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
Ed Pincus documentary". "Le Monde", in a front-page review, called "Diaries" "an epic work that redefines an art, forcing us to rethink what we thought we knew about the Cinema." "The Axe in the Attic" (2007). Directed by Ed Pincus and Lucia Small. A film about "the diaspora" of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Ed summarized this as "the distillation of a sixty-day road trip to document what happened to a country displaced, and the role of the filmmakers who bear witness." "One Cut, One Life" (2014). Directed by Ed Pincus and Lucia Small. A film about life, love, loss, and art.