After the Toronto Film Festival last year yielded the highest-grossing fest acquisition ever at the box office with Obsession ($512 million worldwide), and with the arrival of a new market, the million-dollar question heading into this year’s TIFF that kicks off Thursday is whether there will be a spike in independent feature sales. There’s a mix of great promise, and also a harsh reality. Watch on Deadline Let’s start with the debbie-downer news. Despite what’s bound to be a record post-Covid year at the domestic box office with a potential $10 billion (alongside the best summer we’ve ever seen at...