# Canada On Screen

Canada On Screen was a special screening series of culturally and artistically significant films from the history of cinema of Canada, which took place in 2017 as part of Canada 150.
Curated and presented by the Toronto International Film Festival, the program was screened throughout 2017 as a free screening series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, The Cinematheque in Vancouver, Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, with some selections from the program screened in other venues across Canada for National Canadian Film Day and other special local events.

## Selections
### Animation

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year |
| Begone Dull Care | Begone Dull Care | Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart | 1949 |
| Black Soul | Âme noire | Martine Chartrand | 2001 |
| The Big Snit | The Big Snit | Richard Condie | 1985 |
| Cameras Take Five | Cameras Take Five | Steven Woloshen | 2002 |
| The Hat | Le Chapeau | Michèle Cournoyer | 1999 |
| Hunger | La Faim | Peter Foldes | 1973 |
| The Log Driver's Waltz | The Log Driver's Waltz | John Weldon | 1979 |
| The Man Who Planted Trees | L'Homme qui plantait des arbres | Frédéric Back | 1987 |
| Neighbours | Voisins | Norman McLaren | 1952 |
| Mindscape | Le Paysagiste | Jacques Drouin | 1976 |
| Ryan | Ryan | Chris Landreth | 2004 |
| The Sand Castle | Le Château de sable | Co Hoedeman | 1977 |
| The Street | La Rue | Caroline Leaf | 1976 |
| The Sweater | Le Chandail | Sheldon Cohen | 1980 |
| When the Day Breaks | When the Day Breaks | Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis | 1999 |

### Television commercials

| Title | Advertiser | Agency | Year |
| "Arctic Sun" | Tropicana | BBDO | 2010 |
| "Bike Story" | Canadian Tire | Doner Schur Peppler | 1990 |
| "Do You Eat the Red Ones Last" | Smarties | Ogilvy & Mather | 1967 |
| "Dove Evolution" | Dove Campaign for Real Beauty | Ogilvy & Mather | 2006 |
| "It’s Not a Mistake, Start the Car!" | IKEA Canada | Zig | 2005 |
| "Meunier" | Pepsi | Blouin Coulombe Dube Thompson | 1993 |
| "Mona Lisa" | Caramilk | DDB Canada | 1973 |
| "On est six millions faut se parler" | Labatt 50 | BCP | 1975 |
| "Proud Fathers" | Tim Hortons | Enterprise | 2006 |
| "The Rant" | Molson Canadian | Bensimon Byrne | 2000 |

### Documentaries

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year |
| Churchill's Island | Churchill's Island | Stuart Legg | 1941 |
| Corral | Corral | Colin Low | 1954 |
| Cotton Mill, Treadmill | On est au coton | Denys Arcand | 1970 |
| Foster Child | Foster Child | Gil Cardinal | 1987 |
| Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Alanis Obomsawin | 1993 |
| Lonely Boy | Lonely Boy | Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor | 1962 |
| Manouane River Lumberjacks | Les Bûcherons de la Manouane | Arthur Lamothe | 1962 |
| Manufactured Landscapes | Manufactured Landscapes | Jennifer Baichwal | 2006 |
| Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick | 1992 |
| A Married Couple | A Married Couple | Allan King | 1969 |
| Memorandum | Memorandum | Donald Brittain, John Spotton | 1965 |
| Men for Sale | Hommes à louer | Rodrigue Jean | 2009 |
| My Winnipeg | My Winnipeg | Guy Maddin | 2007 |
| Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography | Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography | Bonnie Sherr Klein | 1981 |
| Picture of Light | Picture of Light | Peter Mettler | 1994 |
| Pour la suite du monde | Pour la suite du monde | Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault | 1963 |
| Les raquetteurs | Les raquetteurs | Gilles Groulx, Michel Brault | 1958 |
| The Shimmering Beast | La Bête lumineuse | Pierre Perrault | 1982 |
| Stories We Tell | Stories We Tell | Sarah Polley | 2012 |
| The Things I Cannot Change | The Things I Cannot Change | Tanya Ballantyne | 1967 |
| Warrendale | Warrendale | Allan King | 1967 |
| Wrestling | La Lutte | Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier, Claude Jutra | 1961 |

### Experimental film and video

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year |
| Birthday Suit – with scars and defects | Birthday Suit – with scars and defects | Lisa Steele | 1974 |
| The Hart of London | The Hart of London | Jack Chambers | 1970 |
| The Hundred Videos | The Hundred Videos | Steve Reinke | 1989-1996 |
| Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World | Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World | R. Bruce Elder | 1985 |
| Like a Dream That Vanishes | Like a Dream That Vanishes | Barbara Sternberg | 1999 |
| Rat Life and Diet in North America | Rat Life and Diet in North America | Joyce Wieland | 1968 |
| Reason Over Passion | Reason Over Passion | Joyce Wieland | 1969 |
| La Région Centrale | La Région Centrale | Michael Snow | 1971 |
| Sackville, I’m Yours | Sackville, I’m Yours | Colin Campbell | 1972 |
| The Thief Lives in Hell | Le Voleur vit en enfer | Robert Morin, Lorraine Dufour | 1984 |
| trapline | trapline | Ellie Epp | 1976 |
| Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis | Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis | Daïchi Saïto | 2009 |
| Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper | Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper | David Rimmer | 1970 |
| Very Nice, Very Nice | Very Nice, Very Nice | Arthur Lipsett | 1961 |
| Wavelength | Wavelength | Michael Snow | 1967 |

### Feature films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year |
| The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Ted Kotcheff | 1974 |
| Archangel | Archangel | Guy Maddin | 1990 |
| Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk | 2001 |
| Back to God's Country | Back to God's Country | David Hartford | 1919 |
| Bar Salon | Bar Salon | André Forcier | 1974 |
| The Bitter Ash | The Bitter Ash | Larry Kent | 1963 |
| Black Christmas | Black Christmas | Bob Clark | 1974 |
| The Cat in the Bag | Le Chat dans le sac | Gilles Groulx | 1964 |
| C.R.A.Z.Y. | C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée | 2005 |
| Calendar | Calendar | Atom Egoyan | 1993 |
| Dead Ringers | Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | 1988 |
| The Decline of the American Empire | Le Déclin de l'empire américain | Denys Arcand | 1986 |
| The Dog Who Stopped the War | La Guerre des tuques | André Melançon | 1984 |
| Dream Life | La Vie rêvée | Mireille Dansereau | 1972 |
| Goin' Down the Road | Goin' Down the Road | Donald Shebib | 1970 |
| Good Riddance | Les Bons débarras | Francis Mankiewicz | 1979 |
| I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Patricia Rozema | 1987 |
| J.A. Martin Photographer | J.A. Martin photographe | Jean Beaudin | 1977 |
| Jesus of Montreal | Jésus de Montréal | Denys Arcand | 1989 |
| Léolo | Léolo | Jean-Claude Lauzon | 1992 |
| Life Classes | Life Classes | William D. MacGillivray | 1987 |
| Little Aurore's Tragedy | La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre | Jean-Yves Bigras | 1952 |
| Loyalties | Loyalties | Anne Wheeler | 1986 |
| Mommy | Mommy | Xavier Dolan | 2014 |
| Mon oncle Antoine | Mon oncle Antoine | Claude Jutra | 1971 |
| My American Cousin | My American Cousin | Sandy Wilson | 1985 |
| Nobody Waved Good-bye | Nobody Waved Good-bye | Don Owen | 1964 |
| The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died | Le Vieux Pays où Rimbaud est mort | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | 1977 |
| Orders | Les Ordres | Michel Brault | 1974 |
| Rude | Rude | Clement Virgo | 1995 |
| A Scream from Silence | Mourir à tue-tête | Anne Claire Poirier | 1979 |
| Sonatine | Sonatine | Micheline Lanctôt | 1984 |
| The Sweet Hereafter | The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan | 1997 |
| Tit-Coq | Tit-Coq | Gratien Gélinas, René Delacroix | 1953 |
| À tout prendre | À tout prendre | Claude Jutra | 1963 |
| Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | François Girard | 1993 |
| The True Nature of Bernadette | La Vraie Nature de Bernadette | Gilles Carle | 1972 |
| Videodrome | Videodrome | David Cronenberg | 1983 |
| Water | Water | Deepa Mehta | 2005 |
| A Woman in Transit | La Femme de l'hôtel | Léa Pool | 1984 |

### Video installation art

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year |
| ...from the Transit Bar | ...from the Transit Bar | Vera Frenkel | 1992 |
| In the Labyrinth | In the Labyrinth | Roman Kroitor, Colin Low, Hugh O'Connor | 1967 |
| Overture | Overture | Stan Douglas | 1986 |
| The Paradise Institute | The Paradise Institute | Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller | 2001 |
| Two Generators | Two Generators | Rodney Graham | 1984 |
| Two Sides to Every Story | Two Sides to Every Story | Michael Snow | 1974 |

### Music videos

| Song | Artist | Video director | Year |
| "1234" | Feist | Patrick Daughters | 2007 |
| "60 rue des Lombards" | UZEB | François Girard | 1986 |
| "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" | Mitsou | Pierre Gendron, Ronald Houle, Raymond Vermette | 1988 |
| "Drop the Needle" | Maestro Fresh Wes | Joel Goldberg | 1990 |
| "Hotline Bling" | Drake | Director X | 2015 |
| "In My Secret Life" | Leonard Cohen | Floria Sigismondi | 2001 |
| "Neon Bible" | Arcade Fire | Vincent Morisset | 2007 |
| "Oblivion" | Grimes | Emily Kai Bock, Grimes | 2012 |
| "Queen of Hearts" | Fucked Up | Scott Cudmore | 2012 |
| "La rue principale" | Les Colocs | André Fortin | 1993 |

### Short films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year |
| Elvis Gratton | Elvis Gratton | Pierre Falardeau | 1981 |
| Frank's Cock | Frank's Cock | Mike Hoolboom | 1993 |
| The Heart of the World | The Heart of the World | Guy Maddin | 2000 |
| The Making of Monsters | The Making of Monsters | John Greyson | 1991 |
| Noah | Noah | Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg | 2013 |
| North of Superior | North of Superior | Graeme Ferguson | 1971 |
| Rhapsody in Two Languages | Rhapsody in Two Languages | Gordon Sparling | 1934 |
| Save My Lost Nigga Soul | Save My Lost Nigga Soul | Clement Virgo | 1993 |
| Springtime in Greenland | Springtime in Greenland | John Paizs | 1981 |
| You Take Care Now | You Take Care Now | Ann Marie Fleming | 1989 |

### Television

| English title | Original title | Genre | Year |
| Anne of Green Gables | Anne of Green Gables | Dramatic miniseries | 1985 |
| The Beachcombers | The Beachcombers | Comedy-drama | 1972-1990 |
| The Boys of St. Vincent | The Boys of St. Vincent | Dramatic miniseries | 1992 |
| Bye Bye | Bye Bye | Sketch comedy | 1968-present |
| Canada: A People's History | Canada: A People's History | Documentary | 2000-2001 |
| Codco | Codco | Sketch comedy | 1986-1992 |
| Degrassi Junior High | Degrassi Junior High | Teen drama | 1987-1991 |
| The Plouffe Family | La Famille Plouffe | Drama | 1953 |
| For the Record | For the Record | Dramatic anthology | 1976-1985 |
| The Friendly Giant | The Friendly Giant | Children's | 1958-1985 |
| Hockey Night in Canada | La Soirée du hockey | Sports | 1952-present |
| He Shoots, He Scores | Lance et Compte | Drama series | 1986-2015 |
| Minuit, le soir | Minuit, le soir | Drama | 2005-2007 |
| Nunavut: Our Land | Nunavut: Our Land | Documentary | 1994-1995 |
| La Petite Vie | La Petite Vie | Comedy | 1993-1997 |
| Point de mire | Point de mire | Newsmagazine | 1956-1959 |
| Rock et Belles Oreilles | Rock et Belles Oreilles | Sketch comedy | 1986-1988 |
| SCTV | SCTV | Sketch comedy | 1976-1981 |
| The Wayne and Shuster Hour | The Wayne and Shuster Hour | Sketch comedy | 1952 |
| This Hour Has Seven Days | This Hour Has Seven Days | Newsmagazine | 1964-1966 |
| Wojeck | Wojeck | Drama series | 1966-1968 |
| The World Challenge | The World Challenge | Documentary | 1986 |