This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1997.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes L'Absent Céline Baril Experimental feature Air Bud Charles Martin Smith Michael Jeter, Wendy Makkena Family film Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing The Assignment Christian Duguay Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Céline Bonnier Thriller Les Boys Louis Saia Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault, Michel Barrette, Paul Houde Comedy Golden Reel Award The Boys Club John Fawcett Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa Drama bp: pushing the boundaries Brian Nash bpNichol Documentary The Caretaker's Lodge (La Conciergerie) Michel Poulette Serge Dupire, Michel Forget, Macha Grenon Drama Chile, Obstinate Memory (Chile, la memoria obstinada) Patricio Guzmán Documentary Chilean, Canadian, Belgian, German and French coproduction Cotton Candy Roshell Bissett Yôko Higashi, Mitsuka Ohbuchi, Kazutoyo Yoshimi Short drama Cube Vincenzo Natali Maurice Dean Wint, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Julian Richings Thriller First in the Cube film series Dead FireRobert Lee Matt Frewer, C. Thomas Howell TV drama Drive, She Said Mina Shum Moira Kelly, Sebastian Spence Drama, romance Drowning in Dreams Tim Southam Documentary Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality Maya Gallus Annie Sprinkle, Candida Royalle, Susie Bright, Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Bettina Rheims, Anne Desclos Documentary Four Women of Egypt Tahani Rached Safinaz Kazem National Film Board documentary Le Grand silence Gilles Blais Documentary The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald Chris Leavins, Troy Veinotte, Seana McKenna, Peter MacNeill Comedy-drama Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Feature, People's Choice Award; Canada-U.K. co-production Hayseed Josh Levy, Andrew Hayes Jamie Shannon, Deborah Theaker, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney Comedy Heads or Tails (J'en suis!) Claude Fournier Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Charlotte Laurier Comedy How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels Craig Welsh voice Louise Leroux National Film Board animated short Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival Kitchen Party Gary Burns Scott Speedman, Tygh Runyan Comedy, drama Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Maury Chaykin Drama Canada-U.K. co-production Men with Guns Kari Skogland Donal Logue, Gregory Sporleder, Paul Sorvino, Callum Keith Rennie Crime drama Pale Saints Joel Wyner Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Riley, Saul Rubinek, Rachael Crawford Crime drama Pippi Longstocking Clive Smith voices Melissa Altro, Gordon Pinsent, Catherine O'Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas Animated feature Canada-German-Sweden co-production The Planet of Junior Brown Clément Virgo Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Francks, Margot Kidder, Sarah Polley TV drama Shown at the Toronto International Film FestivalThe Rage Sidney J. Furie Gary Busey, Lorenzo Lamas, Roy Scheider Action Red-Blooded American Girl II David Blyth Kari Wuhrer, Burt Young, David Keith Thriller The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir) Roger Cantin Germain Houde, Marc Labrèche, Raymond Bouchard, France Castel Comedy The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme) Olivier Asselin Emmanuel Bilodeau, Lucille Fluet, Rémy Girard Drama Sleeping Dogs Michael Bafaro Scott McNeil, C. Thomas Howell Sci-Fi, Action Canada-Czech Republic-Germany co-production The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Bruce Greenwood, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Arsinée Khanjian Drama based on the novel by Russell Banks; Atom Egoyan is the first director of a Canadian dramatic feature to be nominated Best Director at the Oscars. Tu as crié: Let me go Anne Claire Poirier National Film Board documentary Genie Award for Best Documentary Twilight of the Ice NymphsGuy Maddin Pascale Bussières, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin, R. H. Thomson Fantasy drama Twists of TerrorDouglas Jackson Jennifer Rubin, Françoise Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Joseph Ziegler Horror Uncut John Greyson Matthew Ferguson, Michael Achtman Drama Under the Weather (À l'ombre) Tali Prévost Animated short Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship Maureen Judge Documentary Wounded Richard Martin Mädchen Amick, Graham Greene Crime thriller The Wrong Guy David Steinberg Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly, Enrico Colantoni, Colm Feore Comedy Canada-U.K. co-production Zie 37 Stagen Sylvain Guy Thierry Frémont, Denis Mercier, Dino Tavarone Short drama
See also 1997 in Canada 1997 in Canadian television
External links Feature Films Released In 1997 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb