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Summary For the first time in 36 years, Toronto International Film Festival will open with a documentary.
The Toronto film festival will open this year with a documentary about Irish rockers U2, and will see world premieres of new works by Luc Besson and Francis Ford Coppola.The festival, which runs from September 8-18, will also feature the North American premieres of films by Pedro Almodovar, Nanni Moretti, George Clooney, Madonna and controversial Danish director Lars von Trier.“For the first time in 36 years, the Toronto International Film Festival will open with a documentary,” said event co-director Cameron Bailey.“From The Sky Down,” which tells the story of the popular Irish band, is directed by David Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for “AnInconvenient Truth” on climate change featuring former US vice president Al Gore.The Toronto event is North America’s largest film festival and has traditionally been a key event for Oscar-conscious studios and distributors because it is attended by a sizable contingent of North American media.
