So after weeks of small revelations, the entire line-up for the 2008 Toronto Film Festival has been announced. There are a bazillion films (the complete list is here) but below are some of the TakePart friendly films that I’m excited about - they appear to have the power to inspire social action! I hope I’m right:

Food, Inc. Robert Kenner, USA - this particular film has me excited. Not only is it a Participant film, but it deals with a subject we could all use a lot more information on - our nation’s food industry. The film works to expose how our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health and the role that governmental organizations, like the FDA and the USDA, play in this growing business of controlling and profiting from our food.

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The Canadian premiere of Sacha Gervasi’s “Anvil! The Story of Anvil.” started off the 15th annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival:

With 174 films from 36 countries screening over 11 days, Hot Docs has grown into the largest documentary festival in North America, blasting out of the shadow of the Toronto International Film Festival to become a major industry event in its own right. The festival now welcomes some 2,000 delegates and 80,000 filmgoers, double the numbers from just three years ago. [Indiewire]

Films in year’s fest include The Railroad All Stars, Mozartballs, Uganda Rising, Mystic Ball and more.

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