This is a list of Canadian films released in 2019:
Films Title Director Cast Notes Ref 14 Days, 12 Nights (14 jours 12 nuits) Jean-Philippe Duval Anne Dorval, Leanna Chea, François Papineau 2008 Blake Williams Kelsey Adams, "TIFF’s 2019 Canadian Film Offering Has Angles for Art Lovers". Canadian Art, August 1, 2019. Acadiana Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019. The Acrobat (L'Acrobate) Rodrigue Jean Sébastien Ricard, Yury Paulau Marc-André Lussier, "FNC : La Presse a vu… L’acrobate". La Presse, October 17, 2019. Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) Pedro Pires Alexandre Demard François Lévesque, "Alexandre le fou". Le Devoir, September 21, 2019. American Woman Semi Chellas Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, Lola Kirke, Ellen Burstyn And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) Louise Archambault Andrée Lachapelle, Rémy Girard, Gilbert Sicotte Adaptation of the novel by Jocelyne Saucier "Une première bande-annonce dévoilée pour «Il pleuvait des oiseaux»". Le Journal de Montréal, April 25, 2019. Anne at 13,000 Ft. Kazik Radwanski Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson Antigone Sophie Deraspe Nahéma Ricci "TIFF unveils 2019 Canadian feature line-up, new female talent scheme", Screen Daily, July 31, 2019. Apapacho Marquise Lepage Fanny Mallette, Laurence Leboeuf Charles-Henri Ramond, "Apapacho, une caresse pour l’âme – Film de Marquise Lepage". Films du Québec, October 14, 2019. Aquaslash Renaud Gauthier Ryan Ali, Lanisa Dawn, Brittany Drisdelle Ash Andrew Huculiak Tim Guinee, Chelah Horsdal, Eric Keenleyside Assholes: A Theory John Walker John Cleese Norman Wilner, "Review: Assholes: A Theory will make you think about the jerks in your life". Now, November 27, 2019. Barbarians of the Bay (Les Barbares de La Malbaie) Vincent Biron Philippe-Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques, Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard Alex Rose, "Barbarians at the gate". Cult MTL, November 22, 2019. Because We Are Girls Baljit Sangra Jeeti Pooni, Kira Pooni, Salakshana Pooni Zofeen Maqsood, "‘Because We Are Girls’, a new documentary, talks about an immigrant Punjabi family with a dark secret". The American Bazaar, July 15, 2019. Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) Rémi St-Michel Étienne Galloy, Julianne Côté "Avant qu'on explose: pas seulement un film d'ados...". La Presse, March 1, 2019. BKS (SDR) Alexa-Jeanne Dubé Victoria Diamond, Iannicko N'Doua-Légaré Q.V. Hough, "Review: Alexa-Jeanne Dubé’s ‘SDR’". Vague Visages, October 30, 2019. Black Conflux Nicole Dorsey Ella Ballentine, Ryan McDonald, Luke Bilyk Blood Quantum Jeff Barnaby Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Gary Farmer "Filming set to begin on Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum". Playback, April 5, 2018. Body and Bones Melanie Oates Kelly Van der Burg, Joel Thomas Hynes, Lawrence Barry Janet Smith, "Film review: Body & Bones' coming-of-age story feels painfully honest". Stir, October 16, 2020. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Violet Nelson Book of Hours Annie MacDonell A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) Monia Chokri Evelyne Brochu, Niels Schneider "'A Brother's Love': Cannes Review". Screen Daily, 15 May 2019. Brotherhood Richard Bell Brendan Fletcher, Brendan Fehr, Jake Manley "Film recounts loss of 11 lives in Ontario summer storm". Toronto Sun, July 15, 2019. Canadian Strain Geordie Sabbagh Jess Salgueiro, Colin Mochrie, Naomi Snieckus, Maria Vacratsis, Thom Allison Darren Wiesner, "Canadian Strain Lifts the Mood at the Whistler Film Festival". Hollywood North Magazine, December 20, 2019. Cassy Noël Mitrani Natacha Mitrani, Ayana O'Shun, Stéphane Krau "Noël Mitrani: à sa manière". La Presse, February 27, 2019. Castle in the Ground Joey Klein Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Neve Campbell Chaakapesh Roger Frappier, Justin Kingsley Kent Nagano, Tomson Highway Chris Knight, "Chaakapesh celebrates creation and performance of a Cree opera". National Post, January 30, 2020. Cityscape Michael Snow Compulsive Liar (Menteur) Émile Gaudreault Louis-José Houde, Antoine Bertrand, Véronique Le Flaguais, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé "Menteur – Film de Émile Gaudreault". Films du Québec, June 28, 2019. Coppers Alan Zweig The Cuban Sergio Navarretta Louis Gossett Jr., Ana Golja, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lauren Holly Brian Kelly, "Naverretta brings drama to Super Channel". Sault Star, May 5, 2020. Danny Aaron Zeghers, Lewis Bennett Danny Ryder Adrian Mack, "VIFF 2019: Danny". The Georgia Straight, September 25, 2019. Daughter Anthony Shim John Cassini, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan Dana Gee, "First-time director Anthony Shim lands plum spot in VIFF lineup". Vancouver Sun, October 2, 2019. David Foster: Off the Record Barry Avrich Delphine Chloé Robichaud The Depths (Les profondeurs) Ariane Louis-Seize Marilou Lamontagne, "Un tapis rouge au TIFF pour la réalisatrice de l'Outaouais, Ariane Louis-Seize". Ici Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau, September 6, 2019. Disappearance at Clifton Hill Albert Shin Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross "Production set to wrap on Albert Shin’s Clifton Hill". Playback, December 12, 2018. Disruptor Conductor Sharon Lewis Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Thorgy Thor Peter Knegt, "With a little help from a famous drag queen, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is re-imagining the symphony". CBC Arts, September 4, 2019. Docking Trevor Anderson Peter Knegt, "Like Star Wars, but with giant penises: This Canadian film is awakening an uncut force at Sundance". CBC Arts, January 24, 2019. Don't Worry, the Doors Will Open Oksana Karpovych Pablo García Conde, "RIDM: Interview with Oksana Karpovych, director of Don’t Worry, The Doors Will Open". Off-Screen, Vol. 23, Iss. 11 (November 2019). Drag Kids Megan Wennberg Dreamland Bruce McDonald Stephen McHattie, Juliette Lewis, Henry Rollins, Tómas Lemarquis Joseph Perry, "Brussels IFFF Review: Doppelgängers, Vampires, and Killer Kids Inhabit Bruce McDonald’s Dreamland". Diabolique Magazine, May 6, 2019. Dumbo Tim Burton Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin Co-production with the UK, Australia and the US Easy Land Sanja Živković Fabulous (Fabuleuses) Mélanie Charbonneau Noémie O'Farrell, Juliette Gosselin, Mounia Zahzam A Fire in the Cold Season Justin Oakey Stephen Oates, Michaela Kurimsky Lauren Malyk, "FIN Atlantic ’19: A Fire in the Cold Season among world premieres". Playback, August 15, 2019. Flood Joseph Amenta Victoria Ahearn, "Canadian shorts 'at the forefront of the medium,' says TIFF filmmaker". CityNews, September 12, 2019. The Forbidden Reel Ariel Nasr Christ Luciantonio, "Hot Docs Review: 'The Forbidden Reel' Is an Essential Crash Course in Afghani History as Told Through Its Cinema". Exclaim!, June 3, 2020. Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées) André Forcier Roy Dupuis, Yves Jacques, Émile Schneider, Juliette Gosselin, Christine Beaulieu Marc-André Lussier, "Les fleurs oubliées, d’André Forcier : fantaisie verte". La Presse, October 19, 2019. From the Vine Sean Cisterna Joe Pantoliano, Wendy Crewson Rita DeMontis, "Lights! Camera! Eat!". Toronto Sun, October 30, 2019. Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Denis Côté Robert Naylor, Jocelyne Zucco, Diane Lavallée "Berlin Film Review: ‘Ghost Town Anthology’". Variety, 11 February 2019. Giant Bear (ᓇᓄᕐᓗᒃ) Daniel Paige, Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies Solomon Awa, Beatrice Deer Dustin Patar, "The Giant Bear finds success prowling the international film festival circuit". Nunatsiaq News, November 26, 2019. God's Nightmares Daniel Cockburn Goodbye Golovin Mathieu Grimard Oleksandr Rudynskyy, Darya Plakhtiy, Maria Stopnyk Artur Korniienko, "Film critic: Ukraine you’d never leave in flashy ‘Goodbye Golovin’ short". Kyiv Post, October 13, 2020. Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind Martha Kehoe, Joan Tosoni Gordon Lightfoot Chris Knight, "Five things we learned about Gordon Lightfoot from the doc If You Could Read My Mind". National Post, May 24, 2019. The Great Malaise (Le Mal du siècle) Catherine Lepage Jean Siag, "Cinq minutes dans Le mal du siècle". La Presse, December 3, 2019. The Greatest Country in the World (Le Meilleur pays du monde) Ky Nam Le Duc Nguyen Thanh Tri, Mickaël Gouin, Schelby Jean-Baptiste Charles-Henri Ramond, "Meilleur pays du monde, Le – Film de Ky Nam Le Duc". Films du Québec, September 1, 2021. Gun Killers Jason Young "Eight films from the National Film Board of Canada set to screen during the Calgary International Film Festival" . CJWE-FM, August 21, 2019. Guest of Honour Atom Egoyan David Thewlis, Luke Wilson, Rossif Sutherland Hammer Christian Sparkes Will Patton, Mark O'Brien, Ben Cotton, Connor Price Allie Gregory, "Canadian Crime Thriller 'Hammer' Takes Audiences Off the Beaten Path". Exclaim!, June 29, 2020. Harpoon Rob Grant Munro Chambers, Emily Tyra, Christopher Gray Havana, from on High (Sur les toits Havane) Pedro Ruiz François Lévesque, "«Sur les toits Havane»: radeaux célestes". Le Devoir, May 4, 2019. Head First (Tenir tête) Mathieu Arsenault Mathieu Arsenault, Frédérique Ménard-Aubin, Louis Parizeau Louise-Maude Rioux Soucy, "Tenir tête". Le Devoir, March 23, 2019. Heart Bomb (Une bombe au cœur) Rémi St-Michel Alexis Lefebvre Helen Faradji, "Des courts métrages des Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma à découvrir sur ICI Tou.tv". Ici Radio-Canada, February 26, 2020. Highway to Heaven Sandra Ignagni Andrew Parker, "TIFF 2019 Short Takes: Filmmaker Sandra Ignagni walks down Highway to Heaven: A Mosaic in One Mile". TheGATE.ca, September 7, 2019. Homeport (Port d'attache) Laurence Lévesque "Le documentaire Port d’attache, filmé à Mont-Louis, se transporte dans les bayous". Ici Radio-Canada, January 22, 2020. Hot Flash Thea Hollatz Hrvoji, Look at You from the Tower Ryan Ferko I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain Sofia Banzhaf Micaela Robertson I'll End Up in Jail (Je finirai en prison) Alexandre Dostie Martine Francke, Émile Schneider Natalia Wysocka, "Je finirai à Sundance". Le Devoir, January 30, 2020. I'm Going to Break Your Heart Annie Bradley, Jim Morrison Raine Maida, Chantal Kreviazuk David Bell, "Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida share painful and wonderful journey of collaboration in new doc". CBC News Calgary, February 11, 2019.The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw Shelley Niro Aruna Dutt, "The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw: New film takes a comedic look at life on an Indigenous reserve". CBC Comedy, October 26, 2019. It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman International co-production It's Nothing Anna Maguire Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2019: 10 must-see Canadian short films". Now, August 27, 2019. James vs. His Future Self Jeremy Lalonde Jonas Chernick, Daniel Stern, Cleopatra Coleman, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Frances Conroy Daniel Mack, "JAMES VS HIS FUTURE SELF Trailer: Daniel Stern Stars in Canadian Timey Wimey Flick". Screen Anarchy, September 10, 2019. Jarvik Émilie Mannering Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger Alanis Obomsawin Jouliks Mariloup Wolfe Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, Jeanne Roux-Côté, Lilou Roy-Lanouette Marc-André Lussier, "Jouliks : le prix de la liberté". La Presse, November 1, 2019. Just Me and You (Juste moi et toi) Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers Céline Roustan, "Juste moi et toi (Just Me and You)". Short of the Week, November 23, 2019. A Kandahar Away Aisha Jamal Chelsea Phillips-Carr, "‘A Kandahar Away’: What’s in a name?". Point of View, October 22, 2019. Kenbe la, Until We Win (Kenbe la, jusqu’à la victoire) Will Prosper Marie Tison, "Kenbe la — Jusqu’à la victoire : rêver malgré tout". La Presse, January 31, 2020. Killing Patient Zero Laurie Lynd Gaëtan Dugas "Documentary Killing Patient Zero seeks to restore reputation of Quebec man unfairly targeted in AIDS epidemic". Toronto Star, April 25, 2019. Kinship Jorge Camarotti Rabah Aït Ouyahia, Ryan Nikirad Jean-Baptiste Hervé, "Portrait de Regard: Jorge Camarotti". Voir, March 13, 2019. Kuess