65th Venice International Film Festival the longest film at this festival (or maybe any) goes to Philippine director Lav Diaz's "Melancholia", with a running time of some seven-and-a-half hours, and which is included in the Orizzonti (Horizons) section. A highlight of this year's Italian retrospective is a restored version of Federico Fellini's 1952 comedy "The White Sheik" with forty minutes of newly discovered footage. The international juries of the 65th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main Competition ("Venezia 65") Horizons ("Orizzonti") Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film) The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition
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