List of Canadian films of 2016

This is a list of Canadian films released in 2016:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (Les 3 p'tits cochons 2)	Jean-François Pouliot	Paul Doucet, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Patrice Robitaille	Dramedy	Golden Screen Award winner as top-grossing Canadian film of 2016
9 (9, le film)	Claude Brie, Erik Canuel, Jean-Philippe Duval, Marc Labrèche, Micheline Lanctôt, Luc Picard, Stéphane E. Roy, Éric Tessier, Ricardo Trogi	Stéphane E. Roy, Marc Labrèche, François Papineau, Anne-Marie Cadieux	Drama	An adaptation of Stéphane E. Roy's play 9 Variations on the Void
The Adventure Club	Geoff Anderson	Sam Ashe Arnold, Jakob Davies, Dalila Bela, Billy Zane	Children's fantasy		[1]
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone	Fred Peabody	Featuring I.F. Stone, Carl Bernstein, Noam Chomsky among others	Documentary		[2]
Anatomy of Violence	Deepa Mehta	Vansh Bhardwaj, Suman jha, Tia Bhatia, Janki Bisht, Seema Biswas	Drama		[2]
Antibirth	Danny Perez	Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Meg Tilly	Horror, thriller
Angry Inuk	Alethea Arnaquq-Baril	Aaju Peter	Documentary		[3]
ARQ	Tony Elliott	Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Shaun Benson	Science fiction	Made with U.S. financing	[4]
Bad Seeds (Les Mauvaises herbes)	Louis Bélanger	Alexis Martin, Gilles Renaud, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez	Drama
Before the Streets (Avant les rues)	Chloé Leriche	Rykko Bellemare, Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, Jacques Newashish	Drama
Below Her Mouth	April Mullen	Natalie Krill, Erika Linder	Drama		[2]
Black Code	Nicholas de Pencier	Featuring Felipe Altenfeldor, Ronald Deibert, Wjd Dhnie	Documentary	Examines the global impact that the Internet has had on matters of free speech, privacy and activism.	[2]
Blind Vaysha	Theodore Ushev	Based on a story by Georgi Gospodinov	National Film Board of Canada animated short	nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film; Canadian Screen Award winner for Animated Short	[5]
Boris Without Béatrice	Denis Côté	James Hyndman, Simone-Élise Girard, Denis Lavant	Drama		[6]
Boundaries (Pays)	Chloé Robichaud	Emily VanCamp, Macha Grenon, Serge Houde, Rémy Girard	Drama		[4]
Coffee at Laundromat	Maahi Kaur	Ali Kazmi	Dramedy short
Colonization Road	Michelle St. John	Ryan McMahon	Documentary
The Cyclotron (Le Cyclotron)	Olivier Asselin	Lucille Fluet, Paul Ahmarani, Mark Antony Krupa	Drama
A Date with Miss Fortune	John L'Ecuyer	Jeannette Sousa, Ryan Scott, Joaquim de Almeida	Romantic comedy
Dead Leaves (Feuilles mortes)	Thierry Bouffard, Carnior, Edouard Tremblay	Roy Dupuis, Noémie O'Farrell, Audrey Rancourt-Lessard	Futuristic western	Winner of the Best Canadian Feature at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival
Desert City (Déserts)	Charles-André Coderre, Yann-Manuel Hernandez	Hubert Proulx, Victoria Diamond, Elisabeth Locasi	Drama
Faceless	Ali Akbar Kamal	Humayoon Shams Khan, Rahmatullah Khostai, Farahnaz Nawabi	Action	[7]
Faggot (Tapette)	Olivier Perrier	Robin L'Houmeau, Eliot Nault	Short drama
Fluffy	Lee Filipovski		Short drama
Frame 394	Rich Williamson	Daniel Voshart	Documentary
Giants of Africa	Hubert Davis	Masai Ujiri	Documentary		[2]
The Grasslands Project	Scott Parker		National Film Board of Canada short documentary films		[8]
Gulîstan, Land of Roses	Zaynê Akyol		Documentary	National Film Board of Canada-Germany co-production	[9]
Gun Runners	Anjali Nayar	Julius Arile, Robert Matanda	National Film Board of Canada documentary		[10]
Harry: Portrait of a Private Detective (Harry: Portrait d’un détective privé)	Maxime Desruisseaux	Nick Theodorakis, Denis Marchand, Michel-Vital Blanchard	Crime drama
Her Friend Adam	Ben Petrie	Ben Petrie, Grace Glowicki, Andrew Chown	Short drama
Hello Destroyer	Kevan Funk	Jared Abrahamson, Kurt Max Runte	Drama		[4]
Hunting Pignut	Martine Blue	Taylor Hickson, Joel Thomas Hynes	Drama
I Am Here	Eoin Duffy		National Film Board of Canada animated short
I Like Girls (J'aime les filles)	Diane Obomsawin		National Film Board of Canada animated short		[11]
Iqaluit	Benoît Pilon	Marie-Josée Croze, Natar Ungalaaq	Drama		[12]
It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)	Xavier Dolan	Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Marion Cotillard	Drama	Cannes Grand Prix winner; Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Picture	[13][14]
Jean of the Joneses	Stella Meghie	Taylour Paige, Sherri Shepherd	Comedy	Made with U.S. financing	[4]
A Kid (Le Fils de Jean)	Philippe Lioret	Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine De Léan	Drama	French coproduction
Kidnap Capital	Felipe Rodriguez	Paulino Nunes, Jonathan Souza, Michael Reventar, Michelle Arvizu, Pedro Miguel Arce	Crime drama
King Dave	Daniel Grou	Mylène St-Sauveur, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Karelle Tremblay	Adapted from the play by Alexandre Goyette	Shot in one continuous take.
Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m’aimes)	André Forcier	Émile Schneider, Juliette Gosselin, Céline Bonnier	Dramady
Koneline: Our Land Beautiful	Nettie Wild		Documentary
The Lockpicker	Randall Okita	Keigian Umi Tang	Crime drama
Lovesick	Tyson Caron	Jacob Tierney, Jessica Paré, Jay Baruchel	Romantic comedy
Maudie	Aisling Walsh	Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett	Drama	Canada-Ireland coproduction
Mean Dreams	Nathan Morlando	Sophie Nélisse, Josh Wiggins, Bill Paxton, Colm Feore	Drama		[4]
Montreal, White City (Montréal la blanche)	Bachir Bensaddek	Karina Aktouf, Rabah Aït Ouyahia	Drama
Mostly Sunny	Dilip Mehta	Sunny Leone	Documentary		[2]
Mutants	Alexandre Dostie	Joseph DeLorey, Francis La Haye, Sandrine Bisson	Dramatic short
My Friend Dino (Mon ami Dino)	Jimmy Larouche	Michel Côté, Sasha Migliarese, Joëlle Morin, Dino Tavarone	Crime drama
Nelly	Anne Émond	Mylène Mackay	Drama		[4]
Never Eat Alone	Sofia Bohdanowicz	Deragh Campbell, Joan Benac	Drama
The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder)	Thomas Vincent	Thierry Lhermitte, Géraldine Pailhas, Pierre Curzi	Drama	Canada-France coproduction
Nitro Rush	Alain DesRochers	Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Raymond Bouchard, Antoine Desrochers	Crime/action drama
Northlander	Benjamin Ross Hayden	Corey Sevier, Roseanne Supernault, Michelle Thrush	Futuristic drama
Of Ink and Blood (D’encre et de sang)	Francis Fortin, Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Maxim Rheault	Jocelyn Blanchard, Véronique Chaumont, Nathalie Coupal	Drama
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling	François Jaros	Ellen David, Louis Negin, Karelle Tremblay	Experimental drama
Old Stone	Johnny Ma	Chen Gang	Drama	Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film winner; a Canada-China co-production	[4][15]
On My Mother's Side (L’Origine des espèces)	Dominic Goyer	Marc Paquet, Sylvie De Morais-Nogueira, Marc Béland	Drama
Operation Avalanche	Matt Johnson	Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles	Conspiracy thriller	Faux documentary
The Other Half	Joey Klein	Tatiana Maslany, Tom Cullen, Henry Czerny	Drama	Canadian Screen Awards Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Tatiana Maslany)
Le Pacte des anges	Richard Angers	Lenni-Kim, Marc Messier, Émile Schneider	Crime drama
Plain and Simple (Tout simplement)	Raphaël Ouellet		Short drama
Prank	Vincent Biron	Étienne Galloy, Alexandre Lavigne, Constance Massicotte	Comedy
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes	Brett Story		Documentary		[16]
Pyotr495	Blake Mawson	Alex Ozerov	Horror short
Queer Hutterite	Laura O'Grady	Kelly Hofer	Documentary short		[17]
Race	Stephen Hopkins	Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons	Drama	Canada-France-Germany co-production
Red of the Yew Tree (If ou le rouge perdu)	Marie-Hélène Turcotte		Animated short
The River of My Dreams	Brigitte Berman		Documentary		[2]
Riverhead	Justin Oakey	Lawrence Barry, Evan Mercer	Drama		[18]
The Road to Webequie	Tess Girard, Ryan Noth		Documentary
Sadie's Last Days on Earth	Michael Seater	Morgan Taylor Campbell, Ricardo Hoyos, Paula Brancati, Hélène Joy, Peter Keleghan	Comedy
Searchers (Maliglutit)	Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq	Benjamin Kunuk, Jocelyne Immaroitok, Karen Ivalu	Drama		[19]
Shambles (Maudite poutine)	Karl Lemieux	Jean-Simon Leduc, Martin Dubreuil	Drama
The Skyjacker's Tale	Jamie Kastner	Ishmael Muslim Ali	Documentary		[4]
Sled Dogs	Fern Levitt		Documentary
Spark	Aaron Woodley	Voices include Jace Norman, Jessica Biel, Hilary Swank, Susan Sarandon	Animated feature	Canada-South Korea co-production made with U.S. financing
Special Correspondents	Ricky Gervais	Eric Bana, Ricky Gervais, Vera Farmiga	Comedy	Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing
Spirit Unforgettable	Pete McCormack	Spirit of the West	Documentary
Split (Écartée)	Lawrence Côté-Collins	Marjolaine Beauchamp, Ronald Cyr, Whitney Lafleur	Docufiction
The Squealing Game (La Chasse au Collet)	Steve Kerr	Paul Doucet, Julianne Côté, Anne-Marie Cadieux	Drama
Still Night, Still Light (Mes nuits feront écho)	Sophie Goyette
Stone Makers (Carrière)	Jean-Marc E. Roy		Documentary
The Sun at Midnight	Kirsten Carthew	Duane Howard, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs	Drama		[20]
Tales of Two Who Dreamt (Historias de dos que soñaron)	Nicolás Pereda, Andrea Bussmann		Documentary		[21]
Theater of Life	Peter Svatek		Documentary produced with the National Film Board of Canada		[22]
This River	Katherena Vermette, Erika MacPherson	Kyle Kematch	National Film Board of Canada documentary short		[23]
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau)	Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie	Charlotte Aubin, Laurent Bélanger, Gabrielle Tremblay, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez	Drama	Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film winner	[24]
Two Lovers and a Bear	Kim Nguyen	Dane DeHaan, Tatiana Maslany, Gordon Pinsent	Drama		[4]
Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things	Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa		Documentary
Tuktuq	Robin Aubert	Robin Aubert, Brigitte Poupart	Docufiction
Unless	Alan Gilsenan	Catherine Keener, Hannah Gross, Brendan Coyle, Matt Craven, Chloe Rose, Hanna Schygulla	Drama based on the novel of the same name by Carol Shields	Canada-Ireland co-production
The Unseen	Geoff Redknap	Aden Young, Camille Sullivan, Julia Sarah Stone, Ben Cotton	Psychological horror
The Void	Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie	Ellen Wong, Aaron Poole, Evan Stern	Horror	Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing	[25][26]
Vortex	Jephté Bastien	Marie-Ange Barbancourt, Carmen Bastida, Alain Bastien	Occult drama	Canada-China-Hiati co-production
Votez Bougon	Jean-François Pouliot	Rémy Girard, Louison Danis, Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc	Comedy
Waseskun	Steve Patry		National Film Board of Canada documentary		[27]
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice	Alanis Obomsawin		National Film Board of Canada documentary	Obomsawin's 49th film	[2]
We're Still Together	Jesse Klein	Joey Klein, Jesse Camacho	Drama
Weirdos	Bruce McDonald	Dylan Authors, Julia Sarah Stone, Allan Hawco, Cathy Jones, Molly Parker	Drama		[2]
Werewolf	Ashley McKenzie	Andrew Gillis, Bhreagh MacNeil	Drama		[4]
Wexford Plaza	Joyce Wong	Reid Asselstine, Darrel Gamotin	Comedy-drama	[28]
Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende)	Jean-Philippe Duval	Caroline Dhavernas, Francis Ducharme. François Papineau, Vincent-Guillaume Otis	Historical drama
Wild Skin (La Peau sauvage)	Ariane Louis-Seize	Marilyn Castonguay	Short drama
Window Horses	Ann Marie Fleming	Voices include Sandra Oh, Nancy Kwan, Shohreh Aghdashloo	Animated feature produced with the National Film Board of Canada		[4]
X500	Juan Andrés Arango	Jembie Almazan, Bernardo Garnica Cruz, Jonathan Diaz Angulo	Drama	Canada-Mexico-Columbia co-production	[4]

See also

• 2016 in Canada
• 2016 in Canadian television

References

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2. "TIFF Canadian lineup to include Deepa Mehta film on gang rape, April Mullen’s lesbian love story". Toronto Star, August 3, 2016.
3. Mullen, Patrick (11 May 2016). "Review: 'Angry Inuk'". Point of View. Documentary Organization of Canada. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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5. Wysocka, Natalia (2016-02-19). "Berlinale: Vaysha l'aveugle, regard présent". Métro (in French). Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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16. "Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’". POV, April 29, 2016.
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18. "Riverhead: Small Town Violence In Newfoundland". The East, September 15, 2016.
19. "Nunavut directors head for the red carpet at TIFF". Nunatsiaq News, August 15, 2016.
20. Rachel Zelniker, "'A real honour': Fort McPherson buzzing with pride over film shot in community". CBC North, September 24, 2016.
21. Paloma Pacheco, "Preview: Werewolf and Tales of Two Who Dreamt at VIFF". SAD Magazine, September 30, 2016.
22. Tucker, Rebecca (2 December 2016). "Theater of Life: Chefs cook a feast out of food waste in documentary". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
23. "New documentary shows lengths taken to find missing family members". CBC News, September 4, 2016.
24. "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly, September 18, 2016.
25. Newman, Kim (February 13, 2017). "'The Void': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
26. Murthi, Vikram (August 2, 2016). "Fantastic Fest Announces First Wave of Programming For 12th Annual Celebration in September". Indie Wire. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
27. Caron, Dominique (29 September 2016). "Waseskun, documentaire-choc dans un centre de détention autochtone du Québec". ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
28. "Wexford Plaza director Joyce Wong on strip mall romanticism and growing up in Scarborough". CBC News. December 2, 2017.

External links

• Feature Films Released In 2016 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb