Toronto fest uncovers 26 Canadian pix

'Romeo Eleven' TORONTO -- The Toronto Film Festival revealed its Canadian slate of 26 features (15 world preems) and 43 shorts Tuesday morning. Special Presentations provides a hockey double-header using the world preems of Robert Lieberman's mix-cultural sports dramedy "Breakaway" (distribbed by Alliance in Canada), starring Take advantage of Lowe, Russell Peters and newcomer Vinay Virmani, and Mike Dowse's ("Fubar II") hockey-bruiser comedy "Goon," starring Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber and Jay Baruchel (also co-scripter with Evan Goldberg). For that second year running, Scott Speedman lands in 2 Canuck photos. He stars in Nathan Morlando's world-preeming "Edwin Boyd" (eOne in Canada), in line with the true story from the well known Canadian bank thief, and supports Lily Cole and Sarah Gadon in "The Moth Journals," Mary Harron's Venice-preeming adaptation of Rachel Klein's 2002 vampire novel occur an exciting-women boarding school. Guy Maddin's latest peepshow "Keyhole," a ghostly gangster tale starring Jason Patric and Maddin's muse Isabella Rossellini, world preems in Special Presentations, that also unspools its northern border American preems of "Trailer Park Boys" director Mike Clattenburg's warzone drama "Afghan Luke" (eOne in Canada, Alliance worldwide), "C.R.A.Z.Y." helmer Jean-Marc Vallee's Vanessa Paradis starrer "Coffee shop p Flore" (Alliance Vivafilm in Canada, several European areas offered) and Philippe Falardeau's "Monsieur Lazhar" (Christal in Canada). Ken Scott's "Starbuck" (Christal in Canada), starring Patrick Huard as guy who finds out he's the biological father of 533 children, will get its United States preem in Galas, joining formerly introduced Canuck Galas David Cronenberg's "A Harmful Mind" and Sarah Polley's "Take This Waltz." Contemporary World Cinema world preems four photos -- Randall Cole's surveillance-formed chiller "388 Arletta Avenue" (eOne, Optimum within the U.K.), starring Nick Stahl and Mia Kirshner, Barbara Willis-Sweete's screen adaptation of beloved Canuck musical "Billy Bishop Would go to War," starring Eric Billings, Leonard Farlinger's road move "I am Yours" (eOne), starring Rossif Sutherland, and "Siblings and Siblings," marking the sixth straight year Vancouver's Carl Bessai has preemed a pic in Toronto. Anne Emond "Nuit #1," Simon Davidson's "The Chances,Inch and John M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky's "The Patron Saints" world preem in Canada First!. Its Northern Border American preems of Guy Edoin's "Esturine habitat" and Ivan Grbovic's "Romeo Eleven," and also the Canadian preems of Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas' "Amy George" and Sheldon Larry's Sundance-preemer "Let It Rest on the groundInch complete this program. Jum Pool's "Pink Laces and ribbons," looking into the politics of breast-cancer philanthropy, and Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks' "Making it through Progress," a motion picture lick on Ronald Wright's best-selling "A Brief Good reputation for Progress" world preem in tangible to Reel. Vanguard also adds two world preems -- Ingrid Veninger's mother-daughter story "I'm a Good Person/I'm a Bad Person," and Dylan Akio Cruz and Kris Elgstrand's mental drama "Doppelganger Paul." Veteran Toronto director Bruce Carl's junior rock'n'road-trip classic "Serious Logo design" (1996) screens in Open Vault, and it is follow up "Serious Logo design II" (Alliance) finally bows to local auds in Masters. Short Cuts Canada showcases a mix-portion of domestic talent in quick docus, dramas and animated fare presented in six programs and 2 pre-feature choices. On Tuesday the festival also launched particulars of their Canadian honours and jury, Canadian industry initiatives and information on its Producer's Lab, Talent Lab and Pitch The wedding. The Toronto Film Festival runs Sept. 8-18. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com