The Toronto International Film festival has announced the lineup of Canadian films to be screened this year and it's an impressive list. Topping the list are gala screenings of David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and Denys Arcand's L'Âge Des Ténèbres (Days of Darkness). Other Canadian premieres include:

• My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (Roger Spottiswoode)
• The Stone Angel (Kari Skogland)
• Silk (François Girard)
• Normal (Carl Bessai)
• Weirdsville (Allan Moyle)
• Poor Boy's Game (Clement Virgo)
• American Venus (Bruce Sweeney)
• Young People Fucking (Martin Gero)

It's good to see some familiar faces return to the festival with new films, but I can only wonder how many of them will actually arrive in Canadian theatres outside of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.