2008 Toronto International Film Festival

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The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) is held in Toronto, Canada. This 33rd annual festival will run from September 4 to September 13, 2008. The film festival has announced that the opening night gala will be the WWI romantic epic Passchendaele from Canadian director Paul Gross.[1]


Festival is heavy on Canadian fare as well as featuring prominent indie films and worldwide and/or North American debuts including: Adoration directed by Canada's own Atom Egoyan, Appaloosa the second film from Ed Harris (who directed Pollock), Blindness from screenwriter-director, Fernando Meirelles, Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and veteran filmmaker Barbet Schroeder's Inju, la bete dans l'ombre.[2] [3] [4]


Also featured will be Me and Orson Welles helmed by American "slacker" Richard Linklater, the Spike Lee-directed WWII film, Miracle at St. Anna as well as the Jonathan Demme directed film Rachel Getting Married. Other festival highlights are screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's first film, Synecdoche, New York, a slice of experimental filmmaker James Benning's Americana RR will be featured in the "Wavelengths" avant-garde showcase, the four-hour-long Stephen Soderbergh epic Che (playing in two parts), as well as The Wrestler lensed by Darren Aronofsky. The Brits are also well represented with Happy-Go-Lucky directed by Mike Leigh and Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle.[2] [3] [4]


"Canadian Open Vault", which always highlights a restored Canadian film, will focus on Quebec filmmaker Francois Girard's 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould made in 1993.[1]


The festival will close on September 13, 2008 with the North American premiere of Stone of Destiny written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, the true story of four Glasgow university students who try to restore the 300-pound Stone of Destiny to its rightful Scotish home.[5]


North American Premieres

Special Presentations

Other Films to be Screened

  • $9.99 directed by Tatia Rosenthal
  • Before Tomorrow directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu (Canada)
  • Che (in two pieces) directed by Stephen Soderbergh (U.S.)
  • The Class directed by Laurent Cantet
  • Cooper's Camera directed by Warren Sonada (Canada)
  • Daytime Drinking directed by Young-seok Noh (Korea)
  • Edison and Leo directed by Neil Burns (Canada)
  • Gigantic directed by Matt Aselton
  • Hunger directed by Steve McQueen
  • Inju, la bete dans l'ombre directed by Barbet Schroeder
  • Last Stop 174 directed by Bruno Barreto (Brazil)
  • Lovely, Still directed by Nik Fackler
  • Lymelife directed by Derick Martini and Steve Martini
  • Real Time directed by Randall Cole (Canada)
  • Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle (U.K.)
  • Snow directed by Aida Begic
  • The Stoning of Soraya M directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
  • Tulpan directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy
  • What Doesn't Kill You directed by Brian Goodman
  • A Woman in Berlin directed by Max Farberbock (Germany)

Masters Program

Vanguard and Visions

Midnight Madness

  • Acolytes directed by Jon Hewitt
  • The Burrowers directed by J.T. Petty
  • Chocolate directed by Prachya Pinkaew (Thailand)
  • Deadgirl directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel (U.S.)
  • Detroit Metal City directed by Toshio Lee
  • Eden Log directed by Franck Vestiel
  • JCVD directed by Mabrouk El Mechri
  • Martyrs directed by Pascal Laugier
  • Not Quite Hollywood directed by Mark Hartley (Australia)
  • Sexykiller directed by Miguel Marti

Sprockets (Family Fare)

Wavelengths (Avant-Garde Showcase)

Contemporary World Cinema

The Real to Reel (Docu Program)

  • Blind Loves directed by Juraj Lehotsky
  • Examined Life directed by Astra Taylor
  • La memoire des anges directed by Luc Bourdon
  • Under Rich Earth directed by Malcolm Rogge

Prizes

  • tbd

References

  1. ^ a b "Toronto unveils Canadian selection" Variety, By Brendan Kelly July 15, 2008
  2. ^ a b "Toronto believes in Lee's 'Miracle'" Variety, by Jennie Punter, Jul. 2, 2008
  3. ^ a b "Toronto film festival finds its Destiny" Aug 14, 2008 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
  4. ^ a b "Toronto Adds Premieres for 'Che', 'Porno', 'Bloom', 'Synecdoche', Others" Cinematical, by William Goss, Aug 13th 2008
  5. ^ "Toronto fest adds 20 films to lineup" Variety, by Anne Thompson, Aug. 13, 2008

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