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La peau blanche (White Skin)
This brilliant and terrifying horror drama from Daniel Roby won the Best First Feature award at TIFF and the Claude Jutra award at the Genies.
Director
Daniel Roby
Roby’s feature film debut, La peau blanche, premiered at TIFF and went on to win the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature. His other films include Funkytown, Dans la brume, Target Number One, Chien & chat, and Louis Cyr, which swept the awards season with nine Jutras and two Canadian Screen Awards. He has also directed episodes of Versailles and La Faille.
Writers
Daniel Roby, Joël Champetier
Cast
Marc Paquet, Marianne Farley
Producer
Daniel Roby
Genre
Horror
Interest
Family Relationships
Original Language
French
Canadian Distributor
Les Films Seville
Possessor
An assassin working for a futuristic agency uses a brain implant to embody other people and carry out a series of hits that begin to take a toll on her sanity.
Director
Brandon Cronenberg
Writer
Brandon Cronenberg
Cast
Andrea Riseborough, Matthew Garlick, Gabrielle Graham, Hanneke Talbot
Producers
Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, Andrew Starkey
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
Elevation Pictures
The Changeling
After the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter, a move from New York to Seattle was meant to be a fresh start for composer John Russell (played by Academy Award-winner George C. Scott). However, when mysterious occurrences begin to escalate in the mansion he’s renting, he starts to believe that his new home is haunted, and that the spirits are looking to do him harm.
A cult classic and the winner of eight Genie awards including Best Picture, this spine-tingling horror is a must-see for fans of the genre.
Director
Peter Medak
Writers
Diana Maddox, William Gray
Cast
Jean Marsh, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas
Producers
Joel B. Michaels, Garth H. Drabinsky
Genre
Horror
Interest
Cult & Offbeat Cinema
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
Pan-Canadian Film Distributors
Antiviral
In a blackly satirical near future, a thriving industry sells celebrity illnesses to their obsessed fans. Employee Syd March's attempts to exploit the system backfire when they involve him in a potentially deadly mystery.
Director
Brandon Cronenberg
Writer
Brandon Cronenberg
Cast
Sarah Gadon, Lisa Berry, Caleb Landry Jones, Douglas Smith
Producer
Niv Fichman
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interest
Cult & Offbeat Cinema
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
eOne
Afflicted
Afflicted is a rare Canadian entry in the found-footage thriller genre that was called “ambitious in scope and practically flawless in execution,” by the Toronto Star’s Bruce DeMara.
Directors
Clif Prowse, Derek Lee
Writers
Clif Prowse, Derek Lee
Cast
Clif Prowse, Derek Lee, Michael Gill, Baya Rehaz
Producers
Chris Ferguson, Zach Lipovsky
Genres
Action/Adventure, Horror
Interest
Cult & Offbeat Cinema
Original Language
English
Sympathie pour le Diable (Sympathy for the Devil)
Director
Guillaume de Fontenay
Writers
Paul Marchand, Jean Barbe, Guillaume Vigneault
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Discrimination, Global Experiences, History
Original Languages
English, French
Canadian Distributor
Go Films
La sarrasine
Montreal, 1904: an Italian-Canadian immigrant couple is caught in the heightened tension between the city’s Italian and French-Canadian communities. Winner of a Genie for Tony Nardi’s performance.
Director
Paul Tana
Writers
Bruno Ramirez, Tony Nardi, Paul Tana
Cast
Tony Nardi, Enrica Maria Modugno
Producer
Marc Daigle
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, History, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
French
Canadian Distributor
Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-Visuelles (ACPAV)
Luck
This charming and fast-paced romantic comedy is a certified crowd-pleaser, winning the award for Best Narrative Feature at South By Southwest.
Director
Peter Wellington
Writer
Peter Wellington
Cast
Sarah Polley, Luke Kirby, Jed Rees
Producers
Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Interests
History, Sports
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
Cineplex Odeon Films
- Own Voice
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Director
Zacharias Kunuk (Inuk)
In 2015, Atanarjuat was selected as TIFF’s number one Canadian film of all time. Kunuk has directed shorts such as Exile and Home and features such as Maliglutit, which was nominated for two CSAs. He recently directed the series Hunting With My Ancestors and executive produced SGaawaay K'uuna (Edge of the Knife). His latest feature, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, premiered at TIFF 2019. Most recently, he directed the short The Shaman’s Apprentice, which won the CSA for Best Animated Short among other awards at festivals worldwide.
Writers
Eugene Ipkarnak (Inuk), Lucy Tulugarjuk (Inuk), Herve Paniaq (Inuk), Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (Inuk)
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, History, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Languages
English, Inuktitut, Other Language
Canadian Distributor
eOne
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)
In 1952, an Inuk hunter (Natar Ungalaaq) leaves his northern community to be treated for tuberculosis in Quebec City, where he is alone and despondent until a young orphan arrives at the sanatorium.
Director
Benoît Pilon
Writer
Bernard Émond
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq (Inuk)
Producer
Bernadette Payeur
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
French
Language Version
None
Canadian Distributor
Les Films Seville
La guerre du feu (Quest for Fire)
A trio of prehistoric warriors travel the earth in search of fire, encountering sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths and cannibals along the way.
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers
J.H. Rosny Sr., Gérard Brach
Cast
Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman, Everett McGill, Nicholas Kadi
Producers
John Kemeny, Denis Héroux
Genre
Drama
Interests
History, Literary Adaptation
Original Language
French
Canadian Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox
- Own Voice
Deadly Currents
Probing the incredibly complex world of Arab–Israeli politics, this illuminating documentary looks at the lives of those in Gaza and the West Bank through interviews, street footage and an unblinking eye.
Director
Simcha Jacobovici
Producers
Ric Esther Bienstock, Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
Cineplex Odeon Films
- Own Voice
Hero
Director
Frances-Anne Solomon
Writer
Frances-Anne Solomon
Cast
Peter Williams, Nickolai Salcedo, Joseph Marcell, John Dumelo
Producers
Frances-Anne Solomon, Frances-Anne Solomon
Genre
Drama
Interests
Biography, BIPOC Stories, Black Filmmaker, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
Capital Motion Picture Group
Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
An American thug is imported to crush the Seafarers’ Union in this exploration of the corrupt state of labour management relations in Canada from the 1940s to the ‘60s.
Director
Donald Brittain
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Brittain was one of Canada’s most respected and prolific documentary filmmakers. A few of his notable films include Fields of Sacrifice, Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen, Memorandum, and the Genie Award-winning Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed. He wrote the 1975 Oscar-nominated short doc Whistling Smith and co-directed Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry, which garnered 6 Canadian Film Awards and an Academy Award nomination.
Writers
Donald Brittain, Richard Nielsen
Cast
Maury Chaykin
Producers
Paul Wright, Donald Brittain, Adam Symansky, Andy Thomson
Genre
Drama
Interests
Biography, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
The Bay Boy
Director
Daniel Petrie
Cast
Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat
Genre
Drama
Interest
History
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
International Cinema Corporation (ICC)
The Burning Times
A feminist account of the witchcraft trials that swept Europe throughout the Middle Ages, where mass hysteria led to the burning of innocent women at the stake.
Director
Donna Read
Producers
Mary Armstrong, Margaret Pettigrew, Signe Johansson
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Discrimination, Female Filmmaker, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)
- Own Voice
Ararat
Director
Atom Egoyan
Egoyan is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2015 for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. He has produced a significant body of work in film, television, and theatre. He has won over 60 awards, and was nominated for 80 others, including two Academy Award nominations for The Sweet Hereafter. His films have screened at festivals and in major retrospectives around the world, and a number of books have been written about his work. His films include Exotica, Ararat, The Captive, and Seven Veils, among many others.
Writer
Atom Egoyan
Cast
Simon Abkarian, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Arsinée Khanjian
Producers
Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, Global Experiences, History, Newcomer Stories, Social Justice & Politics, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
eOne
Inch’Allah
Torn between the two sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict through two close friendships, a Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged territories. Starring Évelyne Brochu.
Director
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Writer
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Cast
Evelyne Brochu
Producers
Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
French
Language Version
EN Subtitles
Canadian Distributor
eOne
- Own Voice
Siddharth
Director
Richie Mehta
Writers
Richie Mehta, Rajesh Tailang, Maureen Dorey
Cast
Rajesh Tailang, Tannishtha Chatterjee
Genre
Drama
Interests
Asian Filmmaker, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Global Experiences
Original Language
Other Language
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
Director
John Zaritsky
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Discrimination, Global Experiences, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Canadian Distributor
National Film Board (NFB)