According to “The Canadian Press“, Ruffalo will be in Toronto, with Julianne Moore and Gael García Bernal, to promote Blindness.

The 10-day movie-lovers’ bash runs from Sept. 4 to 13.

The Toronto International Film Festival starts in only three weeks and today we’ve got a list of another 20 films that are premiering at the festival in the “Special Presentation” category. The full line-up for the fest and more info can be found at the official website: tiff08.ca.

The Brothers Bloom it’s included in the list, so we just wait to see if Mark will be attending the presentation

Mark Ruffalo will star and make his directorial debut with Sympathy for Delicious.

According to Variety, Ruffalo will star with James Franco and Chris Thornton.

Thornton, who wrote the script, plays “Delicious” Dean O’Dwyer, a paralyzed DJ struggling to survive in his wheelchair on the streets of L.A. He turns to faith-healing and mysteriously acquires the ability to cure the sick — although not himself. Ruffalo plays a Jesuit priest who tries to help him come to terms with the limits of his gift, and Franco a rock singer in a band that exploits the suddenly famous healer.

Production begins this fall in Los Angeles.

Source: MovieWeb

Blindness, the dark Canadian-Brazilian-Japanese drama based on Jose Saramago’s acclaimed novel, is set to open the 28th edition of the Atlantic Film Festival.

Organizers announced their selection on Friday from Halifax, where the 10-day festival will unspool beginning Sept. 11.

“Opening night will beautifully align our celebration of Canadian cinema with this incredible Brazilian co-production,” said festival director Lia Rinaldo.

Packed with Canadian and international stars, Blindness tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that afflicts an unnamed city, robbing citizens of their sight and quickly causing societal breakdown.

The cast includes U.S. actors Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover, Mexico’s Gael Garcia Bernal, Brazil’s Alice Braga, Japan’s Yusuke Iseya and Canadians Sandra Oh, Maury Chaykin, Susan Coyne, Martha Burns and Don McKellar — who also adapted the screenplay from Saramago’s book.

The movie opened the Cannes International Film Festival in May and will also screen at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. Blindness is set for a limited North American theatrical release in September.
Source: CBC News