This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2008:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Adam's Wall Michael MacKenzie Jesse Aaron Dwyre, Flavia Bechara, Paul Ahmarani, Maxim Roy Romantic drama Adoration Atom Egoyan Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman, Kenneth Welsh, Arsinée Khanjian, Devon Bostick, Aaron Poole Drama After the Ballot (Chers électeurs) Manuel Foglia Charlotte L'Écuyer, Daniel Turp National Film Board Documentary All That She Wants (Elle veut le chaos) Denis Côté Ève Duranceau, Nicolas Canuel, Laurent Lucas Drama The American Trap (Le piège américain) Charles Binamé Rémy Girard, Gérard Darmon, Colm Feore, Serge Houde Crime drama Babine Luc Picard Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Luc Picard, Julien Poulin, Alexis Martin, Isabel Richer Fantasy, drama Prix Jutra – Art Direction, Sound, Music, Costumes, Makeup The Baby Formula Alison Reid Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock Mockumentary Le Banquet Sébastien Rose Alexis Martin, Raymond Bouchard, Benoît McGinnis Drama Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain) Marie-Hélène Cousineau & Madeline Ivalu Madeline Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu Inuit Drama TIFF – Best Canadian Feature Behind Me (Derrière moi) Rafaël Ouellet Drama Beyond the Walls (La Battue) Guy Édoin Short drama Blindness Fernando Meirelles Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Don McKellar Drama Based on the novel by José Saramago; a Canada-Brazil-Japan co-production Block B Chris Chong Chan Fui Experimental short Malaysian co-production Blonde and Blonder Dean Hamilton Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards Comedy Borderline Lyne Charlebois Isabelle Blais, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Angèle Coutu Drama A Broken Life Neil Coombs Tom Sizemore, Corey Sevier Drama The Broken Line (La ligne brisée) Louis Choquette David Boutin, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge Drama Club Native Tracey Deer National Film Board Documentary Winner of the Canada Award Confessions of a Porn Addict Duncan Christie Spencer Rice, Mark Breslin, Lindsey Connell Faux documentary Coopers' Camera Warren P. Sonoda Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, Peter Keleghan, Mike Beaver, Dave Foley Comedy Cruising Bar 2 Michel Côté & Robert Ménard Michel Côté, Véronique Le Flaguais Comedy Genie Award – Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting (Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes) Robert Morin François Papineau Drama The Deserter (Le Déserteur) Simon Lavoie Drama DINX Trevor Anderson Farren Timoteo Short comedy Down Here Charles Wilkinson Arlene, Bingo, Gerald, Jane, Johnny, Lianne, Lisa, Lorne, Maggie, Paul Documentary short Winner Cleveland Best Documentary Short, VIFF Most Popular Canadian Short Film, EIFF Best Short Documentary, Venice Ondo Courta, Houston Special Jury Award Down to the Dirt Justin Simms Joel Thomas Hynes, Robert Joy, Mary Lewis, Hugh Dillon Drama Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Yves-Christian Fournier Maxime Dumontier, Chloé Bourgeois, Normand D'Amour, Claude Legault Drama Claude Jutra Award; Prix Jutra – Supporting Actor (D’Amour) Examined Life Astra Taylor Cornel West, Slavoj Žižek, Judith Butler Documentary produced with the National Film Board Explores contemporary philosophy Fifty Dead Men Walking Kari Skogland Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Kevin Zegers, Rose McGowan Political, crime drama based on the novel by Martin McGartland Genie Award – Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction; Canada-U.K. co-production FLicKeR Nik Sheehan Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Kenneth Anger National Film Board Documentary Based on the book Chapel of Extreme Experience by John G. Geiger Forever Quebec (Infiniment Québec) Jean-Claude Labrecque Documentary Ghosts and Gravel Roads Mike Rollo Short documentary Gilles Constant Mentzas Hélène Loiselle, Réjean Lefrancois Short drama Green Door Semi Chellas Don McKellar, Sabrina Grdevich, Tracy Wright, Matt Gordon, Joris Jarsky Short comedy Gutterballs Ryan Nicholson Alastair Gamble, Jeremy Beland, Mihola Terzic Horror Hank and Mike Matthiew Klinck Paolo Mancini, Thomas Michael, Joe Mantegna, Chris Klein Comedy Heart of a Dragon Michael French Victor Webster, Jim Byrnes Drama Heaven on Earth Deepa Mehta Preity Zinta, Geetika Sharma, Yanna McIntosh Drama Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand départ) Claude Meunier Marc Messier, Guylaine Tremblay, Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc Comedy-drama How She Move Ian Iqbal Rashid Rutina Wesley, Tre Armstrong, Dwain Murphy, Clé Bennett, Ardon Bess, Conrad Coates Dance Drama It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) Philippe Falardeau Antoine L'Écuyer, Suzanne Clément, Gabriel Maillé Comedy Junior Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault Baie-Comeau Drakkar Documentary produced with the National Film Board Best Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs Martyrs Pascal Laugier Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï Horror The Memories of Angels (La Mémoire des anges) Luc Bourdon Collage documentary Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Léa Pool Céline Bonnier, Marianne Fortier, Élie Dupuis Drama Made for TV Mothers & Daughters Carl Bessai Tantoo Cardinal, Gabrielle Rose, Babz Chula, Camille Sullivan, Tinsel Korey Drama My Father's Studio (L'atelier de mon père) Jennifer Alleyn Edmund Alleyn Documentary My Name Is Victor Gazon (Mon nom est Victor Gazon) Patrick Gazé Short drama The Necktie Jean-François Lévesque National Film Board animated short Jutra Award for best animation The Necessities of Life Benoît Pilon Natar Ungalaaq, Eveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur Drama Next Floor Denis Villeneuve Short Genie Award – Live-Action Short; Prix Jutra – Short; Cannes Film Festival – Canal+ Award A No-Hit No-Run Summer (Un été sans point ni coup sûr) Francis Leclerc Patrice Robitaille, Pier-Luc Funk, Jacinthe Laguë, Roy Dupuis Sports drama Nurse.Fighter.Boy Charles Officer Karen LeBlanc, Clark Johnson, Daniel J. Gordon Drama Genie Award – Song One Week Michael McGowan Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban, Gordon Downie, narrated by Campbell Scott Drama Genie Award - Actor (Jackson) Otto; or Up with Dead People Bruce LaBruce Jey Crisfar, Marcel Schlutt HorrorGerman-Canada co-production Passage John Walker Rick Roberts Documentary film Partly based on the book Fatal Passage by Ken McGoogan Passages Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre Animated short documentary Passchendaele Paul Gross Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas, Gil Bellows, Joe Dinicol, Meredith Bailey Romance, World War I drama Golden Reel Award Pontypool Bruce McDonald Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle Horror, Thriller Based on the Tony Burgess novel Pontypool Changes Everything, which is the name of the film sequel Princess Margaret Blvd. Kazik Radwanski Short drama Real Time Randall Cole Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel Dramedy ReGOREgitated Sacrifice Lucifer Valentine A. Belle, The Black Angels of Hell, Honey Horror RiP!: A Remix Manifesto Brett Gaylor Girl Talk, Lawrence Lessig, Cory Doctorow Documentary produced with the National Film Board Open source film about copyright law A Sentimental Capitalism (Un capitalisme sentimental) Olivier Asselin Drama Stone of Destiny Charles Martin Smith Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd Drama Canada-U.K. co-production Tiger Spirit Min Sook Lee Documentary To Each Her Own Heather Tobin Hannah Hogan, Dre Carrington, Shaughnessy Redden Drama Tomorrow (Demain) Maxime Giroux Eugénie Beaudry, Guillaume Beauregard, Serge Houde Drama Truffles (Truffe) Kim Nguyen Roy Dupuis, Céline Bonnier, Pierre Lebeau, Danielle Proulx Science fiction comedy Under the Hood: A Voyage Into the World of Torture Patricio Henríquez Documentary Up the Yangtze Yung Chang National Film Board Documentary Genie Award for best documentary Waitresses Wanted (Serveuses demandées) Guylaine Dionne Clara Furey, Anne Dorval, Colm Feore Drama West of Pluto (À l'ouest de Pluton) Myriam Verreault, Henry Bernadet Docufiction, comedy-drama Who Is KK Downey? Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely, Matt Silver Comedy
See also 2008 in Canada 2008 in Canadian television
External links Feature Films Released In 2008 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb Canada's Top Ten for 2008 (lists of top ten features and shorts, selected in a process administered by TIFF) List of 2008 box office number-one films in Canada