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List Of Canadian Films Of 2024
This is a list of Cinema of Canada, Canadian films slated for release in 2024: See also * 2024 in Canadian television * 2024 in film References External linksFeature Films Released In 2024 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb {{incomplete list, date=October 2023 Lists of Canadian films by year, 2024 2024 in Canadian cinema, * Lists of 2024 films by country, Canada 2020s Canadian films, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Canada
Cinema in Canada dates back to the earliest known display of film in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, in 1896. The film industry in Canada has been dominated by the United States, which has utilized Canada as a shooting location and to bypass British film quota laws, throughout its history. Canadian filmmakers, English and French, have been active in the development of cinema in the United States. Films by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. were some of the first to arrive in Canada and early films made in the country were produced by Edison Studios. Canadian Pacific Railway and other railways supported early filmmaking including James Freer, whose '' Ten Years in Manitoba'' was the first known film by a Canadian. ''Evangeline'' is the earliest recorded Canadian feature film. George Brownridge and Ernest Shipman were major figures in Canadian cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. Shipman oversaw the production the most expensive film up to that point. Brownridge's career led to '' Carry on, Sergeant!'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Montreal, Quebec. Acting career Girard played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (''Les Invasions barbares'') by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best foreign picture. Arcand's earlier film ''The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)'' revolved around the same characters who appear 17 years later in ''Les Invasions barbares''. Girard also appeared in Arcand's 1989 film ''Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)''. Girard is the most-nominated actor in the history of the Genie Awards. He has won the Leading Actor award twice, for '' Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)'' and ''Les Invasions barbares'', the Supporting Actor award twice, for ''Jésus de Montréal'' and ''Les Portes tournantes'', and has garnered three other nominations, for ''Le Déclin de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Rajendra Black
Ryan Rajendra Black (born June 10, 1973, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor, most noted for his leading role as Silas Crow in the 1994 film ''Dance Me Outside'' and its spinoff television series ''The Rez''. Career A Saulteaux member of the Sagkeeng First Nation, he has also appeared in the television series ''North of 60'', '' Highlander: The Raven'', ''Moccasin Flats'' and ''Cashing In'', the films ''Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story'', ''Elimination Dance'', ''Seven Times Lucky'' and ''Stryker'', and on stage in a production of Ian Ross's theatrical play ''fareWel''. He received a Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ... nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series at the 13th Gemini Awards in 1998. Black was a production coordinator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Podemski
Jennifer Podemski (born January 1, 1974) is a First Nations (Canadian) film and television actress and producer. Her acting credits include starring roles in the television series '' Tin Star'', ''The Rez'', '' Riverdale'', ''Moccasin Flats'', ''Bliss'', and ''Moose TV'', and the films ''Dance Me Outside'', ''The Diviners'', and ''Empire of Dirt'', as well as supporting or guest roles in ''Degrassi'', ''Republic of Doyle'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', '' Blue Murder'', '' Wild Card'', '' This Is Wonderland'', '' Rabbit Fall'', '' The Border'', and ''Maniac Mansion''. Her production credits include ''Rabbit Fall'', ''Moccasin Flats'', and ''Empire of Dirt''. Early life Podemski was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Her father is Jewish and her mother is of Saulteaux/Ojibwe/Anishinaabe, Leni Lenape, and Métis descent. Her paternal grandparents were from Poland, and moved to Canada after WWII. Her sisters, Tamara Podemski and Sarah Podemski are also actors. All three sisters appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Merasty
Billy Merasty (born 1960) is an Aboriginal Canadian actor and writer of Cree descent. Early life Merasty was born in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada. He is the ninth of fourteen siblings born to Viola and Pierre Merasty, and a grandson of Joe Highway, a famous caribou hunter and champion dogsled racer; and related to playwright Tomson Highway and dancer, choreographer, actor, and director René Highway. Career Merasty moved to Toronto at the age of 18 in search of René Highway, who was then working for the Toronto Dance Theatre. At the age of 23, he launched his acting career after graduating from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre for aspiring First Nations artists. He then worked for the Native Earth Performing Arts for a long period. Merasty has worked extensively on the stage and films as an actor and has written one play, ''Fireweed'', produced in 1992. His second play, ''Godly's Divinia'', is in development. In 2010, Merasty received the Order of Manitoba (Order of the Buff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Maurice
Gail Maurice is a Canadian actress, writer, and producer."Canadian aboriginal filmmaker en route to Sundance with Smudge". ''Times & Transcript'', January 20, 2006. She is most noted for her performances as the title character in the film '' Johnny Greyeyes'', Dorothy Pine in the television series ''Cardinal'', and Georgina in the television series '' Trickster''. Career Maurice is the head of Assini Productions, a film studio whose films have included ''Smudge'' (2006), ''Kihtwam misawac na-wapamitin'' (2011), ''Assini'' (2015) and ''Rosie'' (2018). She was a co-writer and star of Joshua Demers's 2020 film ''Québexit''.Ben Leeson"Québexit, an ensemble comedy at intersection of language and culture, to premiere at Cinefest" ''Sudbury Star'', September 21, 2020. At the 2020 Whistler Film Festival, Maurice, Demers and Xavier Yuvens won the Borsos Competition award for Best Screenplay in a Canadian Film. At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, she received a nomination for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Thomas
Eva Thomas is a Canadian First Nations ( Walpole Island First Nation) filmmaker and screenwriter. Early life and education Thomas attended Arizona State University, where she studied Communication and Broadcasting. She went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and Capilano University. Career Thomas was initially interested in acting in Hollywood, but after realizing the limited number of roles available for Indigenous actors, she decided to become a script writer and editor instead. She went on to work at Imaginative Features Lab, doing script editing. While there, she worked with Kaniehtiio Horn as a story editor and executive producer on a project called ''Seeds.'' After completing the Harold Greenberg Fund's Indigenous Story Editing Mentorship, Thomas decided she would aim to create her own short film as a way to break into the feature film industry. Thomas worked as an associate pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen (2024 Film)
''Aberdeen'' is a Canadian drama film directed by Ryan Cooper and Eva Thomas, and slated for release in 2024. The film stars Gail Maurice as the titular Aberdeen, an Indigenous Canadian woman who moves to Winnipeg after being forced to leave her home community as a climate refugee. The cast also includes Billy Merasty, Jennifer Podemski, Liam Stewart-Kanigan and Ryan Rajendra Black. The film is slated to premiere in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival will be held from September 5 to 15, 2024. The festival is slated to open with David Gordon Green's film '' Nutcrackers'', and close with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film '' The Deb''.Etan ....Zac Ntim"TIFF 2024: Laura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’ & ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Starring Chloë Sevigny Among Titles Set For Discovery Sidebar" '' Deadline Hollywood'', July 24, 2024. References External links * 2024 films 2024 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylène Mackay
Mylène Mackay (born 7 July 1987) is a Canadian actress. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for her performance in ''Endorphine''. In 2016, she appeared as Nelly Arcan in Anne Émond's film ''Nelly'', and as Marguerite in André Forcier's film ''Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)''. Originally from Saint-Didace in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, she is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. She was named one of the Toronto International Film Festival's Rising Stars of 2016, alongside Grace Glowicki, Jared Abrahamson and Sophie Nélisse. In 2017, she won the Prix Iris for Best Actress for ''Nelly'', with '' La Presses judging her to be part of a "changing of the guard" among Quebec actors and actresses. In 2017 she won a Prix Gémeaux as Best Actress in a Web Series for her role in Ici TOU.TV's ''Adulthood (L'Âge adulte)''. In 2020 she appeared in ''Escouade 99'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Montpetit
Pascale Montpetit (born 28 July 1960) is a French Canadian actress. In 1990 she won a Best Actress Genie Award for Darrell Wasyk's '' H'', and again in 2002 for Mario Azzopardi's '' Savage Messiah'', She has also won two Gémeaux Awards, one Jutra Award The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.1960 births Living people Canadian film actresses [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Dubreuil
Martin Dubreuil (born May 26, 1972) is a Canadians, Canadian actor and musician from Quebec."Martin Dubreuil, le James Dean de Rosemont" ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Presse'', May 28, 2011. He is most noted for his performance in the films ''10½'', for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Genie Awards, and ''Felix and Meira''. ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Presse'', January 24, 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
