This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2012:
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref A Drop of Love Golam Mustofa Marcel Legault, Sabreena Ghaffar Siddiqui, Jarvis Alam, Simon Henri Romantic comedy L'Affaire Dumont Daniel Grou Marc-André Grondin, Geneviève Brouillette, Marilyn Castonguay Drama All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) Bernard Émond Patrick Drolet, Gilles Renaud, Isabelle Vincent Drama Alphée of the Stars (Alphée des étoiles) Hugo Latulippe Hugo Latulippe, Laure Waridel Documentary Antiviral Brandon Cronenberg Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell Horror Made with U.S. financing Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule) Sébastien Rose Sophie Lorain, Sébastien Ricard, Alexis Martin Drama Bestiaire Denis Côté Documentary Beyond the Walls (Hors les murs) David Lambert Guillaume Gouix, Matila Malliarakis, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, David Salles, Flonja Kodheli Drama Blackbird Jason Buxton Connor Jessup, Alexia Fast, Jeremy Akerman Drama The Bossé Empire (L'Empire Bossé) Claude Desrosiers Guy A. Lepage, Claude Legault, Élise Guilbault Comedy The Boxing Girls of Kabul Ariel Nasr National Film Board Documentary Best short documentary, 1st Canadian Screen Awards Bydlo Patrick Bouchard Animated short Camera Shy Mark Sawers Nicolas Wright, Gerard Plunkett, David Nykl, Lara Gilchrist, Stephen Lobo Comedy Camion Rafaël Ouellet Julien Poulin, Patrice Dubois, Stéphane Breton Comedy, drama Prix Jutra – Actor (Poulin), Musical Score Catimini Nathalie Saint-Pierre Émilie Bierre Drama Cosmopolis David Cronenberg Robert Pattinson, Jay Baruchel, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Emily Hampshire, Sara Gorden, Paul Giamatti Original Score, Song-1st Canadian Screen Awards; Canada-Italy-France-Portugal co-production Chained Jennifer Lynch Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Ormond Thriller Direct to DVD Crackin' Down Hard Mike Clattenburg Nicolas Wright, Yoursie Thomas Short comedy Crimes of Mike Recket Bruce Sweeney Nicholas Lea, Gabrielle Rose, Agam Darshi, Jillian Fargey Drama Glen Schaefer, "Film noir, Vancouver style; Playful, deadpan take on crime thriller genre". The Province, September 27, 2012. Demoni Theodore Ushev Animated short The Disappeared Shandi Mitchell Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian Downey Drama East Hastings Pharmacy Antoine Bourges Shauna Hansen Docufiction Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne) Franck Dion Animated short Ésimésac Luc Picard Nicola-Frank Vachon, Marie Brassard, Isabel Richler, Luc Picard, Gildor Roy Prix Jutra – Costumes Exile (Exil) Charles-Olivier Michaud Francis Cleophat, Paul Doucet, Julie Le Breton, Stephen McHattie Drama Fair Sex (Les Manèges humains) Martin Laroche Marie-Evelyne Lessard, Marc-André Brunet, Normand Daoust Drama First Snow (Première neige) Michaël Lalancette François Bernier, David Boutin, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Benoît Gouin, Louise Latraverse, Marie-Laurence Moreau, Noémie Yelle Short drama For Dorian Rodrigo Barriuso Ron Lea, Dylan Harman Short drama Frost Jeremy Ball Emily Piggford Short drama The Fruit Hunters Yung Chang Bill Pullman Documentary produced with the National Film Board and CBC-TV Inspired by the book by Adam Gollner; made for TV. Goon Michael Dowse Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber, Jay Baruchel Comedy Herd Leader (Chef de meute) Chloé Robichaud Ève Duranceau Short drama Here and the Great Elsewhere (Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici) Michèle Lemieux Animated short Maggie Lange, "It Took 240,000 Pins to Make the Most Innovative Short Film of the Year". The Atlantic, December 28, 2012. Herman's House Angad Singh Bhalla Jackie Sumell, Herman Wallace Documentary Kevin Ritchie, "Hot Docs 2012: Reimagining the prison flick with Herman’s House". Playback, May 3, 2012. High Chicago Alfons Adetuyi Colin Salmon, Kevin Hanchard, Karen LeBlanc, Sebastian Pigott Drama Direct to DVD Home Again Sudz Sutherland Lyriq Bent, Stephan James Drama In No Particular Order Terry Miles & Kristine Cofsky Kristine Cofsky, Sonja Bennett, Ben Cotton, Mike Dopud, Stephen Lobo, Carmen Lavigne Comedy-drama Ina Litovski Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin Marine Johnson, Geneviève Alarie Short drama Inch'Allah Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Evelyne Brochu, Sivan Levy, Sabrina Ouazani Drama Canada-France co-production Indie Game: The Movie James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot Documentary Inescapable Ruba Nadda Alexander Siddig, Joshua Jackson, Marisa Tomei, Oded Fehr, Fadia Nadda Political drama Canada-South Africa co-production Inner Worlds Outer Worlds Daniel Schmidt & Patrick Sweeney Documentary Winner, Award of Excellence, Canada International Film Festival I, Pet Goat II Louis Lefebvre Animated short Ocelot Robot Film Festival 2012 - Best Short Film Just As I Remember Andrew Moir Documentary Kaspar Diane Obomsawin Mathew Mackay, Gabriel Lessard, Kathleen Fee, Arthur Holden Animated short Alex Tigchelaar, "J’aime Diane Obomsawin". Xtra Magazine, March 5, 2014. Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste) Deco Dawson Short documentary Karakara Claude Gagnon Gabriel Arcand, Youki Kudoh Drama Krivina Igor Drljaca Jasmin Geljo, Goran Slavkovic Drama Toronto International Film Festival world premiere Last Chance Paul-Émile d'Entremont National Film Board Documentary Laurence Anyways Xavier Dolan Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye Drama TIFF – Best Canadian Feature Film; Cannes Film Festival – Queer Palm, Un Certain Regard, Best Actress (Clément) The Lesser Blessed Anita Doron Joel Evans, Chloe Rose, Kiowa Gordon, Benjamin Bratt Drama Let the Daylight Into the Swamp Jeffrey St. Jules National Film Board 3D short Letters from Pyongyang Jason Lee Jason Lee, Young Tae Lee Documentary A Little Bit Zombie Casey Walker Kristopher Turner, Crystal Lowe, Shawn Roberts, Kristen Hager, Stephen McHattie Horror comedy Liverpool Manon Briand Stéphanie Lapointe, Charles-Alexandre Dubé Comedy/crime Lowlife Seth Smith Chik White Drama/horror Margarita Laurie Colbert, Dominique Cardona Nicola Correia-Damude, Patrick McKenna, Christine Horne, Maya Ritter Comedy-drama Mars et Avril Martin Villeneuve Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani, Robert Lepage Sci-fi fantasy Midnight's Children Deepa Mehta Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Seema Biswas, Siddarth, Rajat Kappor, Rahul Bose Drama A Canada-U.K. co-production based on the novel by Salman Rushdie. Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre Jean-Claude Coulbois Documentary Luc Boulanger, "Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre: hommage à Robert Gravel". La Presse, March 16, 2012. Moving Day Mike Clattenburg Will Sasso, Gabriel Hogan, Jonny Harris, Charlie Murphy, Victor Garber, Gabrielle Miller Comedy My Awkward Sexual Adventure Sean Garrity Jonas Chernick, Emily Hampshire, Sarah Manninen Comedy-drama My Real Life (Ma vie réelle) Magnus Isacsson Alexandre Bryson, Don Karnage, Danny Raymond, Michael Stiverne, Mikerson Stiverne Documentary Natalia Wysocka, "Ma vie réelle, le dernier documentaire de Magnus Isacsson". Métro, November 29, 2012. The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche Maya Gallus Severn Thompson, Deborah Hay Docudrama Robert Bell, "The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche: Maya Gallus". Exclaim!, May 4, 2012. The Near Future (Le futur proche) Sophie Goyette Patrice Berthomier Short drama Old Stock James Genn Noah Reid, Melanie Leishman, Danny Wells, Meghan Heffern Comedy-drama Scott A. Gray, "Old Stock, James Genn". Exclaim!, May 30, 2013. Omertà Luc Dionne Michel Côté, Rachelle Lefevre, Patrick Huard, René Angélil, Stéphane Rousseau Crime drama Feature film sequel to the 1990s drama series Omertà Over My Dead Body Brigitte Poupart Dave St-Pierre Documentary Payback Jennifer Baichwal Margaret Atwood, Raj Patel National Film Board Documentary Based on the book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (Les Pee-Wee 3D) Éric Tessier Antoine Olivier Pilon, Alice Morel-Michaud, Julie Le Breton, Guy Nadon Sports comedy-drama The People of the Kattawapiskak River Alanis Obomsawin National Film Board Documentary Attawapiskat housing crisis Resident Evil: Retribution Paul W. S. Anderson Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Kevin Durand, Colin Salmon Horror Canada-German co-production; Golden Reel Award; shot in 3D Rufus Dave Schultz Rory J. Saper, Kim Coates, David James Elliott, Kelly Rowan, Merritt Patterson, Richard Harmon Drama/horror The Secret Disco Revolution Jamie Kastner Documentary She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column Kevin Hegge Documentary Profile of the queer punk band Fifth Column Matt Thomas, "When queer punk exploded". Xtra Magazine, November 7, 2012. Silence Is Gold (Le Prix des mots) Julien Fréchette Alain Deneault Documentary André Duchesne, "Julien Fréchette : les mots dits". La Presse, November 9, 2012. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Michael J. Bassett Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan. Malcolm McDowell, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sean Bean Horror Canada-France co-production made with U.S. financing Small Blind (La Mise à l'aveugle) Simon Galiero Micheline Bernard, Christine Beaulieu, Julien Poulin Drama Still Mine Michael McGowan James Cromwell, Geneviève Bujold, Jonathan Potts Drama Toronto International Film Festival screening only; general release in 2013. Actor (Cromwell)-1st Canadian Screen Awards. Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada Karen Cho National Film Board Documentary Best documentary, Whistler Film Festival Stories We Tell Sarah Polley Rebecca Jenkins, Sarah Polley National Film Board Documentary Premiered at 69th Venice International Film Festival; Documentary-1st Canadian Screen Awards; TFCA – Best Canadian Film The Torrent (Le Torrent) Simon Lavoie Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon, Dominique Quesnel, Laurence Leboeuf Drama Tower Kazik Radwanski Derek Bogart, Nicole Fairbairn, Deborah Sawyer Drama Two Hands to Mouth Michael DeCarlo Art Hindle and an ensemble cast Dark comedy drama The Valley of Tears (La Vallée des larmes) Maryanne Zéhil Drama Vampire Dog (Le Chien Vampire)Geoff AndersonCollin MacKechnie, Julia Sarah Stone, Norm MacDonald, Amy Matysio, Ron Pederson, Jodi SadowskyComedy Vanishing Point Stephen A. Smith & Julia Szucs Navarana K'avigak National Film Board Documentary War Witch (Rebelle) Kim Nguyen Rachel Mwanza, Serge Kanyinda Drama about child soldiers Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign-Language Film We Were Children Tim Wolochatiuk Documentary produced with the National Film Board Documenting experiences in the residential school system Where I Am (Là où je suis) Myriam Magassouba Virginie Léger, Marie Brassard Short drama Nicolas Gendron, "Coffret 20 Courts et grand talent: Ainsi tournent-elles"]. Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Summer 2013). Wintergreen (Paparmane) Joëlle Desjardins Paquette Steve Laplante, Sophie Desmarais Short comedy-drama Nicolas Gendron, "Ainsi tournent-elles". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31 No. 3 (Summer 2013). p. 54. With Jeff (Avec Jeff, à moto) Marie-Ève Juste Laury Verdieu, Liridon Rashiti Short drama The World Before Her Nisha Pahuja Documentary
See also 2012 in Canada 2012 in Canadian television
References
External links Feature Films Released In 2012 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb 2013 Canadian Screen Awards nominees 2013 Canadian Screen Awards winners Canada's Top Ten for 2012 (lists of top ten Canadian features and shorts, selected in a process administered by TIFF)