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This is a list of Canadian films slated for release in 2021:

Title Director Cast Notes Ref
Ann Shin [1]
Ain't No Time for Women (Y'a pas d'heure pour les femmes) [2]
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtaugut (We Are All Different) Lindsay McIntyre
Albedo Stephen A. Smith
Aline Valérie Lemercier Valérie Lemercier, Roc Lafortune, Danielle Fichaud, Sylvain Marcel [3]
All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Amybeth McNulty Adaptation of the novel by Miriam Toews [4]
Altar Boy Serville Poblete Mark Bacolcol, Shai Barcia, Pablo Quiogue, Emily Beattie, Denzel Brooks, Blake Canning [5]
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice Zacharias Kunuk Madeline Ivalu, Jacky Qrunnut, Lucy Tulugarjuk [6]
Morgan Elliott, Adrian Buitenhuis Anne Murray [7]
Archipelago (Archipel) [8]
Bad Seeds (Mauvaises herbes) Claude Cloutier [9]
Be Still
Best Sellers Lina Roessler Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman [10]
Between Them (Toutes les deux) Noël Mitrani Veronika Leclerc Strickland, Mélanie Elliott, Vitali Makarov [11]
[12]
Bhai Hamza Bangash [6]
Big Giant Wave (Comme une vague) [13]
Big Things Eric Peterson
The Blactor Rukiya Bernard
The Boathouse Hannah Cheesman Michaela Kurimsky, Alan Van Sprang, Taylor Belle, Jack Fulton
Boobs (Lolos) Marie Valade [6]
Bootlegger Caroline Monnet Devery Jacobs, Pascale Bussières, Samian, Jacques Newashish, [14]
Brain Freeze Julien Knafo Roy Dupuis [15]
Canucks Riot I Lewis Bennett
Carmen Valerie Buhagiar Natascha McElhone, , Richard Clarkin [5]
Chocolate Charlene Moore
Cinema of Sleep Jeffrey St. Jules Dayo Ade, , Jonas Chernick, Oluniké Adeliyi [16]
Coextinction Gloria Pancrazi, Elena Jean [17]
Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Luc Picard Luc Picard, David La Haye, Sandrine Bisson [18]
La Contemplation du mystère Albéric Aurtenèche Emmanuel Schwartz, , Gilles Renaud, François Papineau, Martin Dubreuil [19]
Damascus Dreams Émilie Serri
Darkroom Lukas Maier
Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor Shelley Thompson , Robb Wells, Amy Groening [20]
Defund Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha [6]
Donkeyhead Agam Darshi Agam Darshi, Stephen Lobo, Sandy Sidhu, Husein Madhavji, Kim Coates [21]
Drifting Snow Sonja Smits, Jonas Bonnetta, Colin Mochrie, Linda Goranson [22]
Drinkwater Stephen Campanelli Eric McCormack, Daniel Doheny [23]
Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) Ivan Grbovic Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Marine Johnson [6]
Dust Bath Seth A. Smith [6]
Eat Wheaties! Scott Abramovitch Tony Hale, Elisha Cuthbert
Evan's Drum Ossie Michelin
Evelyne Carl Bessai Rumbie Muzofa [5]
The Exchange Dan Mazer Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley [24]
Fanmi Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour , Marie-Évelyne Lessard [6]
Fanny: The Right to Rock Bobbi Jo Hart Fanny [25]
Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) Karine Vanasse, Guy Nadon, Marc Labrèche [26]
Flower Boy Anya Chirkova
Freebird Michael Joseph McDonald - Joe Bluhm - Nicholas Herd
The Gig Is Up Shannon Walsh
The Good Woman of Sichuan Sabrina Zhao [27]
The Guide to the Perfect Family (Le guide de la famille parfaite) Ricardo Trogi Louis Morissette, Émilie Bierre, [28]
Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, Kirk Thomas [29]
Hands That Bind Kyle Armstrong
Hatha Asia Youngman
Heavy Petting Brendan Prost
Heirdoms (Soumissions) Martin Dubreuil, Charlotte Aubin, , ,
Hell or Clean Water Cody Westman Shawn Bath [30]
His Name Is Ray Michael Del Monte [31]
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair Alanis Obomsawin [2]
The Horses Liz Cairns
How to Fix Radios Emily Russell, Casper Leonard James Rudden, Dimitri Watson [32]
Indigenous Dads Peter Brass
Inès Renée Beaulieu Rosalie Bonenfant, Roy Dupuis, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Maxime Dumontier [5]
L'Inhumain Jason Brennan [16]
International Dawn Chorus Day John Greyson [27]
Islands Martin Edralin Rogelio Balagtas, Vangie Alcasid, Esteban Comilang, Sheila Lotuaco [33]
The Isobel Imprint Ali Grant
Jean Swanson: We Need a New Map Teresa Alfield
Kicking Blood Blaine Thurier , Luke Bilyk [34]
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers [12]
Kiri and the Girl Grace Dove
Lakewood Phillip Noyce Naomi Watts [35]
Lamya's Poem Alexander Kronemer Mena Massoud, Millie Davis [36]
The Last Tourist Tyson Sadler
Learn to Swim Thyrone Tommy Thomas Antony Olajide, [34]
Like a House on Fire Sarah Sutherland, Jared Abrahamson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley [37]
Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques) Annie St-Pierre , Lilou Roy-Lanouette, Larissa Corriveau [2]
Little Bird Tim Myles [6]
Livrés chez vous sans contact Gaëlle d'Ynglemare , [38]
Lune Arturo Pérez Torres, Aviva Armour-Ostroff [16]
Maria [15]
Maria Chapdelaine Sébastien Pilote Hélène Florent, Sébastien Ricard [39]
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again Courtney Montour
Medicine and Magic Thirza Cuthand [27]
Memory Box Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige , Manal Issa, Canadian-Lebanese-French coproduction [40]
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terril Calder , , Gail Maurice [6]
The Middle Man Bent Hamer Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland Canadian-Danish-German-Norwegian coproduction [41]
Militant Mother Carmen Pollard
The Mohel Charles Wahl
Mouth Congress Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson Paul Bellini, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald [42]
My Tree Jason Sherman
Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams
News from Home Sara Wylie
Night Blooms Stephanie Joline
Night Raiders Danis Goulet Amanda Plummer, Shaun Sipos, Eric Osborne, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Gail Maurice [43]
No Trace (Nulle trace) Simon Lavoie , Nathalie Doummar, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon [44]
The Noise of Engines (Le bruit des moteurs) Robert Naylor, , [45]
North of Albany (Au nord d'Albany) Marianne Farley Céline Bonnier, Rick Roberts [46]
Nouveau Québec Sarah Fortin Christine Beaulieu, [16]
Nuisance Bear Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden [6]
On Either Side Elisa Julia Gilmour
One of Ours [12]
Operation Luchador [15]
Oscar Peterson: Black and White Barry Avrich [47]
Ousmane Jorge Camarotti [6]
Pat Rocco Dared , Bob Christie [48]
Peace by Chocolate , Hatem Ali, [49]
(La parfaite victime) Monic Néron, Émilie Perreault [50]
Personals Sasha Argirov
Portraits from a Fire Trevor Mack William Lulua, Nathaniel Arcand, [51]
Première vague , , , [52]
Prometheus Marie Farsi
Quickening [34]
Records Alan Zweig
Returning Home Sean Stiller Phyllis Webstad [53]
Une révision Patrice Robitaille, Nour Belkhiria [54]
Zoe Leigh Hopkins , , Lorne Cardinal, Craig Lauzon, Gary Farmer [16]
A Safe Distance Gloria Mercer
The Secret Society Rebecca Campbell [5]
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette [27]
Sam Yan England Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mylène Mackay [55]
Saturday Night Rosana Matecki [6]
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel [34]
See for Me Randall Okita Skyler Davenport, Kim Coates [56]
Social Hygiene (Hygiène sociale) Denis Côté Maxim Gaudette, Larissa Corriveau, Évelyne Rompré [57]
Solitary Skies Amanda Cassidy
Someone Like Me , Sean Horlor [58]
, , [59]
Spirit to Soar Tanya Talaga [60]
Srikandi Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto [6]
Still Max Katherine Knight Max Dean [61]
Stray Ducks (Canards errants) Bruno Chouinard [62]
Stupid for You Jude Klassen [63]
Subjects of Desire Jennifer Holness [64]
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night Fawzia Mirza Kausar Mohammed, [6]
Tanglewood
Tenzin Michael LeBlanc, Josh Reichmann Tenzin Kelsang [65]
Things We Feel But Do Not Say Lauren Grant
The Time Harvester (L'Arracheuse de temps) Francis Leclerc Céline Bonnier, , Pier-Luc Funk, Marc Messier, Émile Proulx-Cloutier [66]
Tla-o-qui-aht Dugout Canoe Steven Davies
Together Albert Shin Kim Jae-rok, Ahn So-yo [6]
Twelve Hours Paul Shkordoff [6]
Tzouhalem Harold Joe, Leslie Bland [67]
The Untouchable Avazeh Shahnavaz
A Void Dominique Van Olm
Wars (Guerres) Éléonore Loiselle, David La Haye, Fanny Mallette [68]
The White Fortress (Tabija) Igor Drljaca [69]
We Are the Menstruators Nadia Giosia [15]
We're All in This Together Katie Boland [16]
Wildhood Bretten Hannam [34]
Without You Mina Shum
Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace [70]
Woman in Car Hélène Joy, , Liane Balaban [71]
The Zama Zama Project Rosaline Morris [27]
Zero Lee Filipovski [6]
Zo Reken [12]

See also[]

  • 2021 in Canada
  • 2021 in Canadian television

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021". Now, December 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Kyle Buchanan, "We Need to Talk About ‘Aline,’ the Crazy Celine Dion Movie at Cannes". The New York Times, July 14, 2021.
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  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Pat Mullen, "TIFF Unveil’s (sic) Line-up for ‘Celebrating Alanis’ Retrospective". Point of View, August 11, 2021.
  7. ^ Justin Anderson, "Network Entertainment, Universal Music, CBC team for Anne Murray doc". RealScreen, November 18, 2021.
  8. ^ Tom Grater, "Rotterdam Film Festival To Open With Mads Mikkelsen Movie ‘Riders Of Justice’". Deadline Hollywood, December 22, 2020.
  9. ^ Charlie Smith, "VIFF review: The NFB's "Bad Seeds/Mauvaises Herbes" shows the nasty side of plants and humans". The Georgia Straight, October 8, 2021.
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  55. ^ Alex Rose, "Quebec Olympics drama Sam is a dated weepie posing as a sports film". Cult MTL, July 27, 2021.
  56. ^ Andreas Wiseman, "Elle Driver Inks Pre-Sales On AFM Home-Invasion Sleeper Hit ‘See For Me’ With Skyler Davenport, Jessica Parker Kennedy & Kim Coates". Deadline Hollywood, November 24, 2020.
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  63. ^ Lauren Malyk, "Klassen starts strumming on Stupid for You". Playback, March 12, 2020.
  64. ^ Jennie Punter, "Producer-Director Jennifer Holness’ ‘Subjects of Desire’ Opens Doors to New Doc Projects". Variety, May 4, 2021.
  65. ^ Liza Sardi, "Game Theory acquires Canadian rights to Tenzin". Playback, October 13, 2021.
  66. ^ Maxime Demers, "Un projet ambitieux pour Francis Leclerc". Le Journal de Montréal, October 17, 2020.
  67. ^ Brandon Barrett, "Whistler Film Festival doc delves into the complicated legacy of Cowichan Chief Tzouhalem". Pique Newsmagazine, November 25, 2021.
  68. ^ Guy Lodge, "‘Wars’ Review: A Female Soldier Battles Her Abuser in Tense Québécois Psychodrama". Variety, August 30, 2021.
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  70. ^ Kelly Boutsalis, "TIFF 2021: Wochiigii Io: End of Peace Review". Point of View, September 20, 2021.
  71. ^ Paolo Kagaoan, "Canadian Film Fest 2021: Our Review of ‘Woman in Car’". In the Seats, April 3, 2021.

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