List of Canadian films of 2020 explained

This is a list of Canadian films released in 2020:

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4 North A [1]
9/11 Kids [2]
Akilla's Escape
All-In Madonna Arnold Lim Melanie Rose Wilson [3]
Aniksha
The Archivists
As Spring Comes (Comme la neige au printemps)
An Awkward Balance Premiered as Fucking Idiots before being retitled [4]
August 22, This Year [5]
Bad Omen Fereshta Afshar, Faruq Afghan [6]
Beans Kiawenti:io Tarbell, Paulina Jewel Alexis, Violah Beauvais [7]
Benjamin, Benny, Ben
Between Waves Virginia Abramovich Fiona Graham, Luke Robinson [8]
Black Bodies
Bloodthirsty [9]
Bone Cage [10]
The Book of Distance [11]
The Brother (Le frère) [12]
Brother, I Cry Justin Rain, Lauren Hill, Violet Cameron [13]
Cake Day [14]
Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) [15]
The Castle (Le Château) [16]
Cayenne [17]
Chained
Corona [18]
The Corruption of Divine Providence Jeremy Torrie
Cup of Cheer Storm Steenson, Alexander Oliver [19]
The Curse of Willow Song [20]
Dave Not Coming Back [21]
Death of a Ladies' Man [22]
The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) Thriller; first film from Quebec ever produced and released as a Netflix original film [23]
The Decline Sean Patrick Shaul, Kayvon Saremi Documentary
Dope Is Death [24]
Eat Wheaties!
[25]
Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game
Every Day's Like This
Faking a Murderer [26]
Falling UK-US-Canadian coproduction [27]
Far from Bashar (Loin de Bachar) [28]
Fauna Canada/Mexico coproduction [29]
Finding Sally Tamara Mariam Dawit [30]
First We Eat [31]
Flashback Christopher MacBride
Flashwood [32]
Flowers of the Field
Foam (Écume) [33]
For the Sake of Vicious Gabriel Carrer, Reese Eveneshen [34]
Found Me David Findlay
The Fourfold [35]
The Free Ones (Les Libres) [36]
French Exit [37]
Funny Boy [38]
Girl
Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit) [39]
Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) [40]
Greetings from Isolation Various directors [41]
Happy Place
Hazy Little Thing Sam Coyle
Hibiscus Season (La saison des hibiscus) [42]
How to Be At Home
I, Barnabé (Moi, Barnabé) [43]
I Might Be Dead by Tomorrow (Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps) [44]
I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight Hera Nalam, Kristian Jordan [45]
In Her City
In the Land of the Flabby Schnook (Au pays du cancre mou) [46]
Inconvenient Indian
Indian Road Trip
An Introvert's Guide to High School Sophie Harvey
Jasmine Road [47]
Jesse Jams Jesse Jams [48]
John Ware Reclaimed [49]
Judy Versus Capitalism [50]
Jump, Darling [51]
The Kid Detective [52]
Laughter (Le Rire) [53]
Little Orphans Ruth Lawrence Emily Bridger, Rhiannon Morgan, Marthe Bernard [54]
The Magnitude of All Things
Marlene
The Marina (La Marina)
Meat the Future [55]
Mercy Sam Flamont
Monkey Beach
Moon (Lune) Joanie Martel [56]
The Mother Eagle (Le Sang du pélican) [57]
My Salinger Year [58]
My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi) [59]
Nadia, Butterfly [60]
Sequel to the 2003 film The Corporation
Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois) Isaka Sawadogo, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouédraogo Canadian-French-Ivorian coproduction
No Ordinary Man
No Visible Trauma Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal [61]
The Oak Room Cody Callahan RJ Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Martin Roach, Nicholas Campbell, Amos Crawley
Old Buddies (Les Vieux chums) [62]
Our Own (Les Nôtres) [63]
The Paper Man (Lafortune en papier)
Parallel Minds [64]
Percy [65]
The Petrichor [66]
[67]
Pieces of a Woman
Pink Lake Emily Gan, Daniel Schachter
Point and Line to Plane
Possessor [68]
Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue) [69]
Québexit
Queen of the Andes [70]
RKLSS
Reservoir Kim St-Pierre
The Rose Family (Les Rose) [71]
Rules for Werewolves
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies (Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies) Sammy Baloji, David Nadeau-Bernatchez [72]
Saint-Narcisse [73]
Scars
Shoot to Marry [74]
Shooting Star (Comme une comète)
The Silence (Le Silence) [75]
The Silencing Robin Pront Canada/United States co-production [76]
Sing Me a Lullaby
Sinking Ship
Slaxx [77]
Sometimes I Wish I Was on a Desert Island (Y’a des fois où j’aimerais me trouver sur une île déserte) [78]
Spare Parts Andrew Thomas Hunt Julian Richings, Michelle Argyris, Emily Alatalo, Jason Rouse, Kiriana Stanton [79]
Stage Mother [80]
Stateless
The Sticky Side of Baklava (La Face cachée du baklava) [81]
Still Processing
Still the Water Susan Rodgers Colin Price, Ryan Barrett
Strong Son
Stump the Guesser
Succor
Sugar Daddy
Target Number One (a.k.a. Most Wanted) [82]
There Are No False Undertakings (Il n’y a pas de faux métier) Leslie Mavangui, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau, Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Fayolle Jean
There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace [83]
Tin Can [84]
Under the Weather
Underground (Souterrain) [85]
Underplayed Stacey Lee Documentary about women in electronic music [86]
Vacarme [87]
Vagrant Caleb Ryan Luke Oparah [88]
The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland) [89]
Violation
Wander
The Walrus and the Whistleblower Phil Demers [90]
(Errance sans retour) [91]
The Winter Lake Phil Sheerin
Without Havana (Sin la Habana) Yonah Acosta, Evelyn O’Farrill, Aki Yaghoubi
You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi)

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Notes and References

  1. Jeremy Kay, "TIFF adds special events including new edition of Planet Africa, live talks series". Screen Daily, August 25, 2020.
  2. [John Doyle (critic)|John Doyle]
  3. Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Festival Film unveils 2020 lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 5, 2020.
  4. Shaun Lang, "VIFF: A Punishing Weekend with the F*CKING IDIOTS". Hollywood North Magazine, September 15, 2020.
  5. Melanie Goodfellow, "Cannes Critics’ Week reveals 2020 label selection". Screen Daily, June 4, 2020.
  6. Jeremy Kay, "‘Stray’, ‘Prayer For A Lost Mitten’ among Hot Docs winners". Screen Daily, May 14, 2020.
  7. Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event". Toronto Star, July 30, 2020.
  8. Alyssa Noel, "Travel to parallel planes—and one stunning island—with Between Waves". Pique Newsmagazine, November 23, 2020.
  9. Rebecca Rubin, "See an Exclusive Clip of Werewolf Thriller ‘Bloodthirsty’". Variety, October 1, 2020.
  10. Morgan Mullin, "Trapped inside a Bone Cage". The Coast, September 22, 2020.
  11. Eric Volmers, "Virtual-reality project fills in the gaps of a grandfather's harrowing internment story". Calgary Herald, November 6, 2020.
  12. Frédéric Bouchard, "Dans « Le frère », Jérémie Battaglia intègre l’animation au documentaire". Lien Multimédia, April 13, 2020.
  13. https://www.tricitynews.com/loretta-sarah-todd-s-monkey-beach-to-open-vancouver-film-festival-1.24197437 "Loretta Sarah Todd's 'Monkey Beach' to open Vancouver film festival"
  14. Alan Ng, "Cake Day". Film Threat, December 10, 2020.
  15. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1732941/josephine-bacon-kim-obomsawin-poete-culture-innu-cote-nord-autochtones "Le film sur la poète autochtone Joséphine Bacon sortira le 13 novembre"
  16. Marc-André Lussier, "Le Château : vie et mort d’une châtelaine". La Presse, May 5, 2020.
  17. Alan Ng, "Cayenne". Film Threat, January 6, 2021.
  18. Web site: Coronavirus: Seven people stuck in a lift. Then one coughs.... April 9, 2020. BBC. April 20, 2020.
  19. Chris Knight, "Cup of Cheer is a naughty Christmas comedy, and that's nice". National Post, November 5, 2020.
  20. Dana Gee, "Genre-loving director is back with some good, creepy fare for this year's VIFF". Vancouver Sun, September 25, 2020.
  21. Douglas Laman, "AFF Fest: “Dave Not Coming Back” is a poignant look at loss and risk". The Spool, October 25, 2020.
  22. Norman Wilner, "Five buzzy films to stream at the Whistler Film Festival". Now, December 1, 2020.
  23. André Duchesne, "Le premier film québécois de Netflix aux Rendez-vous Québec cinéma". La Presse, February 11, 2020.
  24. 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.
  25. Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020.
  26. https://www.horrorsociety.com/2020/09/24/breakthrough-entertainment-and-57-films-uncover-faking-a-murderer-for-world-broadcast-premiere/ "Breakthrough Entertainment And 5’7 Films Uncover ‘FAKING A MURDERER’ For World Broadcast Premiere"
  27. Tom Grater, "Viggo Mortensen talks directing debut 'Falling'; first look at family drama". Screen Daily, May 15, 2019.
  28. André Duchesne, "Loin de Bachar : la traversée des solitudes". La Presse, September 25, 2020.
  29. Norm Wilner, "TIFF's 2020 festival plan: A mix of in-person and virtual events". Now, June 24, 2020.
  30. Web site: 'Finding Sally': Political cinema from Ethiopia . November 23, 2020 . . en-GB.
  31. https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/dawson-city-family-eats-only-local-food-for-a-year-in-first-we-eat-doc-1.4957830 "Dawson City family eats only local food for a year in 'First We Eat' doc"
  32. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Flashwood – Film de Jean-Carl Boucher". Films du Québec, July 20, 2020.
  33. Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020". Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.
  34. [Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival]
  35. Alan Ng, "The Fourfold". Film Threat, February 9, 2021.
  36. André Duchesne, "Les libres : refaire sa vie, une planche à la fois". La Presse, February 12, 2021.
  37. Web site: Sony Pictures Classics Buys 'French Exit' With Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges. Variety. Brent. Lang. September 7, 2019. July 14, 2020.
  38. Radheyan Simonpillai, "Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy to premiere on Netflix". Now, October 15, 2020.
  39. Anna Mayers, "Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review". Close-Up Culture, March 19, 2021.
  40. Jared Mobarak, "Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life". The Film Stage, February 23, 2020.
  41. Norman Wilner, "Canadian directors are making films in self-isolation". Now, May 12, 2020.
  42. Rika Mpogazi, "Glorifier le français sur les écrans de cinéma à Ottawa". La Rotonde, March 28, 2021.
  43. André Duchesne, "Moi, Barnabé : démarche spirituelle". La Presse, June 15, 2020.
  44. François Lévesque, "«Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps»: au plus froid de l'hiver". Le Devoir, December 4, 2020.
  45. Randall King, "Culture clash: Winnipeg filmmaker mixes city's Filipino and Mennonite communities together for romantic comedy". Winnipeg Free Press, March 13, 2020.
  46. Maxime Demers, "Un film québécois présenté à Venise". Le Journal de Montréal, September 2, 2020.
  47. Eric Volmers, "Warren Sulatycky's new drama Jasmine Road a quiet study of intersecting lives". Calgary Herald, September 25, 2020.
  48. Gabrielle Mulholland, "'Jesse Jams' Is a Life-Affirming Glimpse into the Life of an Edmonton Mumble Punk". Exclaim!, July 15, 2020.
  49. Omayra Issa, "Documentarian with Sask. roots works to reclaim myth of John Ware, the Black Prairie cowboy". CBC News, September 23, 2020.
  50. Shelagh Rowan-Legg, "SIBERIA, MY SALINGER YEAR, SAINT-NARCISSE, and More at Montreal Nouveau 2020". Screen Anarchy, October 1, 2020.
  51. Lauren Malyk, "Jump, Darling, Well Rounded land at Inside Out". Playback, September 9, 2020.
  52. Tomris Laffly, "‘The Kid Detective’ Review: This Smart, Handsomely Noir-esque Whodunit Is No Child’s Play". Variety, October 15, 2020.
  53. Maxime Demers, "Une proposition mystérieuse et déroutante". Le Journal de Montréal, February 2, 2020.
  54. [Atlantic Film Festival]
  55. Dorothy Woodend, "Are We Ready to ‘Meat the Future’?". The Tyee, May 15, 2020.
  56. André Duchesne, "Immersion dans les courts métrages d’ici". La Presse, October 17, 2020.
  57. Léa Harvey, "Le Sang du pélican: l’œuvre – trop? – foisonnante de Marie-de-l’Incarnation". Le Soleil, March 26, 2021.
  58. Web site: 'My Salinger Year' Review: Margaret Qualley in Half-Hearted Twist on 'The Devil Wears Prada'. IndieWire. February 20, 2020. Kohn. Eric. February 29, 2020.
  59. Maxime Demers, "Mon cirque à moi: un premier film plein de charme". Le Journal de Montréal, August 12, 2020.
  60. Gregory Strong, "Canada's Plante humbled by Cannes selection for film 'Nadia, Butterfly'". CityNews, June 4, 2020.
  61. Norman Wilner, "VIFF review: No Visible Trauma documents shocking abuses of police power in Calgary". The Georgia Straight, September 20, 2020.
  62. Maxime Demers, "«Les vieux chums» : une touchante sincérité". Le Journal de Montréal, May 20, 2021.
  63. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/12/11/le-suspense-les-notres-lancera-les-prochains-rendez-vous-quebec-cinema "Le suspense «Les nôtres» lancera les prochains Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma"
  64. Eric Volmers, "Cinefest: Parallel Minds an embrace of Indigenous Futurism". Kingston Whig-Standard, September 26, 2020.
  65. Web site: Christopher Walken & Christina Ricci To Topline Anti-GMO Indie 'Percy'. Deadline Hollywood. Amanda. N'Duka. September 4, 2018. June 27, 2020.
  66. Shane Edgeworth, "Junga Song and Olga Korsak – Interview". Hollywood North, December 4, 2019.
  67. Barry Hertz, "Psycho Goreman is the Canadian splatter comedy of your dreams, or maybe nightmares". The Globe and Mail, January 18, 2021.
  68. Web site: 'Possessor' Review. DeFore. John. The Hollywood Reporter. 25 January 2020 . February 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200205200502/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/possessor-review-1272650. February 5, 2020. live.
  69. Jillian Morgan, "“Prayer for a Lost Mitten,” “Stray” take top prizes at Hot Docs ’20 competition". RealScreen, May 15, 2020.
  70. Barry Hertz, "Ambitious Canadian drama Queen of the Andes goes to Mars on the budget of a bus ride to New Brunswick, give or take". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2020.
  71. Lise Ravary, "Les Rose romanticizes FLQ terrorism". Montreal Gazette, August 24, 2020.
  72. Philippe Renaud, "«Rumba Rules, nouvelles généalogies»: la loi de la rumba". Le Devoir, September 17, 2021.
  73. Nick Vivarelli, "Venice Days to Premiere Bruce LaBruce’s ‘Saint-Narcisse,’ Chile’s ‘My Tender Matador,’ Mati Diop Short". Variety, July 23, 2020.
  74. Pat Mullen, "Canadian Film Fest Review: ‘Shoot to Marry’: Dating documentary is amusing but tone deaf post-#MeToo". Point of View, June 5, 2020.
  75. Laurie Wieland, "Renée Blanchar: briser le silence". Le Soleil, September 23, 2021.
  76. Web site: Mongrel Media. mongrelmedia.com. 25 June 2020.
  77. Web site: A Possessed Pair of Jeans Goes on a Bloody Murder Spree in Horror-Comedy 'Slaxx' [Trailer]]. Squires. John. July 10, 2020. Bloody Disgusting. July 12, 2020.
  78. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/on-dira-ce-qu-on-voudra/segments/entrevue/403948/exposition-photo-elijean-tahchi "L'exposition No man's land : Entrevue avec l'artiste Eli-Jean Tahchi"
  79. Jeremy Kay, "Raven Banner boards ‘Spare Parts’, ‘Sky Sharks’ for virtual Cannes". Screen Daily, June 21, 2020.
  80. Dennis Harvey, "‘Stage Mother’: Film Review". Variety, July 2, 2020.
  81. Web site: ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Zone Arts-. La face cachée du baklava : les différences culturelles vues par le prisme de l'humour. November 7, 2020. Radio-Canada.ca. fr-ca.
  82. Dino-Ray Ramos, "Saban Films Acquires Crime Thriller ‘Most Wanted’ Starring Josh Hartnett". Deadline Hollywood, April 9, 2020.
  83. Peter Howell, "Honest Ed’s documentary an honest look at the beloved Toronto store and the future of Bloor/Bathurst". Toronto Star, May 26, 2020.
  84. Josh Millican, "First Look Clip: Dystopian Dungeon Horror TIN CAN Premiering at Sitges Film Festival". Dread Central, September 4, 2020.
  85. Angie Landry, "Souterrain, de Sophie Dupuis : l’esprit de famille quand tout le reste s’écroule". Ici Radio-Canada, September 5, 2020.
  86. Alisha Mughal, "TIFF Review: 'Underplayed' Highlights EDM's Diversity Problem — and Shows Why It's So Important to Fix It". Exclaim!, September 16, 2020.
  87. André Duchesne, "Neegan Trudel : la pomme, l’arbre, la musique et le cinéma". La Presse, November 21, 2020.
  88. Eric Volmers, "Homegrown cinema: Calgary International Film Festival to put focus on Alberta this year". Calgary Herald, August 20, 2020.
  89. André Duchesne, "Le club Vinland en première nord-américaine en Abitibi". La Presse, September 15, 2020.
  90. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/marineland-documentary-bibeau-1.5596281 "'Walrus and the Whistleblower' profiles 'walrus whisperer's' battle with Marineland"
  91. https://linitiative.ca/errance-sans-retour-de-mlanie-carrier-et-olivier-higgins-prsent-aux-ridm-du-26-novembre-au-2-dcembre/ "ERRANCE SANS RETOUR de Mélanie Carrier et Olivier Higgins – présenté aux RIDM du 26 novembre au 2 décembre"

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