2008 CORPORATE SPONSORS
Lead Sponsor
Bell
Major Sponsor
RBC
Sponsors
AGF, Cadillac, Motorola, NBC Universal Canada, and Visa†
Programme and Award Sponsors & Supporters
Award for Best Canadian Short Film - National Film Board of Canada
Canada First! - CTV
Canadian Open Vault - Canada Council for the Arts
Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film - Citytv
City of Toronto Citytv Award for Best Canadian Feature Film - Citytv and City of Toronto
Closing Night Sponsor - National Bank Financial
Contemporary World Cinema - Sun Life Financial
Discovery Programme and Award - Diesel Canada
Future Projections - Toronto Arts Council
Masters - BMO Nesbitt Burns
Midnight Madness - Space
Opening Night Sponsor - Astral Media
Real to Reel - Discovery Channel
Special Presentations - American Movie Classics Company LLC
Short Cuts Canada - CTV
Vanguard - Motorola and MTV
Wavelengths - Ontario Arts Council
Official Suppliers
AMARULA CREAM, Christie, Cineplex Entertainment LP, Discount Car and Truck Rentals, Dolby Production Services, Dole
Sparklers™, Federal Express Canada Ltd., The Globe and Mail, Holt Renfrew, JACKSON-TRIGGS VINTNERS, Lindt, Pizza Nova,
SKYY Vodka, Starbucks Coffee Canada, Stella Artois and WireImage
Screening Sponsors
Accenture, Ajay Virmani, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Brookfield Asset Management, Desjardins Financial Security, IBM Canada,
MANPOWER™, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., Paramount Pictures Entertainment Canada Inc., PTC Accounting and
Finance and Yamana Gold Inc.
Thank You
A&E Television Networks, Apple, Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund, Canadian Music Café, Casero, Castlepoint Realty
Partners Ltd., CIBC Wood Gundy, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP., Deluxe Toronto, EMI Music Canada, Ernst & Young LLP,
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Festival Tower, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, hmv Canada Inc., ING Insurance, Manulife Centre, NOW
Magazine, OSRAM SYLVANIA LTD., Playback Magazine, Queen's University, riceworks™ Gourmet Brown Rice Crisps, Shepell.FGI,
Sony of Canada Ltd., Strellson, The Movie Network, TRAVELERS St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, TD Bank Financial
Group, Xerox Canada Ltd. and zig
Production Space Host
The Sutton Place Hotel
Hospitality Partners
Liberty Entertainment Group, Fairmont Royal York, Monsoon, The Drake Hotel, Intercontinental Toronto Sentre, The Spoke Club, The
Hilton, Uniq Lifestyle and the Winsor Arms Hotel
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS
We gratefully acknowledge our government partners for their continuing support of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Federal
Telefilm Canada
Department of Canadian Heritage
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
National Film Board of Canada
Canada Council for the Arts
Provincial
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Ontario Ministry of Tourism
Ontario Ministry of Culture
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Municipal
Toronto Arts Council
City of Toronto, Economic Development Office
Tourism Toronto
Philanthropic Supporters
Thank you to our many individual foundations and Corporate philanthropic supporters