List of Canadian films of 1998
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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1998:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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2 Seconds | Manon Briand | Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone, Suzanne Clément, Louise Forestier, André Brassard | Drama | |
Air Bud: Golden Receiver | Richard Martin | Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson | Family film | Made with U.S. financing |
Airspeed | Robert Tinnell | Elisha Cuthbert, Joe Mantegna | Drama | Made for TV |
The Assistant | Daniel Petrie | Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, , Jaimz Woolvett | Drama | Canada-U.K. co-production |
August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) | Denis Villeneuve | Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Serge Thériault | Drama | Denis Villeneuve's first feature was screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival; Prix Jutra – Actor (Martin) |
Boy Meets Girl | Jerry Ciccoritti | Kate Nelligan, Sean Astin, Emily Hampshire, Joe Mantegna | Romantic comedy | Nominated for Writer's Guild of Canada Top Ten Award |
Les Boys II | Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault, | Comedy | Golden Reel Award | |
Conquest | Lothaire Bluteau, Tara FitzGerald, Monique Mercure, David Fox, Eugene Lipinski | Drama with a touch of magic realism | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Mercure); Canada-U.K. co-production | |
The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) | André Forcier | Robin Aubert, Geneviève Brouillette, Isabel Richer | Comedy, drama | |
Dancing on the Moon | Kit Hood | , Michael Yarmush, Elisha Cuthbert, Dorothée Berryman | Family film | Canada-Czech co-production |
Dirty | Bruce Sweeney | Tom Scholte, Babz Chula, Benjamin Ratner, , Vincent Gale | Drama | |
Dog Park | Bruce McCulloch | Luke Wilson, Kathleen Robertson, Natasha Henstridge, Janeane Garofalo, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney | Comedy | Genie Award – Supporting Actor (McKinney) |
The Escape | Stuart Gillard | Patrick Dempsey | Action, drama | Made for TV |
Extraordinary Visitor | John W. Doyle | Raoul Bhaneja, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones | Comedy | |
The Falling | Raul Sanchez Inglis | Christopher Shyer, Nicole Oliver, Rob Lee | Drama | |
The Fishing Trip | Amnon Buchbinder | , , Anna Henry | Drama | |
Frank the Wrabbit | John Weldon | Paul Hecht | Animated short | |
The Grace of God | Gerald L'Ecuyer | Michael Riley, Steve Cumyn, David Cronenberg | Docudrama | |
The Hairy Bird also known as Strike! | Sarah Kernochan | Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave | Comedy | Canada-Italy co-production |
Heart of the Sun | Francis Damberger | Christianne Hirt, Shaun Johnston, Michael Riley | Drama | |
Peter Lynch | Documentary | |||
Simcha Jacobovici | Documentary | |||
It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C’t’à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) | Denise Filiatrault | Ginette Reno, Pierrette Robitaille | Comedy, drama | Adaptation of the novel by Michel Tremblay |
Jack and Jill | John Kalangis, Shauna MacDonald, Kathryn Zenna | Romantic comedy | ||
Jerry and Tom | Saul Rubinek | Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson, Charles Durning | Black comedy | Made with U.S. financing |
Michael Kennedy | D.W. Moffett, Kate Vernon, | Drama | ||
Julie and Me (Revoir Julie) | Jeanne Crépeau | , Stephanie Morgenstern | Drama | |
Last Night | Don McKellar | Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Geneviève Bujold, David Cronenberg, Callum Keith Rennie | Drama | Canada-France co-production |
Jennifer Baichwal | Paul Bowles | Documentary | ||
Ludovic: The Snow Gift | Co Hoedeman | Animated short | ||
Magical Words (Les Mots magiques) | Jean-Marc Vallée | , Robert Gravel | Short drama | |
Meanwhile (Pendant ce temps...) | Ghyslaine Côté | Carmen Ferlan, Gérard Poirier, Ghyslaine Côté, Catherine Pépin, Jocelyne Zucco, , Huguette Oligny, David Boutin, | Short suspense drama | First Prize, Stony Brook[1] and Cabbagetown;[2] nominated for a Prix Jutra and a Genie Award in the Best Short Film category[1] |
Moving Day | , | Short comedy | ||
Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) | Paul Tana | Tony Nardi, Barbara-Michèle Pelletier | Drama | |
My Dog Vincent | Michael McGowan | Chuck Campbell, | Coming-of-age drama | |
Nô | Robert Lepage | Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marie Gignac | Drama | |
Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Marcel Sabourin, Claude Blanchard, Julie Ménard, , Micheline Lanctôt | Drama | |
A Place Called Chiapas | Nettie Wild | Documentary co-produced with National Film Board | Genie Award - Feature documentary; about the Zapatista Army of National Liberation revolt in southern Mexico | |
The Real Howard Spitz | Vadim Jean | Kelsey Grammer, Amanda Donohoe, , Patrick McKenna | Comedy | |
The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) | François Girard | Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Jason Flemyng, Sylvia Chang, Don McKellar, Carlo Cecchi, Christoph Koncz | Drama | Canada-U.K.-Italy-Austria co-production |
Rupert's Land | Jonathan Tammuz | Samuel West, Ian Tracey, George Wendt | Comedy | |
Streetheart (Le cœur au poing) | Charles Binamé | Pascale Montpetit, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Guy Nadon, Guylaine Tremblay | Drama | Prix Jutra – Actress (Montpetit), Supporting Actress (Cadieux) |
Such a Long Journey | Sturla Gunnarsson | Roshan Seth, Soni Razdan, Om Puri, Ranjit Chowdhry | Drama based on the novel by Rohinton Mistry | Genie Award – Actor (Seth), Editing, Sound Editing; Canada-U.K. co-production |
Summer of the Monkeys | Michael Anderson | Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier, Don Francks | Family film made for Disney | Direct to DVD |
Sunrise over Tiananmen Square | Short co-produced with the National Film Board | Academy Award nominee | ||
This Is My Father | Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea, John Cusack | Family drama | Canada-Ireland co-production | |
We're Funny That Way! | Scott Capurro, Maggie Cassella, Kate Clinton, Lea DeLaria, Elvira Kurt, Bob Smith | Documentary | Made for TV | |
When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) | Jacques Leduc | Annie Girardot, Pascale Bussières | Drama | |
When Ponds Freeze Over | Mary Lewis | Mary Lewis, Andy Jones, James Allodi, Eva Crocker | Mixed animation/live action short | Genie Award – Live-Action Short; TIFF – Best Canadian Short |
Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur) | Robert Morin | Drama | ||
You Can Thank Me Later | Shimon Dotan | Ellen Burstyn, Amanda Plummer | Comedy drama |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Pallister, Janis L., and Ruth A. Hottell (2011). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781611474435. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "1996-2000". Cabbagetown Short Film Festival. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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