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Spiritismes Director: Guy Maddin Writer(s): Evan Johnson, Robert Kotyk Producer(s): Phyllis Laing U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria de Medeiros, Mathieu Amalric, Udo Kier, Amira...

Canada's most idiosyncratic auteur, nobody love schlocky expressionism and silent film bombastics than Guy Maddin. His free-wheeling 5-minute short The Heart of the World informed the cinema world with all they needed to know about the skills that he is capable of, and his hilarious and super-personal My Winnipeg brought him a giant new legion of fans.

Maddin reunites with his Saddest Music In the World star Isabella Rossellini and grabs mysterious screen personas in Jason Patric and Udo Kier for what will surely be another glorious b&w shot film, which will once again be difficult and pointless to classify.

With big names like Cronenberg and Polley already announced a couple of weeks ago, it came time this morning to announced the rest of the home team for the Toronto International Film Festival. This morning, they filled in some of the gaps in the Special Presentations, Vanguard, and Real to Reel sections, and at the same time presented the full line-ups for their Canada First! and Short Cuts programmes, the former highlighting feature debuts, and the latter comprised of a whopping 43 Canadian short films running anywhere from 4 to 28 minutes long.

The Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG) announced this year's top ten Canadian feature films including higher-profile pics and items from a set of new-comers....