Toronto unveils Canadian selection

 
Film Festivals: Films include 'Fifty Dead,' 'Blindness' -- Helmer Kari Skogland's "Fifty Dead Men Walking" starring Ben Kingsley, and Brazilian helmer Fernando Meirelles' Cannes player "Blindness" are among pics in the Toronto Intl. Ftilm Festival's Canadian selection, unveiled Tuesday. [link]

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