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
Idiots and Angels (2008 film) the top of his head when asked by an audience member what his next film would be about. Plympton said "It's about an asshole guy who wakes up one morning with wings on his back". Interested in the idea, Plympton built a whole story around it. After the commercial disappointment of Plympton's last feature, "Hair High", he decided to do something different, in style, writing, etc. The film has no dialogue, as Plympton became more interested in telling a story through straight visuals. Idiots and Angels (2008 film) Idiots and Angels is a 2008 adult animated-black comedy film directed by