Toronto's film buyers see the light

September 07, 2008 While sales got off to a slow start during the packed first weekend, the fest itself showed a clear split -- the uplifting and lighter pictures resonated while the darker films tended to strike out. The CAA title garnered momentum after its Friday Venice debut and was on the lips of every buyer, with the feeling that an acquirer would have to turn around and release the pic -- and go into awards mode -- quickly. Fortissimo Films sold the John Malkovich pic "Disgrace" to Maximum Films in Canada and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's "Soul Power" went to Ocean in France, but no U.S. deals were sealed as the weekend drew to a close.

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