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This is a list of Canadian films slated for release in 2017:

Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref
Abu Arshad Khan Documentary
Adam's Testament Jason Barbeck, Rafael Kalamat Luke Bilyk, Frank Chiesurin, Nick Mancuso Thriller [1]
Adventures in Public School Kyle Rideout Judy Greer Comedy Premiered as Public Schooled before being retitled
All You Can Eat Buddha Ian Lagarde David La Haye, Richard Jutras, Ludovic Berthillot, Sylvio Arreola, Yaité Ruiz, Alexander Guerrero
Allure Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez Evan Rachel Wood Thriller Premiered as A Worthy Companion before being retitled
An American Dream Ken Finkleman Comedy [2]
The Argument (with annotations) Daniel Cockburn
Ava Sadaf Foroughi
Badsville April Mullen Drama
Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube) Francis Leclerc
Beatriz at Dinner Miguel Arteta Salma Hayek, Chloë Sevigny, Connie Britton Comedy
A Better Man Attiya Khan
Lawrence Jackman
Documentary [3]
Bickford Park Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart
Bird Molly Parker
Birth of a Family Tasha Hubbard Journalist Betty Ann Adam and her three siblings Documentary Explores consequences of Canada's Sixties Scoop [4]
Black Cop Cory Bowles Ronnie Rowe Crime drama
Black Kite Tarique Qayumi
Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Alain Desrochers Colm Feore, Patrick Huard Comedy, crime Sequel to 2006 film Bon Cop, Bad Cop [5]
Boost Darren Curtis Nabil Rajo, Jahmil French, Oluniké Adeliyi Drama
The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Kawa Ada, Noorin Gulamgaus, Kane Mahon Animated
Broken Lynne Spencer Documentary
Broken Mile Justin McConnell Thriller
Canada in a Day Trish Dolman Documentary
Cardinals Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley Sheila McCarthy, Katie Boland, Grace Glowicki, Noah Reid, Peter MacNeill, Peter Spence Thriller
The Carter Effect Sean Menard Documentary
Charles Dominic Étienne Simard
Charming Ross Venokur Animated
Creatura Dada Caroline Monnet
Crème de menthe Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy
The Crescent Seth A. Smith Danika Vandersteen, Woodrow Graves, Terrance Murray, Andrew Gillis, Britt Loder, Andrea Kenyon Horror
Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Luc Picard Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau, Anthony Bouchard, Henri Richer-Picard, Alexis Guay, Clare Coulter Drama
The Crying Conch Vincent Toi
Darken Audrey Cummings Paul Amos, Ari Millen, Oluniké Adeliyi Sci-fi, horror
Don't Talk to Irene Pat Mills Michelle McLeod, Geena Davis, Anastasia Phillips, Scott Thompson, Bruce Gray Comedy
The Drawer Boy Arturo Perez Torres Stuart Hughes, Richard Clarkin, Jakob Ehman Drama
The Drop In Naledi Jackson
Edging Natty Zavitz Shomari Downer, Paula Brancati, Parveen Kaur Comedy
Eye on Juliet Kim Nguyen
Fake Tattoos (Les Faux tatouages) Pascal Plante Anthony Therrien, Rose-Marie Perreault Drama
Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2) Émile Gaudreault Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Karine Vanasse Comedy
Filth City Andy King Pat Thornton, Kenny Hotz Comedy [2]
For Nonna Anna Luis De Filippis
Ginger Nation Mitch Fillion Shawn Hitchins Documentary, stand-up comedy
Goon: Last of the Enforcers Jay Baruchel Seann William Scott, Liev Schrieber, Elisha Cuthbert Comedy, sports Sequel to 2011 film Goon
Grandmother Trevor Mack
Great Great Great Adam Garnet Jones Sarah Kolasky, Dan Beirne Drama [2]
Heart of a Mountain Parastoo Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko and Faraz Anoushahpour
The Heretics Chad Archibald Thriller [2]
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) François Girard Raoul Max Trujillo, Tanaya Beatty, David La Haye Historical drama
Hollow in the Land Scooter Corkle Dianna Agron, Shawn Ashmore, Jared Abrahamson Thriller
homer b Milos Mitrovic and Connor Sweeney
An Imagined Conversation: Kanye West & Stephen Hawking Sol Friedman
Indian Horse Stephen Campanelli Forrest Goodluck, Michiel Huisman, Michael Murphy, Ajuawak Kapashesit Drama Adaptation of the novel by Richard Wagamese
Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Robert Morin Drama, thriller
Isla Blanca Jeanne Leblanc Charlotte Aubin Drama
It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Alexis Durand-Brault
Junior Majeur Éric Tessier
Latched Justin Harding and Rob Brunner
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Simon Lavoie
Lira's Forest Connor Jessup
Living Proof Matt Embry
Long Time Running Jennifer Baichwal
Nicholas de Pencier
The Tragically Hip Documentary
Lost Solace Chris Scheuerman Science fiction
Luk'Luk'I Wayne Wapeemukwa Best Canadian First Feature Film winner at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The Man Who Invented Christmas Bharat Nalluri
Manic Kalina Bertin Documentary
Mary Goes Round Molly McGlynn
Meditation Park Mina Shum Sandra Oh, Liane Balaban, Don McKellar Drama
Midnight Confession Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Milk Heather Young
Miyubi Felix Lajeunesse Emily Bergl, P. J. Byrne Richard Riehle, Jeff Goldblum Virtual reality comedy-drama
Möbius Sam Kuhn
Modern Classic J. M. B. Hunter Comedy
A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) François Jacob Documentary
My Little Pony: The Movie Jayson Thiessen Animated
Never Steady, Never Still Kathleen Hepburn Shirley Henderson, Nicholas Campbell, Théodore Pellerin Drama
Nuuca Michelle Latimer
Ordinary Days Jordan Canning, Renuka Jeyapalan, Kris Booth Jacqueline Byers, Michael Xavier, Richard Clarkin, Torri Higginson, Joris Jarsky Drama
Our People Will Be Healed Alanis Obomsawin Documentary
Palmerston Blvd. Dan Browne
Porcupine Lake Ingrid Veninger
Pre-Drink Marc-Antoine Lemire
Prototype Blake Williams
Pyewacket Adam MacDonald
Ravenous (Les Affamés) Robin Aubert Horror drama Best Canadian Film winner at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Rebels on Pointe Bobbie Jo Hart Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Documentary
The Road Forward Marie Clements Michelle St. John, Cheri Maracle, Evan Adams Musical documentary [6]
Room for Rent Matthew Atkinson Brett Gelman, Mark Little, Mark McKinney
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix Documentary
Rupture Yassmina Karajah
Scaffold Kazik Radwanski
Sebastian James Fanizza James Fanizza, Guifré Bantjes-Rafols, Alex House, Brian McCook Drama
Shadow Nettes Phillip Barker
Silas Hawa Essuman and Anjali Nayar
A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse) Denis Côté
Sly Cooper Kevin Munroe Animated
Soggy Flakes Heath Affolter, Jon Affolter, Nathan Affolter, Thomas Affolter Peter New, Cole Howard Animated
The Space Between Amy Jo Johnson Amy Jo Johnson, Jayne Eastwood, Michael Ironside Drama
Stay, I Don't Want to Be Alone Gabriel Savignac
Sweet Virginia Jamie M. Dagg Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots Thriller US-Canada coproduction
A Swingers Weekend Jon E. Cohen Mia Kirshner, Erin Karpluk, Jonas Chernick
Take a Walk on the Wildside Lisa Rideout Documentary Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Short Documentary in 2018
The Tesla World Light Matthew Rankin Robert Vilar as Nikola Tesla Short film World premiere at Cannes Film Festival [7]
There Is a House Here Alan Zweig Lucie Idlout Documentary [8]
Threads Torill Kove
Threesome (Le Trip à trois) Nicolas Monette Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Martin Matte Sex comedy
Unarmed Verses Charles Officer Documentary Winner of Best Canadian Feature at Hot Docs [9]
We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres)
We Forgot to Break Up Chandler Levack Jesse Todd, Cara Gee, Steven McCarthy, Mark Rendall Drama Adapted from the novel Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess
Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera) Léa Pool Sophie Nélisse, Karine Vanasse Drama

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toronto filmmakers hire Ryerson students to job shadow the crew on Adam’s Testament film shoot". Toronto Star, July 6, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Canadian Film Fest opens for patriotic moviegoers: Projections". Toronto Star, March 17, 2017.
  3. ^ Scheck, Frank (8 May 2017). "'A Better Man': Film Review | Hot Docs 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ^ Deerchild, Rosanna (23 April 2017). "Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard's personal connection to the Sixties Scoop". Unreserved. CBC Radio. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. ^ "«Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2»: une affiche pour rassurer l’Amérique". Le Journal de Montréal, November 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Road Forward: an innovative documentary explores Indigenous activism through songs". CBC Radio. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  7. ^ Mullen, Patrick. "Review: 'The Tesla World Light' – Point of View Magazine". POV Magazine. Retrieved 2017-05-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "Trailer for Alan Zweig’s TIFF-bound ‘There is a House Here’". POV, August 15, 2017.
  9. ^ Wheeler, Brad (5 October 2017). "Review: Unarmed Verses is a subtle film about race, art and the means of expression". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 7 October 2017.