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List Of Canadian Films Of 2000
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2000: See also * 2000 in Canada * 2000 in Canadian television External linksFeature Films Released In 2000 With Country of Origin Canadaat IMDb {{incomplete list, date=February 2012 2000 2000 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] |
Attila Bertalan
Attila Bertalan is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is most noted for his 1990 film '' A Bullet in the Head'', which was selected as Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991."Bullet in the Head chosen for Oscar consideration". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 13, 1991. Originally from British Columbia, Bertalan was twice honoured by the Canadian Student Film Festival while he was a film student at the University of British Columbia, receiving an honourable mention in 1982 for ''The Glass Door'' and winning Best Director and Best Fiction Film in 1984 for ''The Roomer''. Later based in Montreal, he acted in several films, including Bashar Shbib's '' Seductio'', ''Clair Obscur'' and '' 15 Ugly Sisters'', while making ''A Bullet in the Head''. The film, a war allegory about an injured soldier's struggle to survive in unfamiliar territory, was spoken entirely in an invented language. In 1992, ''A Bullet in the Head'' was screened by the Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camera (2000 Film)
''Camera'' is a 2000 Canadian short film written and directed by David Cronenberg. The six-minute short was one of several made for the special '' Preludes'' program in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival. These films, all by Canadian directors, were commissioned as preludes for the festival in 2000. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002. Michael Posner, "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 13, 2001. Synopsis A seasoned actor (Leslie Carlson, in his fourth collaboration with Cronenberg) discusses the current state of film while a group of young children sneak in with production equipment to film him. The children are enamored with the camera, which the actor views as an infectious, malevolent presence. Cast *Leslie Carlson as The Actor *Marc Donato as Lead * Harrison Kane as Lead *Kyle Kass as Lead (as Kyle Kassardjian) *Natasha La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Board
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas. In total, the NFB has produced over 13,000 productions since its inception, which have won over 5,000 awards. The NFB reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. It has bilingual production programs and branches in English and French, including multicultural-related documentaries. History Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau The Exhibits and Publicity Bureau was founded on 19 September 1918, and was reorganized into the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau in 1923. The organization's budget stagnated and declined during the Great Depression. Frank Badgley, who served as the bureau's director from 1927 to 1941, stated that the burea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Perlman
Janet Laurie Perlman (born September 19, 1954) is a Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator whose work includes the short film ''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 54th Academy Awards and received a Parents' Choice Award. Her 13 short films have received 60 awards to date. She was married to the late animation producer Derek Lamb. After working with Lamb at the National Film Board of Canada in the 1980s, they formed their own production company, Lamb-Perlman Productions. She is currently a partner in Hulascope Studio, based in Montreal. Perlman has produced animation segments for ''Sesame Street'' and ''Nova (American TV series), NOVA''. Working with Lamb, she produced title sequences for the PBS series ''Mystery!'', based on the artwork of Edward Gorey, and was one of the animators for R. O. Blechman's adaptation of ''The Soldier's Tale'' for PBS's ''Great Performances''. She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bully Dance
''Bully Dance'' (French: ''La danse des brutes'') is a 2000 animated short film by Janet Perlman about bullying. In this 10 minutes short film without words, a community is disrupted when a bully victimizes a smaller member of the group. The whole community becomes involved in dealing with the bully, who is himself a victim at home. In the film, characters move in rhythm to an all-percussive soundtrack for the film, which was inspired by the filmmaker's own experiences in dance classes. Character animation and backgrounds were drawn on paper in ink, then scanned into a computer. It was the first time Perlman had used computers to create an animated film. The film received thirteen awards, including the Award for Best Animated Short Film from the Children's Jury and the Grand Prix de Montréal - Best Short Film at the Festival International du film pour enfants and First Prize in short film & video animation in recognition of outstanding achievement in children's media from the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Lapointe
Jean Lapointe, (December 6, 1935 – November 18, 2022) was a Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a Senate of Canada, Canadian Senator. Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo ''Les Jérolas'' with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre (composer), Yves Lapierre. He was also a social activist who campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Papineau
François Papineau (born 24 December 1966) is a Canadian actor who worked in stage and the Cinema of Quebec for over 25 years. Papineau graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1990. He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Actor for '' Route 132'' (2010). In 2015, he joined the cast of director Benoît Pilon's film ''Iqaluit'', alongside Marie-Josée Croze and Natar Ungalaaq. ''Iqaluit'' was released in 2016, the same year as his '' Bad Seeds'', and '' Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende)'', where Papineau played Jack Murphy, the Devil in the Chasse-galerie mythology. Papineau was tasked to play the villain as suave with a slight English accent. He is married to actress Bénédicte Décary, with whom he costarred in the 2021 television series '' Entre deux draps''.Natalie Slight"Secrets de plateau , Entre deux draps" ''7 Jours'', February 11, 2021. Selected filmography *''The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)'' - 1995 *''Post Mortem'' - 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réal Bossé
Réal Bossé is a Canadian actor from Quebec who performs mostly in francophone films and television. The son of farmers, Bossé grew up in Rivière-Bleue, Quebec. He won a Jutra Award in 2008 as Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in ''Continental, a Film Without Guns'', as well as two Gémeaux Award in 2011 for writing and acting in the television series '' 19-2''. Bossé was part of the cast of The Decline (film) ''The Decline'' (french: Jusqu'au déclin, "Until the Decline") is a 2020 Canadian action thriller, directed by Patrice Laliberté in his feature debut and released in 2020.André Duchesne"Le premier film québécois de Netflix aux Rendez-vous Q ..., which was released in 2020. He is also a writer and actor on ''File D'Attente'', a dramatic comedy airing in Quebec. Filmography References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Male actors from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain DesRochers
Alain DesRochers is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. DesRochers studied first at St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College in the early 1980s and then at Concordia University earning himself a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the end of the decade. He began his career by directing music videos and television commercials. He got his big break directing several episodes of the TV series '' The Hunger''. His first feature film ''La Bouteille'' (2000) earned him a nomination for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction. His second feature, the action film ''Nitro'', was very successful at the Quebec box office and beat out several American blockbusters in its opening weekend. Selected filmography *''The Bottle (La Bouteille)'' - 2000 *''Nitro'' - 2007 *'' The Comeback (Cabotins)'' - 2010 *''Wushu Warrior'' - 2010 *'' Gerry'' - 2011 *'' Darwin'' - 2015 *'' Nitro Rush'' - 2016 *''Security'' - 2017 *''Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2'' is a 2017 Canadian action comedy fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bottle (2000 Film)
''The Bottle'' (french: La bouteille) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Alain DesRochers and released in 2000."Bouteille, La – Film d’Alain Desrochers" ''Films du Québec'', January 5, 2009. The film stars Réal Bossé and François Papineau as Réal and François, two longtime friends who decide to recover a beer bottle, containing a paper on which they wrote down their hopes and dreams for the future, which they buried 15 years earlier in the back yard of Antoine (Jean Lapointe), a grumpy old man. The film's cast also includes Hélène Loiselle, Pascale Bussières, Louis Champagne, Sylvie Moreau and Jean-Pierre Ferland. DesRochers received a Genie Award nomination for Canadian Screen Award for Best Director, Best Director at the 21st Genie Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (genre)
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the mood (psychology), moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, Psychomotor agitation, excitement, Surprise (emotion), surprise, anticipation (emotion), anticipation and anxiety. Successful examples of thrillers are Alfred Hitchcock filmography, the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Thrillers generally keep the audience on the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax (narrative), climax. The cover-up of important information is a common element. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists, unreliable narrators, and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. The most common genres that overlap with the thriller genre include crime fiction, crime, horror fiction, horror and detective fiction. Characteristics Writer Vla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
