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
Beethoven in film during the film. In a 2005 three-part BBC miniseries, Beethoven was played by Paul Rhys. A movie titled "Copying Beethoven" was released in 2006, starring Ed Harris as Beethoven. This film is a fictionalised account of Beethoven's production of his Ninth Symphony. Beethoven in film The composer Ludwig van Beethoven has been the subject of a number of biographical films. "The Life of Beethoven" (German: "Das Leben des Beethoven") is a 1927 Austrian silent drama film directed by Hans Otto and starring Fritz Kortner as Beethoven. "Un grand amour de Beethoven" was directed in 1937 by Abel Gance; it stars