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
Todd Robinson (film director) at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival and many other festivals. In 2006 Robinson wrote and directed "Lonely Hearts" which starred Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, and Laura Dern. In 2009 he directed the feature documentary "" (released by ) which he produced with Julian Adams. Robinson wrote and directed the submarine thriller "Phantom" from RCR Media Group, Trilogy Entertainment Group and Solar Filmworks. "Phantom" stars Ed Harris, David Duchovny, and William Fichtner; and was produced by John Watson, Pen Densham, and Julian Adams. He is also writer and director of