This is a list of Canadian films released in 2020:
Title Director Cast Notes Ref 4 North A Jordan Canning, Howie Shia Jeremy Kay, "TIFF adds special events including new edition of Planet Africa, live talks series". Screen Daily, August 25, 2020. 9/11 Kids Elizabeth St. Philip John Doyle, "Circus of Books and 9/11 Kids: Two great stories of growing up in strange circumstances in the U.S.". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2020. Akilla's Escape Charles Officer Saul Williams, Vic Mensa, Oluniké Adeliyi, Brandon Oakes All-In Madonna Arnold Lim Melanie Rose Wilson Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Festival Film unveils 2020 lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 5, 2020. Aniksha Vincent Toi The Archivists Igor Drljaca Noah Reid, Bahia Watson, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos As Spring Comes (Comme la neige au printemps) Marie-Ève Juste An Awkward Balance David Milchard Ben Cotton, Christina Sicoli, Stephen Lobo, Sara Canning Premiered as Fucking Idiots before being retitled Shaun Lang, "VIFF: A Punishing Weekend with the F*CKING IDIOTS". Hollywood North Magazine, September 15, 2020. August 22, This Year Graham Foy Melanie Goodfellow, "Cannes Critics’ Week reveals 2020 label selection". Screen Daily, June 4, 2020. Bad Omen Salar Pashtoonyar Fereshta Afshar, Faruq Afghan Jeremy Kay, "‘Stray’, ‘Prayer For A Lost Mitten’ among Hot Docs winners". Screen Daily, May 14, 2020. Beans Tracey Deer Kiawenti:io Tarbell, Paulina Jewel Alexis, Violah Beauvais Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event". Toronto Star, July 30, 2020. Benjamin, Benny, Ben Paul Shkordoff Anwar Haj, Natalie Gallard Between Waves Virginia Abramovich Fiona Graham, Luke Robinson Alyssa Noel, "Travel to parallel planes—and one stunning island—with Between Waves". Pique Newsmagazine, November 23, 2020. Black Bodies Kelly Fyffe-Marshall Bloodthirsty Amelia Moses Lauren Beatty, Greg Bryk, Katharine King So Rebecca Rubin, "See an Exclusive Clip of Werewolf Thriller ‘Bloodthirsty’". Variety, October 1, 2020. Bone Cage Taylor Olson Taylor Olson, Amy Groening Morgan Mullin, "Trapped inside a Bone Cage". The Coast, September 22, 2020. The Book of Distance Randall Okita Eric Volmers, "Virtual-reality project fills in the gaps of a grandfather's harrowing internment story". Calgary Herald, November 6, 2020. The Brother (Le frère) Jérémie Battaglia Frédéric Bouchard, "Dans « Le frère », Jérémie Battaglia intègre l’animation au documentaire". Lien Multimédia, April 13, 2020. Brother, I Cry Jessie Anthony Justin Rain, Lauren Hill, Violet Cameron "Loretta Sarah Todd's 'Monkey Beach' to open Vancouver film festival". Tri-City News, September 3, 2020. Cake Day Phillip Thomas Cameron Crosby, Steven Roberts Alan Ng, "Cake Day". Film Threat, December 10, 2020. Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) Kim O'Bomsawin "Le film sur la poète autochtone Joséphine Bacon sortira le 13 novembre". Ici Radio-Canada, September 10, 2020. The Castle (Le Château) Denys Desjardins Marc-André Lussier, "Le Château : vie et mort d’une châtelaine". La Presse, May 5, 2020. Cayenne Simon Gionet Marianne Fortier, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne Alan Ng, "Cayenne". Film Threat, January 6, 2021. Chained Titus Heckel Corona Mostafa Keshvari The Corruption of Divine Providence Jeremy Torrie Ali Skovbye, Elyse Levesque, David La Haye, Tantoo Cardinal Cup of Cheer Jake Horowitz Storm Steenson, Alexander Oliver Chris Knight, "Cup of Cheer is a naughty Christmas comedy, and that's nice". National Post, November 5, 2020. The Curse of Willow Song Karen Lam Dana Gee, "Genre-loving director is back with some good, creepy fare for this year's VIFF". Vancouver Sun, September 25, 2020. Dave Not Coming Back Jonah Malak Douglas Laman, "AFF Fest: “Dave Not Coming Back” is a poignant look at loss and risk". The Spool, October 25, 2020. Death of a Ladies' Man Matt Bissonnette Gabriel Byrne, Jessica Paré Norman Wilner, "Five buzzy films to stream at the Whistler Film Festival". Now, December 1, 2020. The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) Patrice Laliberté Guillaume Laurin, Réal Bossé, Marc-André Grondin, Marilyn Castonguay Thriller; first film from Quebec ever produced and released as a Netflix original film André Duchesne, "Le premier film québécois de Netflix aux Rendez-vous Québec cinéma". La Presse, February 11, 2020. The Decline Sean Patrick Shaul, Kayvon Saremi Documentary Dope Is Death Mia Donovan David Peck, "Film 'Dope is Death' tells story of '70s New York detox centre with an anti-racist approach towards addiction". Rabble.ca, September 2, 2020. Eat Wheaties! Scott Abramovitch Tony Hale, Elisha Cuthbert êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines Theola Ross Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020. Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game Ted Stenson Andrew Phung Every Day's Like This Lev Lewis Faking a Murderer Stuart Stone Stuart Stone, Adam Rodness, Tony Nappo "Breakthrough Entertainment And 5’7 Films Uncover ‘FAKING A MURDERER’ For World Broadcast Premiere". Horror Society, September 24, 2020. Falling Viggo Mortensen Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney UK-US-Canadian coproduction Tom Grater, "Viggo Mortensen talks directing debut 'Falling'; first look at family drama". Screen Daily, May 15, 2019. Far from Bashar (Loin de Bachar) Pascal Sanchez André Duchesne, "Loin de Bachar : la traversée des solitudes". La Presse, September 25, 2020. Fauna Nicolás Pereda Canada/Mexico coproduction Norm Wilner, "TIFF's 2020 festival plan: A mix of in-person and virtual events". Now, June 24, 2020. Finding Sally Tamara Mariam Dawit First We Eat Suzanne Crocker "Dawson City family eats only local food for a year in 'First We Eat' doc". CTV News, May 27, 2020. Flashback Christopher MacBride Dylan O'Brien, Maika Monroe, Hannah Gross, Amanda Brugel Flashwood Jean-Carl Boucher Pier-Luc Funk, Antoine Desrochers, Karelle Tremblay Charles-Henri Ramond, "Flashwood – Film de Jean-Carl Boucher". Films du Québec, July 20, 2020. Flowers of the Field Andrew Stanley Alex Crowther, Kristopher Turner, Jesse LaVercombe Foam (Écume) Omar Elhamy Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020" . Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020. For the Sake of Vicious Gabriel Carrer, Reese Eveneshen Lauren Malyk, "SLAXX, For the Sake of Vicious set for Fantasia". Playback, July 10, 2020. Found Me David Findlay The Fourfold Alisi Telengut Alan Ng, "The Fourfold". Film Threat, February 9, 2021. The Free Ones (Les Libres) Nicolas Lévesque André Duchesne, "Les libres : refaire sa vie, une planche à la fois". La Presse, February 12, 2021. French Exit Azazel Jacobs Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts Canada/UK coproduction; adaptation of the novel by Patrick deWitt Funny Boy Deepa Mehta Arush Nand, Brandon Ingram, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas Adaptation of the 1994 novel by Shyam Selvadurai Radheyan Simonpillai, "Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy to premiere on Netflix". Now, October 15, 2020. Girl Chad Faust Bella Thorne, Mickey Rourke, Glen Gould Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit) Katerine Martineau Amaryllis Tremblay, Nahéma Ricci Anna Mayers, "Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review". Close-Up Culture, March 19, 2021. Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Kelly Depeault, Caroline Néron, Normand D'Amour Adaptation of the novel by Geneviève Pettersen Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life". The Film Stage, February 23, 2020. Greetings from Isolation Various directors Anthology of short films about the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Norman Wilner, "Canadian directors are making films in self-isolation". Now, May 12, 2020. Happy Place Helen Shaver Clark Backo, Sheila McCarthy, Liisa Repo-Martell, Mary Walsh Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2020 program. Hazy Little Thing Sam Coyle Hibiscus Season (La saison des hibiscus) Éléonore Goldberg Rika Mpogazi, "Glorifier le français sur les écrans de cinéma à Ottawa". La Rotonde, March 28, 2021. How to Be At Home Andrea Dorfman Tanya Davis I, Barnabé (Moi, Barnabé) Jean-François Lévesque André Duchesne, "Moi, Barnabé : démarche spirituelle". La Presse, June 15, 2020. I Might Be Dead by Tomorrow (Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps) Steve Patry François Lévesque, "«Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps»: au plus froid de l'hiver". Le Devoir, December 4, 2020. I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight Sean Garrity Hera Nalam, Kristian Jordan Randall King, "Culture clash: Winnipeg filmmaker mixes city's Filipino and Mennonite communities together for romantic comedy". Winnipeg Free Press, March 13, 2020. In Her City Carl Bessai In the Land of the Flabby Schnook (Au pays du cancre mou) Francis Gélinas Maxime Demers, "Un film québécois présenté à Venise". Le Journal de Montréal, September 2, 2020. Inconvenient Indian Michelle Latimer Indian Road Trip Allan W. Hopkins An Introvert's Guide to High School Sophie Harvey Jasmine Road Warren Sulatycky Greg Ellwand, Aixa Kay, Melody Mokhtari, Caitlyn Sponheimer Eric Volmers, "Warren Sulatycky's new drama Jasmine Road a quiet study of intersecting lives". Calgary Herald, September 25, 2020. Jesse Jams Trevor Anderson Jesse Jams Gabrielle Mulholland, "'Jesse Jams' Is a Life-Affirming Glimpse into the Life of an Edmonton Mumble Punk". Exclaim!, July 15, 2020. John Ware Reclaimed Cheryl Foggo Omayra Issa, "Documentarian with Sask. roots works to reclaim myth of John Ware, the Black Prairie cowboy". CBC News, September 23, 2020. Judy Versus Capitalism Mike Hoolboom Judy Rebick Shelagh Rowan-Legg, "SIBERIA, MY SALINGER YEAR, SAINT-NARCISSE, and More at Montreal Nouveau 2020". Screen Anarchy, October 1, 2020. Jump, Darling Philip J. Connell Thomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Jayne Eastwood, Linda Kash, Tynomi Banks Lauren Malyk, "Jump, Darling, Well Rounded land at Inside Out". Playback, September 9, 2020. The Kid Detective Evan Morgan Adam Brody, Sophie Nélisse, Wendy Crewson Tomris Laffly, "‘The Kid Detective’ Review: This Smart, Handsomely Noir-esque Whodunit Is No Child’s Play". Variety, October 15, 2020. Landgraves Jean-François Leblanc François Ruel-Côté, Éric Robidoux, Eve Duranceau Rob Munday, "Landgraves". Short of the Week, November 5, 2021. Laughter (Le Rire) Martin Laroche Christine Beaulieu, Alexandre Landry, Micheline Lanctôt, Léane Labrèche-Dor Maxime Demers, "Une proposition mystérieuse et déroutante". Le Journal de Montréal, February 2, 2020. Little Orphans Ruth Lawrence Emily Bridger, Rhiannon Morgan, Marthe Bernard Atlantic Film Festival, 2020 program. The Magnitude of All Things Jennifer Abbott Marlene Wendy Hill-Tout Kristin Booth, Greg Bryk, Julia Sarah Stone The Marina (La Marina) Christophe Levac, Étienne Galloy Rémi Goulet, Rose-Marie Perreault, Amadou Madani Tall, Anthony Therrien Meat the Future Liz Marshall Dorothy Woodend, "Are We Ready to ‘Meat the Future’?". The Tyee, May 15, 2020. Mercy Sam Flamont Monkey Beach Loretta Todd Adam Beach, Nathaniel Arcand, Grace Dove, Glen Gould Moon (Lune) Zoé Pelchat Joanie Martel André Duchesne, "Immersion dans les courts métrages d’ici". La Presse, October 17, 2020. The Mother Eagle (Le Sang du pélican) Denis Boivin Karen Elkin Léa Harvey, "Le Sang du pélican: l’œuvre – trop? – foisonnante de Marie-de-l’Incarnation". Le Soleil, March 26, 2021. My Salinger Year Philippe Falardeau Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Colm Feore My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi) Miryam Bouchard Patrick Huard, Robin Aubert, Sophie Lorain Maxime Demers, "Mon cirque à moi: un premier film plein de charme". Le Journal de Montréal, August 12, 2020. Nadia, Butterfly Pascal Plante Katerine Savard Gregory Strong, "Canada's Plante humbled by Cannes selection for film 'Nadia, Butterfly'". CityNews, June 4, 2020. The New Corporation: