This is a list of Canadian films before 1920.
1890s Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1898 Ten Years in Manitoba James Freer James Freer Documentary lost film
1900s Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1903 Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway Joe Rosenthal Short lost film
1910s
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1912 Battle of the Long Sault Frank Crane Frank Crane Short drama Made with the Kanehnawaga First Nations 1914 Evangeline Edward P. Sullivan, William H. Cavanaugh Laura Lyman, John T. Carleton, E.P. Sullivan Drama based on the Longfellow poem In the Land of the Head Hunters Edward S. Curtis Maggie Frank Documentary 1915 Canada's Fighting Forces D.J. Dwyer Government of Canada World War I propaganda film 1916British Columbia for the EmpireA. D. KeanCompilationRecruiting and training of British Columbia military units, and their departures for service in WWI. Self-Defence Charles Roos Albert Grupe Docudrama It depicts a fictitious German invasion of Canada. 1919 Back to God's Country David Hartford Nell Shipman, Charles Arling, Wheeler Oakman, Wellington Playter Drama Produced by Nell and Ernest ShipmanWhaling: British Columbia's Least Known and Most Romantic IndustryA. D. KeanDocumentary shortDepicts the whaling industry on the Pacific coast, with scenes filmed off Vancouver Island (1916–17) and the Queen Charlotte Islands (1917–19).
See also
Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time List of Quebec films List of years in Canadian television List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
Sources
External links Canadian film at the Internet Movie Database Canadian Film Online database (from Athabasca University) Canadian Feature Film Database (from Library and Archives Canada)