This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2004:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Acapulco Gold André Forcier Michel Maillot Comedy-drama, mockumentary Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France) Jean Beaudin Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Gérard Depardieu, Irene Jacob, Jason Isaacs, Tim Roth Historical drama Genie Award – Art Direction/Production Design; Canada-U.K.-France co-production Being Julia István Szabó Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Shaun Evans, Juliet Stevenson, Maury Chaykin, Michael Gambon Drama based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham Canada-U.K.-Hungary co-production made with U.S. financing Better Off in Bed Reginald Harkema The New Pornographers Documentary The Big Thing Carl Laudan Robin Wilcock, Andrew Simms, Mathieu Courtemanche Short, black comedy Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinemascope) Denise Filiatrault Pascale Bussières, Denis Bernard Biodrama on Alice Robitaille Genie Award – Actress (Bussières); Prix Jutra – Actress (Bussières), Sound, Art Direction, Costumes, Makeup Blood Jerry Ciccoritti Emily Hampshire, Jacob Tierney Drama Based on the play by Tom Walmsley The Blue Butterfly Léa Pool William Hurt, Pascale Bussières, Marc Donato, Raoul Trujillo Family drama Canada-U.K.-France co-production made with U.S. financing A Brand New You Kathryn PalmateerShawn Whitney Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Freya Ravensbergen, Clinton Lee Pontes Comedy The Bridge (Le Pont) Guy Édoin Patrick Hivon, Catherine Bonneau Short Capacité 11 personnes Gaëlle d'Ynglemare Short drama Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot Mike Fallows voices Julie Lemieux, Adrian Truss, Susan Roman, Katie Griffin Animated feature Direct to DVD Childstar Don McKellar Don McKellar, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Rendell, Gil Bellows, Dave Foley Comedy Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Leigh) Clean Olivier Assayas Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Don McKellar, Martha Henry Drama Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress (Chung), Technical Grand Prize; Canada-U.K.-France co-production Carole Laure Clara Furey, Jean-Marc Barr Family drama Canada-France co-production Cube Zero Ernie Barbarash Zachary Bennett, Stephanie Moore, Michael Riley, Martin Roach Sci-fi, Horror Prequel to original Cube Decoys Matthew Hastings Nicole Eggert, Kim Poirier Horror Dawn of the Dead Zack Snyder Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Ty Burrell, Kevin Zegers Horror This Canada-France-Japan co-production made with U.S. financing is a remake of the 1978 original film. Desastre Jay Field Kendall Negro Short comedy Elvis Gratton III: La Vengence d'Elvis Gratton Pierre Falardeau Julien Poulin Satire Everyone Bill Marchant Matt Fentiman, Mark Hildreth, Brendan Fletcher Comedy-drama Expiration Gavin Heffernan Janet Lane, Gavin Heffernan Drama, Fantasy The Final Cut Omar Naim Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, James Caviezel Sci-fi, Thriller Canada-German co-production made with U.S. financing The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq) Ghyslaine Côté Peter Miller, Noémie Yelle Drama From Cherry English Jeff Barnaby Nathaniel Arcand Short drama Geraldine's Fortune John N. Smith Jane Curtin, Mary Walsh, Sheila McCarthy, Matt Frewer, Peter MacNeill, Monique Mercure Comedy, Drama Based on a play by Michel Tremblay Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed Brett Sullivan Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins, Brendan Fletcher, Tatiana Maslany Horror Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning Grant Harvey Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle Horror Godsend Nick Hamm Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro Horror, Drama made with U.S. financing Going the Distance Mark Griffiths Christopher Jacot, Joanne Kelly, Shawn Roberts, Ryan Belleville, August Schellenberg Teen, Comedy Made with U.S. financing Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love Elza Kephart Anne Day-Jones, Samantha Slan Parody, Horror Slamdance 2004 Award; went direct to DVD Ham & Cheese Warren P. Sonoda Mike Beaver, Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, Dave Foley Comedy Hank Williams First Nation Aaron James Sorensen Colin Van Loon, Gordon Tootoosis, Stacy Da Silva Drama Happy Camper (Camping sauvage) Guy A. Lepage, André Ducharme, Sylvain Roy Guy A. Lepage, Sylvie Moreau, Normand D'Amour Crime comedy Head in the Clouds John Duigan Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann, Steven Berkoff Wartime drama Canada-France co-production Hollywood North Peter O'Brian Alan Bates, Matthew Modine, Deborah Kara Unger, Jennifer Tilly, John Neville, Fabrizio Filippo Satire I, Claudia Chris Abraham Kristen Thomson play Kristen Thomson I, Curmudgeon Alan Zweig Alan Zweig, Harvey Pekar, Fran Lebowitz Documentary Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival The Incomparable Miss C. (L'Incomparable Mademoiselle C.) Richard Ciupka Marie-Chantal Perron, Pierre Lebeau Children's comedy Intern Academy Dave Thomas Dave Thomas, Carly Pope, Dan Aykroyd, Saul Rubinek, Dave Foley, Maury Chaykin Comedy It's All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse Paul Kaye, Mike Wilmot, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan Mockumentary Canadian Comedy Award Best Film/Actor; Canada-U.K. co-production Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise : Les nuits de Montréal) Gilles Noël Roy Dupuis, Dawn Tyler Watson, Geneviève Rioux, Gregory Hlady Musical drama Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Vadim Jean Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo Comedy Made with U.S. financing John and Michael Shira Avni Animated short produced with the National Film Board Short documentary award, DOXA The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel) Érik Canuel Michel Côté, Jean Lapointe, Christopher Heyerdahl Crime drama Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Lapointe), Overall Sound; Prix Jutra – Supporting Actor (Lapointe) Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) Francis Leclerc Roy Dupuis, Rosa Zacharie, Maka Kotto Drama Genie Awards – Director, Screenplay, Actor (Dupuis); Prix Jutra – Film, Director, Actor (Dupuis), Editing Love and Magnets (Les Aimants) Yves Pelletier Isabelle Blais, Sylvie Moreau, David Savard Romantic comedy Prix Jutra – Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Moreau), Musical Score The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess Bruce McDonald Joely Collins, Ben Bass, Hugh Dillon Drama Mabel's Saga JoDee Samuelson Animated short Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) Pierre Houle Céline Bonnier, Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Frank Schorpion, Rémy Girard Crime drama Genie Award - Adapted Screenplay Mammouth Stefan Miljevic Julie Le Breton, Robin Aubert, Louis Champagne Short drama Jutra Award winner for Best Short Film Man. 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Dylan Akio Smith Brad Dryborough, Ryan Robbins, Peter New, Arabella Bushnell Short drama The Man with No Shadow (L'Homme sans ombre) Georges Schwizgebel Animated short Manners of Dying Jeremy Peter Allen Roy Dupuis, Serge Houde Drama Milo 55160 David Ostry Patrick McKenna, Graham Kartna Drama Mr. Mergler's Gift Beverly Shaffer Daniel Mergler, Xin Ben Yu Documentary My Only Love (Je n'aime que toi) Claude Fournier Nocturnal Doubling Daniel Cockburn Experimental short Nothing Vincenzo Natali David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Gordon Pinsent, Marie-Josée Croze Surreal drama On the Verge of a Fever (Le Goût des jeunes filles) John L'Ecuyer Lansana Kourouma, Kouma Ball, Maka Kotto Drama Phil the Alien Rob Stefaniuk Rob Stefaniuk, Nicole de Boer, Graham Greene, Bruce Hunter, Boyd Banks and the voice of Joe Flaherty Comedy Public Domain Kris Lefcoe Nicole de Boer, Nadia Litz, Mike Beaver, Don McKellar, Lindy Booth, Jason Jones Black comedy The Raspberry Reich Bruce LaBruce Comedy Canada-German co-production Resident Evil: Apocalypse Alexander Witt Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Jared Harris, Sandrine Holt Action/horror Genie Award - Sound editing; Golden Reel Award; Canada-U.K.-German-France co-production made with U.S. financing Ryan Chris Landreth Ryan Larkin National Film Board animated short Academy Award for Animated Short Film; Genie Award - Animated short The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles Jeffrey St. Jules Zachary Bennett, Gregory White, Soo Garay Short drama Saint Ralph Michael McGowan Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent, Shauna MacDonald, Jennifer Tilly Drama Scared Sacred Velcrow Ripper Documentary Genie Award - Documentary Seven Times Lucky Gary Yates Kevin Pollak, Liane Balaban, Jonas Chernick Drama Shake Hands With the Devil Peter Raymont Roméo Dallaire Documentary Sundance – Audience Award World Cinema: Documentary; also a 2007 dramatic feature Show Me Cassandra Nicolaou Michelle Nolden, Kett Turton, Gabriel Hogan, Katharine Isabelle Drama Shrek 2 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders Computer-animated fantasy comedy A Silent Love Federico Hidalgo Vanessa Bauche, Susanna Salazar Dramedy Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Sissy Boy Slap Party Guy Maddin Louis Negin, Noam Gonick, John K. Samson Experimental short New recreation of Maddin's lost 1994 film of the same name. So the Moon Rises (La lune viendra d'elle-même) Marie-Jan Seile France Castel, Isabelle Leblanc Drama Stryker Noam Gonick Kyle Henry, Deena Fontaine, Ryan Rajendra Black Drama Stupid Coalescing Becomers Daniel Cockburn Daniel Cockburn Experimental short Made over a weekend Sugar John Palmer Andre Noble, Brendan Fehr Drama Based on short stories Bruce LaBruce The Take Avi Lewis Documentary Canada-Argentina co-production Through My Thick Glasses Pjotr Sapegin Animated short Canadian-Norwegian coproduction Tideline (Littoral) Wajdi Mouawad Steve Laplante play by Wajdi Mouawad Canada-France co-production Touch of Pink Ian Iqbal Rashid Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan Romantic comedy Canada-U.K. co-production The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) Sylvain Chomet Animated feature co-produced with the National Film Board Academy Award nominee; Canada-France-Belgium co-production TV Dinner...Burp! Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli Emmanuel Bilodeau, Anne-Marie Cadieux Short comedy Two Eastern Hair Lines Steven Woloshen Animated short Two Worlds Colliding Tasha Hubbard National Film Board short Winner of Canada Award Welcome to Kentucky Craig Welch Animated short What Remains of Us (Ce qu'il reste de nous) Hugo Latulippe & François Prévost Kalsang Dolma, Dalai Lama National Film Board documentary White Skin (La Peau blanche) Daniel Roby Julie Le Breton Horror Claude Jutra Award; TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature Wilby Wonderful Daniel MacIvor Sandra Oh, Paul Gross, Callum Keith Rennie, James Allodi Drama Zeyda and the Hitman Melanie Mayron Danny Aiello, Judd Hirsch, Gil Bellows, Mercedes Ruehl Comedy Made for TV
See also 2004 in Canada 2004 in Canadian television
External links Feature Films Released In 2004 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb Canada's Top Ten for 2004 (list of top ten Canadian feature films, selected in a process administered by TIFF) List of 2004 box office number-one films in Canada