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- Canada’s contribution to cinema is immense. Not only has the country produced its fair share of Hollywood heavy hitters, but this nation's dramatic landscapes and city centres often act as stand-ins for films set in the U.S. and abroad. Despite this, homegrown Canadian cinema is often under-appreciated beyond our borders.
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Jul 1, 2020 · We’re so similar in many ways, yet our film industries could not be more different. Well, here’s a short little history lesson. Like anywhere else, Canada was developing its share of filmmakers once the art of film was spreading across the world.
Dec 28, 2023 · Telefilm invests around $100 million annually in Canadian movies and is entitled to a share of revenues. It knows it will recoup very little, however. When I hear, “We can’t have the profits of...
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- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) A turning point in the then-emerging Canadian film industry as a critical and domestic box office success, Ted Kotcheff directs this adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s novel about the endlessly hustling Duddy Kravitz.
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) This first feature film made in the Inuit language of Inuktitut, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is often compared to classic American Westerns in tone and storytelling.
- Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) Bon Cop, Bad Cop refreshes the classic “mismatched cops” movie trope by teaming an uptight Toronto officer (Colm Feore) with a rogue Montreal cop (Patrick Huard) to solve a string of NHL-linked murders.
- C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) This coming-of-age story from future Oscar nominee Jean-Marc Vallée will ring true to anyone who has ever felt like a family outsider.
- Special Mention: Sweet Movie
- Hobo with A Shotgun
- The Adjuster
- Roadkill
- Highway 61
- It’S All Gone Pete Tong
- Exotica
- Werewolf
- Tom at The Farm
- Last Night
After winning the “most virgin” contest, Miss Canada is married to a rich milk tycoon. But she quickly flees the marriage to experience the world around her, full of sweetness and anarchy.
Delivering justice, one shell at a time… A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-actionshotgun.
Sex… Power… Obsession. A reflection about what makes everyone’s life unique, through the story of Noah’s family. Noah is an adjuster, having sex with his customers. His wife Hera watches pornographic movies for the Board of Censors. They live with their son Simon and Hera’s sister in a show-flat. One day, they meet Bubba, who wants to make a movie ...
A rock’n’road movie about a girl who learns to drive. A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn’t been showing up for their gigs.
The most twisted part of this road is the people on it. A small-town barber goes on a road trip from Thunder Bay to New Orleans with an unpredictable woman and a coffin.
When you can’t hear, things look very different. A famous DJ in the Ibiza club scene finds the alcohol and drug-fueled party that is his life threatened by the progressive loss of his hearing.
In a world of temptation, obsession is the deadliest desire. A man plagued by neuroses frequents the club Exotica in an attempt to find solace, but even there his past is never far away.
Blaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in their small town. Each day they push a rusty lawnmower door-to-door begging to cut grass. Nessa plots an escape, while Blaise lingers closer to collapse. Tethered to one another, their getaway dreams are kept on a suffocatingly short leash.
What you don’t know WILL hurt you. A grieving man meets his lover’s family, who were not aware of their son’s sexual orientation.
It’s your last night on earth. Go out in style. A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
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- Anne of Green Gables. Two wonderful things happened in the year of our Lord, 1985. The first: I was born. (You're welcome!) And, likely to commemorate my arrival into the world, Anne of Green Gables was first broadcast.
- The Cat Came Back. First, a history lesson in the childhood habits of elder millennials. Back in the early '90s, cartoons were hard to come by for a kid with no cable.
- Gabrielle. Take a young woman's coming-of-age tale and mix in a love story, place it in Montreal, set the language to French, throw in a choir and a sprinkle of Robert Charlebois ...
- eXistenZ. Pulsating organic video game consoles that jack right into your spine. Underground networks of violent anti-game crusaders. A polluted landscape populated with grotesque, two-headed critters.
Sep 25, 2023 · September 25, 2023 The Editor The Bottom Line Atom Egoyan, Canadian Cinema, Culture, David Cronenberg. Canadian movies might not be the first thing that comes to mind when discussing important global cultural influences, but Canada’s unique and diverse film industry has made some important contributions to global culture.
May 5, 2017 · TIFF 2015 “official” Top 10 list. 1) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, 1997) 2) Mon Oncle Antoine (Claude Jutra, 1971) 3) The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997) 4) Jésus de Montréal (Denys Arcand, 1989) 5) Leolo (Jean-Claude Lauzon, 1992) 6) Goin’ Down the Road (Don Shebib, 1970)
