TIFF ended just five days ago and I still can’t believe how quickly the Festival came and went, but as they say time flies when you’re having fun thanks to the wonderful TIFF09 press office. Words really can’t express how blessed and thankful I am to have had the opportunity to work with these people who I now call my friends.

The days following TIFF were spent gaining some much needed rest, but now I’m back and I’ve provided a short recap of days seven to 10 of the Festival.

Highlights of TIFF days seven to ten:

• Movies I saw: Bitch Slap, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, The Double Hour (La Doppia Ora) and The Young Victoria
• Attended my first Midnight Madness screening at the Ryerson Theatre where I saw the film Bitch Slap. I can describe the atmosphere like a mathematical equation. Male university students + a hot female movie cast  (TNA) = hormonal screaming men
• Celebrity sightings: Julie Christie, Bill Nighy, Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Chuck D. (Public Enemy), Clive Owen, Michael Moore, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger, Werner Herzog, Jack White and Meg White.
• Missed celebrity sightings: Colin Farrell with U2 on the red carpet for the film Ondine.
• Fashion moments at TIFF:
  • From heel to flats to heels – I love my heels but having to stand and walk in them for hours takes a toll on the feet – thank goodness for stylish flats (i.e.: my Steve Madden Kazler Ballerina shoes) and quick shoe changes back into heels.
  • Fashion winner: Natalie Portman in a floral print Lanvin dress for the premiere of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.
  • Fashion maybe/maybe not: Drew Barrymore wearing Alexander McQueen at the Whip It red carpet. This dress is from McQueen’s Resort 2010 collection; I love the dress but I’m not entirely convinced Barrymore pulled it off. I’m still deliberating on this one although the majority of the fashion press feels otherwise.

(Images from: AFP, James Helmer and TIFF)