List of Canadian films of 2009

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2009:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1981	Ricardo Trogi	Jean-Carl Boucher, , Sandrine Bisson	Drama	Prix Jutra – Supporting Actress (Bisson)
3 Seasons (3 saisons)	Jim Donovan		Drama
5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des Ormes)	Éric Tessier	René-Daniel Dubois, Marc-André Grondin	Drama, Thriller	Based on the novel 5150, rue des Ormes
Act of God	Jennifer Baichwal	Paul Auster, Dannion Brinkley	Documentary
Amreeka	Cherien Dabis	Nisreen Faour, , Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat	Immigrant family drama	Cannes Film Festival – International Critics Prize; Canada-Kuwait co-production
The Armoire	Jamie Travis	William Cuddy, Ricardo Hoyos, Penelope Corrin	Short drama
Blind Spot (Lucidité passagère)	, Nicolas Bolduc, Julien Knafo,	Daniel Parent, Hélène Florent, Erik Duhamel, Maxim Roy, Mario Saint-Amand	Drama
Broke	Rosvita Dransfeld	David Woolfson, Chris Hoard	Documentary
Cadavres	Érik Canuel	Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton, Sylvie Boucher, Christopher Heyerdahl	Black comedy	Prix Jutra – Makeup
Cairo Time	Ruba Nadda	Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi, Tom McCamus	Romance	TIFF – Best Canadian Feature; Canada-Ireland-Egypt co-production
The Canadiens, Forever (Pour toujours, les Canadiens!)		Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu, Antoine L'Écuyer, Céline Bonnier, Christian Bégin	Drama
Carcasses	Denis Côté	Jean-Paul Colmor	Docufiction
A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l'Afrique)			Drama
Chloe	Atom Egoyan	Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot	Sexual drama	A Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing; screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson (based on the screenplay of the 2003 film Nathalie by Anne Fontaine).
(Nuages sur la ville)			Drama
Cole	Carl Bessai	Richard de Klerk, Kandyse McClure, Rebecca Jenkins, Sonja Bennett	Drama
Cooking with Stella	Richie Mehta	Don McKellar, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, , Shriya Saran	Drama	Canada-India co-production
Danse Macabre	Pedro Pires	Anne Bruce Falconer	Dance short based on an idea by Robert Lepage	Genie Award – Live-Action Short; Prix Jutra – Short Film; TIFF – Best Canadian Short
Defendor	Peter Stebbings	Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh, Clark Johnson, Lisa Ray	Drama	Genie Award – Honourable Mention
The Delian Mode		Delia Derbyshire	Documentary
Detour (Détour)	Sylvain Guy	Luc Picard, Isabelle Guérard, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge	Thriller
Excited	Bruce Sweeney	Gabrielle Rose, Agam Darshi	Comedy
Father and Guns (De père en flic)	Émile Gaudreault	Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Caroline Dhavernas, Rémy Girard	Comedy	Golden Reel Award
Fig Trees	John Greyson		Documentary on AIDS in Africa	Berlin Film Festival- Teddy Award
Finding Farley			Documentary	Cross-Canada trek to meet Farley Mowat
Free Fall (Les pieds dans le vide)	Mariloup Wolfe	Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Laurence Leboeuf,	Drama
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Peter Raymont		Documentary
A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre)	Robert Ménard	Pierre Richard, Rémy Girard	Comedy-drama
A Hard Name	Alan Zweig		Documentary	Best feature-length documentary, Genie Awards
Heat Wave (Les grandes chaleurs)	Sophie Lorain	Marie-Thérèse Fortin, François Arnaud, Marie Brassard	Drama
I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)	Xavier Dolan	Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément	Drama	Xavier Dolan's first feature
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Terry Gilliam	Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp	Fantasy drama	Academy Award nominations for costumes and art direction; Canada-U.K.-France co-production
Inside Hana's Suitcase	Larry Weinstein		Documentary
Invisible City	Hubert Davis		Documentary	Best Canadian Feature, Hot Docs
Jajo's Secret	James Motluk		Documentary
Ladies in Blue (Les dames en bleu)			Documentary
Last Train Home	Lixin Fan		Documentary	Genie Award – Documentary; Prix Jutra – Documentary
Leslie, My Name Is Evil	Reginald Harkema	Kristen Hager, Gregory Smith, Ryan Robbins, Tracy Wright, Don McKellar	drama
Life Begins (La Vie commence)	Émile Proulx-Cloutier	Jacques Girard, Maxime Dumontier, Vincent Proulx-Hébert, Anfée Tremblay-Proulx	Short drama
The Little White Cloud That Cried	Guy Maddin	Breanna Rose Taylor, Marcia Ferreira, Eric Wood, Lexi Tronic, Teresa Braun, Zsa Zsa LaBitche, Sex Party Marty	Experimental short
Lost Song	Rodrigue Jean	Suzie LeBlanc	Drama	TIFF – Best Canadian Feature
Love and Savagery	John N. Smith	Allan Hawco, Sarah Greene, Martha Burns	Romantic drama	Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Burns); screenplay by ; Canada-Ireland co-production
Mark	Mike Hoolboom	Mark Karbusicky, Mirha-Soleil Ross, Kristyn Dunnion	Documentary
The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles)	Patrice Sauvé	Marc Messier, Normand Daneau, Fanny Mallette	Science fiction/fantasy
	Rafaël Ouellet		Drama
Night Mayor	Guy Maddin		Short	Best Experimental Short, South by Southwest
Mr. Nobody	Jaco Van Dormael	Sarah Polley, Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans	Science fiction film	Belgium-Canada-France-Germany co-production; most expensive Belgian film to date
One Night	Shelagh Carter	Jonathan Ralston, Jennifer Dale	Short
Out in That Deep Blue Sea	Kazik Radwanski		Short drama
Passenger Side	Matt Bissonnette	Adam Scott, Joel Bissonnette, Gale Harold	Drama
Polytechnique	Denis Villeneuve	Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse	Drama	Based on a true story on the École Polytechnique massacre
Prom Night in Mississippi	Paul Saltzman		Documentary
Reel Injun	Neil Diamond	Adam Beach, Sacheen Littlefeather, Russell Means	Documentary	History of American Indians in cinema; Peabody Award winner
(Robe de guerre)	Michèle Cournoyer		National Film Board animated short	Prix Jutra – Animated Short
Runaway	Cordell Barker		National Film Board animated short	Genie Award – Animated Short
Savage	Lisa Jackson		Short film	Genie Award – Live action short drama
The Spine	Chris Landreth	Gordon Pinsent, Alberta Watson (voices)	Computer animation	Follow-up to Landreth's Oscar-winning Ryan
Survival of the Dead	George A. Romero	Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick	Zombie horror	Made with U.S. financing
Suzie	Micheline Lanctôt	Micheline Lanctôt, Pascale Bussières,	Drama
(À vos marques... party! 2)			Comedy
Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes)	Jean-Philippe Duval	Sébastien Ricard, , ,	Biodrama	About the life of Dédé Fortin, the front man for the band Les Colocs; Prix Jutra – Actor (Ricard), Art Direction, Costumes, Musical Score
The Timekeeper (L'Heure de vérité)	Louis Bélanger	Craig Olejnik, Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Gary Farmer	Drama
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Mike Clattenburg	Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith	Comedy
(À quelle heure le train pour nulle part)	Robin Aubert
The Trotsky	Jacob Tierney	Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire		Genie Awards – Screenplay, Song
Vital Signs (Les Signes vitaux)	Sophie Deraspe		Drama
Walled In	Gilles Paquet-Brenner	Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, Deborah Kara Unger	Horror, Thriller	Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing
Waterlife		narrated by Gordon Downie	Documentary produced with the National Film Board
The Wild Hunt	Alexandre Franchi	, , Kaniehtiio Horn	Drama	TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature; Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award
You Might As Well Live	Simon Ennis	Joshua Peace, Michael Madsen, Stephen McHattie	Comedy

External links[]

Feature Films Released In 2009 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb
Canada's Top Ten for 2009 (lists of top ten Canadian features and shorts, selected in a process administered by TIFF)
List of 2009 box office number-one films in Canada

List of Canadian films of 2009

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