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This is a list of films produced in Canada ordered by year and date of release. At present, films predating 1920 are directly listed here; from 1920 on, links are provided to standalone lists by decade or year.
- Pioneering Years, 1896–1914
- Early Government Censors and Film Boards
- Expansion and Production, 1917–1923
The American film industry can be dated back to 1903. This was when narrative filmmaking (The Great Train Robbery, Uncle Tom’s Cabin) and the world’s first movie studio to rely entirely on artificial light (in New York City) were introduced. But it is almost impossible to speak of a Canadian film industry at the birth of cinema. The first public sc...
From the beginning, the regulation of film content, distribution and exhibition was a provincial matter. Each province set its own standards and practices. In 1911, Ontario established the first Board of Censors in North America and Manitoba passed an act that delegated film censorship to the City of Winnipeg. Ontario’s board was considered the gol...
The growth of Canadian nationalism around the First World War resulted in a brief flurry in Canadian production and other aspects of the film industry. The first widely released Canadian newsreels appeared. Feature film production also expanded, as did the Canadian-owned Allen Theatres chain and associated distribution companies. The motion picture...
A feature film. is any audio-visual document available on a film, magnetic or digital support, irrespective of content, running more than 60 minutes. Official and unofficial co-productions with other countries have been included. Exceptions include: some silent films whose true original running time is impossible to determine, a few theatrical ...
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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.
Nov 29, 2019 · This article is one of four that surveys the history of the film industry in Canada. The entire series includes: Canadian Film History: 1896 to 1938; Canadian Film History: 1939 to 1973; Canadian Film History: 1974 to Present; Canadian Film History: Notable Films and Filmmakers 1980 to Present. Atom Egoyan on the set of Exotica (1994).
Jan 2, 2012 · The classic films of the 1960s and 1970s such as Don Owen's NOBODY WAVED GOODBYE, Pour la suite du monde, Goin' down the Road, Mon oncle Antoine, and Lefebvre's Le Vieux Pays où Rimbaud est mort, while distinctively Canadian, were very much pure laine. They supported the myth of two founding nations, Anglo-Celtic and Québécois (both ...
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1951 | 11 min. Afterlife. Ishu Patel. 1978 | 7 min. The AfterLifetime of Colm Feore. Hannah Cheesman. 2019 | 5 min. Directory of all NFB films available for online viewing.
