Canada On Screen was a special screening series of culturally and artistically significant films from the history of cinema of Canada, which took place in 2017 as part of Canada 150.Peter Rist, "National Canadian Film Day 150: Taking Stock of Canadian Film". Off-Screen, Volume 21, Issue 4-5 / May 2017.
Curated and presented by the Toronto International Film Festival, the program was screened throughout 2017 as a free screening series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, The Cinematheque in Vancouver, Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal,Kim Skene, "Proud screen art history". Owen Sound Sun-Times, April 13, 2017. with some selections from the program screened in other venues across Canada for National Canadian Film Day"TIFF, Hot Docs to celebrate Canada 150". Toronto Star, February 16, 2017. and other special local events.
Selections Animation English title Original title Director(s) Year Begone Dull Care Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart 1949 Black Soul Âme noire Martine Chartrand 2001 The Big Snit Richard Condie 1985 Cameras Take Five Steven Woloshen 2002 The Hat Le Chapeau Michèle Cournoyer 1999 Hunger La Faim Peter Foldes 1973 The Log Driver's Waltz John Weldon 1979 The Man Who Planted Trees L'Homme qui plantait des arbres Frédéric Back 1987 Neighbours Voisins Norman McLaren 1952 Mindscape Le Paysagiste Jacques Drouin 1976 Ryan Chris Landreth 2004 The Sand Castle Le Château de sable Co Hoedeman 1977 The Street La Rue Caroline Leaf 1976 The Sweater Le Chandail Sheldon Cohen 1980 When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis 1999
Television commercials Title Advertiser Agency Year "Arctic Sun" Tropicana BBDO 2010 "Bike Story" Canadian Tire Doner Schur Peppler 1990 "Do You Eat the Red Ones Last" Smarties Ogilvy & Mather 1967 "Dove Evolution" Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Ogilvy & Mather 2006 "It's Not a Mistake, Start the Car!" IKEA Canada Zig 2005 "Meunier" Pepsi Blouin Coulombe Dube Thompson 1993 "Mona Lisa" Caramilk DDB Canada 1973 "On est six millions faut se parler" Labatt 50 BCP 1975 "Proud Fathers" Tim Hortons Enterprise 2006 "The Rant" Molson Canadian Bensimon Byrne 2000
Documentaries English title Original title Director(s) Year Churchill's Island Stuart Legg 1941 Corral Colin Low 1954 Cotton Mill, Treadmill On est au coton Denys Arcand 1970 Foster Child Gil Cardinal 1987 Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Alanis Obomsawin 1993 Lonely Boy Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor 1962 Manouane River Lumberjacks Les Bûcherons de la Manouane Arthur Lamothe 1962 Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal 2006 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick 1992 A Married Couple Allan King 1969 Memorandum Donald Brittain, John Spotton 1965 Men for Sale Hommes à louer Rodrigue Jean 2009 My Winnipeg Guy Maddin 2007 Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography Bonnie Sherr Klein 1981 Picture of Light Peter Mettler 1994 Pour la suite du monde Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault 1963 The Shimmering Beast La Bête lumineuse Pierre Perrault 1982 The Snowshoers Les Raquetteurs Gilles Groulx, Michel Brault 1958 Stories We Tell Sarah Polley 2012 The Things I Cannot Change Tanya Ballantyne 1967 Warrendale Allan King 1967 Wrestling La Lutte Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier, Claude Jutra 1961
Experimental film and video English title Original title Director(s) Year Birthday Suit – with scars and defects Lisa Steele 1974 The Hart of London Jack Chambers 1970 The Hundred Videos Steve Reinke 1989-1996 Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World R. Bruce Elder 1985 Like a Dream That Vanishes Barbara Sternberg 1999 Rat Life and Diet in North America Joyce Wieland 1968 Reason Over Passion Joyce Wieland 1969 La Région Centrale Michael Snow 1971 Sackville, I'm Yours Colin Campbell 1972 The Thief Lives in Hell Le Voleur vit en enfer Robert Morin, Lorraine Dufour 1984 trapline Ellie Epp 1976 Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis Daïchi Saïto 2009 Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper David Rimmer 1970 Very Nice, Very Nice Arthur Lipsett 1961 Wavelength Michael Snow 1967
Feature films English title Original title Director(s) Year The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Ted Kotcheff 1974 Archangel Guy Maddin 1990 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk 2001 Back to God's Country David Hartford 1919 Bar Salon André Forcier 1974 The Bitter Ash Larry Kent 1963 Black Christmas Bob Clark 1974 The Cat in the Bag Le Chat dans le sac Gilles Groulx 1964 C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée 2005 Calendar Atom Egoyan 1993 Dead Ringers David Cronenberg 1988 The Decline of the American Empire Le Déclin de l'empire américain Denys Arcand 1986 The Dog Who Stopped the War La Guerre des tuques André Melançon 1984 Dream Life La Vie rêvée Mireille Dansereau 1972 Goin' Down the Road Donald Shebib 1970 Good Riddance Les Bons débarras Francis Mankiewicz 1979 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Patricia Rozema 1987 J.A. Martin Photographer J.A. Martin photographe Jean Beaudin 1977 Jesus of Montreal Jésus de Montréal Denys Arcand 1989 Léolo Jean-Claude Lauzon 1992 Life Classes William D. MacGillivray 1987 Little Aurore's Tragedy La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre Jean-Yves Bigras 1952 Loyalties Anne Wheeler 1986 Mommy Xavier Dolan 2014 Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra 1971 My American Cousin Sandy Wilson 1985 Nobody Waved Good-bye Don Owen 1964 The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died Le Vieux Pays où Rimbaud est mort Jean Pierre Lefebvre 1977 Orders Les Ordres Michel Brault 1974 Rude Clement Virgo 1995 A Scream from Silence Mourir à tue-tête Anne Claire Poirier 1979 Sonatine Micheline Lanctôt 1984 The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan 1997 Tit-Coq Gratien Gélinas, René Delacroix 1953 À tout prendre Claude Jutra 1963 Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard 1993 The True Nature of Bernadette La Vraie Nature de Bernadette Gilles Carle 1972 Videodrome David Cronenberg 1983 Water Deepa Mehta 2005 A Woman in Transit La Femme de l'hôtel Léa Pool 1984
Video installation art English title Original title Director(s) Year ...from the Transit Bar Vera Frenkel 1992 In the Labyrinth Roman Kroitor, Colin Low, Hugh O'Connor 1967 Overture Stan Douglas 1986 The Paradise Institute Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller 2001 Two Generators Rodney Graham 1984 Two Sides to Every Story Michael Snow 1974
Music videos Song Artist Video director Year "1234" Feist Patrick Daughters 2007 "60 rue des Lombards" UZEB François Girard 1986 "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" Mitsou Pierre Gendron, Ronald Houle, Raymond Vermette 1988 "Drop the Needle" Maestro Fresh Wes Joel Goldberg 1990 "Hotline Bling" Drake Director X 2015 "In My Secret Life" Leonard Cohen Floria Sigismondi 2001 "Neon Bible" Arcade Fire Vincent Morisset 2007 "Oblivion" Grimes Emily Kai Bock, Grimes 2012 "Queen of Hearts" Fucked Up Scott Cudmore 2012 "La rue principale" Les Colocs André Fortin 1993
Short films English title Original title Director(s) Year Elvis Gratton Pierre Falardeau 1981 Frank's Cock Mike Hoolboom 1993 The Heart of the World Guy Maddin 2000 The Making of Monsters John Greyson 1991 Noah Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg 2013 North of Superior Graeme Ferguson 1971 Rhapsody in Two Languages Gordon Sparling 1934 Save My Lost Nigga Soul Clement Virgo 1993 Springtime in Greenland John Paizs 1981 You Take Care Now Ann Marie Fleming 1989
Television English title Original title Genre Year Anne of Green Gables Dramatic miniseries 1985 The Beachcombers Comedy-drama 1972-1990 The Boys of St. Vincent Dramatic miniseries 1992 Bye Bye Sketch comedy 1968-present Canada: A People's History Documentary 2000-2001 Codco Sketch comedy 1986-1992 Degrassi Junior High Teen drama 1987-1991 The Plouffe Family La Famille Plouffe Drama 1953 For the Record Dramatic anthology 1976-1985 The Friendly Giant Children's 1958-1985 Hockey Night in Canada La Soirée du hockey Sports 1952-present He Shoots, He Scores Lance et Compte Drama series 1986-2015 Minuit, le soir Drama 2005-2007 Nunavut: Our Land Documentary 1994-1995 La Petite Vie Comedy 1993-1997 Point de mire Newsmagazine 1956-1959 Rock et Belles Oreilles Sketch comedy 1986-1988 SCTV Sketch comedy 1976-1981 The Wayne and Shuster Hour Sketch comedy 1952 This Hour Has Seven Days Newsmagazine 1964-1966 Wojeck Drama series 1966-1968 The World Challenge Documentary 1986
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