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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1997:
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| L'Absent |
Céline Baril |
|
Experimental feature |
|
| Air Bud |
Charles Martin Smith |
Michael Jeter, Wendy Makkena |
Family film |
Golden Reel Award; made with U.S. financing
|
| The Assignment |
Christian Duguay |
Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Céline Bonnier |
Thriller |
|
| Les Boys |
Louis Saia |
Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patick Huard, Serge Thériault, Michel Barrette, Paul Houde |
Comedy |
Golden Reel Award
|
| The Boys Club |
John Fawcett |
Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa |
Drama |
|
| La Concièrgerie |
Michel Poulette |
Serge Dupire, Michel Forget, Macha Grenon |
Drama |
|
| Cube |
Vincenzo Natali |
Maurice Dean Wint, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Julian Richings |
Thriller |
First in the Cube film series
|
| Dead Fire |
Robert Lee |
Matt Frewer, C. Thomas Howell |
TV drama |
|
| Drive, She Said |
Mina Shum |
Moira Kelly, Sebastian Spence |
Drama, romance |
|
| The End |
Chris Landreth |
|
Computer-animated short |
Academy Award nominee
|
| Four Women of Egypt |
Tahani Rached |
Safinaz Kazem |
National Film Board documentary |
|
| The Hanging Garden |
Thom Fitzgerald |
Chris Leavins, Troy Veinotte, Seana McKenna, Peter MacNeill |
Comedy-drama |
Toronto International Film Festival – Best Canadian Feature, People’s Choice Award; Canada-U.K. co-production
|
| Heads or Tails (French title: J'en suis!) |
Claude Fournier |
Roy Dupuis, Patrick Huard, Charlotte Laurier |
Comedy |
|
| How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels |
Craig Welsh |
voice Louise Leroux |
National Film Board animated short |
Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival
|
| Kitchen Party |
Gary Burns |
Scott Speedman, Tygh Runyan |
Comedy, drama |
|
| Love and Death on Long Island |
Richard Kwietniowski |
John Hurt, Jason Priestly, Fiona Loewi, Maury Chaykin |
Drama |
Canada-U.K. co-production
|
| Never Too Late |
Giles Walker |
Olympia Dukakis, Cloris Leachman |
Comedy, drama |
|
| Pippi Longstocking |
Clive Smith |
voices Melissa Altro, Gordon Pinsent, Catherine O’Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas |
Animated feature |
Canada-German-Sweden co-production
|
| The Planet of Junior Brown |
Clément Virgo |
Martin Villafana, Lynn Whitfield, Rainbow Francks, Margot Kidder, Sarah Polley |
TV drama |
Shown at the Toronto International Film Festival
|
| The Sweet Hereafter |
Atom Egoyan |
Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Bruce Greenwood, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Arsinée Khanjian |
Drama based on the novel by Russell Banks; |
Atom Egoyan is the first director of a Canadian dramatic feature to be nominated Best Director at the Oscars.
|
| Tu as crié: Let me go |
Anne Claire Poirier |
|
National Film Board documentary |
Genie Award for Best Documentary
|
| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs |
Guy Maddin |
Pascale Bussières, Shelley Duvall, Frank Gorshin, R.H. Thomson |
Fantasy drama |
|
| Uncut |
John Greyson |
Matthew Ferguson, Michael Achtman |
Drama |
|
| The Wrong Guy |
David Steinberg |
Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly, Enrico Colantoni, Colm Feore |
Comedy |
Canada-U.K. co-production
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