First picks for TIFF'08

Here are my first choices for films this year. Well, not my actual 'must see' list but these are the films I have submitted as my selections. I'm going to drop off my orders later today. I did make second picks but the irony is they were usually more hyped films - I wouldn't recommend that method, but I did feel compelled to but in a second pick so sometimes it was something like The Wrestler or RocknRolla.

1st picks:

24 City
A Film with Me in It
Achillles and the Tortoise
All Around Us
Ashes of Time Redux
Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World, The
Blind Loves
C'est pas moi, je le jure!
Chocolate
Dernier Maquis
Derriere Moi
Detroit Metal City
Dungeon Masters, The
Eden Log
Empty Nest
Every Little Step
Fear Me Not
It Might Get Loud
JCVD
Katia's Sister
Kisses
Martyrs
Ocean Flame
One Week
Patrik, Age 1.5
Pontypool
Radio Love
Real Shaolin, The
Sauna
Secret of Moonarce, The
Sky Crawlers, The
Still Walking
Toronto Stories
Tokyo Sonata
Un ete sans point ni coup sur
Universalove
Vacation
White Night Wedding
Winds of September

Program Breakdown:
So far the program breakdown in CWC and Midnight Madness heavy - which I expect. I'm a little surprized to see so many Vangaurd selections - when the program first came out I steered clear of it due to pretty intense content, but over the years I have seen some stelllar films from it (Chyrsalis, Boy A). I wish I got at least one Canada First! in there, but so far my Canadian selections have been through other programs.

10 Contemporary World Cinema
6 Vanguard
5 Midnight Madness
5 RTR
5 Special Presentations
2 Discovery
2 Masters
2 Visions
1 Sprockets
1 Gala

The Toronto International Film Festival 2008 runs from September 4-13/08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.