This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2011:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 75 Watts John Cullen Matt Giordano Documentary 388 Arletta Avenue Randall Cole Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa Horror About Her Phyllis Ellis Documentary Afghan Luke Mike Clattenburg Nick Stahl, Nicolas Wright, Stephen Lobo, Vik Sahay Comedy drama Amy George Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas Gabriel del Castillo Mullaly Coming-of-age drama At Night, They Dance (La Nuit, elles dansent) Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault Documentary Genie Award – Documentary Bail Enforcers Patrick McBrearty Trish Stratus Crime drama Direct to DVD Beauty Day Jay Cheel Documentary Blind Spot (Angle mort) Dominic James Karine Vanasse, Sébastien Huberdeau, Sophie Cadieux Thriller A Bottle in the Gaza Sea Thierry Binisti Agathe Bonitzer, Hiam Abbass, Salim Dau, Riff Cohen Drama Canada-France-Israel co-production based on a novel by Valérie Zenatti Breakaway Robert Lieberman Vinay Virmani, Russell Peters, Akshay Kumar Hockey drama Canada-India co-production BumRush Michel Jetté Emmanuel Auger Crime drama Café de Flore Jean-Marc Vallée Kevin Parent, Vanessa Paradis, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu Drama The Captains William Shatner William Shatner Documentary Choke Michelle Latimer Animated short Citizen Gangster Nathan Morlando Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand biodrama About the exploits of notorious Toronto bank robber, Edwin Boyd Cloudburst Thom Fitzgerald Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker Drama Made with U.S. financing Collaborator Martin Donovan Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams, Melissa Auf der Maur, Katherine Helmond Drama Made with U.S. financing Coteau Rouge André Forcier Roy Dupuis, Céline Bonnier Comedy A Dangerous Method David Cronenberg Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Vincent Cassel Historical/Drama Canada-U.K.-German-Switzerland co-production Derailments (Deragliamenti) Chelsea McMullan Milo Manara Documentary Donovan's Echo Jim Cliffe Danny Glover, Bruce Greenwood, Natasha Calls, Sonja Bennett Thriller, drama Doppelgänger Paul Dylan Akio Smith, Kris Elgstrand Brad Dryborough, Tygh Runyan, Arabella Bushnell, Ben Cotton Comedy Doubles with Slight Pepper Ian Harnarine Sanjiv Boodhu, Errol Sitahal Short drama Down the Road Again Don Shebib Doug McGrath, Kathleen Robertson, Anthony Lemke, Jayne Eastwood Drama A sequel to the 1970 film, Goin' Down the Road. East End Forever (L'Est pour toujours) Carole Laganière Documentary Encounters (Rencontre) Mélanie Carrier, Olivier Higgins Documentary Familiar Grounds (En terrains connus) Stéphane Lafleur Francis La Haye, Fanny Mallette Drama Family Portrait in Black and White Julia Ivanova Olga Nenya Documentary Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) Gabriel Pelletier Pierre-François Legendre, Brigitte Pogonat Drama For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de dieu) Micheline Lanctôt Madeleine Péloquin, Ariane Legault, Geneviève Bujold Prix Jutra – Costumes French Immersion Kevin Tierney Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Robert Charlebois, Martha Burns, Colm Feore Comedy French Kiss Sylvain Archambault Claude Legault, Céline Bonnier Romantic comedy Funkytown Daniel Roby Patrick Huard, Raymond Bouchard, Geneviève Brouillette, Justin Chatwin, Paul Doucet, Sarah Mutch Drama The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Kako sam Zapalio Simona Bolivara) Igor Drljaca Documentary Gerry Alain DesRochers Mario Saint-Amand, Capucine Delaby Biodrama Biopic about singer Gérald Boulet from the Quebec band Offenbach; Prix Jutra – Hair, Makeup The Girl in the White Coat Darrell Wasyk Pascale Monpetit Drama Based on The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol. Grave Encounters The Vicious Brothers Sean Rogerson Sci-fi horror The Guantanamo Trap Thomas Wallner Documentary The Happiness of Others (Le Bonheur des autres) Jean-Philippe Pearson Michel Barrette, Louise Portal, Marc-André Grondin, Julie Le Breton Comedy drama Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass Pat Tremblay Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Laurent Lecompte, Francis Dubois Science fiction Henry Yan England Gérard Poirier, Louise Laprade, Marie Tifo, Hubert Lemire, Ariane-Li Simard-Côté Short drama Hidden 3D Antoine Thomas Devon Bostick, Jason Blicker Horror Canada-Italy co-production Hobo with a Shotgun Jason Eisener Ruger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Robb Wells, Molly Dunsworth, Brian Downey Crime thriller The Hole Story Richard Desjardins & Robert Monderie National Film Board Documentary Hope Pedro Pires Bill Croft, Lucas Silveira Short drama If I Should Fall Brendon Culliton Documentary I'm Yours Leonard Farlinger Rossif Sutherland, Karine Vanasse, Don McKellar, Nicholas Campbell Drama Inner City (La Cité entre les murs) Alain Fournier Animated short An Insignificant Harvey Jeff Kopas Jordan Prentice, Kristin Adams, Steven McCarthy, Art Hindle Drama In Darkness Agnieszka Holland Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann Drama Canada-Poland-German co-production; screenplay by David F. Shamoon; Academy Award nominee for Foreign-Language Film Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy Rob Heydon Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd, Carlo Rota Black comedy Keyhole Guy Maddin Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini Drama Knockout Anne Wheeler Steve Austin, Daniel Magder Boxing drama Made with U.S. financing Laurentia (Laurentie) Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie Drama Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice Kenda Gee & Tom Radford Documentary International-award winning documentary for tv and theatrical screening, including multiple Canadian Screen Awards nominations. Winner at the 2011 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. Mesnak Yves Sioui Durand Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, Ève Ringuette Drama Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau Mohamed Fellag, Danielle Proulx, Sophie Nélisse Drama Academy Award nominee; TIFF – Best Canadian Feature; TFCA – Best Canadian Film Moon Point Sean Cisterna Drama The Moth Diaries Mary Harron Lily Cole, Scott Speedman, Sarah Bolger Vampire, Horror Canada-Ireland co-production The Mountie S. Wyeth Clarkson Andrew Walker, Jessica Paré, Earl Pastko Northern film Music from the Big House Bruce McDonald Documentary Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues, Louisiana’s infamous Angola Prison. Muybridge's Strings (Maiburijji no ito) Kōji Yamamura Animated short Canada-Japan coproduction Nuit #1 Anne Émond Catherine De Léan, Dimitri Storoge Drama Claude Jutra Award Of Events (D'aléas) Mathieu Tremblay Animated short On the Beat (Sur le rythme) Charles-Olivier Michaud Nico Archambault Romantic comedy Ora Philippe Baylaucq José Navas, choreographer National Film Board experimental 3D dance film Filmed with 3D thermography Paula Dominic-Étienne Simard Animated short Peace Out Charles Wilkinson Energy academics, CEOs, activists Documentary Winner Special Jury Prize Hot Docs, Most Popular Canadian Documentary VIFF People of a Feather Joel Heath Documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. Léa Pool National Film Board Documentary Explores the Pink ribbon campaign The Private Life of Cinema Denys Desjardins Documentary Rocky Mountain Express Stephen Low IMAX short Roller Town Andrew Bush Mark Little, Kayla Lorette, Evany Rosen, Pat Thornton Comedy Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) Ivan Grbovic Ali Ammar Drama La Ronde Sophie Goyette Éliane Préfontaine, Hubert Lemire Short drama La Run Demian Fuica Jason Roy Léveillée, Marc Beaupré, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Nicolas Canuel Crime drama The Salesman (Le Vendeur) Sébastien Pilote Gilbert Sicotte Drama Prix Jutra – Actor (Sicotte) A Sense of Humour (Le Sens de l'humour) Émile Gaudreault Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Benoît Brière Comedy Son of the Sunshine Ryan Ward Ryan Ward Supernatural drama Starbuck Ken Scott Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton, Antoine Bertrand Comedy Golden Reel Award; remade as Delivery Man, and Vince Vaughn played the lead character in 2013. Sunday (Dimanche) Patrick Doyon National Film Board animated short Academy Award nominee; Prix Jutra – Animated Short Surviving Progress Mathieu Roy & Harold Crooks Documentary Based on the book, A Short History of Progress Take This Waltz Sarah Polley Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman Romantic drama Textuality Warren P. Sonoda Jason Lewis, Carly Pope, Eric McCormack Romantic comedy Three Walls Zaheed Mawani Documentary Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines) Richard Roy Antoine Olivier Pilon, Antoine Bertrand, Evelyne Brochu Coming-of-age drama Throat Song Miranda de Pencier Ippiksaut Friesen Short drama Trash (Décharge) Benoît Pilon David Boutin, Isabel Richer, Sophie Desmarais Drama Trente tableaux Paule Baillargeon National Film Board Autobiographical documentary Trotteur Arnaud Brisebois, Francis Leclerc Kyle Gatehouse Shirt drama Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Eli Craig Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss Comedy, horror Made with U.S. financing Upside Down Juan Diego Solanas Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst Sci-fi/Romance Canada-France co-production The Van Doos in Afghanistan Claude Guilmain National Film Board documentary Following the Royal 22nd Regiment We Ate the Children Last Andrew Cividino Keith Berry, David Disher, Frank Longo, Ryan Ward Science fiction short West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson Peter Raymont, Michèle Hozer Documentary Wetlands (Marécages) Guy Édoin Pascale Bussières, Gabriel Maillé, Luc Picard Drama Wild Life Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis voices Adam Blackwood, Luba Goy National Film Board animated short Academy Award nominee Winnie Mandela Darrell Roodt Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard Biodrama About the life of Winnie Mandela; Canada-South Africa co-production Wrecked Michael Greenspan Adrien Brody Thriller The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom Tara Johns Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows, Julia Stone Coming-of-age drama You Got Served: Beat the World Robert Adetuyi Tyrone Brown, Mishael Morgan Dance film
See also 2011 in Canada 2011 in Canadian television
External links Feature Films Released In 2011 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb Canada's Top Ten for 2011 (lists of top ten Canadian features and shorts, selected in a process administered by TIFF)