Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
8:17 p.m. Darling Street | Bernard Émond | Luc Picard | Drama | |
À Hauteur d'homme | Jean-Claude Labrecque | Bernard Landry | Documentary | Jutra - Documentary; a film about Bernard Landry, the leader of the Parti Québécois. |
The Barbarian Invasions | Denys Arcand | Rémy Girard, Marie-Josée Croze, Dorothée Berryman, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Stéphane Rousseau, Dominique Michel, Yves Jacques | Comedy, Drama | A sequel of sorts to the 1986 film, The Decline of the American Empire; a Canada-France co-production. |
Blizzard | LeVar Burton | Zoe Warner, Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Plummer, Kevin Pollack | Family, holiday film | Made with U.S. financing |
The Corporation | Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar | Jane Akre, Ray Anderson | Documentary | The top-grossing Canadian feature documentary. |
Crime Spree | Brad Mirman | Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday, Saïd Taghmaoui | Crime drama | Canada-U.K. co-production |
The Delicate Art of Parking | Trent Carlson | Dov Tiefenbach, Fred Ewanuick, Nancy Robertson | Comedy, drama | |
Emile | Carl Bessai | Ian McKellen, Deborah Kara Unger | Drama | Canada-U.K. co-production |
The Event | Thom Fitzgerald | Brent Carver, Olympia Dukakis, Jane Leeves, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Parker Posey | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
La Face cachée de la lune (English title: The Far Side of the Moon) | Robert Lepage | Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin, Richard Frédette | Drama based on a play by Robert Lepage | Berlin Film Festival – International Critics Prize |
Falling Angels | Scott Smith | Callum Keith Rennie, Miranda Richardson, Katharine Isabelle, Kristin Adams | Drama | Genie Award – Art Direction, Song; Canada-France co-production |
Falling in Love Again | Munro Ferguson | | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award – Animated Short |
Father and Sons | Michel Boujenah | Philippe Noiret, Charles Berling, Bruno Putzulu, Pascal Elbé | Family drama | Canada-France co-production |
Festival Express | Bob Smeaton | The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Buddy Guy and others | Concert film | Canada-U.K.-Netherlands co-production |
FIX: The Story of an Addicted City | Nettie Wild | | Documentary | Genie Award – Documentary |
Foolproof | William Phillips | Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet, Kristin Booth | Crime drama | |
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine | Vikram Jayanti | Garry Kasparov, IBM’s Deep Blue | Documentary produced with the National Film Board | |
Gaz Bar Blues | Louis Bélanger | Serge Thériault, Danny Gilmore | Comedy, drama | Prix Jutra – Actor (Thériault), Musical Score |
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause | Sébastien Rose | Micheline Lanctôt, Paul Ahmarani | Comedy of manners | Claude Jutra Award |
I Want a Dog | Sheldon Cohen | | National Film Board animated short | Based on the children's book I Want a Dog |
Julie Walking Home | Agnieszka Holland | Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau, Ryan Smith | Drama | Canada-German-Poland co-production made with U.S. financing |
Kart Racer | Stuart Gillard | Randy Quaid, Will Rothhaar | Comedy drama | Made for TV |
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity | Mina Shum | Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Tseng Chang, Russell Yuen | Comedy, drama | |
Love That Boy | Andrea Dorfman | Nadia Litz, Nikki Barnett, Adrien Dixon, Ellen Page | Romantic comedy | |
Luck | Peter Wellington | Luke Kirby, Sarah Polley, Noam Jenkins | Comedy | |
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam | Ann Marie Fleming | Long Tack Sam | Documentary | |
Mambo Italiano | Émile Gaudreault | Luke Kirby, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino, Mary Walsh, Sophie Lorain, Peter Miller | Comedy, Drama | From the play by Steve Galluccio |
The Marsh | Kim Nguyen | Paul Ahmarani, James Hyndman | Drama | |
My Life Without Me | Isabel Coixet | Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, Leonor Watling, Amanda Plummer | Drama | Genie Award – Actress (Polley); Canada-Spain co-production |
Nez rouge | Éric Canuel | Patrick Huard, Pierre Lebeau, Caroline Dhavernas | Romantic comedy | |
Owning Mahowny | Richard Kwietniowski | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, John Hurt | Drama | From the novel by Gary Stephen Ross; Canada-U.K. co-production |
Past Perfect | Daniel MacIvor | Rebecca Jenkins, Daniel MacIvor, Maury Chaykin, Marie Brassard | Drama | |
Proteus | John Greyson | Rouxnet Brown, Neil Sandilands | Drama | Canada-South Africa co-production |
The Republic of Love | Deepa Mehta | Bruce Greenwood, Emilia Fox, Edward Fox, Martha Henry, Jan Rubes, Claire Bloom | Romantic comedy | Canada-U.K. co-production based on the novel by Carol Shields. |
Rhinoceros Eyes | Aaron Woodley | Michael Pitt, Paige Turco, Gale Harold, Jim Allodi | Off-beat roamance | |
Roger Toupin, épicier variété | Benoît Pilon | | Short | Prix Jutra – Documentary |
The Saddest Music in the World | Guy Maddin | Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, Ross McMillan, David Fox | Comedy, Musical | Jury Prize winner at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival |
Seducing Doctor Lewis | Jean-François Pouliot | Raymond Bouchard, Pierre Collin, David Boutin, Benoît Brière, Lucie Laurier, Donald Pilon, Clémence Desrochers | Comedy | World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance |
The Snow Walker | Charles Martin Smith | Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk, James Cromwell, Kiersten Warren, Jon Gries | Drama | Based on a short story by Farley Mowat |
Stander | Bronwen Hughes | Thomas Jane, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Kara Unger | Police drama | Canada-U.K.-South Africa-German co-production |
The Statement | Norman Jewison | Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Alan Bates, Matt Craven, John Neville | Drama | Based on a novel by Brian Moore; Genie Award – Overall Sound, Sound Editing; Canada-U.K.-France co-production |