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 Speleers played the role of Slean in the British epic fantasy drama television series from ITV, "". He had a supporting role in the fantasy adventure film "Alice Through the Looking Glass", directed by James Bobin. The following year starred in the biopic novel Breathe, with Andrew Garfield. In late 2017, Ed Speleers and fellow Downton Abbey guest star, Maria Doyle Kennedy, were confirmed to appear in season four of the British-American drama series Outlander. Speleers is set to play Irish smuggler and pirate Stephen Bonnet. The series is written by Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica) based on Gabaldon's fourth book in