Eric Lavallée

Filming begins this July on Sarah Polley's sophomore project, Take this Waltz - a project that will lense in Toronto and which has a great chance, if rushed of course, to be shown at Sundance next January. We've got a more complete description of the synopsis below, some promo art work and one casting item that hasn't been mentioned much is that Michelle Williams' love interest will be Canadian actor Luke Kirby

We've got two indie projects that happen to star Paul Dano that we are keen on seeing this year (perhaps both might be ready in time for TIFF). The first is Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff and the other, is Dano in toplining So Yong Kim's For Ellen.

Following her debut film, All is Forgiven which also features a fractured family, Le Père de mes enfants (Father of My Children) focuses on how a wife and three daughters cope with the fact that they've unwilling become full fledged card caring members in the loss, grief and mourning departments - and remarkably the screenplay brings them elsewhere.

Those Who Are Left Behind: Hansen-Løve Displays Those Who Really Suffer For Art.

Last year Ken Loach introduced us to Steve Evets in Looking for Eric, and this year, topping this top ten list of New Faces from the Cannes Film Festival is Mark Womack - also a veteran actor for the small screen, but pretty much a beginner on the silver screen. In Route Irish, Womack takes on the angry role of Frankie - a contractor in Iraq who senses that his close friend's death isn't as what officials are claiming it to be. Frankie descends into madness, applies his own code of conduct and sets off on a war path of his own - the perf is raw just like many characters in Loach's films.