List of Canadian films of 2006
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2006:
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
533 Statements | Tori Foster | Documentary | ||
After All | Alexis Fortier Gauthier | Catherine De Léan, Rémi-Pierre Paquin | Short film | |
Aruba | Hubert Davis | A.J. Saudin, Devon Bostick | Short film | Panavision Grand Jury Award at Palm Springs International ShortFest |
Asiemut | Olivier Higgins, Mélanie Carrier | Olivier Higgins, Mélanie Carrier | Travel documentary | |
Away From Her | Sarah Polley | Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thomson | Drama/romance about Alzheimer’s disease based on story by Alice Munro. | Sarah Polley's feature directorial debut. A Canada-U.K. co-production made with U.S. financing. |
The Beautiful Beast | Karim Hussain | Carole Laure, Caroline Dhavernas, Marc-André Grondin, David La Haye | Family drama | Based on the novel La Belle Bête by Marie-Claire Blais |
Black Christmas | Glen Morgan | Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg | Horror | A remake of the 1974 film made with U.S. financing. |
Black Eyed Dog | Pierre Gang | Sonya Salomaa, Brendan Fletcher, Nadia Litz, Fred Ewanuick | Drama | |
Bombay Calling | Samir Mallal | National Film Board Documentary | Indian call centers | |
Bon Cop, Bad Cop | Eric Canuel | Colm Feore, Patrick Huard, Lucie Laurier, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | Comedy | Golden Reel Award, and at $12 million, Bon Cop, Bad Cop ranks as Canada's top-grossing film at the domestic box office. |
Brand Upon the Brain! | Guy Maddin | Sullivan Brown | Experimental feature | |
Brother Tongue/Langue fraternelle | Daniel Cockburn | Experimental short | ||
Cheech | Patrice Sauvé | Patrice Robitaille, Fanny Mallette | Comedy, crime drama | |
Citizen Duane | Michael Mabbott | Douglas Smith, Alberta Watson, Vivica A. Fox, Rosemary Dunsmore, Donal Logue | Teen comedy | |
Civic Duty | Jeff Renfroe | Peter Krause, Khaled Abol Naga, Kari Matchett, Richard Schiff | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
The Conclave | Christoph Schrewe | Manuel Fullola, Brian Blessed, James Faulkner | Historical drama | Co-produced with Germany |
Congorama | Philippe Falardeau | Paul Ahmarani, Olivier Gourmet, Claudia Tagbo, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gabriel Arcand | Drama | |
The Danish Poet | Torill Kove | Liv Ullmann | Animated short produced with the National Film Board | Academy Award for Animated Short Film; Genie Award – Animated Short; Canada-Denmark co-production |
The Dead Water | Guy Édoin | Short | Prix Jutra – Short | |
Deliver Me | Denis Chouinard | Céline Bonnier, Geneviève Bujold, Patrice Robitaille, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Juliette Gosselin | Drama | Prix Jutra – Actress |
Everything's Gone Green | Paul Fox | Paulo Costanzo, Steph Song, JR Borune, Tom Butler | Comedy, drama | Script by Douglas Coupland |
A Dog's Breakfast | David Hewlett | David Hewlett, Kate Hewlett | Black comedy | Direct to DVD |
A Family Secret | Ghyslaine Côté | Ginette Reno, Céline Bonnier | Family drama | |
Fido | Andrew Currie | Dylan Baker, Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss | Zombie comedy | |
Finding Dawn | Christine Welsh | National Film Board Documentary | ||
Flutter | Howie Shia | Animated short co-produced with the National Film Board | Open Entries Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Awards | |
House Calls | Ian McLeod | Mark Nowaczynski | National Film Board Documentary | Donald Brittain Award, Gemini Awards; made for TV |
Imitation | Federico Hidalgo | Vanessa Bauche, Jesse Aaron Dwyre, Conrad Pla | Comedy-drama | |
In the Cities | Catherine Martin | Drama | ||
It's a Boy Girl Thing | Nick Hurran | Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne, Maury Chaykin | Comedy | Canada-U.K co-production made with U.S. financing |
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen | Zacharias Kunuk | Leah Angutimarik, Jens Jorn Spottag, Natar Ungalaaq | Historical Drama | Canada-Denmark-Greenland co-production; TFCA – Best Canadian Film |
Kardia | Su Rynard | Mimi Kuzyk, Peter Stebbings, Kristin Booth, Ariel Waller | Drama | |
The Limb Salesman | Anais Granofsky | Peter Stebbings, Ingrid Veninger, Clark Johnson, Jackie Burroughs | Drama | |
McLaren's Negatives | Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre | National Film Board Animated documentary | Explores the work of Norman McLaren | |
Manufactured Landscapes | Jennifer Baichwal | Edward Burtynsky | Documentary | Genie Award – Documentary; Best Canadian Film, Toronto International Film Festival |
May God Bless America | Robert Morin | Gildor Roy, Sylvie Léonard, Sylvain Marcel, Normand D'Amour | Drama | |
Monkey Warfare | Reginald Harkema | Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, Nadia Litz | Drama | |
Niagara Motel | Gary Yates | Caroline Dhavernas, Kevin Pollak, Anna Frield, Kris Holden-Reid, Craig Ferguson | Drama | |
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi | Noël Mitrani | Laurent Lucas, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Isabelle Blais | Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature |
The Point | Joshua Dorsey | Julie Chauvin | Docufiction produced with the National Film Board | Filmed with area youth in Pointe-Saint-Charles |
Radiant City | Gary Burns, Jim Brown | Mark Kingwell, James Howard Kunstler | Documentary/Fiction made with the National Film Board | Genie Award for Best Documentary |
Remembering Arthur | Martin Lavut | Arthur Lipsett | National Film Board Documentary | See also 2010 film Lipsett Diaries |
The Saddest Boy in the World | Jamie Travis | Benjamin Smith, Kirsten Robek, Babz Chula | Black comedy | |
Screening | Anthony Green | Martha Burns | Short drama | |
The Secret Life of Happy People | Stéphane Lapointe | Gilbert Sicotte, Marc Paquet, Catherine De Léan, Marie Gignac | Comedy, drama | |
Snow Cake | Marc Evans | Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress ; Canada-U.K. co-production |
The Sparky Book | Mary Lewis | Gordon Pinsent, Joel Thomas Hynes | Animated/live-action | Best Experimental Film, Golden Sheaf Awards |
The Spirit of Places | Catherine Martin | Documentary | ||
Spymate | Robert Vince | Barry Bostwick, Jay Brazeau, Pat Morita, Chris Potter, Richard Kind, Emma Roberts | Comedy, family film | |
Steel Toes | David Gow | David Strathairn, Andrew W. Walker | Drama | |
A Stone's Throw | Camelia Frieberg | Kris Holden-Ried, Kathryn MacLellan, Aaron Webber | Drama | |
A Sunday in Kigali | Robert Favreau | Fatou N’Diaye, Luc Picard, Céline Bonnier, Maka Kotto | Drama about the Rwanda genocide | Prix Jutra – Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Musical Score, Costumes, Makeup |
Tales of the Rat Fink | Ron Mann | voices John Goodman, Ann-Margret, Jay Leno | Documentary about Ed Roth | |
The Tragic Story of Nling | Jeffrey St. Jules | Tom Barnett, John Neville, Steven McCarthy | Short drama | |
Mike Clattenburg | Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth, Hugh Dillon, Lucy DeCoutere | Comedy | Based on the cable TV series | |
The Toronto Rap Project | Richard Budman | Documentary about rap music, culture and violence in Toronto | ||
Unnatural & Accidental | Carl Bessai | Carmen Moore, Callum Keith Rennie, Tantoo Cardinal | Drama | Script and play by Marie Clements; Genie Award - Song |
The Wake of Calum MacLeod | Marc Almon | Angus MacLeod | Short drama | |
Who Loves the Sun | Matt Bissonnette | Lukas Haas, R.H. Thomson, Wendy Crewson, Adam Scott, Molly Parker | Drama | |
The White Planet | Jean Lemire, Thierry Ragobert, Thierry Piantanida | Documentary | Canada-France coproduction | |
The Wild | Steve 'Spaz' Williams | voices Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi | Animated feature | Made with U.S. financing |
Without Her | Jean Beaudin | Karine Vanasse, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Maxim Gaudette | Thriller | |
Young Triffie | Mary Walsh | Fred Ewanuick, Rémy Girard, Andrea Martin, Colin Mochrie, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones, Cathy Jones | Black comedy |