2008 Toronto International Film Festival 2008 Toronto International Film Festival The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, 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 "Passchendaele" from Canadian director Paul Gross. Festival is heavy on Canadian fare as well as featuring prominent indie films and worldwide and/or North American debuts including: "Adoration" directed by Canada's own Atom Egoyan, "Appaloosa" the second film from Ed Harris (who directed "Pollock"), "Blindness" from screenwriter-director, Fernando Meirelles, Iraq war thriller "The Hurt Locker" directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and
John Hurt During Terry Gilliam's eighth attempt at making his infamous development hell project "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote", Hurt was set to star as Don Quixote alongside Adam Driver. However, his declining health and eventual death led to project to be cancelled yet again; he was eventually replaced by Jonathan Pryce. Hurt was due to appear alongside Ben Kingsley in a film entitled "Broken Dream", to be directed by Neil Jordan. In 2015, Hurt provided the voice of main antagonist Sailor John in the "Thomas & Friends" film "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure" along with Eddie Redmayne (Ryan) and