Saturday, September 6-------The facts and figures of this year's  Toronto International Film Festival go something like this: 312 films from 64 countries, including 249 feature-length films, 76 per cent of which are world, international or North American premieres, and 61 of which are feature directorial debuts.

Aside from close to 1500 international members of the press and the film industry, the Festival is also welcoming over 500 international stars and special guests on the red carpet. These filmmakers, actors, and industry insiders, connected to Festival films and other Festival programming, represent the finest in film talent from around the world.

Guests include: Adrien Brody, Agnès Varda, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Keys, Amos Gitaï, Amos Kollek, Anne Fontaine, Anne Hathaway, Antonio Banderas, Arnaud Desplechin, Atom Egoyan, Barbet Schroeder, Ben Kingsley, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Maher, Brad Pitt, Charlie Kaufman, Charlize Theron, Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, Daniel Burman, Danny Boyle, Darren Aronofsky, Ed Harris, Edward Norton, Emmanuelle Beart, Ethan Coen, Ethan Hawke, Fabrice Luchini, Fernando Meirelles, Ferzan Ozpetek, Frances McDormand, Gael García Bernal, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear, Guillermo Arriaga, Guy Ritchie, Isabelle Huppert, Jan Troell, Javier Cámara, Jean-Marc Barr, Jeanne Moreau, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Aniston, Jeremy Irons, Joel Coen, John Malkovich, Jonathan Demme, Julianne Moore, Keira Knightley, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kristin Scott Thomas, Liam Neeson, Marisa Tomei, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Matt Dillon, Michael Winterbottom, Mickey Rourke, Mika Kaurismäki,  Mike Leigh, Olivier Assayas, Paul Schrader, Peter O'Toole, Queen Latifah, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Renee Zellweger, Richard Eyre, Richard Linklater, Robert Carlyle, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Terence Davies, Tilda Swinton, Tim Robbins, Tim Roth, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Wong Kar Wai.

And me....Sandy Mandelberger, Toronto FF Dailies Editor