Canuxploitation ponders the implications of the process used to select the Toronto International Film Festival’s annual top ten Canadian films. “Perhaps this is why TIFF’s list often appears more like a cultural promotional strategy rather than a bonafide ranking of quality. Each year the list appears to be carefully stocked with certain kinds of culturally polite Canadian films–a few established “name” directors, an Oscar hopeful, a French-Canadian blockbuster and a genre pick, with remaining slots going to a few emerging directors. “