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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2008 Toronto International Film Festival</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="346" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="266" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Festival poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening film</th><td class="infobox-data description"><i><a href="/wiki/Passchendaele_(film)" title="Passchendaele (film)">Passchendaele</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data">Toronto International Film Festival Group</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of films</th><td class="infobox-data">312 films</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Festival date</th><td class="infobox-data">September 4, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-09-04</span>)</span>–September 13, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2008-09-13</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080918014646/http://tiff08.ca/default2.aspx">web<wbr />.archive<wbr />.org<wbr />/web<wbr />/20080918014646<wbr />/http:<wbr />//tiff08<wbr />.ca<wbr />/default2<wbr />.aspx</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2008 Toronto International Film Festival</b> (TIFF) was held in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario, Canada. This 33rd annual festival was from September 4 to September 13, 2008. The opening night gala was the World War I romantic epic <i><a href="/wiki/Passchendaele_(film)" title="Passchendaele (film)">Passchendaele</a></i> from Canadian director <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gross" title="Paul Gross">Paul Gross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OpenVar_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OpenVar-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About_the_2008_Festival">About the 2008 Festival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: About the 2008 Festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2008 festival was heavy on Canadian fare as well as featuring prominent indie films and worldwide as well as North American debuts including: <i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_(2008_film)" title="Adoration (2008 film)">Adoration</a></i> directed by Canada's own <a href="/wiki/Atom_Egoyan" title="Atom Egoyan">Atom Egoyan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appaloosa_(film)" title="Appaloosa (film)">Appaloosa</a></i> the second film from <a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a> (who directed <i><a href="/wiki/Pollock_(film)" title="Pollock (film)">Pollock</a></i>), <i><a href="/wiki/Blindness_(2008_film)" title="Blindness (2008 film)">Blindness</a></i> from screenwriter-director, <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Meirelles" title="Fernando Meirelles">Fernando Meirelles</a>, Iraq war thriller <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker" title="The Hurt Locker">The Hurt Locker</a></i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow" title="Kathryn Bigelow">Kathryn Bigelow</a>, and veteran filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Barbet_Schroeder" title="Barbet Schroeder">Barbet Schroeder</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Inju,_la_b%C3%AAte_dans_l%27ombre" class="mw-redirect" title="Inju, la bête dans l'ombre">Inju, la bête dans l'ombre</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Destiny_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Destiny-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TorontoAdds_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorontoAdds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scheduled is <i><a href="/wiki/The_Loss_of_a_Teardrop_Diamond" title="The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond">The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond</a></i> (directed by <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Markell" title="Jodie Markell">Jodie Markell</a>), based on a "rediscovered" <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> screenplay. TIFF screened 312 films from 64 countries. These include 249 features, most of which were North American and/or world premieres.<sup id="cite_ref-DanceCard_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DanceCard-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Neil_Burger" title="Neil Burger">Neil Burger</a> (director of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Illusionist_(2006_film)" title="The Illusionist (2006 film)">The Illusionist</a></i>) world premiered <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lucky_Ones_(film)" title="The Lucky Ones (film)">The Lucky Ones</a></i> a character study of U.S. soldiers on an unplanned road trip, starring <a href="/wiki/Tim_Robbins" title="Tim Robbins">Tim Robbins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DanceCard_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DanceCard-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Celebretants_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebretants-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also featured was <i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_Orson_Welles" title="Me and Orson Welles">Me and Orson Welles</a></i> helmed by American "slacker" <a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>-directed World War II film, <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_at_St._Anna" title="Miracle at St. Anna">Miracle at St. Anna</a></i> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a> directed film <i><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Getting_Married" title="Rachel Getting Married">Rachel Getting Married</a></i>. Other festival highlights are screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a>'s first film, <i><a href="/wiki/Synecdoche,_New_York_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Synecdoche, New York (film)">Synecdoche, New York</a></i>, a slice of experimental filmmaker <a href="/wiki/James_Benning_(film_director)" title="James Benning (film director)">James Benning</a>'s Americana <i><a href="/wiki/RR_(film)" title="RR (film)">RR</a></i> was featured in the "Wavelengths" avant-garde showcase, the four-hour-long <a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a> epic <i><a href="/wiki/Che_(2008_film)" title="Che (2008 film)">Che</a></i> (playing in two parts), as well as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestler_(2008_film)" title="The Wrestler (2008 film)">The Wrestler</a></i> lensed by <a href="/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky" title="Darren Aronofsky">Darren Aronofsky</a>. The Brits are also well represented with <i><a href="/wiki/Happy-Go-Lucky_(2008_film)" title="Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film)">Happy-Go-Lucky</a></i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire" title="Slumdog Millionaire">Slumdog Millionaire</a></i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Destiny_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Destiny-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TorontoAdds_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorontoAdds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite showing fewer films than last year, among the 249 features, 116 are premieres and 61 are first features.<sup id="cite_ref-DanceCard_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DanceCard-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters819_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters819-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Films from as many as 64 countries were screened, with more than 340,000 admissions expected.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters819_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters819-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Canadian Open Vault", which always highlights a restored Canadian film, focused on <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Girard" title="François Girard">François Girard</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/32_Short_Films_About_Glenn_Gould" class="mw-redirect" title="32 Short Films About Glenn Gould">32 Short Films About Glenn Gould</a></i> made in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-OpenVar_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OpenVar-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Actors <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Norton" title="Edward Norton">Edward Norton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benicio_del_Toro" title="Benicio del Toro">Benicio del Toro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Hawke" title="Ethan Hawke">Ethan Hawke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laura_Linney" title="Laura Linney">Laura Linney</a> and film directors <a href="/wiki/Julian_Schnabel" title="Julian Schnabel">Julian Schnabel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow" title="Kathryn Bigelow">Kathryn Bigelow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a> are among the celebs the festival has invited on its 500-plus guest list, thus completing its lineup.<sup id="cite_ref-Celebretants_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebretants-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The festival closed on September 13, 2008 with the North American premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Stone_of_Destiny_(film)" title="Stone of Destiny (film)">Stone of Destiny</a></i> written and directed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Martin_Smith" title="Charles Martin Smith">Charles Martin Smith</a>, the true story of four <a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow, Scotland">Glasgow</a> university students who try to restore the 300-pound <a href="/wiki/Stone_of_Scone" title="Stone of Scone">Stone of Scone</a> to its rightful Scottish home.<sup id="cite_ref-Twenty_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Twenty-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the film <i><a href="/wiki/Fifty_Dead_Men_Walking" title="Fifty Dead Men Walking">Fifty Dead Men Walking</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Rose_McGowan" title="Rose McGowan">Rose McGowan</a> expressed support for the cause of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), with the reports of her comments being released into the media on September 11, 2008. After starring in <i><a href="/wiki/Fifty_Dead_Men_Walking" title="Fifty Dead Men Walking">Fifty Dead Men Walking</a></i>, she was quoted as saying "I imagine had I grown up in Belfast, I would 100% have been in the IRA. My heart just broke for the cause. Violence is not to be played out daily and provide an answer to problems, but I understand it." Her comments were attacked by the original author Martin McCartlend. McCartland had general objections against the film, but approved of an out of court settlement, believed to be in the region of £20,000 (US$35,000 in summer 2008). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Film </th> <th>Director </th></tr> <tr> <td>People's Choice Award </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire" title="Slumdog Millionaire">Slumdog Millionaire</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>People's Choice Award First Runner Up </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/More_Than_a_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="More Than a Game">More Than a Game</a></i> </td> <td>Kristopher Belman </td></tr> <tr> <td>People's Choice Award Second Runner Up </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stoning_of_Soraya_M." title="The Stoning of Soraya M.">The Stoning of Soraya M.</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Nowrasteh" title="Cyrus Nowrasteh">Cyrus Nowrasteh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Discovery Award </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hunger_(2008_film)" title="Hunger (2008 film)">Hunger</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)" title="Steve McQueen (director)">Steve McQueen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Canadian Feature Film </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Song_(film)" title="Lost Song (film)">Lost Song</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodrigue_Jean" title="Rodrigue Jean">Rodrigue Jean</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Canadian Feature Film – Special Jury Citation </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_(2008_film)" title="Adoration (2008 film)">Adoration</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atom_Egoyan" title="Atom Egoyan">Atom Egoyan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Canadian First Feature Film </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Before_Tomorrow" title="Before Tomorrow">Before Tomorrow</a> (Le Jour avant le lendemain)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madeline_Ivalu" title="Madeline Ivalu">Madeline Ivalu</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marie-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Cousineau" title="Marie-Hélène Cousineau">Marie-Hélène Cousineau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Canadian First Feature Film – Special Jury Citation </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Borderline_(2008_film)" title="Borderline (2008 film)">Borderline</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyne_Charlebois" title="Lyne Charlebois">Lyne Charlebois</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Canadian Short Film </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Block_B_(film)" title="Block B (film)">Block B</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Chong_Chan_Fui" title="Chris Chong Chan Fui">Chris Chong Chan Fui</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Canadian Short Film – Special Jury Citation </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Floor" title="Next Floor">Next Floor</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve" title="Denis Villeneuve">Denis Villeneuve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FIPRESCI" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPRESCI">FIPRESCI</a> Discovery </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lymelife" title="Lymelife">Lymelife</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derick_Martini" title="Derick Martini">Derick Martini</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FIPRESCI Special Presentations </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Disgrace_(2008_film)" title="Disgrace (2008 film)">Disgrace</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jacobs" title="Steve Jacobs">Steve Jacobs</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Program">Program</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gala_Presentations">Gala Presentations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gala Presentations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading">Burn After Reading</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joel_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Joel Coen">Joel Coen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Coen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethan Coen">Ethan Coen</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Dean_Spanley" title="Dean Spanley">Dean Spanley</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toa_Fraser" title="Toa Fraser">Toa Fraser</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Duchess_(film)" title="The Duchess (film)">The Duchess</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saul_Dibb" title="Saul Dibb">Saul Dibb</a></td> <td>France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Fifty_Dead_Men_Walking" title="Fifty Dead Men Walking">Fifty Dead Men Walking</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kari_Skogland" title="Kari Skogland">Kari Skogland</a></td> <td>Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_from_Monaco" title="The Girl from Monaco">The Girl from Monaco</a></i></td> <td><i>La Fille de Monaco</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Fontaine_(filmmaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne Fontaine (filmmaker)">Anne Fontaine</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad,_the_Weird" title="The Good, the Bad, the Weird">The Good, the Bad, the Weird</a></i></td> <td>좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jee-woon" title="Kim Jee-woon">Kim Jee-woon</a></td> <td>South Korea </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Loss_of_a_Teardrop_Diamond" title="The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond">The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Markell" title="Jodie Markell">Jodie Markell</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lucky_Ones_(film)" title="The Lucky Ones (film)">The Lucky Ones</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Burger" title="Neil Burger">Neil Burger</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Mesrine_(2008_film)" title="Mesrine (2008 film)">Mesrine: Public Enemy No. One</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Richet" title="Jean-François Richet">Jean-François Richet</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_but_the_Truth_(2008_American_film)" title="Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film)">Nothing But the Truth</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rod_Lurie" title="Rod Lurie">Rod Lurie</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/One_Week_(2008_film)" title="One Week (2008 film)">One Week</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_McGowan_(director)" title="Michael McGowan (director)">Michael McGowan</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Man_(2008_film)" title="The Other Man (2008 film)">The Other Man</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Eyre" title="Richard Eyre">Richard Eyre</a></td> <td>United Kingdom, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Passchendaele_(film)" title="Passchendaele (film)">Passchendaele</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gross" title="Paul Gross">Paul Gross</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Pride_and_Glory_(film)" title="Pride and Glory (film)">Pride and Glory</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gavin_O%27Connor_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gavin O'Connor (director)">Gavin O'Connor</a></td> <td>Germany, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Getting_Married" title="Rachel Getting Married">Rachel Getting Married</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Bees_(film)" title="The Secret Life of Bees (film)">The Secret Life of Bees</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gina_Prince-Bythewood" title="Gina Prince-Bythewood">Gina Prince-Bythewood</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Singh_Is_Kinng" title="Singh Is Kinng">Singh Is Kinng</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anees_Bazmee" title="Anees Bazmee">Anees Bazmee</a></td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Stone_of_Destiny_(film)" title="Stone of Destiny (film)">Stone of Destiny</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Martin_Smith" title="Charles Martin Smith">Charles Martin Smith</a></td> <td>Canada, United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_(film)" title="Who Do You Love? (film)">Who Do You Love?</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Zaks" title="Jerry Zaks">Jerry Zaks</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Year_Ago_in_Winter" title="A Year Ago in Winter">A Year Ago in Winter</a></i></td> <td><i>Im Winter ein Jahr</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Link" title="Caroline Link">Caroline Link</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Presentations">Special Presentations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Special Presentations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/35_Shots_of_Rum" title="35 Shots of Rum">35 Shots of Rum</a></i></td> <td><i>35 Rhums</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claire_Denis" title="Claire Denis">Claire Denis</a></td> <td>France, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_(2008_film)" title="Adoration (2008 film)">Adoration</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atom_Egoyan" title="Atom Egoyan">Atom Egoyan</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Appaloosa_(film)" title="Appaloosa (film)">Appaloosa</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Ashes_of_Time_Redux" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashes of Time Redux">Ashes of Time Redux</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai" title="Wong Kar-wai">Wong Kar-wai</a></td> <td>Hong Kong </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Blindness_(2008_film)" title="Blindness (2008 film)">Blindness</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Meirelles" title="Fernando Meirelles">Fernando Meirelles</a></td> <td>Brazil, Canada, Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_Bloom" title="The Brothers Bloom">The Brothers Bloom</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Plain" title="The Burning Plain">The Burning Plain</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_Arriaga" title="Guillermo Arriaga">Guillermo Arriaga</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Che_(2008_film)" title="Che (2008 film)">Che</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a></td> <td>Spain, Germany, France, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Tale" title="A Christmas Tale">A Christmas Tale</a></i></td> <td><i>Un conte de Noël</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Desplechin" title="Arnaud Desplechin">Arnaud Desplechin</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Class_(2008_film)" title="The Class (2008 film)">The Class</a></i></td> <td><i>Entre les murs</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurent_Cantet" title="Laurent Cantet">Laurent Cantet</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Disgrace_(2008_film)" title="Disgrace (2008 film)">Disgrace</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jacobs" title="Steve Jacobs">Steve Jacobs</a></td> <td>Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Il_Divo_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Il Divo (film)">Il Divo</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Sorrentino" title="Paolo Sorrentino">Paolo Sorrentino</a></td> <td>Italy, France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Virtue_(2008_film)" title="Easy Virtue (2008 film)">Easy Virtue</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephan_Elliott" title="Stephan Elliott">Stephan Elliott</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Empty_Nest_(film)" title="Empty Nest (film)">Empty Nest</a></i></td> <td><i>El nido vacío</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Burman" title="Daniel Burman">Daniel Burman</a></td> <td>Argentina, France, Italy, Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Little_Step_(film)" title="Every Little Step (film)">Every Little Step</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_D._Stern" title="James D. Stern">James Stern</a>, Adam Del Deo</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Flash_of_Genius_(film)" title="Flash of Genius (film)">Flash of Genius</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marc_Abraham" title="Marc Abraham">Marc Abraham</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Genova_(2008_film)" title="Genova (2008 film)">Genova</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom" title="Michael Winterbottom">Michael Winterbottom</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Town_(2008_film)" title="Ghost Town (2008 film)">Ghost Town</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Koepp" title="David Koepp">David Koepp</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Gomorrah_(film)" title="Gomorrah (film)">Gomorrah</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matteo_Garrone" title="Matteo Garrone">Matteo Garrone</a></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_(film)" title="Good (film)">Good</a></i></td> <td>Vincente Amorim</td> <td>United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Happy-Go-Lucky_(2008_film)" title="Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film)">Happy-Go-Lucky</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_on_Earth_(2008_film)" title="Heaven on Earth (2008 film)">Heaven on Earth</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deepa_Mehta" title="Deepa Mehta">Deepa Mehta</a></td> <td>Canada, India </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker" title="The Hurt Locker">The Hurt Locker</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow" title="Kathryn Bigelow">Kathryn Bigelow</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Loved_You_So_Long" title="I've Loved You So Long">I've Loved You So Long</a></i></td> <td><i>Il y a longtemps que je t'aime</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Claudel" title="Philippe Claudel">Philippe Claudel</a></td> <td>France, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Inju:_The_Beast_in_the_Shadow" title="Inju: The Beast in the Shadow">Inju: The Beast in the Shadow</a></i></td> <td><i>Inju, la bête dans l'ombre</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbet_Schroeder" title="Barbet Schroeder">Barbet Schroeder</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Is_Anybody_There%3F" title="Is Anybody There?">Is Anybody There?</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Crowley_(director)" title="John Crowley (director)">John Crowley</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Not_Me,_I_Swear!" title="It's Not Me, I Swear!">It's Not Me, I Swear!</a></i></td> <td><i>C'est pas moi, je le jure!</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Falardeau" title="Philippe Falardeau">Philippe Falardeau</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Kanchivaram" title="Kanchivaram">Kanchivaram</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Priyadarshan" title="Priyadarshan">Priyadarshan</a></td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Stop_174" title="Last Stop 174">Last Stop 174</a></i></td> <td><i>Última Parada 174</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Barreto" title="Bruno Barreto">Bruno Barreto</a></td> <td>Brazil </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Management_(film)" title="Management (film)">Management</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Belber" title="Stephen Belber">Stephen Belber</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_Orson_Welles" title="Me and Orson Welles">Me and Orson Welles</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_at_St._Anna" title="Miracle at St. Anna">Miracle at St. Anna</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/New_York,_I_Love_You" title="New York, I Love You">New York, I Love You</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fatih_Akin" title="Fatih Akin">Fatih Akin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yvan_Attal" title="Yvan Attal">Yvan Attal</a>, Randy Balsmeyer, <a href="/wiki/Allen_Hughes" title="Allen Hughes">Allen Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shunji_Iwai" title="Shunji Iwai">Shunji Iwai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson" title="Scarlett Johansson">Scarlett Johansson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Marston" title="Joshua Marston">Joshua Marston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mira_Nair" title="Mira Nair">Mira Nair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brett_Ratner" title="Brett Ratner">Brett Ratner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiang_Wen" title="Jiang Wen">Jiang Wen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrey_Zvyagintsev" title="Andrey Zvyagintsev">Andrey Zvyagintsev</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Nick_%26_Norah%27s_Infinite_Playlist" title="Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist">Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sollett" title="Peter Sollett">Peter Sollett</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paris_36" title="Paris 36">Paris 36</a></i></td> <td><i>Faubourg 36</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christophe_Barratier" title="Christophe Barratier">Christophe Barratier</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Perfect_Day_(2008_film)" title="A Perfect Day (2008 film)">A Perfect Day</a></i></td> <td><i>Un giorno perfetto</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferzan_%C3%96zpetek" title="Ferzan Özpetek">Ferzan Özpetek</a></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Plastic_City_(film)" title="Plastic City (film)">Plastic City</a></i></td> <td><i>Dangkou</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yu_Lik-wai" title="Yu Lik-wai">Yu Lik-wai</a></td> <td>Brazil, Hong Kong, China, Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>One Day You Will Understand</i></td> <td><i>Plus tard, tu comprendras</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amos_Gitai" title="Amos Gitai">Amos Gitai</a></td> <td>France, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Religulous" title="Religulous">Religulous</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Charles" title="Larry Charles">Larry Charles</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/RocknRolla" title="RocknRolla">RocknRolla</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guy_Ritchie" title="Guy Ritchie">Guy Ritchie</a></td> <td>United Kingdom, United States, France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Wall_(film)" title="The Sea Wall (film)">The Sea Wall</a></i></td> <td><i>Un Barrage contre le Pacifique</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rithy_Panh" title="Rithy Panh">Rithy Panh</a></td> <td>France, Cambodia, Belgium </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9raphine_(film)" title="Séraphine (film)">Séraphine</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Provost" title="Martin Provost">Martin Provost</a></td> <td>France, Belgium </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire" title="Slumdog Millionaire">Slumdog Millionaire</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Walking_(film)" title="Still Walking (film)">Still Walking</a></i></td> <td><i>Aruitemo aruitemo</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hirokazu_Kore-eda" title="Hirokazu Kore-eda">Hirokazu Kore-eda</a></td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Synecdoche,_New_York" title="Synecdoche, New York">Synecdoche, New York</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Valentino:_The_Last_Emperor" title="Valentino: The Last Emperor">Valentino: The Last Emperor</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Tyrnauer" title="Matt Tyrnauer">Matt Tyrnauer</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Waltz_with_Bashir" title="Waltz with Bashir">Waltz with Bashir</a></i></td> <td><i>Vals im Bashir</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ari_Folman" title="Ari Folman">Ari Folman</a></td> <td>Israel </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/With_a_Little_Help_from_Myself" title="With a Little Help from Myself">With a Little Help from Myself</a></i></td> <td><i>Aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Dupeyron" title="François Dupeyron">François Dupeyron</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Woman_in_Berlin_(film)" title="A Woman in Berlin (film)">A Woman in Berlin</a></i></td> <td><i>Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_F%C3%A4rberb%C3%B6ck" title="Max Färberböck">Max Färberböck</a></td> <td>Germany, Poland </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestler_(2008_film)" title="The Wrestler (2008 film)">The Wrestler</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky" title="Darren Aronofsky">Darren Aronofsky</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Youssou_N%27Dour:_I_Bring_What_I_Love" title="Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love">Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Chai_Vasarhelyi" title="Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi">Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Zack_and_Miri_Make_a_Porno" title="Zack and Miri Make a Porno">Zack and Miri Make a Porno</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Smith" title="Kevin Smith">Kevin Smith</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_World_Cinema">Contemporary World Cinema</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contemporary World Cinema"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/33_Scenes_from_Life" title="33 Scenes from Life">33 Scenes from Life</a></i></td> <td><i>33 sceny z życia</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Szumowska" title="Małgorzata Szumowska">Małgorzata Szumowska</a></td> <td>Poland </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Acne_(film)" title="Acne (film)">Acne</a></i></td> <td><i>Acné</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Federico_Veiroj" title="Federico Veiroj">Federico Veiroj</a></td> <td>Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Adela_(2008_film)" title="Adela (2008 film)">Adela</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Alix_Jr." title="Adolfo Alix Jr.">Adolfo Alix Jr.</a></td> <td>Philippines </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Adhen</i></td> <td><i>Dernier maquis</i></td> <td>Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche</td> <td>France, Algeria </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_Around_Us" title="All Around Us">All Around Us</a></i></td> <td><i>Gururi no koto</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dsuke_Hashiguchi" title="Ryōsuke Hashiguchi">Ryōsuke Hashiguchi</a></td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Sunflowers_(film)" title="The Blind Sunflowers (film)">The Blind Sunflowers</a></i></td> <td><i>Los girasoles ciegos</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuerda" title="José Luis Cuerda">José Luis Cuerda</a></td> <td>Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cloud_9_(2008_film)" title="Cloud 9 (2008 film)">Cloud 9</a></i></td> <td><i>Wolke Neun</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Dresen" title="Andreas Dresen">Andreas Dresen</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Country_Teacher" title="The Country Teacher">The Country Teacher</a></i></td> <td><i>Venkovský učitel</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bohdan_Sl%C3%A1ma" title="Bohdan Sláma">Bohdan Sláma</a></td> <td>Czechia </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Country_Wedding" title="Country Wedding">Country Wedding</a></i></td> <td><i>Sveitabrúðkaup</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vald%C3%ADs_%C3%93skarsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Valdís Óskarsdóttir">Valdís Óskarsdóttir</a></td> <td>Iceland </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fear_Me_Not" title="Fear Me Not">Fear Me Not</a></i></td> <td><i>Den du frygter</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristian_Levring" title="Kristian Levring">Kristian Levring</a></td> <td>Denmark </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Film_with_Me_in_It" title="A Film with Me in It">A Film with Me in It</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Fitzgibbon" title="Ian Fitzgibbon">Ian Fitzgibbon</a></td> <td>Ireland </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Firaaq" title="Firaaq">Firaaq</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nandita_Das" title="Nandita Das">Nandita Das</a></td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Dollars_a_Day" title="Five Dollars a Day">Five Dollars a Day</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Cole" title="Nigel Cole">Nigel Cole</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Flame_%26_Citron" title="Flame & Citron">Flame & Citron</a></i></td> <td><i>Flammen & Citronen</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ole_Christian_Madsen" title="Ole Christian Madsen">Ole Christian Madsen</a></td> <td>Denmark </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_(2008_film)" title="The Ghost (2008 film)">The Ghost</a></i></td> <td><i>Domovoi</i></td> <td>Karen Oganesyan</td> <td>Russia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Solo_(film)" title="Goodbye Solo (film)">Goodbye Solo</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramin_Bahrani" title="Ramin Bahrani">Ramin Bahrani</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/El_Greco_(2007_film)" title="El Greco (2007 film)">El Greco</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yannis_Smaragdis" title="Yannis Smaragdis">Yannis Smaragdis</a></td> <td>Greece </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Plenty_(film)" title="Horn of Plenty (film)">Horn of Plenty</a></i></td> <td><i>El cuerno de la abundancia</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Tab%C3%ADo" title="Juan Carlos Tabío">Juan Carlos Tabío</a></td> <td>Cuba, Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>In the Shadow of the Naga</i></td> <td><i>Nak prok</i></td> <td>Phawat Panangkasiri</td> <td>Thailand </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Jerichow_(film)" title="Jerichow (film)">Jerichow</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Petzold_(director)" title="Christian Petzold (director)">Christian Petzold</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Katia%27s_Sister" title="Katia's Sister">Katia's Sister</a></i></td> <td><i>Het zusje van Katia</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mijke_de_Jong" title="Mijke de Jong">Mijke de Jong</a></td> <td>Netherlands </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Khamsa_(film)" title="Khamsa (film)">Khamsa</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karim_Dridi" title="Karim Dridi">Karim Dridi</a></td> <td>France, Germany, Tunisia </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Knitting_(film)" title="Knitting (film)">Knitting</a></i></td> <td><i>Niú lán zhī nǔ</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yin_Lichuan" title="Yin Lichuan">Yin Lichuan</a></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Laila's Birthday</i></td> <td><i>Eid Milad Laila</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Masharawi" title="Rashid Masharawi">Rashid Masharawi</a></td> <td>Palestine, Tunisia, Netherlands </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Linha_de_Passe" title="Linha de Passe">Linha de Passe</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Salles" title="Walter Salles">Walter Salles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniela_Thomas" title="Daniela Thomas">Daniela Thomas</a></td> <td>Brazil </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lion%27s_Den_(2008_film)" title="Lion's Den (2008 film)">Lion's Den</a></i></td> <td><i>Leonera</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Trapero" title="Pablo Trapero">Pablo Trapero</a></td> <td>Argentina, South Korea, Brazil, Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Song_(film)" title="Lost Song (film)">Lost Song</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodrigue_Jean" title="Rodrigue Jean">Rodrigue Jean</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Machan_(2008_film)" title="Machan (2008 film)">Machan</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uberto_Pasolini" title="Uberto Pasolini">Uberto Pasolini</a></td> <td>Italy, Sri Lanka </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mark_of_an_Angel" title="Mark of an Angel">Mark of an Angel</a></i></td> <td><i>L'Empreinte de l'ange</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Safy_Nebbou" title="Safy Nebbou">Safy Nebbou</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mommy_Is_at_the_Hairdresser%27s" title="Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's">Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's</a></i></td> <td><i>Maman est chez le coiffeur</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9a_Pool" title="Léa Pool">Léa Pool</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Middle_of_Nowhere_(2008_film)" title="Middle of Nowhere (2008 film)">Middle of Nowhere</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stockwell_(actor)" title="John Stockwell (actor)">John Stockwell</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Mothers_%26_Daughters_(2008_film)" title="Mothers & Daughters (2008 film)">Mothers & Daughters</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bessai" title="Carl Bessai">Carl Bessai</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Mother,_My_Bride_and_I" title="My Mother, My Bride and I">My Mother, My Bride and I</a></i></td> <td><i>Die zweite Frau</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hans_Steinbichler" title="Hans Steinbichler">Hans Steinbichler</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Narrows_(film)" title="The Narrows (film)">The Narrows</a></i></td> <td>François Velle</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Native Dancer</i></td> <td><i>Baksy</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulshat_Omarova" title="Gulshat Omarova">Gulshat Omarova</a></td> <td>Kazakhstan, Russia, France, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_No-Hit_No-Run_Summer" title="A No-Hit No-Run Summer">A No-Hit No-Run Summer</a></i></td> <td><i>Un été sans point ni coup sûr</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Leclerc" title="Francis Leclerc">Francis Leclerc</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/O%27_Horten" title="O' Horten">O' Horten</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bent_Hamer" title="Bent Hamer">Bent Hamer</a></td> <td>Norway, France, Germany, Denmark </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Rio" title="Once Upon a Time in Rio">Once Upon a Time in Rio</a></i></td> <td><i>Era uma Vez...</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Breno_Silveira" title="Breno Silveira">Breno Silveira</a></td> <td>Brazil </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pandora%27s_Box_(2008_film)" title="Pandora's Box (2008 film)">Pandora's Box</a></i></td> <td><i>Pandora'nın Kutusu</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ye%C5%9Fim_Ustao%C4%9Flu" title="Yeşim Ustaoğlu">Yeşim Ustaoğlu</a></td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Patrik,_Age_1.5" title="Patrik, Age 1.5">Patrik, Age 1.5</a></i></td> <td><i>Patrik 1,5</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ella_Lemhagen" title="Ella Lemhagen">Ella Lemhagen</a></td> <td>Sweden </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Pedro_(2008_film)" title="Pedro (2008 film)">Pedro</a></i></td> <td>Nicholas Oceano</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Radio Love</i></td> <td>Leonardo de Armas</td> <td>Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Rest of the Night</i></td> <td><i>Il Resto della notte</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Munzi" title="Francesco Munzi">Francesco Munzi</a></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Restless</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amos_Kollek" title="Amos Kollek">Amos Kollek</a></td> <td>Israel, France, Canada, Germany, Belgium </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Hansala" title="Return to Hansala">Return to Hansala</a></i></td> <td><i>Retorno a Hansala</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chus_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Chus Gutiérrez">Chus Gutiérrez</a></td> <td>Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Revanche_(film)" title="Revanche (film)">Revanche</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_Spielmann" title="Götz Spielmann">Götz Spielmann</a></td> <td>Austria </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Skin_(2008_film)" title="Skin (2008 film)">Skin</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Fabian" title="Anthony Fabian">Anthony Fabian</a></td> <td>South Africa, United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Hours" title="Summer Hours">Summer Hours</a></i></td> <td><i>L'Heure d'été</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Assayas" title="Olivier Assayas">Olivier Assayas</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Sugar_(2008_film)" title="Sugar (2008 film)">Sugar</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anna_Boden" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Boden">Anna Boden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Fleck" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryan Fleck">Ryan Fleck</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Teza_(film)" title="Teza (film)">Teza</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haile_Gerima" title="Haile Gerima">Haile Gerima</a></td> <td>Ethiopia </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Wise_Men_(2008_film)" title="Three Wise Men (2008 film)">Three Wise Men</a></i></td> <td><i>Kolme viisasta miestä</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mika_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Mika Kaurismäki">Mika Kaurismäki</a></td> <td>Finland </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Stories" title="Toronto Stories">Toronto Stories</a></i></td> <td>David Weaver, <a href="/wiki/Sudz_Sutherland" title="Sudz Sutherland">Sudz Sutherland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Woodley" title="Aaron Woodley">Aaron Woodley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sook-Yin_Lee" title="Sook-Yin Lee">Sook-Yin Lee</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Treeless_Mountain" title="Treeless Mountain">Treeless Mountain</a></i></td> <td><i>Namueopneun San</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/So_Yong_Kim" title="So Yong Kim">So Yong Kim</a></td> <td>South Korea </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Two-legged_Horse" title="Two-legged Horse">Two-legged Horse</a></i></td> <td><i>Asbe du-pa</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samira_Makhmalbaf" title="Samira Makhmalbaf">Samira Makhmalbaf</a></td> <td>Iran </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Under_the_Tree_(2008_film)" title="Under the Tree (2008 film)">Under the Tree</a></i></td> <td><i>Di Bawah Pohon</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garin_Nugroho" title="Garin Nugroho">Garin Nugroho</a></td> <td>Indonesia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Wendy_and_Lucy" title="Wendy and Lucy">Wendy and Lucy</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Reichardt" title="Kelly Reichardt">Kelly Reichardt</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/White_Night_Wedding" title="White Night Wedding">White Night Wedding</a></i></td> <td><i>Brúðguminn</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltasar_Korm%C3%A1kur" title="Baltasar Kormákur">Baltasar Kormákur</a></td> <td>Iceland </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Window</i></td> <td><i>La Ventana</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sorin" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Sorin">Carlos Sorin</a></td> <td>Argentina, Spain </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery">Discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Hopkins</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Lunch" title="Cold Lunch">Cold Lunch</a></i></td> <td><i>Lønsj</i></td> <td>Eva Sørhaug</td> <td>Norway </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Daytime_Drinking" title="Daytime Drinking">Daytime Drinking</a></i></td> <td><i>Najsul</i></td> <td>Young-seok Noh</td> <td>South Korea </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Delta_(2008_film)" title="Delta (2008 film)">Delta</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Korn%C3%A9l_Mundrucz%C3%B3" title="Kornél Mundruczó">Kornél Mundruczó</a></td> <td>Hungary </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Gigantic_(film)" title="Gigantic (film)">Gigantic</a></i></td> <td>Matt Aselton</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Hooked_(2008_film)" title="Hooked (2008 film)">Hooked</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Sitaru" title="Adrian Sitaru">Adrian Sitaru</a></td> <td>Romania </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Hunger_(2008_film)" title="Hunger (2008 film)">Hunger</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(director)" title="Steve McQueen (director)">Steve McQueen</a></td> <td>Ireland, United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Kabuli_Kid" title="Kabuli Kid">Kabuli Kid</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barmak_Akram" title="Barmak Akram">Barmak Akram</a></td> <td>France, Afghanistan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Lovely,_Still" title="Lovely, Still">Lovely, Still</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nik_Fackler" title="Nik Fackler">Nik Fackler</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Lymelife" title="Lymelife">Lymelife</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derick_Martini" title="Derick Martini">Derick Martini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martini" title="Steve Martini">Steve Martini</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Medicine_for_Melancholy" title="Medicine for Melancholy">Medicine for Melancholy</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Paranoids" title="The Paranoids">The Paranoids</a></i></td> <td><i>Los paranoicos</i></td> <td>Gabriel Medina</td> <td>Argentina </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Parc_(film)" title="Parc (film)">Parc</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_des_Palli%C3%A8res" title="Arnaud des Pallières">Arnaud des Pallières</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Rain_(2008_film)" title="Rain (2008 film)">Rain</a></i></td> <td>Maria Govan</td> <td>Bahamas </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Snow_(2008_film)" title="Snow (2008 film)">Snow</a></i></td> <td><i>Snijeg</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aida_Begi%C4%87" title="Aida Begić">Aida Begić</a></td> <td>Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stoning_of_Soraya_M." title="The Stoning of Soraya M.">The Stoning of Soraya M.</a></i></td> <td><i>Sangsār-e Sorayā M.</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Nowrasteh" title="Cyrus Nowrasteh">Cyrus Nowrasteh</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Tale 52</i></td> <td><i>Istoria 52</i></td> <td>Alexis Alexiou</td> <td>Greece </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_(2008_film)" title="Three Blind Mice (2008 film)">Three Blind Mice</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Newton" title="Matthew Newton">Matthew Newton</a></td> <td>Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Tony_Manero_(film)" title="Tony Manero (film)">Tony Manero</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Larra%C3%ADn" title="Pablo Larraín">Pablo Larraín</a></td> <td>Chile </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Tulpan" title="Tulpan">Tulpan</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Dvortsevoy" title="Sergey Dvortsevoy">Sergey Dvortsevoy</a></td> <td>Kazakhstan, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Vacation</i></td> <td><i>Kyuka</i></td> <td>Hajime Kadoi</td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/What_Doesn%27t_Kill_You_(film)" title="What Doesn't Kill You (film)">What Doesn't Kill You</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Goodman" title="Brian Goodman">Brian Goodman</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Winds_of_September" title="Winds of September">Winds of September</a></i></td> <td>九降風</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lin_Shu-yu" title="Tom Lin Shu-yu">Tom Lin Shu-yu</a></td> <td>Taiwan </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Zift" title="Zift">Zift</a></i></td> <td><i>Dzift</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Javor_Gardev" title="Javor Gardev">Javor Gardev</a></td> <td>Bulgaria </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada_First">Canada First</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Lyne Charlebois">Lyne Charlebois</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Control_Alt_Delete_(film)" title="Control Alt Delete (film)">Control Alt Delete</a></i></td> <td>Cameron Labine </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Coopers%27_Camera" title="Coopers' Camera">Coopers' Camera</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_P._Sonoda" title="Warren P. Sonoda">Warren P. Sonoda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Down_to_the_Dirt" title="Down to the Dirt">Down to the Dirt</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Simms" title="Justin Simms">Justin Simms</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Edison_and_Leo" title="Edison and Leo">Edison and Leo</a></i></td> <td>Neil Burns </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Nurse.Fighter.Boy" title="Nurse.Fighter.Boy">Nurse.Fighter.Boy</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Officer" title="Charles Officer">Charles Officer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Only</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Veninger" title="Ingrid Veninger">Ingrid Veninger</a>, Simon Reynolds </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Real_Time_(film)" title="Real Time (film)">Real Time</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randall_Cole" title="Randall Cole">Randall Cole</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>When Life Was Good</i></td> <td>Terry Miles </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Real_to_Reel">Real to Reel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Real to Reel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>7915 KM</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Geyrhalter" title="Nikolaus Geyrhalter">Nikolaus Geyrhalter</a></td> <td>Austria </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Swing" title="American Swing">American Swing</a></i></td> <td>Mathew Kaufman</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Edge_of_the_World_(2008_film)" title="At the Edge of the World (2008 film)">At the Edge of the World</a></i></td> <td>Dan Stone</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weijun_Chen" title="Weijun Chen">Weijun Chen</a></td> <td>United Kingdom, Denmark, Netherlands </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blind_Loves" title="Blind Loves">Blind Loves</a></i></td> <td><i>Slepe lásky</i></td> <td>Juraj Lehotsky</td> <td>Slovakia </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Citizen Juling</i></td> <td><i>Polamuang Juling </i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kraisak_Choonhavan" title="Kraisak Choonhavan">Kraisak Choonhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manit_Sriwanichpoom" title="Manit Sriwanichpoom">Manit Sriwanichpoom</a>, Ing K</td> <td>Thailand </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dungeon_Masters" title="The Dungeon Masters">The Dungeon Masters</a></i></td> <td>Keven McAlester</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Examined_Life" title="Examined Life">Examined Life</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Astra_Taylor" title="Astra Taylor">Astra Taylor</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Food,_Inc." title="Food, Inc.">Food, Inc.</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kenner" title="Robert Kenner">Robert Kenner</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>From Mother to Daughter</i></td> <td><i>Di madre in figlia</i></td> <td>Andrea Zambelli</td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29%E2%80%9329" title="Harvard Beats Yale 29–29">Harvard Beats Yale 29–29</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rafferty" title="Kevin Rafferty">Kevin Rafferty</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heart_of_Jenin" title="The Heart of Jenin">The Heart of Jenin</a></i></td> <td><i>Das Herz von Jenin</i></td> <td>Leon Geller, <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Vetter" title="Marcus Vetter">Marcus Vetter</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/It_Might_Get_Loud" title="It Might Get Loud">It Might Get Loud</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Davis_Guggenheim" title="Davis Guggenheim">Davis Guggenheim</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Killing_Kasztner" title="Killing Kasztner">Killing Kasztner</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaylen_Ross" title="Gaylen Ross">Gaylen Ross</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Memories_of_Angels" title="The Memories of Angels">The Memories of Angels</a></i></td> <td><i>La mémoire des anges</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luc_Bourdon_(filmmaker)" title="Luc Bourdon (filmmaker)">Luc Bourdon</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/More_Than_a_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="More Than a Game">More Than a Game</a></i></td> <td>Kristopher Belman</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Paris,_Not_France" title="Paris, Not France">Paris, Not France</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adria_Petty" title="Adria Petty">Adria Petty</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Peace Mission</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorothee_Wenner" title="Dorothee Wenner">Dorothee Wenner</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Shaolin" title="The Real Shaolin">The Real Shaolin</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Sebastien_Lee" title="Alexander Sebastien Lee">Alexander Sebastien Lee</a></td> <td>United States, China </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Sea_Point_Days" title="Sea Point Days">Sea Point Days</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Verster" title="François Verster">François Verster</a></td> <td>South Africa </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies</i></td> <td><i>Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yulene_Olaizola" title="Yulene Olaizola">Yulene Olaizola</a></td> <td>Mexico </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Shooting_Robert_King" title="Shooting Robert King">Shooting Robert King</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Parry_(director)" title="Richard Parry (director)">Richard Parry</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Power_(film)" title="Soul Power (film)">Soul Power</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Levy-Hinte" title="Jeff Levy-Hinte">Jeff Levy-Hinte</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Sounds_Like_Teen_Spirit" title="Sounds Like Teen Spirit">Sounds Like Teen Spirit</a></i></td> <td>Jamie Jay Johnson</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Under Rich Earth</i></td> <td><i>Bajo Suelos Ricos</i></td> <td>Malcolm Rogge</td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Unmistaken_Child" title="Unmistaken Child">Unmistaken Child</a></i></td> <td>Nati Baratz</td> <td>Israel </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Unwanted Witness</i></td> <td><i>Sin Tregua</i></td> <td>Juan José Lozano</td> <td>Switzerland, France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Upstream Battle</i></td> <td>Ben Kempas</td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Witch Hunt</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dana_Nachman" title="Dana Nachman">Dana Nachman</a>, Don Hardy</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Yes Madam, Sir</i></td> <td>Megan Doneman</td> <td>Australia, India </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Masters">Masters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Masters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Achilles_and_the_Tortoise_(film)" title="Achilles and the Tortoise (film)">Achilles and the Tortoise</a></i></td> <td><i>Akiresu to Kame</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Kitano" title="Takeshi Kitano">Takeshi Kitano</a></td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adam_Resurrected" title="Adam Resurrected">Adam Resurrected</a></i></td> <td><i>Adam Ben Kelev</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a></td> <td>Germany, Israel, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beaches_of_Agn%C3%A8s" title="The Beaches of Agnès">The Beaches of Agnès</a></i></td> <td><i>Les Plages d'Agnès</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Varda" title="Agnès Varda">Agnès Varda</a></td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Everlasting_Moments" title="Everlasting Moments">Everlasting Moments</a></i></td> <td><i>Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Troell" title="Jan Troell">Jan Troell</a></td> <td>Sweden </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Nights_with_Anna" title="Four Nights with Anna">Four Nights with Anna</a></i></td> <td><i>Cztery noce z Anną</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Skolimowski" title="Jerzy Skolimowski">Jerzy Skolimowski</a></td> <td>Poland, France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lorna%27s_Silence" title="Lorna's Silence">Lorna's Silence</a></i></td> <td><i>Le Silence de Lorna</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Dardenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Pierre Dardenne">Jean-Pierre Dardenne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luc_Dardenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Luc Dardenne">Luc Dardenne</a></td> <td>Belgium, Italy, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Of_Time_and_the_City" title="Of Time and the City">Of Time and the City</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terence_Davies" title="Terence Davies">Terence Davies</a></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nuit_de_chien" title="Nuit de chien">This Night</a></i></td> <td><i>Nuit de chien</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Werner_Schroeter" title="Werner Schroeter">Werner Schroeter</a></td> <td>Portugal, Germany, France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Monkeys_(film)" title="Three Monkeys (film)">Three Monkeys</a></i></td> <td><i>Üç Maymun</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nuri_Bilge_Ceylan" title="Nuri Bilge Ceylan">Nuri Bilge Ceylan</a></td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Sonata" title="Tokyo Sonata">Tokyo Sonata</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Kurosawa" title="Kiyoshi Kurosawa">Kiyoshi Kurosawa</a></td> <td>Japan </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mavericks">Mavericks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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<tr> <td colspan="2"><i>A Time to Stir</i></td> <td>Paul Cronin</td> <td>United Kingdom, United States </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canadian_Open_Vault">Canadian Open Vault</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Canadian Open Vault"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Thirty_Two_Short_Films_About_Glenn_Gould" title="Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould">Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Girard" title="François Girard">François Girard</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vanguard">Vanguard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Vanguard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Afterwards_(2008_film)" title="Afterwards (2008 film)">Afterwards</a></i></td> <td><i>Et après</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilles_Bourdos" title="Gilles Bourdos">Gilles Bourdos</a></td> <td>Canada, France </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Behind Me</i></td> <td><i>Derrière moi</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rafa%C3%ABl_Ouellet" title="Rafaël Ouellet">Rafaël Ouellet</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Gods</i></td> <td><i>Dioses</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josu%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez" title="Josué Méndez">Josué Méndez</a></td> <td>Peru </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Explode" title="I'm Gonna Explode">I'm Gonna Explode</a></i></td> <td><i>Voy a Explotar</i></td> <td>Gerardo Naranjo</td> <td>Mexico </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Kisses_(2008_film)" title="Kisses (2008 film)">Kisses</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Daly" title="Lance Daly">Lance Daly</a></td> <td>Ireland </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Flame" title="Ocean Flame">Ocean Flame</a></i></td> <td><i>Yíbàn Haǐshuǐ, Yíbàn Huǒyàn</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liu_Fendou" title="Liu Fendou">Liu Fendou</a></td> <td>Hong Kong </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Pa-ra-da</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marco_Pontecorvo" title="Marco Pontecorvo">Marco Pontecorvo</a></td> <td>Italy, France, Romania </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Pontypool_(film)" title="Pontypool (film)">Pontypool</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_McDonald_(director)" title="Bruce McDonald (director)">Bruce McDonald</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Sauna_(film)" title="Sauna (film)">Sauna</a></i></td> <td>Antti-Jussi Annila</td> <td>Finland </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Service_(film)" title="Service (film)">Service</a></i></td> <td><i>Serbis</i></td> <td>Brillante Mendoza</td> <td>Philippines </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tears_for_Sale" title="Tears for Sale">Tears for Sale</a></i></td> <td><i>Čarlston za Ognjenku</i></td> <td>Uroš Stojanović</td> <td>Serbia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Universalove" title="Universalove">Universalove</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Woschitz" title="Thomas Woschitz">Thomas Woschitz</a></td> <td>Austria </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visions">Visions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Visions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/24_City" title="24 City">24 City</a></i></td> <td><i>二十四城记</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jia_Zhangke" title="Jia Zhangke">Jia Zhangke</a></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Birdsong_(film)" title="Birdsong (film)">Birdsong</a></i></td> <td><i>El cant dels ocells</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Serra" title="Albert Serra">Albert Serra</a></td> <td>Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>I Want to See</i></td> <td><i>Je veux voir</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joana_Hadjithomas" class="mw-redirect" title="Joana Hadjithomas">Joana Hadjithomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khalil_Joreige" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalil Joreige">Khalil Joreige</a></td> <td>France, Lebanon </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_(2008_film)" title="Liverpool (2008 film)">Liverpool</a></i></td> <td>Lisandro Alonso</td> <td>Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Milk_(2008_Turkish_film)" title="Milk (2008 Turkish film)">Milk</a></i></td> <td><i>Süt</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Semih_Kaplano%C4%9Flu" title="Semih Kaplanoğlu">Semih Kaplanoğlu</a></td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Salamander</i></td> <td><i>Salamandra</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Ag%C3%BCero" title="Pablo Agüero">Pablo Agüero</a></td> <td>France, Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sky_Crawlers_(film)" title="The Sky Crawlers (film)">The Sky Crawlers</a></i></td> <td><i>Sukai Kurora</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mamoru_Oshii" title="Mamoru Oshii">Mamoru Oshii</a></td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Uncertainty_(film)" title="Uncertainty (film)">Uncertainty</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_McGehee" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott McGehee">Scott McGehee</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Siegel_(screenwriter)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Siegel (screenwriter)">David Siegel</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Unspoken_(film)" title="Unspoken (film)">Unspoken</a></i></td> <td><i>Non-dit</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fien_Troch" title="Fien Troch">Fien Troch</a></td> <td>Belgium </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Vinyan" title="Vinyan">Vinyan</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fabrice_du_Welz" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabrice du Welz">Fabrice du Welz</a></td> <td>France, Australia, Belgium, United Kingdom </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midnight_Madness">Midnight Madness</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Midnight Madness"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Acolytes_(film)" title="Acolytes (film)">Acolytes</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hewitt" title="Jon Hewitt">Jon Hewitt</a></td> <td>Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burrowers" title="The Burrowers">The Burrowers</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._T._Petty" title="J. T. Petty">J. T. Petty</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Chocolate_(2008_film)" title="Chocolate (2008 film)">Chocolate</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prachya_Pinkaew" title="Prachya Pinkaew">Prachya Pinkaew</a></td> <td>Thailand </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Deadgirl" title="Deadgirl">Deadgirl</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Sarmiento" title="Marcel Sarmiento">Marcel Sarmiento</a>, Gadi Harel</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Metal_City" title="Detroit Metal City">Detroit Metal City</a></i></td> <td><i>Detoroito Metaru Shiti</i></td> <td>Toshio Lee</td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Eden_Log" title="Eden Log">Eden Log</a></i></td> <td>Franck Vestiel</td> <td>France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/JCVD_(film)" title="JCVD (film)">JCVD</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mabrouk_El_Mechri" title="Mabrouk El Mechri">Mabrouk El Mechri</a></td> <td>Belgium, France, Luxembourg </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_(2008_film)" title="Martyrs (2008 film)">Martyrs</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Laugier" title="Pascal Laugier">Pascal Laugier</a></td> <td>France, Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Not_Quite_Hollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Not Quite Hollywood">Not Quite Hollywood</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hartley" title="Mark Hartley">Mark Hartley</a></td> <td>Australia, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sexykiller" title="Sexykiller">Sexykiller</a></i></td> <td><i>Sexykiller, morirás por ella</i></td> <td>Miguel Martí</td> <td>Spain </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_Cuts_Canada">Short Cuts Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Short Cuts Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>106</i></td> <td>Candice Day</td> <td rowspan="38">Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Amendment</i></td> <td>Kevin Papatie </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Baghdad Twist</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Balass" title="Joe Balass">Joe Balass</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Bedroom</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Canning" title="Jordan Canning">Jordan Canning</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Belonging</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Lazebnik" title="Elizabeth Lazebnik">Elizabeth Lazebnik</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Walls_(2008_film)" title="Beyond the Walls (2008 film)">Beyond the Walls</a></i></td> <td><i>La Battue</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guy_%C3%89doin" title="Guy Édoin">Guy Édoin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Catsitter</i></td> <td>Tim Hamilton </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Cattle Call</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Rankin" title="Matthew Rankin">Matthew Rankin</a>, Mike Maryniuk </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Earring</i></td> <td>Nicholas Pye, Sheila Pye </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Forty Men for the Yukon</i></td> <td>Tony Massil </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Gilles</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constant_Mentzas" title="Constant Mentzas">Constant Mentzas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Door_(film)" title="Green Door (film)">Green Door</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Semi_Chellas" title="Semi Chellas">Semi Chellas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Hers at Last</i></td> <td>Helen Lee </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>How Are You?</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Susan_Coyne" title="Susan Coyne">Susan Coyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martha_Burns" title="Martha Burns">Martha Burns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Hungu</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Brault" title="Nicolas Brault">Nicolas Brault</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Lobotomobile</i></td> <td>Sara St. Onge </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Machine with Wishbone</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randall_Okita" title="Randall Okita">Randall Okita</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Name_Is_Victor_Gazon" title="My Name Is Victor Gazon">My Name Is Victor Gazon</a></i></td> <td><i>Mon nom est Victor Gazon</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gaz%C3%A9" title="Patrick Gazé">Patrick Gazé</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Floor" title="Next Floor">Next Floor</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve" title="Denis Villeneuve">Denis Villeneuve</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Night Vision</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Barker_(film_director)" title="Phillip Barker (film director)">Philip Barker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Noon</i></td> <td><i>Midi</i></td> <td>Dan Popa </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Passage</i></td> <td>Karl Lemieux </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Passages_(2008_film)" title="Passages (2008 film)">Passages</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9e_Saint-Pierre" title="Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre">Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Pat's First Kiss</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Mills_(director)" title="Pat Mills (director)">Pat Mills</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Pierce, Crush, Escape: Notes on the Boreal</i></td> <td>Susan Turcot </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret_Blvd." title="Princess Margaret Blvd.">Princess Margaret Blvd.</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazik_Radwanski" title="Kazik Radwanski">Kazik Radwanski</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Pudge</i></td> <td>Annie Bradley </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Rosa Rosa</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Dufour-Laperri%C3%A8re" title="Félix Dufour-Laperrière">Félix Dufour-Laperrière</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Running (Heart, Body, Mind, Spirit)</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_Marie_Fleming" title="Ann Marie Fleming">Ann Marie Fleming</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>A Small Thing</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Garnet_Jones" title="Adam Garnet Jones">Adam Garnet Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Spoiled</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sherry_White" title="Sherry White">Sherry White</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Sunday</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_M._Dagg" title="Jamie M. Dagg">Jamie M. Dagg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Synthesizer</i></td> <td><i>Synthétiseur</i></td> <td>Sarah Fortin </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Uniform Material</i></td> <td>Chris McCarroll </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Us Chickens</i></td> <td>Mark Van de Ven </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>What I've Lost</i></td> <td>Duraid Munajim </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Whitmore Park</i></td> <td>Brian Stockton </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Workout</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sami_Khan_(filmmaker)" title="Sami Khan (filmmaker)">Sami Khan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sprockets_Family_Zone">Sprockets Family Zone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sprockets Family Zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Krabat_(film)" title="Krabat (film)">Krabat</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marco_Kreuzpaintner" title="Marco Kreuzpaintner">Marco Kreuzpaintner</a></td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mia_and_the_Migoo" title="Mia and the Migoo">Mia and the Migoo</a></i></td> <td><i>Mia et le Migou</i></td> <td>Jacques-Rémy Girerd</td> <td>France, Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_Moonacre" title="The Secret of Moonacre">The Secret of Moonacre</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A1bor_Csup%C3%B3" title="Gábor Csupó">Gábor Csupó</a></td> <td>France, Australia, Hungary, United Kingdom, United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Barry_%26_The_Disco_Worms" title="Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms">Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms</a></i></td> <td><i>Disco ormene</i></td> <td>Thomas Borch Nielsen</td> <td>Denmark, Germany </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wavelengths">Wavelengths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Wavelengths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Artemis's Knee</i></td> <td><i>Le Genou d'Artemide</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Straub" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Marie Straub">Jean-Marie Straub</a></td> <td>Italy, France </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>L'Atelier</i></td> <td>Hannes Schüpbach</td> <td>Switzerland </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Black and White Trypps Number Three</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Russell_(filmmaker)" title="Ben Russell (filmmaker)">Ben Russell</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Block_B" title="Block B">Block B</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Chong_Chan_Fui" title="Chris Chong Chan Fui">Chris Chong Chan Fui</a></td> <td>Canada, Malaysia </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Dig</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Todd_(filmmaker)" title="Robert Todd (filmmaker)">Robert Todd</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Encyclopaedia Britannica</i></td> <td>John Latham</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Flash in the Metropolitan</i></td> <td>Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Garden/ing</i></td> <td>Eriko Sonoda</td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Horizontal Boundaries</i></td> <td>Pat O'Neill</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>How to Conduct a Love Affair</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Gatten" title="David Gatten">David Gatten</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Lossless #2</i></td> <td>Rebecca Baron, Douglas Goodwin</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Mosaik Mécanique</i></td> <td>Norbert Pfaffenbichler</td> <td>Austria </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Optra Field III-VI</i></td> <td>T. Marie</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly</i></td> <td>Charlotte Pryce</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Paricutin</i></td> <td>Erika Loic</td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Public Domain</i></td> <td>Jim Jennings</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Refraction Series</i></td> <td>Chris Gehman</td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Rodakis</i></td> <td>Olaf Nikolai</td> <td>Germany </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/RR_(film)" title="RR (film)">RR</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Benning_(film_director)" title="James Benning (film director)">James Benning</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Sarabande</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Dorsky" title="Nathaniel Dorsky">Nathaniel Dorsky</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Secret History of the Dividing Line</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Gatten" title="David Gatten">David Gatten</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Suspension</i></td> <td>Vanessa O'Neill</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Tell Me On Tuesday</i></td> <td><i>Sag es mir Dienstag</i></td> <td>Astrid Ofner</td> <td>Austria </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Trypps #5 (Dubai)</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Russell_(filmmaker)" title="Ben Russell (filmmaker)">Ben Russell</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Tziporah</i></td> <td>Abraham Ravett</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>When It Was Blue</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Reeves" title="Jennifer Reeves">Jennifer Reeves</a></td> <td>United States, Iceland </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Winter</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Dorsky" title="Nathaniel Dorsky">Nathaniel Dorsky</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_Projections">Future Projections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Future Projections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable" width="100%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="32%">English title </th> <th scope="col" width="28%">Original title </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" width="20%">Production country </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Butcher's Shop</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Haas" title="Philip Haas">Philip Haas</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Cathedral</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marco_Brambilla" title="Marco Brambilla">Marco Brambilla</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>The Death of Tom</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ligon" title="Glenn Ligon">Glenn Ligon</a></td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>I'm Feeling Lucky</i></td> <td>Samuel Chow</td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Teenager Hamlet 2006</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaux_Williamson" title="Margaux Williamson">Margaux Williamson</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>Utopia Suite</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clive_Holden" title="Clive Holden">Clive Holden</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><i>When the Gods Came Down to Earth</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Srinivas_Krishna" title="Srinivas Krishna">Srinivas Krishna</a></td> <td>Canada </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yonge-Dundas_Square">Yonge-Dundas Square</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Yonge-Dundas Square"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Free public events at <a href="/wiki/Dundas_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Dundas Square">Dundas Square</a>, including outdoor film screenings and promotional tie-in concerts. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Blanchard" title="Terence Blanchard">Terence Blanchard</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Celluloid_Closet_(film)" title="The Celluloid Closet (film)">The Celluloid Closet</a></i></li> <li><i>Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood</i></li> <li>EdgeCodes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lake_Swimmers" title="Great Lake Swimmers">Great Lake Swimmers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emm_Gryner" title="Emm Gryner">Emm Gryner</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hearts_of_Darkness:_A_Filmmaker%27s_Apocalypse" title="Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse">Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keb%27_Mo%27" title="Keb' Mo'">Keb' Mo'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youssou_N%27Dour" title="Youssou N'Dour">Youssou N'Dour</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_Entertainment!" title="That's Entertainment!">That's Entertainment!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Visions_of_Light:_The_Art_of_Cinematography" class="mw-redirect" title="Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography">Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canada's_Top_Ten"><span id="Canada.27s_Top_Ten"></span>Canada's Top Ten</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Canada's Top Ten"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>TIFF's annual <a href="/wiki/Canada%27s_Top_Ten" title="Canada's Top Ten">Canada's Top Ten</a> list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released in December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-cinematheque_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinematheque-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feature_films">Feature films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Feature films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_(2008_film)" title="Adoration (2008 film)">Adoration</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Atom_Egoyan" title="Atom Egoyan">Atom Egoyan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Before_Tomorrow" title="Before Tomorrow">Before Tomorrow</a> (Le jour avant le lendemain)</i> — <a href="/wiki/Marie-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Cousineau" title="Marie-Hélène Cousineau">Marie-Hélène Cousineau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madeline_Ivalu" title="Madeline Ivalu">Madeline Ivalu</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fifty_Dead_Men_Walking" title="Fifty Dead Men Walking">Fifty Dead Men Walking</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Kari_Skogland" title="Kari Skogland">Kari Skogland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_on_Earth_(2008_film)" title="Heaven on Earth (2008 film)">Heaven on Earth</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Deepa_Mehta" title="Deepa Mehta">Deepa Mehta</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Not_Me,_I_Swear!" title="It's Not Me, I Swear!">It's Not Me, I Swear!</a> (C'est pas moi, je le jure)</i> — <a href="/wiki/Philippe_Falardeau" title="Philippe Falardeau">Philippe Falardeau</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Song_(film)" title="Lost Song (film)">Lost Song</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Rodrigue_Jean" title="Rodrigue Jean">Rodrigue Jean</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mommy_Is_at_the_Hairdresser%27s" title="Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's">Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's</a> (Maman est chez le coiffeur)</i> — <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9a_Pool" title="Léa Pool">Léa Pool</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Memories_of_Angels" title="The Memories of Angels">The Memories of Angels</a> (La Memoire des anges)</i> — <a href="/wiki/Luc_Bourdon_(filmmaker)" title="Luc Bourdon (filmmaker)">Luc Bourdon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Necessities_of_Life" title="The Necessities of Life">The Necessities of Life</a> (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)</i> — <a href="/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Pilon" title="Benoît Pilon">Benoît Pilon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pontypool_(film)" title="Pontypool (film)">Pontypool</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Bruce_McDonald_(director)" title="Bruce McDonald (director)">Bruce McDonald</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_films">Short films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Short films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Walls_(2008_film)" title="Beyond the Walls (2008 film)">Beyond the Walls</a> (La Battue)</i> — <a href="/wiki/Guy_%C3%89doin" title="Guy Édoin">Guy Édoin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Block_B_(film)" title="Block B (film)">Block B</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chong_Chan_Fui" title="Chris Chong Chan Fui">Chris Chong Chan Fui</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drux_Flux" title="Drux Flux">Drux Flux</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Ushev" title="Theodore Ushev">Theodore Ushev</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_and_Gravel_Roads" title="Ghosts and Gravel Roads">Ghosts and Gravel Roads</a></i> — <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Rollo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Rollo (page does not exist)">Mike Rollo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Door_(film)" title="Green Door (film)">Green Door</a></i> — <a 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Blvd.</a></i> — <a href="/wiki/Kazik_Radwanski" title="Kazik Radwanski">Kazik Radwanski</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="/wiki/1976_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1976 Toronto International Film Festival">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1977 Toronto International Film Festival">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1978 Toronto International Film Festival">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1979 Toronto International Film Festival">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1980 Toronto International Film Festival">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1981 Toronto International Film Festival">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1982 Toronto International Film Festival">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1983 Toronto International Film Festival">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1984 Toronto International Film Festival">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1985 Toronto International Film Festival">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1986 Toronto International Film Festival">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1987 Toronto International Film Festival">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1988 Toronto International Film Festival">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1989 Toronto International Film Festival">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1990 Toronto International Film Festival">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1991 Toronto International Film Festival">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1992 Toronto International Film Festival">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1993 Toronto International Film Festival">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1994 Toronto International Film Festival">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1995 Toronto International Film Festival">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1996 Toronto International Film Festival">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1997 Toronto International Film Festival">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1998 Toronto International Film Festival">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1999 Toronto International Film Festival">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2000 Toronto International Film Festival">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2001 Toronto International Film Festival">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2002 Toronto International Film Festival">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2003 Toronto International Film Festival">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2004 Toronto International Film Festival">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2005 Toronto International Film Festival">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2006 Toronto International Film Festival">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2007 Toronto International Film Festival">2007</a></li> <li><a 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International Film Festival">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2017 Toronto International Film Festival">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2018 Toronto International Film Festival">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2019 Toronto International Film Festival">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2020 Toronto International Film Festival">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2021 Toronto International Film Festival">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2022 Toronto International Film Festival">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2023 Toronto International Film Festival">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2024 Toronto 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