List of Canadian films of 2016
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This is a list of Canadian films released in 2016:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | Ref |
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The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (Les 3 p'tits cochons 2) | Jean-François Pouliot | Paul Doucet, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Patrice Robitaille | Dramedy | Golden Screen Award winner as top-grossing Canadian film of 2016 | |
9 (9, le film) | Claude Brie, Érik Canuel, Jean-Philippe Duval, Marc Labrèche, Micheline Lanctôt, Luc Picard, Stéphane E. Roy, Éric Tessier, Ricardo Trogi | Stéphane E. Roy, Marc Labrèche, François Papineau, Anne-Marie Cadieux | Drama | An adaptation of Stéphane E. Roy's play 9 Variations on the Void | |
The Adventure Club | Geoff Anderson | Sam Ashe Arnold, Jakob Davies, Dalila Bela, Billy Zane | Children's fantasy | [1] | |
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone | Fred Peabody | Featuring I.F. Stone, Carl Bernstein, Noam Chomsky among others | Documentary | [2] | |
An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman | Ken Finkleman | Comedy | [3] | ||
Anatomy of Violence | Deepa Mehta | Vansh Bhardwaj, Suman jha, Tia Bhatia, Janki Bisht, Seema Biswas | Drama | [2] | |
Antibirth | Danny Perez | Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Meg Tilly | Horror, thriller | ||
Angry Inuk | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | Aaju Peter | Documentary | [4] | |
ARQ | Tony Elliott | Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Shaun Benson | Science fiction | Made with U.S. financing | [5] |
Bad Seeds (Les Mauvaises herbes) | Louis Bélanger | Alexis Martin, Gilles Renaud, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez | Drama | ||
Before the Streets (Avant les rues) | Chloé Leriche | Rykko Bellemare, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, Jacques Newashish | Drama | ||
Below Her Mouth | April Mullen | Natalie Krill, Erika Linder | Drama | [2] | |
Black Code | Nicholas de Pencier | Featuring Felipe Altenfeldor, Ronald Deibert, Wjd Dhnie | Documentary | Examines the global impact that the Internet has had on matters of free speech, privacy and activism. | [2] |
Blind Vaysha | Theodore Ushev | Based on a story by Georgi Gospodinov | National Film Board of Canada animated short | nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film; Canadian Screen Award winner for Animated Short | [6] |
Boris Without Béatrice | Denis Côté | James Hyndman, Simone-Élise Girard, Denis Lavant | Drama | [7] | |
The Botanist | Maude Plante-Husaruk, Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis | Documentary | [8] | ||
Boundaries (Pays) | Chloé Robichaud | Emily VanCamp, Macha Grenon, Serge Houde, Rémy Girard | Drama | [5] | |
Coffee at Laundromat | Maahi Kaur | Ali Kazmi | Dramedy short | ||
Colonization Road | Michelle St. John | Ryan McMahon | Documentary | ||
The Cyclotron (Le Cyclotron) | Olivier Asselin | Lucille Fluet, Paul Ahmarani, Mark Antony Krupa | Drama | ||
A Date with Miss Fortune | John L'Ecuyer | Jeannette Sousa, Ryan Scott, Joaquim de Almeida | Romantic comedy | ||
Dead Leaves (Feuilles mortes) | Thierry Bouffard, Carnior, Edouard Tremblay | Roy Dupuis, Noémie O'Farrell, Audrey Rancourt-Lessard | Futuristic western | Winner of the Best Canadian Feature at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival | |
Desert City (Déserts) | Charles-André Coderre, Yann-Manuel Hernandez | Hubert Proulx, Victoria Diamond, Elisabeth Locasi | Drama | ||
Faceless | Ali Akbar Kamal | Humayoon Shams Khan, Rahmatullah Khostai, Farahnaz Nawabi | Action | ||
Faggot (Tapette) | Olivier Perrier | Robin L'Houmeau, Eliot Nault | Short drama | ||
Fluffy | Lee Filipovski | Short drama | |||
Frame 394 | Rich Williamson | Daniel Voshart | Documentary | ||
Giants of Africa | Hubert Davis | Masai Ujiri | Documentary | [2] | |
The Grasslands Project | Scott Parker | National Film Board of Canada short documentary films | [9] | ||
Gulîstan, Land of Roses | Zaynê Akyol | Documentary | National Film Board of Canada-Germany co-production | [10] | |
Gun Runners | Anjali Nayar | Julius Arile, Robert Matanda | National Film Board of Canada documentary | [11] | |
Harry: Portrait of a Private Detective (Harry: Portrait d’un détective privé) | Maxime Desruisseaux | Nick Theodorakis, Denis Marchand, Michel-Vital Blanchard | Crime drama | ||
Her Friend Adam | Ben Petrie | Ben Petrie, Grace Glowicki, Andrew Chown | Short drama | ||
Hello Destroyer | Kevan Funk | Jared Abrahamson, Kurt Max Runte | Drama | [5] | |
Hunting Pignut | Martine Blue | Taylor Hickson, Joel Thomas Hynes | Drama | ||
I Am Here | Eoin Duffy | National Film Board of Canada animated short | |||
I Like Girls (J'aime les filles) | Diane Obomsawin | National Film Board of Canada animated short | [12] | ||
Iqaluit | Benoît Pilon | Marie-Josée Croze, Natar Ungalaaq | Drama | [13] | |
It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) | Xavier Dolan | Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard | Drama | Cannes Grand Prix winner; Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Picture | [14][15] |
Jean of the Joneses | Stella Meghie | Taylour Paige, Sherri Shepherd | Comedy | Made with U.S. financing | [5] |
A Kid (Le Fils de Jean) | Philippe Lioret | Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine De Léan | Drama | French coproduction | |
Kidnap Capital | Felipe Rodriguez | Paulino Nunes, Jonathan Souza, Michael Reventar, Michelle Arvizu, Pedro Miguel Arce | Crime drama | ||
King Dave | Daniel Grou | Alexandre Goyette, Mylène St-Sauveur, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Karelle Tremblay | Drama | Shot in one continuous take; adapted from Goyette's stage play. | |
Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m’aimes) | André Forcier | Émile Schneider, Juliette Gosselin, Céline Bonnier | Dramedy | ||
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful | Nettie Wild | Documentary | |||
Limit Is the Sky | Julia Ivanova | Documentary | [16] | ||
The Lockpicker | Randall Okita | Keigian Umi Tang | Crime drama | ||
Lovesick | Tyson Caron | Jacob Tierney, Jessica Paré, Jay Baruchel | Romantic comedy | ||
Mariner | Thyrone Tommy | Thomas Olajide | Short drama | [17] | |
Maudie | Aisling Walsh | Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett | Drama | Canada-Ireland coproduction | |
Mean Dreams | Nathan Morlando | Sophie Nélisse, Josh Wiggins, Bill Paxton, Colm Feore | Drama | [5] | |
Migrant Dreams | Min Sook Lee | Documentary | [18] | ||
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Tim Burton | Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson | Fantasy | Co-production with the US, the UK and Belgium | |
Montreal, White City (Montréal la blanche) | Bachir Bensaddek | Karina Aktouf, Rabah Aït Ouyahia | Drama | ||
Mostly Sunny | Dilip Mehta | Sunny Leone | Documentary | [2] | |
Mutants | Alexandre Dostie | Joseph DeLorey, Francis La Haye, Sandrine Bisson | Dramatic short | ||
My Friend Dino (Mon ami Dino) | Jimmy Larouche | Michel Côté, Sasha Migliarese, Joëlle Morin, Dino Tavarone | Crime drama | ||
Nelly | Anne Émond | Mylène Mackay | Drama | [5] | |
Never Eat Alone | Sofia Bohdanowicz | Deragh Campbell, Joan Benac | Drama | ||
The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder) | Thomas Vincent | Thierry Lhermitte, Géraldine Pailhas, Pierre Curzi | Drama | Canada-France coproduction | |
Nitro Rush | Alain DesRochers | Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Raymond Bouchard, Antoine Desrochers | Crime/action drama | ||
Northlander | Benjamin Ross Hayden | Corey Sevier, Roseanne Supernault, Michelle Thrush | Futuristic drama | ||
Of Ink and Blood (D’encre et de sang) | Francis Fortin, Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Maxim Rheault | Jocelyn Blanchard, Véronique Chaumont, Nathalie Coupal | Drama | ||
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling | François Jaros | Ellen David, Louis Negin, Karelle Tremblay | Experimental drama | ||
Old Stone | Johnny Ma | Chen Gang | Drama | Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film winner; a Canada-China co-production | [5][19] |
On My Mother's Side (L’Origine des espèces) | Dominic Goyer | Marc Paquet, Sylvie De Morais-Nogueira, Marc Béland | Drama | ||
Operation Avalanche | Matt Johnson | Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles | Conspiracy thriller | Faux documentary | |
The Other Half | Joey Klein | Tatiana Maslany, Tom Cullen, Henry Czerny | Drama | Canadian Screen Awards Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Tatiana Maslany) | |
The Other Side of November (L'Autre côté de novembre) | Maryanne Zéhil | Arsinée Khanjian, Pascale Bussières, Marc Labrèche | Drama | ||
Le Pacte des anges | Richard Angers | Lenni-Kim, Marc Messier, Émile Schneider | Crime drama | ||
Perfect (Parfaites) | Jérémie Battaglia | Documentary | [20] | ||
Plain and Simple (Tout simplement) | Raphaël Ouellet | Short drama | |||
Prank | Vincent Biron | Étienne Galloy, Alexandre Lavigne, Constance Massicotte | Comedy | ||
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes | Brett Story | Documentary | [21] | ||
Pyotr495 | Blake Mawson | Alex Ozerov | Horror short | ||
Queer Hutterite | Laura O'Grady | Kelly Hofer | Documentary short | [22] | |
Race | Stephen Hopkins | Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons | Drama | Canada-France-Germany co-production | |
Red of the Yew Tree (If ou le rouge perdu) | Marie-Hélène Turcotte | Animated short | |||
The River of My Dreams | Brigitte Berman | Gordon Pinsent | Documentary | [2] | |
Riverhead | Justin Oakey | Lawrence Barry, Evan Mercer | Drama | [23] | |
The Road to Webequie | Tess Girard, Ryan Noth | Documentary | |||
Sadie's Last Days on Earth | Michael Seater | Morgan Taylor Campbell, Ricardo Hoyos, Paula Brancati, Hélène Joy, Peter Keleghan | Comedy | ||
Searchers (Maliglutit) | Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq | Benjamin Kunuk, Jocelyne Immaroitok, Karen Ivalu | Drama | [24] | |
Shambles (Maudite poutine) | Karl Lemieux | Jean-Simon Leduc, Martin Dubreuil | Drama | ||
The Skyjacker's Tale | Jamie Kastner | Ishmael Muslim Ali | Documentary | [5] | |
Sled Dogs | Fern Levitt | Documentary | |||
Snip | Terril Calder | Animated short | [25] | ||
The Space Between | Amy Jo Johnson | Amy Jo Johnson, Jayne Eastwood, Michael Ironside | Drama | ||
Spark | Aaron Woodley | Voices include Jace Norman, Jessica Biel, Hilary Swank, Susan Sarandon | Animated feature | Canada-South Korea co-production made with U.S. financing | |
Special Correspondents | Ricky Gervais | Eric Bana, Ricky Gervais, Vera Farmiga | Comedy | Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing | |
Spirit Unforgettable | Pete McCormack | Spirit of the West | Documentary | ||
Split (Écartée) | Lawrence Côté-Collins | Marjolaine Beauchamp, Ronald Cyr, Whitney Lafleur | Docufiction | ||
The Squealing Game (La Chasse au Collet) | Steve Kerr | Paul Doucet, Julianne Côté, Anne-Marie Cadieux | Drama | ||
Still Night, Still Light (Mes nuits feront écho) | Sophie Goyette | [26] | |||
Stone Makers (Carrière) | Jean-Marc E. Roy | Documentary | |||
The Sun at Midnight | Kirsten Carthew | Duane Howard, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs | Drama | [27] | |
Tales of Two Who Dreamt (Historias de dos que soñaron) | Nicolás Pereda, Andrea Bussmann | Documentary | [28] | ||
Theater of Life | Peter Svatek | Documentary produced with the National Film Board of Canada | [29] | ||
This River | Katherena Vermette, Erika MacPherson | Kyle Kematch | National Film Board of Canada documentary short | [30] | |
This Time Tomorrow (Mañana a esta hora) | Lina Rodríguez | Laura Osma, Maruia Shelton, Francisco Zaldua | Drama | Colombia-Canadian coproduction | [31] |
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) | Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie | Charlotte Aubin, Laurent Bélanger, Gabrielle Tremblay, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez | Drama | Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film winner | [32] |
Total Frat Movie | Warren P. Sonoda | Justin Deeley, Alex House, Tom Green | Comedy | ||
Two Lovers and a Bear | Kim Nguyen | Dane DeHaan, Tatiana Maslany, Gordon Pinsent | Drama | [5] | |
Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things | Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa | Documentary | |||
Tuktuq | Robin Aubert | Robin Aubert, Brigitte Poupart | Docufiction | ||
Unless | Alan Gilsenan | Catherine Keener, Hannah Gross, Brendan Coyle, Matt Craven, Chloe Rose, Hanna Schygulla | Drama based on the novel of the same name by Carol Shields | Canada-Ireland co-production | |
The Unseen | Geoff Redknap | Aden Young, Camille Sullivan, Julia Sarah Stone, Ben Cotton | Psychological horror | ||
The Void | Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie | Ellen Wong, Aaron Poole, Evan Stern | Horror | Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing | [33][34] |
Vortex | Jephté Bastien | Marie-Ange Barbancourt, Carmen Bastida, Alain Bastien | Occult drama | Canada-China-Hiati co-production | |
Votez Bougon | Jean-François Pouliot | Rémy Girard, Louison Danis, Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc | Comedy | ||
Waseskun | Steve Patry | National Film Board of Canada documentary | [35] | ||
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice | Alanis Obomsawin | National Film Board of Canada documentary | Obomsawin's 49th film | [2] | |
We're Still Together | Jesse Klein | Joey Klein, Jesse Camacho | Drama | ||
Weirdos | Bruce McDonald | Dylan Authors, Julia Sarah Stone, Allan Hawco, Cathy Jones, Molly Parker | Drama | [2] | |
Werewolf | Ashley McKenzie | Andrew Gillis, Bhreagh MacNeil | Drama | [5] | |
Wexford Plaza | Joyce Wong | Reid Asselstine, Darrel Gamotin | Comedy-drama | [36] | |
Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende) | Jean-Philippe Duval | Caroline Dhavernas, Francis Ducharme. François Papineau, Vincent-Guillaume Otis | Historical drama | ||
Wild Skin (La Peau sauvage) | Ariane Louis-Seize | Marilyn Castonguay | Short drama | ||
Window Horses | Ann Marie Fleming | Voices include Sandra Oh, Nancy Kwan, Shohreh Aghdashloo | Animated feature produced with the National Film Board of Canada | [5] | |
X500 | Juan Andrés Arango | Jembie Almazan, Bernardo Garnica Cruz, Jonathan Diaz Angulo | Drama | Canada-Mexico-Columbia co-production | [5] |
See also
References
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- ^ Wheeler, Brad (2016-10-07). "Gun Runners is an intimate look at a world most of us know nothing about". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
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- ^ Paloma Pacheco, "Preview: Werewolf and Tales of Two Who Dreamt at VIFF". SAD Magazine, September 30, 2016.
- ^ Tucker, Rebecca (2 December 2016). "Theater of Life: Chefs cook a feast out of food waste in documentary". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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- ^ "Wexford Plaza director Joyce Wong on strip mall romanticism and growing up in Scarborough". CBC News. December 2, 2017.
External links
- Feature Films Released In 2016 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb
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