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List Of Canadian Films Of 1995
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1995: See also * 1995 in Canada * 1995 in Canadian television External linksFeature Films Released In 1995 With Country of Origin Canadaat IMDb {{incomplete list, date=February 2012 1995 1995 in Canadian cinema Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... * ... [...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] |
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette). Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the ''Genie Rules and Regulations'' booklet which is distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then vote on these nominations. In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for English-language television, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation known as the Canadian Screen Awards. Broadcasting The Genie Awards were originally aire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John L'Ecuyer
John L'Ecuyer (born November 15, 1964) is a Canadian film and television director. Biography John L'Ecuyer's first feature, '' Curtis's Charm'' (1995), was an adaptation of a Jim Carroll story. The film received a Special Jury Citation as Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. and had a limited theatrical release in North America. Executive produced by Atom Egoyan and Patricia Rozema the film's budget was 125K (CDN). Also at TIFF that year, L'Ecuyer's short film ''UseOnceAndDestroy'' (1995)* received another Special Jury Citation at the festival, as Best Canadian Short Film. L'Ecuyer's other feature film credits include ''Saint Jude'' (2000- TIFF plus multiple international festivals), ''Confessions of a Rabid Dog'' (TIFF and HOTDOCS + multiple international festivals) his French-language feature ''Le Gout Des Jeunes Filles'', (''On the Verge of a Fever'') (2006 - TIFF plus multiple international festivals). L'Ecuyer directed the feature fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis's Charm
''Curtis's Charm'' is a 1995 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by John L'Ecuyer in his directorial debut. The film won a special jury citation for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. Based on a short story by Jim Carroll, the film stars Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis, a paranoid drug addict who believes his mother-in-law has cast a voodoo spell on him, which has resulted in his being stalked by a killer squirrel. With the help of his friend Jim (Callum Keith Rennie), he tries to devise a talisman to protect him from the curse. Cast * Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis * Callum Keith Rennie as Jim * Rachael Crawford as Cookie * Barbara Barnes-Hopkins as Voodoo Ma * Aron Tager as Park Worker * Hugh Dillon as Spitting White Trash Thug Production Filming began in April 1995, and took place over five weeks. It was shot on black and white 16 mm film. Release ''Curtis's Charm'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Roy
Maxim Roy (born March 7, 1972) is a French Canadian, French-Canadian actress. In English, she is best known for playing Detective Isabelle Latendresse in the English version of the Canadian police drama television series ''19-2 (2014 TV series), 19-2'', Jocelyn Fray in the fantasy series ''Shadowhunters'', and Mafia, Mob mistress Michelle in ''Bad Blood (TV series), Bad Blood''. Career Roy has worked in theatre, film and television. Her breakthrough was the lead in a thirteen-episode TV series ''Au nom du Pere et du Fils''. She then went on to do the sequel, ''Le Sorcier''. She appeared in ''Love & Human Remains'' and in the television film ''Platinum (film), Platinum''. Her theatrical work includes roles in musicals and in the play ''L'Affaire Tartuffe.'' She appeared in the Golden Reel Award (Canada), Golden Reel winning ''Les Boys'' in 1999. Roy is a founder and co-owner of the film production company, Sanna Films. The company's first film ''Final Four,'' was written and dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Morgenstern
Mark Morgenstern is a Canadians, Canadian film director, director, cinematographer and film editor, editor from Montreal, Quebec. Filmography (partial) * ''Refuge (documentary film), Refuge'' (2008), a documentary on rebels in Darfur by Alexandre Trudeau, as film editor, editor * ''Je fonds en comble'' (2008) as co-film director, director and cinematographer * ''Remembrance (2001 film), Remembrance'' (2001) as cinematographer * ''Shooter'' (2000) as film director, director *'' Curtains (short film), Curtains'' (1995) as co-film director, director (with his sister Stephanie Morgenstern) and cinematographer External links *Ewola Cinéma site Living people Film directors from Montreal Canadian cinematographers Canadian film editors Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian Film Centre alumni {{Quebec-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Morgenstern
Stephanie Morgenstern is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English and French. Her most widely seen feature film credits have been '' The Sweet Hereafter, Maelström, Julie and Me (Revoir Julie)'' and ''Forbidden Love''. Morgenstern is also widely recognized by anime fans as the voice of Sailor Venus in the DIC Entertainment English dub of ''Sailor Moon'' in the first few seasons as well as the movies. Additionally, she provided the voice of Regina in the ''Dino Crisis'' series. Life and career Along with her writing partner and husband Mark Ellis, Morgenstern created '' Flashpoint'', a Canadian TV police drama which premiered July 2008 on CTV and CBS, and ran for five years before the show ended by creative choice in 2012. The show was awarded the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television, in addition to both a Gem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtains (short Film)
''Curtains'' (french: Rideau) is a Canadian short film, directed by Stephanie Morgenstern and Mark Morgenstern and released in 1995. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996.Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'', October 17, 1996. Plot An actress, having just discovered she's been dumped, questions everything around her in the 15 minutes before the curtain comes up and she must take her place on stage. In the process, we get a glance at what goes on behind the scenes in your average theatre production. References External links * 1995 short films 1995 films Canadian drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1978 musical drama film ''Stony Island (film), Stony Island'', and in 1981 starred in the fantasy film ''Quest for Fire (film), Quest for Fire'', for which she received Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress, Genie Award for Best Actress. Chong later starred in films ''Beat Street'' (1984), ''American Flyers'' (1985), ''The Color Purple (1985 film), The Color Purple'' (1985), ''Commando (1985 film), Commando'' (1985), ''Soul Man (film), Soul Man'' (1986), ''The Principal'' (1987), ''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Tales from the Darkside'' (1990), ''Time Runner'' (1993), and ''Boulevard (1994 film), Boulevard'' (1994). She is the daughter of comedian and actor Tommy Chong. Early life Chong was born on February 28, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first daughter of actor/comedian Tommy Chong. Her father is of Chinese Canadians, Chinese and Scots-Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor, martial artist and television personality. He won numerous karate and kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18. He is known for his roles as Wo Fat in ''Hawaii Five-0'', Louis Stevens in ''Only the Strong'', Mani in ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'', Toby Wong in ''Drive'', Ling in ''Cradle 2 the Grave'', the titular role in ''Crying Freeman'' and Zero in '' John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum''. Perhaps best known as "The Chairman" on Food Network's '' Iron Chef America'' series since January 2005, he has continued the role as of 2022 on Netflix's '' Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend''. His other roles include Kung Lao in the web series '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy'', Eric Draven in '' The Crow: Stairway to Heaven'' and Eubulon in '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. He also competed in the ninth season of ''Dancing with the Stars''. Early life Dacascos was born February 26, 1964, in Oahu, Hawaii. His father, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Gans
Christophe Gans (born 11 March 1960) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter who specializes in horror and fantasy movies. Life and career Gans was born in Antibes, France. As a teenager, he spent a large portion of his time creating kung fu-themed Super 8 movies with his friends. He later went on to attend the French film school Idhec, where he created his first short film, ''Silver Slime'', dedicated to Mario Bava. He later spent time as a film critic before co-directing his first film, '' H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon''. His $29 million-budgeted film ''Le Pacte des Loups'' was a worldwide success, grossing over $70 million in theaters worldwide. It became the sixth-highest-grossing French-language film of all time in the United States, After the film's success, many producers approached Gans to work on very similar projects to appeal to young audience. He went on to direct 2006's cinematic adaptation of the video game ''Silent Hill'', as well as the 2014 fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crying Freeman (film)
''Crying Freeman'' is a 1995 action film starring Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra, and Tchéky Karyo, and directed by Christophe Gans. It is an adaptation of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami, drawing primarily upon the "Portrait of a Killer" arc. The film was an international co-production between Canada, France, and Japan, and was filmed on location in British Columbia in October 1994. Despite being heavily promoted by Viz Media on ''Animerica'' magazine and reprints of the ''Crying Freeman'' graphic novel, the film was not released in the United States until November 2018 on Amazon Prime Video. Plot While painting the landscape on a hill in San Francisco, a young woman named Emu O'Hara witnesses the murder of a Japanese Yakuza member. She notices that while the assassin stands emotionless in front of her, his eyes begin to shed tears. The assassin introduces himself to Emu as "Yo". Days later, after Emu returns to her home in Vancouver, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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