David R. Walker

Film Reviews

2008 Toronto Film Festival

July 4th, 2013 |

Author: davidrwalker

2008 Toronto International Film Festival Winners

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place every year in September in Toronto, Canada.
Films which premiere at Toronto are often nominated for Academy Awards the following year.

TIFF does not hand out individual prizes for Best Actor or Actress but focuses on amongst others the following awards:
People’s Choice Award & Best Canadian Feature Film

Opening Night film: Passchendaele directed by Paul Gross; starring Paul Gross, Gil Bellows and Caroline Dhavernas

People’s Choice Award: Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle; starring Freida Pinto, Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan

Best Canadian Feature Film: Lost Song directed by Rodrigue Jean; starring Suzie LeBlanc, Patrick Goyette.

Best Canadian Feature Film: (Special Jury Citation) – Adoration directed by Atom Egoyan; starring Scott Speedman, Devon Bostick, Rachel Blanchard & Noam Jenkins

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Toronto_International_Film_Festival

Posted in Atom Egoyan, Danny Boyle, Paul Gross, Rodrigue Jean, Toronto |

Tags: Anil Kapoor, Caroline Dhavernas, Dev Patel, Devon Bostick, Freida Pinto, Gil Bellows, Irrfan Khan, Noam Jenkins, Patrick Goyette, Paul Gross, Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman, Suzie LeBlanc

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