Canada's top 10 films of all time.
As Piers Handling noted in the Fall 1994 issue of Take One, where the results from the 1993 poll were published, this was no small thing for Canadian cinema had just weathered the tax-shelter years, often considered our darkest cinematic period. The auteurs who established themselves in the 1960s and 1970s suffered significant setbacks as a result of the frequently catastrophic vagaries of the era, when an emphasis on genre and illusory box--office results supplanted the notion of true national cinema, one that reflected Canada to Canadians and presented it to the world. The 1984 poll paid tribute to these pioneers, citing filmmakers like Claude Jutra, Don Shebib, Gilles Carle, Don Owen and Jean Beaudin.The 1993 poll, which marked the 10th anniverysary of Perspective Canada, suggested a kind of consensus, with six films reappearing on the list. At the same time, the poll acknowledged two key developments; the emergence of the so-called Toronto new wave (represented by Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing and Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster) and the prominence of Quebecois director Denys Arcand, who enjoyed the rare distinction of having two films included in the Top 10. In significant ways, the poll reflected the increasing maturity of the industry and of particular artists.
The 2004 poll follows similar lines and suggests all even greater consensus with six of the films from the 1993 poll reappearing. (In fact, it would have been seven if The Grey Fox had received one more vote.) This time Arcand earns a greater distinction by placing three films in the Top 10. For the first time, David Cronenberg has a film in the Top 10. Especially exciting is the inclusion of the first limit film in the poll: Zacharias Kunuk's celebrated Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner). I should note that the methodology of this poll was slightly different than its predecessors. This time, the results from 1984 and 1993 were included on the ballot. There was also an attempt to make the poll slightly more international in terms of respondents. Approximately 20 per cent of the respondents were women; almost 25 per cent were from outside Canada.
We've elected to highlight the Top 20 finishers, in part because, in some ways, this list is even more intriguing. The results acknowledge significant contributions from the West (two films by Winnipeg director Guy Maddin place, as does Phillip Borsos's aforementioned The Grey Fox). Two more intimate films by Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg are cited and Michael Snow's Wavelength also received significant support.
As with any poll, there are certain oddities. Sadly, there are no films by women filmmakers in the Top 20--though Ruzema, Deepa Mehta, Lea Pool, Anne Wheeler and Joyce Weiland all received a substantial number of votes. And only one documentary, Pont la suite de monde, directed by NFB stalwart Pierre Perrault with Michel Brault, made the Top 20. It's worth noting that, despite nearly constant fluctuation in the distribution scene and public and private funding policies over the last decade, our filmmakers have managed to tell their own compelling stories and their energy and creativity is particularly reflected in the films that placed in the bottom half of the Top 20, acknowledging the emergence of new talents from different regions of Canada. There are more than 200 films listed here. As Handling said in 1993, all of them are worth seeing, and they represent a rich film heritage that grows richer with each passing year.
two thousand and four
1. Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
2. Jesus de Montreal (1988)
3. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Goin' down the Road (1970)
5. Atanarjuat (2002)
6. Dead Ringers (1988)
7. Les Ordres (1974) Les Bons Debarras (1980)
9. Le Declin de l'empire americain (1986) Les Invasions barbares (2003)
11. The Grey Fox (1983)
12. Leolo (1992) The Heart of the World (2000) Wavelength (1967)
15. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
16. Calendar (1993) Spider (2003) Pour la suite du monde (1963)
19. Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould (1994)
20. The Saddest Music in the World (2004) Crash (1996) Exotica (1994)
nineteen ninety-three
1. Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
2. Jesus de Montreal (1988)
3. Goin' down the Road (1970)
4. Le Declin de l'empire americain (1986)
5. Les Bons Debarras (1980)
6. Les Ordres (1974)
7. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
8. The Grey Fox (1983)
9. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
10. The Adjuster (1991)
nineteen eighty-four
1. Mon oncle Antoine (1971)
2. Goin' down the Road (1970)
3. Les Bons Debarras (1980)
4. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
5. The Grey Fox (1983) Les Ordres (1974)
7. J.A. Martin, photographe (1977) Pour la suite du monde (1963)
9. Nobody Waved Good Bye (1964) La Vraie Nature de Bernadette (1972)
MAURIE ALIOFF
Associate editor, Take One Atanarjuat Spider Jesus de montreal The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Dead Ringers Les Bons Debarras Leolo Les Triplettes de Belleville Post-Mortem Family Viewing
BLAINE ALLAN
Department head, Queen's University (in chronological order) Safe Clothing Begone Dull Care Les Raquetteurs Warrendale Wojeck: "The Last Man in the World" The Ballad of Crowfoot Surfacing on the Thames Les Dernieres fiancailles The Grey Fox Da Vinci's Inquest: "Little Sister"
JASON ANDERSON
Film critic, eye weekly Wavelength Calendar Leolo Dead Ringers Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould La Sarrasine The Heart of the World Neighbours Jesus de Montreal Atanarjuat
DAVID ANSEN
Senior editor, Newsweek The Boys of St. Vincent Mon oncle Antoine Les Invasions barbares The Saddest Music in the World Le Declin de l'empire americain The Adjuster Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould The Brood My American Cousin Leolo
KAY ARMATAGE
Associate professor, University of Toronto Wavelength Calendar I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Fire Dead Ringers Bye Bye Blues Rat Life and Diet in North America Les Invasions barbares Jesus de Montreal The Grey Fox
CAMERON BAILEY
Film critic (in preferential order) Dead Ringers The Heart of the World Atanarjuat Very Nice, Very Nice Les Ordres You Take Care Now The Sweet Hereafter Sonatine Frank's Cock La Region centrale
WILLIAM BEARD
Film Studies co-ordinator, University of Alberta (in chronological order) Blinkity Blank City of Gold Back and Forth La Vraie Nature de Bernadette Between Friends Le Confort et l'indifference Dead Ringers Exotica Last Night Cowards Bend the Knee
CAROLINE BENJO
Producer, Haut et Court Mon oncle Antoine Les Bons Debarras I've Heard the Mermaids Singing The Sweet Hereafter Les Invasions barbares La Vraie Nature de Bernadette Crash Le Neg' Last Night Anne Trister
ANDRE BENNETT
President and CEO, Cinema Esperanca International Mon oncle Antoine Goin' down the Road Les Bons Debarras The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Les Ordres J.A. Martin, photographe Family Viewing Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Le Declin de l'empire americain Les Invasions barbares
CARL BESSAI
Filmmaker Spider Les Invasions barbares The Sweet Hereafter eXistenZ The Grey Fox Black Robe Jesus de Montreal Margaret's Museum The Saddest Music in the World The Snow Walker
DIANE BURGESS
Programmer, VIFF Atanarjuat Calendar Le Confessional The Heart of the World Leolo Lilies Mon oncle Antoine Pour la suite du monde waydowntown When the Day Breaks
LUC CHAPUT
Film critic, Sequences Le Declin de l'empire americain Les Bons Debarras A Chairy Tale The Sweet Hereafter Pour la suite du monde A tout prendre The Grey Fox J.A. Martin, photographe Dead Ringers Les Ordres
DENIS CHOUINARD
Filmmaker Entre la mer et l'eau douce A tout prendre Le Chat dans le sac Les Ordres Pour la suite du monde Les Bons Debarras Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould L'Eau chaude l'eau frette Mon oncle Antoine Picture of Light
JERRY CICCORITTI
Filmmaker Mon oncle Antoine Jesus de Montreal Leolo The Sweet Hereafter Spider Le Chat dans le sac Les Ordres Black Christmas Nobody Waved Good-Bye Skip Tracer
PAUL CORUPE
Founder, Canuxploitation.com Crime Wave Goin' down the Road Skip Tracer The Mask Rituals Crash The Grey Fox Nobody Waved Good-Bye Comic Book Confidential Warrendale
KEVIN COURIER
Film critic, CBC Radio Mon oncle Antoine The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz The Boys of St. Vincent Sims sol Free Fall Emporte-moi The Champions Parts I & II Heartaches Lc Declin de l'empire americain The Heart of the World
LIZ CZACH
Programmer, TIFFG Atanarjuat The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Emporte-moi Exotica Goin' down the Road Jesus de Montreal Les Ordres Pour la suite du monde Tales from the Gimli Hospital Videodrome
STACEY DONEN
Programmer, TIFFG Au claire de la lune Les Ordres Crash Dead Ringers A tout prendre Archangel Avoir 16 ans Gambling, Gods and LSD Leolo Pour la suite du monde
R. BRUCE ELDER
Filmmaker La Region centrale Goin' down the Road The Hart of London Mon oncle Antoine Warrendale Jesus de Montreal Atanarjuat Les Ordres Reason over Passion Les Flours sauvages
PAUL ENNIS
Editor, Festival Magazine Les Invasions barbares The Heart of the World Fire Emporte-moi Jesus de Montreal Les Bons Debarras Mort oncle Antoine Spider The Sweet Hereafter Les Triplettes de Belleville
BILL EVANS
Programmer, Whistler Film Festival Mon oriole Antoine Atanarjuat Exotica The Hart of London House of Pain Crash Jesus de Montreal Kissed Warrendale The Saddest Music in the World
DAN FAINARU
Film critic La Vraie Nature de Bernadette Mon oncle Antoine Le Declin de l'empire americain The Sweet Hereafter The Hanging Garden Les Invasions barbares The Grey Fox Les Ordres The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Goin' down the Road
SEAN FARNEL
Programmer, TIEFG A Married Couple Le Vieux Pays ou Rimbaud est mort Lonely Boy La Region centrale Shivers Hard Core Logo Picture of Light Stations High Canadian Pacific
PATRICK GAUTHIER
Journalist/film critic, Journal de Montreal Spider 15 Fevrier 1839 The Sweet Hereafter Les Invasions barbares Le Declin de l'empire americain The Grey Fox Les Ordres L'Homme qui plantait des arbres The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Mon oncle Antoine
CHRIS GEHMAN
Artistic director, Images Festival Free Fall Canadian Pacific I & II Atanarjuat The Hart of London Begone Dull Care passing through/torn formations Wavelength Nunavut: Our Land Watersark Les Boris Debarras
PAUL GRATTON
VP Bravo!/CHUM-TV Les Invasions barbares Atanarjuat Mon oncle Antoine The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz The Grey Fox Jesus de Montreal Le Declin de l'empire americain The Sweet Hereafter Spider Goin' down the Road
STEVE GRAVESTOCK
Programmer, TIFFG A Married Couple Earth Calendar Hard Core Logo Between Friends A tout prendre Careful Mansfield Park La Sarrasine Emporte--moi
PIERS HANDLING
Director and CEO, TIFFG (in chronological order) Pour la suite du monde Le Chat dans le sac Wavelength La Vraie Nature de Bernadette Rejeanne Padovani Between Friends Le Vieux Pays oh Rimbaud est mort Life Classes Calendar Crash
JOHN HARKNESS
Senior film writer, NOW Magazine Dead Ringers Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry The Rubber Gun The Sweet Hereafter Hard Core Logo Goin' down the Road Le Confort et l'indifference passing through/torn formations Begone Dull Care Les Bons Debarras
CAM HAYNES
Director, Film Circuit, TIFFG Hard Core Logo Le Confessional Goin' down the Road Atanarjuat Spider Exotica Mon oncle Antoine Black Christmas A Married Couple The Saddest Music in the World
MATTHEW HAYS
Film critic, Mirror Neighbours FUBAR Goin' down the Road Forbidden Love Jesus de Montreal Dead Ringers Winter Kept Us Warm Mon oncle Antoine The Grey Fox Last Night
JAMES HEWISON
Executive director, Melbourne International Film Festival The Saddest Music in the World Cowards Bend the Knee Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould The Adjuster Dying at Grace Outback Crash Dead Ringers Scanners Lilies
J. HOBERMAN
Senior critic, The Village Voice Wavelength La Region centrale Corpus Callosum Crash Exotica The Hart of London Archangel Spider The Heart of the World Atanarjuat
PHILIP HOFFMAN
Filmmaker The Hart of London Wavelength Like a Dream That Vanishes Waterworx (A Clear Day and No Memories) Atanarjuat Tom Birds at Sunrise The Art of Worldly Wisdom Our Marilyn Les Dernieres fiancailles
ALEXANDER HORWATH
Director, The Austrian Film Museum (in preferential order) Videodrome Wavelength Family Viewing Crash Pour la suite du monde La Region centrale The Sweet Hereafter Atlantic City Dying at Grace Mon oncle Antoine
PETER HOWELL
Film critic, Toronto Star Goin' down the Road The Luck of Ginger Coffey Nobody Waved Good-Bye Mon oncle Antoine Wedding In White The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz Les Ordres Un Zoo la nuit The Saddest Music In the World Jesus de Montreal
KENT JONES
Editor, Film Comment Back and Forth Cut the Parrot Exotica The 49th Parallel* Gambling, Gods and LSD The Heart of the World Mon oncle Antoine Pour la suite du monde La Region centrale Scanners
GREG KLYMKIW
Producer-in-residence, Canadian Film Centre Black Christmas Crime Wave Felicia's Journey Goin' down the Road Hard Core Logo Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter Jesus de Montreal Leolo The Saddest Music in the World Shivers
ROBERT LANTOS
Producer Quest for Fire The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Pouvoir intime Leolo Joshua Then and Now The Sweet Hereafter Black Robe Sunshine Le Declin de l'empire americain Les invasions barbares
ANDRE LAVOIE
Film critic, Le Devoir 24 heures ou plus ... Dead Ringers The Sweet Hereafter Manufacturing Consent Les Bons Debarras Jesus de Montreal The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz The Street J.A. Martin, photographe I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
JEAN PIERRE LEFEBVRE
Cineaste On est loin du soled Le Chat dans le sac Les Bons Debarras Les Ordres La Vraie Nature de Bernadette La Maudite galette Enfants du Quebec et alveoles familiales Calendar Mariages 20H17, rue darling
RON FOLEY MACDONALD
Writer Mon oncle Antoine Goin' down the Road Jesus de Montreal Life Classes The Hanging Garden My American Cousin Bye Bye Blues Manufacturing Consent Picture of Light Lilies
WENDY MACKEIGAN
Chair and president, The Harold Greenberg Fund Mon oncle Antoine The Grey Fox Les Invasions barbares Goin' down the Road The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Atlantic City I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Atanarjuat Les Triplettes de Belleville The Sweet Hereafter
MICHELLE MARION
Director, Canadian Independent Production, The Movie Network
Mon oncle Antoine Jesus de Montreal Les Invasions barbares Goin' down the Road Ararat The Heart of the World The Sweet Hereafter Atanarjuat Maelstrom Clean
BILL MARSHALL
Producer, Xybermedia/ Founder, TIFFG
Outrageous! Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave The Saddest Music in the World Videodrome The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Goin' down the Road Mon oncle Antoine The Grey Fox Le Declin de l'empire americain Ararat
GILLES MARSOLAIS
Critique, 24 Images A tout prendre Pour la suite du monde Goin' down the Road Mon oncle Antoine Les Ordres Les Bons Debarras Le Declin de l'empire americain Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould Exotica Les Invasions barbares
JASON MCBRIDE
Managing editor, Cinema Scope Dead Ringers Archangel Wavelength Gambling, Gods and LSD Careful Calendar Sonatine The 100 Videos Atanarjuat Very Nice, Very Nice
BRUCE MCDONALD
Filmmaker Crash Avoir 16 ans Les Bons Debarras Crime Wave L'Ange et la femme Gambling, Gods and LSD Lost and Delirious The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam The Art of Worldly Wisdom Childstar
DAVID MCINTOSH
Programmer, Hot Does Fire The Heart of the World Kahnesetake: 270 Years of Resistance Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould Warrendale Videodrome Leolo Mon oncle Antoine Le Chat dans le sac Le Declin de l'empire americain
KEVIN MCMAHON
Filmmaker Nanook of the North* Atanarjuat Neighbours Jesus de Montreal Passiflora Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Outrageous! Crime Wave So Is This Very Nice, Very Nice
TOM MCSORLEY
Associate editor, Take One Mon oncle Antoine Between Friends Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould Le Vieux Pays ou Rimbaud est mort Begone Dull Care Jesus de Montreal Life Classes The Adjuster Lonely Boy The Hart of London
LUCIANO MONTEAGUDO
Director of programming, Cinemateca Argentina
Mon oncle Antoine J.A. Martin, photographe The Grey Fox Videodrome Dead Ringers Careful Calendar The Sweet Hereafter eXistenZ The Heart of the World
PETER MORRIS
Professor emeritus, York University Ararat Les Bons Debarras The Book of All the Dead The Far Shore Les Invasions barbares Kamouraska The Red Violin Spider The Sweet Hereafter Wavelength
JOHN PAIZS
Director and instructor, Canadian Film Centre Black Christmas Careful Goin' down the Road The Grey Fox Hard Core Logo I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Kissed Leolo Mon oncle Antoine The Sweet Hereafter
GERALD PEARY
Film critic, Boston Phoenix Les Ordres Mon oncle Antoine Goin' down the Road The Champions Parts I & II Careful Crime Wave Les Fleurs sauvages Exotica The Adjuster Dead Ringers
RICHARD PENA
Program director, Film Society of Lincoln Center La Region centrale Rejeanne Padovani Le Declin de l'empire americain Les Ordres La Bete lumineuse Mon oncle Antoine Dead Ringers Calendar The Adjuster J.A. Martin, photographe
BILL PENCE
Co-director, Telluride Film Festival
Les Invasions barbares Archangel Le Declin de l'empire americain Mon oncle Antoine The Grey Fox The Adjuster Leolo Spider Les Ordres The Sweet Hereafter
MARK PERANSON
Editor, Cinema Scope Archangel Arrowhead Calendar Le Confessional The Heart of the World Les Ordres Picture of Light Springtime in Greenland A tout prendre Videodrome
GINETTE PETIT
President and producer, Les Films Outsiders Un Crabe dans la tete Le Bonheur est une chanson triste Roger Toupin, epicier variete La Moitie gauche du frigo Kabloonak Un Zoo la nuit Jesus de Montreal Mon oncle Antoine Atanarjuat Les Bons Debarras
GEOFF PEVERE
Film critic, Toronto Star/ Co-host, Reel to Real Crash Exotica The Heart of the World Wavelength Neighbours Mon oncle Antoine Pour la suide du monde Reason over Passion Atanarjuat Goin' down the Road
JEREMY PODESWA
Filmmaker The Sweet Hereafter Dead Ringers Les Invasions barbares Careful Last Night Kissed Outrageous! Aranarjuat The Company of Strangers Leolo
NIK POWELL
Director, National Film and Television School (U.K.) Les Invasions barbares Mon oncle Antoine The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Jesus de Montreal Le Declin de l'empire americain The Grey Fox The Adjuster
GERALD PRATLEY
Adjunct professor, Ryerson University Nobody Waved Good-Bye Goin' down the Road Mon oncle Antoine La Vraie Nature de Bernadette J.A. Martin, photographe Les Bons Debarras The Grey Fox Jesus de Montreal Bye Bye Blues Spider
RAY PRIDE
Contributing editor, Newcity Atanarjuat Calendar Crime Wave Hard Core Logo The Heart of the World Kitchen Party Last Night Maelstrom Project Grizzly Videodrome
LIA RINALDO
Festival director, Atlantic Film Festival Jesus de Montreal Leolo The Hanging Garden My Dog Vincent Roadkill Le Declin de l'empire americain Reconstruction My Life without Me Les Triplettes de Belleville eXistenZ
PETER HARRY RIST
Associate professor, Concordia University (first two ranked, remainder in chronological order) Pour la suite du monde La Region centrale Back to God's Country. Begone Dull Care Les Raquetteurs Lonely Boy Rat Life and Diet in North America Le Vieux Pays oh Rimbaud est mort Mourir a tue-tete Videodrome
SEGOLENE ROEDERER
Directrice generale, Les Rendezvous du cinema quebecois tout prendre La Vie heureuse de Leopold Z. Mon oncle Antoine L'Eau chaude l'eau frette 24 heures ou plus ... Les Bons Debarras Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould Yes Sir! Madame ... The Sweet Hereafter Amelia
JONATHAN ROSENBAUM
Film critic, Chicago Reader Archangel Begone Dull Care Calendar Corpus Callosum Jesus de Montreal Naked Lunch Pour la suite du monde La Region centrale The Saddest Music in the World Wavelength
BARBARA SCHARRES
Director of programming, Gene Siskel Film Center The Heart of the World Sonatine Leolo Au claire de la lune Les Bons Debarras Les Ordres Between Friends Jesus de Montreal The Far Shore Wavelength
SHLOMO SCHWARTZBERG
Film critic, Box Office Magazine Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Dead Ringers Goin' down the Road I Shout Love Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation Last Night Mon oncle Antoine Rejeanne Padovani Sous-sol
ALISSA SIMON
Programmer, Palm Springs International Film Festival Exotica Careful I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Manufacturing Consent La Vraie Nature de Bernadette Atanarjuat Last Night Dead Ringers Les Bons Debarras Wavelength
JIM SINCLAIR
Executive director, Pacific Cinematheque Atanarjuat Neighbours Lonely Boy The Heart of the World Mon oncle Antoine Goin' down the Road Dead Ringers The Sweet Hereafter Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould Jesus de Montreal
DAVID SPARER
Film critic, The Province Last Wedding Spider Le Declin de l'empire americain Dead Ringers When Tomorrow Dies Dirty On the Corner Mon oncle Antoine Nobody Waved Good-Bye Double Happiness
BARBARA STERNBERG
Filmmaker Mon oncle Antoine Goin' down the Road Wavelength Watersark Hybrid La Femme de l'hotel My American Cousin Back to God's Country L'Age des images III: Comment filmer Dieu waydowntown
DAVID STERRITT
Film critic, The Christian Science Monitor Wavelength Goin' down the Road Illuminated Texts I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Dead Ringers Manufacturing Consent: Roam Chomsky and the Media Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould The Sweet Hereafter Last Night The Saddest Music in the World
KEVIN TIERNEY
Producer Les Triplettes de Belleville Leolo Mon oncle Antoine Kamouraska Les Ordres Les Bons Debarras Les Invasions barbares Atlantic City Atanarjuat Dead Ringers The Sweet Hereafter
KENNETH TURAN
Film critic, Los Angeles Times Leolo Mon oncle Antoine Goin' down the Road Jesus de Montreal Le Declin de l'empire americain Un Zoo la nuit Hard Core Logo The Heart of the World Scanners The Sweet Hereafter
THOMAS WAUGH
Professor, Concordia University Neighbours Golden Gloves tout prendre Il etait une lois dans Pest Ten Cents a Dance: Parallax Loyalties Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Metis Child Au chic resto pop Le Singe bieR Zero Patience
JERRY WHITE
Assistant professor, University of Alberta Pour la suite du monde Winds of Fogo The Hart of London Gina Les Fleurs sauvages Foster Child Le Mouton noir Calendar Atanarjuat Ocean
WYNDHAM WISE
Publisher/Editor-in-chief, Take One Jesus de Montreal Dead Ringers Le Declin de l'empire americain Spider The Sweet Hereafter Goin' down the Road Mon oncle Antoine The Grey Fox The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Les Ordres
MICHAEL ZRYD
Assistant professor, York University Wavelength The Hart of London Reason over Passion Illuminated Texts Atanarjuat Manufacturing Consent Girl from Moush Les Bons Debarras Hors-champs Canadian Pacific I & II
The lists were complied by Josey Matos of the Toronto International Film Festival Group and were based on the following parameters: (1) The films must have been a certified Canadian production or co-production and/or directed by a Canadian citizen or a Canadian resident; and (2) Any film of whatever genre, format or length was eligible, including animated, short, documentary and experimental works. * Indicates foreign films shot in Canada. The Toronto International Film Festival Group is a charitable, cultural and educational organization devoted to celebrating excellence in film and moving image.
Steve Gravestock is the programmes/associate director, Canadian Special Projects, with the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
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