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 Oxenbould Ed Oxenbould Ed Oxenbould (born 1 June 2001) is an Australian actor. He played the title character in "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", Dylan in "Paper Planes", and Tyler in the film "The Visit". Oxenbould was born in Australia, the son of actors Di Adams and Jamie Oxenbould. He is the nephew of comedian/actor Ben Oxenbould. He starred in the 2012 Australian short film "Julian", directed by Matthew Moore, in which he played the title role (a 9-year-old Julian Assange). He was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Young Actor. He is currently starring