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Paul Gross’s Passchendaele, a sweeping First World War epic inspired by his grandfather’s experiences on the Belgian battleground, will open this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, according to The Canadian Press. The film, still in post-production, will have its world premiere at the festival on Sept. 4. Passchendaele is [...]

A story based on the bloody trench warfare of World War One will open this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, giving a somber and Canadian theme to the opening festivities.

A story based on the bloody trench warfare of World War One will open this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, giving a somber and Canadian theme to the opening festivities.

Actor and filmmaker Paul Gross’s First World War drama Passchendaele has snagged one of the marquee slots at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: opening night.

TORONTO - “Passchendaele,” the First World War epic from Canadian actor and filmmaker Paul Gross, is opening this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Paul Gross’ First World War epic selected as opening film for September’s Toronto International Film Festival

Paul Gross’ First World War epic selected as opening film for September’s Toronto International Film Festival

Actor and filmmaker Paul Gross’s First World War drama Passchendaele has snagged one of the marquee slots at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: opening night.

Actor and filmmaker Paul Gross’s First World War drama Passchendaele has snagged one of the marquee slots at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: opening night.

Paul Gross as Geoffrey Tennant in the mini-series ‘Slings & Arrrows.’ (CP)

Actor and filmmaker Paul Gross’s First World War drama Passchendaele has snagged one of the marquee slots at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: opening night.

Paul Gross’s wartime romance with a link to both his past and the nation’s will open the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 4.

Canadian filmmaker Paul Gross ‘ ” Passchendaele ” will open the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival with its world premiere on September 4, 2008. Set during World War I, the film follows a wounded Canadian solider who falls in love on the homefront and then returns to the battlefield for the third battle of Ypres, also knows as “Passchendaele.”

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