List of Canadian films of 2008
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2008:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Adam's Wall | Michael MacKenzie | Jesse Aaron Dwyre, Flavia Bechara, Paul Ahmarani, Maxim Roy | Romantic drama | |
Adoration | Atom Egoyan | Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman, Kenneth Welsh, Arsinée Khanjian, Devon Bostick, Aaron Poole | Drama | |
After the Ballot | Manuel Foglia | Charlotte L'Écuyer, Daniel Turp | National Film Board Documentary | |
All That She Wants | Denis Côté | Ève Duranceau, Nicolas Canuel, Laurent Lucas | Drama | |
The American Trap | Charles Binamé | Rémy Girard, Gérard Darmon, Colm Feore, Serge Houde | Crime drama | |
Babine | Luc Picard | Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Luc Picard, Julien Poulin, Alexis Martin, Isabel Richer | Fantasy, drama | Prix Jutra – Art Direction, Sound, Music, Costumes, Makeup |
Le Banquet | Sébastien Rose | Alexis Martin, Raymond Bouchard, Benoît McGinnis | Drama | |
Before Tomorrow | Marie-Hélène Cousineau & Madeline Ivalu | Madeline Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu | Inuit Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian Feature |
Behind Me | Rafaël Ouellet | Drama | ||
Beyond the Walls | Guy Édoin | Short drama | ||
Blindness | Fernando Meirelles | Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Don McKellar | Drama | Based on the novel by José Saramago; a Canada-Brazil-Japan co-production |
Block B | Chris Chong Chan Fui | Experimental short | Malaysian co-production | |
Blonde and Blonder | Dean Hamilton | Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards | Comedy | |
Borderline | Lyne Charlebois | Isabelle Blais, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Angèle Coutu | Drama | |
A Broken Life | Neil Coombs | Tom Sizemore, Corey Sevier | Drama | |
Club Native | Tracey Deer | National Film Board Documentary | Winner of the Canada Award | |
Confessions of a Porn Addict | Duncan Christie | Spencer Rice, Mark Breslin, Lindsey Connell | Faux documentary | |
Cruising Bar 2 | Michel Côté & Robert Ménard | Michel Côté, Véronique Le Flaguais | Comedy | Genie Award – Outstanding Achievement in Makeup |
Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting | Robert Morin | François Papineau | Drama | |
Le déserteur | Simon Lavoie | Drama | ||
Down Here | Charles Wilkinson | Arlene, Bingo, Gerald, Jane, Johnny, Lianne, Lisa, Lorne, Maggie, Paul | Documentary short | Winner Cleveland Best Documentary Short, VIFF Most Popular Canadian Short Film, EIFF Best Short Documentary, Venice Ondo Courta, Houston Special Jury Award |
Down to the Dirt | Justin Simms | Joel Thomas Hynes, Robert Joy, Mary Lewis, Hugh Dillon | Drama | |
Everything Is Fine | Yves-Christian Fournier | Maxime Dumontier, Chloé Bourgeois, Normand D’Amour, Claude Legault | Drama | Claude Jutra Award; Prix Jutra – Supporting Actor |
Examined Life | Astra Taylor | Cornel West, Slavoj Žižek, Judith Butler | Documentary produced with the National Film Board | Explores contemporary philosophy |
Fifty Dead Men Walking | Kari Skogland | Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Kevin Zegers, Rose McGowan | Political, crime drama based on the novel by Martin McGartland | Genie Award – Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction; Canada-U.K. co-production |
FLicKeR | Nik Sheehan | Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Kenneth Anger | National Film Board Documentary | Based on the book Chapel of Extreme Experience by John G. Geiger |
Gutterballs | Ryan Nicholson | Alastair Gamble, Jeremy Beland, Mihola Terzic | Horror | |
Hank and Mike | Matthiew Klinck | Paolo Mancini, Thomas Michael, Joe Mantegna, Chris Klein | Comedy | |
Heaven on Earth | Deepa Mehta | Preity Zinta, Geetika Sharma, Yanna McIntosh | Drama | |
How She Move | Ian Iqbal Rashid | Rutina Wesley, Tre Armstrong, Dwain Murphy, Clé Bennett, Ardon Bess, Conrad Coates | Dance Drama | |
It's Not Me, I Swear! | Philippe Falardeau | Antoine L'Écuyer, Suzanne Clément, Gabriel Maillé | Comedy | |
Junior | Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | Documentary produced with the National Film Board | Best Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs |
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's | Léa Pool | Céline Bonnier, Marianne Fortier, Élie Dupuis | Drama | Made for TV |
Mothers & Daughters | Carl Bessai | Tantoo Cardinal, Gabrielle Rose, Babz Chula, Camille Sullivan, Tinsel Korey | Drama | |
My Name Is Victor Gazon | Patrick Gazé | Short drama | ||
The Necktie | Jean-François Lévesque | National Film Board animated short | Jutra Award for best animation | |
The Necessities of Life | Benoît Pilon | Natar Ungalaaq, Eveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur | Drama | |
Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve | Short | Genie Award – Live-Action Short; Prix Jutra – Short; Cannes Film Festival – Canal+ Award | |
A No-Hit No-Run Summer | Francis Leclerc | Patrice Robitaille, Pier-Luc Funk, Jacinthe Laguë, Roy Dupuis | Sports drama | |
Nurse.Fighter.Boy | Charles Officer | Karen LeBlanc, Clark Johnson, Daniel J. Gordon | Drama | Genie Award – Song |
One Week | Michael McGowan | Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban, Gordon Downie, narrated by Campbell Scott | Drama | Genie Award - Actor |
Otto; or Up with Dead People | Bruce LaBruce | Jey Crisfar, Marcel Schlutt | Horror | German-Canada co-production |
Passage | John Walker | Rick Roberts | Documentary film | Partly based on the book Fatal Passage by Ken McGoogan |
Passchendaele | Paul Gross | Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas, Gil Bellows, Joe Dinicol, Meredith Bailey | Romance, World War I drama | Golden Reel Award |
Pontypool | Bruce McDonald | Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle | Horror, Thriller | Based on the Tony Burgess novel Pontypool Changes Everything, which is the name of the film sequel |
Princess Margaret Blvd. | Kazik Radwanski | Short drama | ||
Real Time | Randall Cole | Randall Cole, Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel | Dramedy | |
Brett Gaylor | Girl Talk, Lawrence Lessig, Cory Doctorow | Documentary produced with the National Film Board | Open source film about copyright law | |
Stone of Destiny | Charles Martin Smith | Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd | Drama | Canada-U.K. co-production |
To Each Her Own | Heather Tobin | Hannah Hogan, Dre Carrington, Shaughnessy Redden | Drama | |
Up the Yangtze | Yung Chang | National Film Board Documentary | Genie Award for best documentary | |
Waitresses Wanted | Guylaine Dionne | Clara Furey, Anne Dorval, Colm Feore | Drama |