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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1996:
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The Best Bad Thing |
Peter Rowe |
|
Drama |
Canada-Japan co-production made for TV
|
| The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati |
Michael McNamara |
Alan Williams |
Comedy |
|
| Cosmos |
Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin & Denis Villeneuve |
|
Drama anthology produced by Roger Frappier |
|
| Crash |
David Cronenberg |
James Spader, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter |
Drama based on the novel by J.G. Ballard |
Golden Reel Award; Canada-U.K. co-production
|
| Fire |
Deepa Mehta |
Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi |
Drama |
Banned in India; first in the Fire, Earth, Water trilogy by director Deepa Mehta; Canada-India co-production
|
| Hard Core Logo |
Bruce McDonald |
Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie |
Mockumentary |
Genie Award - Song
|
| Highway of Heartache |
Gregory Wild |
Barbara Chamberlin, Dusty Ryane |
Drama |
|
| L’Homme idéal |
George Mihalka |
Marie-Lise Pilote, Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Joe Bocan |
Comedy, drama |
Genie Award - Song
|
| Hustler White |
Bruce LaBruce |
Bruce LaBruce, Alex Austin |
Gay drama |
Canada-German co-production
|
| Jim Loves Jack |
David Adkin |
Jim Egan, Jack Nesbit |
Documentary |
|
| Joe's So Mean to Josephine |
Peter Wellington |
Eric Thal, Sarah Polley, Don McKellar |
Drama |
|
| Karmina |
Gabriel Pelletier |
Isabelle Cyr, Robert Brouillette, Yves Pelletier, France Castel |
comedy horror |
|
| Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy |
Kelly Makin |
Kevin McDonald, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley |
Comedy |
Spin-off from the TV show made with U.S. financing
|
| Kissed |
Lynne Stopkewich |
Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge |
Drama |
Genie Award - Actress (Parker)
|
| Letters from Home |
Mike Hoolboom |
|
Short |
Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Short
|
| Lilies |
John Greyson |
Matthew Ferguson, Jason Cadieux, Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Danny Gilmore, Rémy Girard |
Drama adapted from the play by Michel-Marc Bouchard |
|
| Long Day's Journey into Night |
David Wellington |
William Hutt, Martha Henry, Martha Burns, Tom McCamus, Peter Donaldson |
Drama based on the Eugene O'Neill play |
Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival
|
| Lulu |
Srinivas Krishna |
Kim Lieu, Clark Johnson, Saeed Jaffrey |
Drama |
Screened at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Not Me! (Sous-sol) |
Pierre Gang |
Richard Moffatt, Louise Portal, Isabelle Pasco |
Drama |
Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year
|
| The Old Lady and the Pigeons |
Sylvain Chomet |
|
Animated short co-produced with the National Film Board |
Canada-U.K.-France-Belgium co-production
|
| Le Polygraphe |
Robert Lepage |
Marie Brassard, Patrick Goyette |
Drama |
|
| Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) |
Denys Arcand |
Benoît Brière, Gaston Lepage |
Drama |
|
| Project Grizzly |
Peter Lynch |
Troy Hurtubise |
Documentary |
|
| Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) |
Gilles Carle |
Chloé Sainte-Marie |
Drama |
|
| The Road Taken |
Selwyn Jacob |
|
Documentary co-produced with the National Film Board |
Canada Award winner
|
| Rowing Through |
Masato Harada |
Colin Ferguson, Helen Shaver, Leslie Hope, Kenneth Welsh, James Hyndman |
Drama |
|
| La Salla |
Richard Condie |
Jay Brazeau (voice) |
Computer animation from the National Film Board |
Academy Award nominee
|
| Shoemaker |
Colleen Murphy |
George Buza, Alberta Watson |
Drama |
|
| Suburbinators |
Gary Burns |
Joel McNichol, Stephen Spender |
Drama |
|
| Swann |
Anna Benson Gyles |
Brenda Fricker, Miranda Richardson, Sean McCann |
Drama |
Adaptation of the novel by Carol Shields
|
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