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 Harris later, Harris was nominated for his fourth Academy Award (third in the Best Supporting Actor category) for his role as Richard Brown in the British American drama film "The Hours". In between the two Oscar nominated roles, he appeared in the biographical drama "A Beautiful Mind" (2001) and portrayed German sniper Major Erwin König in the war thriller "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). From June to July 2002, he starred in adverts for the Vauxhall Vectra in the United Kingdom. For his lead role as Miles Roby in the 2005 miniseries "Empire Falls", Harris was nominated for the Primetime Emmy