This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2009:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1981 Ricardo Trogi Jean-Carl Boucher, Claudio Colangelo, Sandrine Bisson Drama Prix Jutra – Supporting Actress (Bisson) 3 Seasons (3 saisons) Jim Donovan Drama 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des Ormes) Éric Tessier René-Daniel Dubois, Marc-André Grondin Drama, Thriller Based on the novel 5150, rue des Ormes Act of God Jennifer Baichwal Paul Auster, Dannion Brinkley Documentary Vancouver International Film Festival premiere Amreeka Cherien Dabis Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat Immigrant family drama Cannes Film Festival – International Critics Prize; Canada-Kuwait co-production The Armoire Jamie Travis William Cuddy, Ricardo Hoyos, Penelope Corrin Short drama At Home by Myself...With You Kris Booth Kristin Booth, Aaron Abrams, Shauna MacDonald Comedy drama Blind Spot (Lucidité passagère) Fabrice Barrilliet, Nicolas Bolduc, Julien Knafo, Marie-Hélène Panisset Daniel Parent, Hélène Florent, Erik Duhamel, Maxim Roy, Mario Saint-Amand Drama Broke Rosvita Dransfeld David Woolfson, Chris Hoard Documentary Cadavres Érik Canuel Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton, Sylvie Boucher, Christopher Heyerdahl Black comedy Prix Jutra – Makeup Cairo Time Ruba Nadda Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi, Tom McCamus Romance TIFF – Best Canadian Feature; Canada-Ireland-Egypt co-production The Canadiens, Forever (Pour toujours, les Canadiens!) Sylvain Archambault Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu, Antoine L'Écuyer, Céline Bonnier, Christian Bégin Drama Carcasses Denis Côté Jean-Paul Colmor Docufiction A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l'Afrique) Roger Cantin Drama The Cave (?E?anx) Helen Haig-Brown Edmund Lulua, Kelly William Short science fiction Chloe Atom Egoyan Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot Sexual drama A Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing; screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson (based on the screenplay of the 2003 film Nathalie by Anne Fontaine). Clouds Over the City (Nuages sur la ville) Simon Galiero Drama Cole Carl Bessai Richard de Klerk, Kandyse McClure, Rebecca Jenkins, Sonja Bennett Drama Cooking with Stella Richie Mehta Don McKellar, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Vanesh Bhardwaj, Shriya Saran Drama Canada-India co-production Defendor Peter Stebbings Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh, Clark Johnson, Lisa Ray Drama Genie Award – Honourable Mention The Delian Mode Kara Blake Delia Derbyshire Documentary Detour (Détour) Sylvain Guy Luc Picard, Isabelle Guérard, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge Thriller District 9 Neill Blomkamp Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar, William Allen Young Science fiction action Excited Bruce Sweeney Gabrielle Rose, Agam Darshi Comedy Father and Guns (De père en flic) Émile Gaudreault Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Caroline Dhavernas, Rémy Girard Comedy Golden Reel Award Fig Trees John Greyson Documentary on AIDS in Africa Berlin Film Festival- Teddy Award Finding Farley Leanne Allison Documentary Cross-Canada trek to meet Farley Mowat Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica Cam Christiansen Animated short Free Fall (Les pieds dans le vide) Mariloup Wolfe Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Laurence Leboeuf, Éric Bruneau Drama Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Peter Raymont, Michèle Hozer Documentary A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre) Robert Ménard Pierre Richard, Rémy Girard Comedy-drama A Hard Name Alan Zweig Documentary Best feature-length documentary, Genie Awards Heat Wave (Les grandes chaleurs) Sophie Lorain Marie-Thérèse Fortin, François Arnaud, Marie Brassard Drama How to Be Alone Andrea Dorfman Tanya Davis Animated short Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Brigitte Berman Hugh Hefner Documentary I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément Drama Xavier Dolan's first feature The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp Fantasy drama Academy Award nominations for costumes and art direction; Canada-U.K.-France co-production Inside Hana's Suitcase Larry Weinstein Documentary Invisible City Hubert Davis Documentary Best Canadian Feature, Hot Docs Jajo's Secret James Motluk Documentary Kissed by Lightning Shelley Niro Drama Ladies in Blue (Les dames en bleu) Claude Demers Documentary Land of Men (Terre des hommes) Ky Nam Le Duc Jorge Martinez Colorado, Rosa Zacharie, Hugues Saint-Louis Short drama Last Train Home Lixin Fan Documentary Genie Award – Documentary; Prix Jutra – Documentary Leslie, My Name Is Evil Reginald Harkema Kristen Hager, Gregory Smith, Ryan Robbins, Tracy Wright, Don McKellar drama Life Begins (La Vie commence) Émile Proulx-Cloutier Jacques Girard, Maxime Dumontier, Vincent Proulx-Hébert, Anfée Tremblay-Proulx Short drama The Little White Cloud That Cried Guy Maddin Breanna Rose Taylor, Marcia Ferreira, Eric Wood, Lexi Tronic, Teresa Braun, Zsa Zsa LaBitche, Sex Party Marty Experimental short Lost Song Rodrigue Jean Suzie LeBlanc Drama TIFF – Best Canadian Feature Love and Savagery John N. Smith Allan Hawco, Sarah Greene, Martha Burns Romantic drama Genie Award – Supporting Actress (Burns); screenplay by Des Walsh; Canada-Ireland co-production Mark Mike Hoolboom Mark Karbusicky, Mirha-Soleil Ross, Kristyn Dunnion Documentary The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles) Patrice Sauvé Marc Messier, Normand Daneau, Fanny Mallette Science fiction/fantasy New Denmark Rafaël Ouellet Drama Night MayorGuy Maddin Nihad Ademi Short Best Experimental Short, South by Southwest Mr. NobodyJaco Van DormaelSarah Polley, Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Rhys IfansScience fiction filmBelgium-Canada-France-Germany co-production; most expensive Belgian film to date One NightShelagh CarterJonathan Ralston, Jennifer Dale Short Out in That Deep Blue Sea Kazik Radwanski Short drama Passenger Side Matt Bissonnette Adam Scott, Joel Bissonnette, Gale Harold Drama Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands Peter Mettler Documentary Polytechnique Denis Villeneuve Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse Drama Based on a true story on the École Polytechnique massacre Prom Night in Mississippi Paul Saltzman Documentary Reel Injun Neil Diamond Adam Beach, Sacheen Littlefeather, Russell Means Documentary History of American Indians in cinema; Peabody Award winner Robes of War (Robe de guerre) Michèle Cournoyer National Film Board animated short Prix Jutra – Animated Short Runaway Cordell Barker National Film Board animated short Genie Award – Animated Short Savage Lisa Jackson Short film Genie Award – Live action short drama Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers) Samer Najari Short film The Spine Chris Landreth Gordon Pinsent, Alberta Watson (voices) Computer animation Follow-up to Landreth's Oscar-winning Ryan Survival of the Dead George A. Romero Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick Zombie horror Made with U.S. financing Suzie Micheline Lanctôt Micheline Lanctôt, Pascale Bussières, Normand Daneau Drama Taking the Plunge 2 (À vos marques... party! 2) Frédéric D'Amours Comedy Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes) Jean-Philippe Duval Sébastien Ricard, Joseph Mesiano, Dimitri Storoge, Benedicte Decary Biodrama About the life of Dédé Fortin, the front man for the band Les Colocs; Prix Jutra – Actor (Ricard), Art Direction, Costumes, Musical Score The Timekeeper (L'Heure de vérité) Louis Bélanger Craig Olejnik, Roy Dupuis, Stephen McHattie, Gary Farmer Drama Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day Mike Clattenburg Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith Comedy Train to Nowhere (À quelle heure le train pour nulle part) Robin Aubert The Trotsky Jacob Tierney Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire Genie Awards – Screenplay, Song The Uninvited The Guard Brothers Elizabeth Banks, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn Psychological horror Vital Signs (Les Signes vitaux) Sophie Deraspe Drama A Wake Penelope Buitenhuis Tara Nicodemo, Graham Abbey, Krista Sutton, Raoul Bhaneja, Martha Burns, Kristopher Turner, Nicholas Campbell Drama Walled In Gilles Paquet-Brenner Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, Deborah Kara Unger Horror, Thriller Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing Waterlife Kevin McMahon narrated by Gordon Downie Documentary produced with the National Film Board The Wild Hunt Alexandre Franchi Mark Krupa, Ricky Mabe, Kaniehtiio Horn Drama TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature; Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award You Might As Well Live Simon Ennis Joshua Peace, Michael Madsen, Stephen McHattie Comedy
See also 2009 in Canada 2009 in Canadian television
References
External links Feature Films Released In 2009 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb Canada's Top Ten for 2009 (lists of top ten Canadian features and shorts, selected in a process administered by TIFF) List of 2009 box office number-one films in Canada