorn" starring Al Pacino. However that film will only have its North American Premiere which could be an indication that it will most likely premiere at Telluride before going to Toronto.

Chris Evans will bring his directorial debut "Before We Go" to the festival. The New York-based film stars Alice Eve and Evans as two strangers who meet one night.

The closing night film will be Alan Rickman's "A Little Chaos." The drama stars Kate Winslet, Stanley Tucci, Matthias Schoenaerts and Rickman.  

Other filmmakers who will present their features include Abel Ferrara, Jason Reitman, Noah Baumbach, Barry Levinson, Andrew Niccol, Francois Ozon, Hal Hartley, Bill Pohlad, Jon Stewart, and Ed Zwick.

The Toronto Film Festival has not finished announcing the full slate and it is expected that Tim Burton's "Big Eyes," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Birdman" and Stephen Daldry's "Trash" could still show up.