Canuck art film snobs are sure to be excited by the two titles added to the Vanguard program. Rafael Ouellet’s brings Derriere Moi to town. The French filmmaker’s latest production is a sinister study of betrayal involving two young children with mysterious pasts in a small town in Quebec. Even more exciting is Bruce MacDonald’s addition to the programme, which is the first horror film of the Hard Core Logo helmer’s career. Pontypool is an apocalyptic scare flick about a deadly virus that takes over the titular small town in Ontario.

The final program to be announced was Canada First!, which is dedicated to movies by first-time Canadian directors. The section will launch with Neil Burns’ Edison and Leo, the first stop-motion feature ever produced in our home and native land. Canada First! also features Control Alt Delete, easily the most bizarre film announced all afternoon. The BC production is an Y2K era romantic comedy about a computer geek who is so devastated when he is dumped by his girlfriend that he has a romantic relationship with his computer. The other titles in the programme include Before Tomorrow, Cooper’s Camera, Down To The Dirt, Nurse. Fighter. Boy., Only, Real Time, and When Life Was Good. The movies will compete for the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film, which comes with a sweet, sweet cash prize of $15,000.