List of Canadian films of 2018

This is a list of Canadian films released in 2018:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
1991	Ricardo Trogi	Jean-Carl Boucher, Sandrine Bisson, Juliette Gosselin	Comedy-drama	Sequel to Trogi's earlier films 1981 and 1987
Accidence	Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson		Short drama
The Accountant of Auschwitz	Matthew Shoychet	Thomas Walther, Oskar Gröning	Documentary
Altiplano	Malena Szlam		Short documentary
Angelique's Isle	Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Michelle Derosier	Julia Jones, Charlie Carrick, Tantoo Cardinal	Drama
Animal Behaviour	Alison Snowden, David Fine		Animated short
Anote's Ark	Matthieu Rytz	Anote Tong	Documentary
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch	Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky		Documentary
At First Light	Jason Stone	Stefanie Scott, Théodore Pellerin	Drama
An Audience of Chairs	Deanne Foley	Carolina Bartczak, Peter MacNeill, Gord Rand, Edie Inksetter, Christopher Jacot	Drama
Biidaaban: First Light	Lisa Jackson		Virtual reality documentary
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)	Amanda Strong		Animated short
Black Forest (Forêt Noire)	Philippe-David Gagné, Jean-Marc E. Roy	Pascale Montpetit, Nadia Essadiqi, Charli Arcouette-Martineau, Jean-Carl Boucher	Short drama
La Bolduc	François Bouvier	Debbie Lynch-White, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Mylène Mackay	Drama
Brotherhood (Ikhwène)	Meryam Joobeur		Short drama
Carmine Street Guitars	Ron Mann		Documentary
Catch and Release	Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert	Laurence Leboeuf, Aidan Devine, Peter Mooney	Drama	Premiered as Keely and Du before being retitled Catch and Release
Caterpillarplasty	David Barlow-Krelina		Animated short
Circle of Steel	Gillian McKercher	Chantelle Han, Duncan Ollerenshaw	Comedy-drama
City Dreamers	Joseph Hillel	Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Oberlander, Denise Scott Brown	Documentary
Clara	Akash Sherman		Drama
A Colony (Une colonie)	Geneviève Dulude-De Celles	Émilie Bierre, Irlande Côté, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Robin Aubert	Drama	Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Motion Picture
Crown and Anchor	Andrew Rowe	Michael Rowe, Matt Wells	Drama
Dark Suns (Soleils noirs)	Julien Élie		Documentary
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan	Xavier Dolan	Kit Harington, Ben Schnetzer, Natalie Portman, Bella Thorne, Susan Sarandon	Drama	Planned for the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
Destierros	Hubert Caron-Guay		Documentary
Earth: Seen from the Heart (La Terre vue du cœur)	Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol	Hubert Reeves	Documentary
Edge of the Knife	Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown	Tyler York	Drama
Etthén Heldeli: Caribou Eaters	Ian Toews		Documentary
The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte)	Tristan Dubois	Lévi Doré, Johnathan St-Armand, Eric K. Boulianne, William Cantin, Lili-Ann De Francesco	Drama
The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain)	Denys Arcand	Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England	Crime thriller	Thematically related, but not a literal sequel, to Arcand's 1986 film The Decline of the American Empire
Falls Around Her	Darlene Naponse	Tantoo Cardinal	Drama
Family First (Chien de garde)	Sophie Dupuis	Jean-Simon Leduc, Paul Ahmarani	Crime	Nominated for the Prix Iris for Best Film
The Far Shore (Dérive)	David Uloth	Éléonore Loiselle, Maèva Tremblay, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Émilie Bierre, Réal Bossé	Drama
Fausto	Andrea Bussmann		Docufiction
Fauve	Jérémy Comte		Short drama
Ferris's Room	Ryan Mains	Sarah Keenleyside	Documentary
Firecrackers	Jasmin Mozaffari	Michaela Kurimsky, Karena Evans	Drama
The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles)	Sébastien Pilote	Pierre-Luc Brillant, Marie-France Marcotte, François Papineau, Luc Picard, Karelle Tremblay	Drama
First Stripes (Premières armes)	Jean-François Caissy		Documentary
The Fish and the Sea	Phillip Thomas	Maxwell Haynes, Sara Canning, Kurt Max Runte	Short drama
For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)	Yan Giroux	Martin Dubreuil, Céline Bonnier	Drama
Freaks	Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein		Drama
The Fruit Machine	Sarah Fodey		Documentary
Genesis (Genèse)	Philippe Lesage	Théodore Pellerin, Noée Abita, Pier-Luc Funk	Drama
Giant Little Ones	Keith Behrman	Kyle MacLachlan, Maria Bello, Josh Wiggins	Drama
The Go-Getters	Jeremy Lalonde	Aaron Abrams, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Kristian Bruun, Ennis Esmer, Scott Thompson	Comedy
The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur)	Maxime Giroux		Drama
The Grizzlies	Miranda de Pencier	Will Sasso, Ben Schnetzer, Tantoo Cardinal, Eric Schweig, Natar Ungalaaq	Drama
Happy Face	Alexandre Franchi	Robin L'Houmeau, Debbie Lynch-White, Alison Midstokke	Drama
Honey Bee	Rama Rau	Julia Sarah Stone, Martha Plimpton, Peter Outerbridge, Sofia Banzhaf	Drama
The Hummingbird Project	Kim Nguyen	Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek	Drama, thriller
Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt	Kenneth J. Harvey		Documentary
Into Invisible Light	Shelagh Carter	Jennifer Dale, Peter Keleghan, Kari Matchett, Stuart Hughes, Jaydee-Lynn McDougall, Kristen Harris, Martha Henry	Romantic drama
Invisible Essence: The Little Prince	Charles Officer		Documentary
Isla Blanca	Jeanne Leblanc	Charlotte Aubin, Judith Baribeau, Luc Picard, Théodore Pellerin	Drama
Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume)	Daniel Roby	Romain Duris, Olga Kurylenko, Fantine Harduin, Michel Robin	Drama
Kingsway	Bruce Sweeney	Gabrielle Rose, Jeff Gladstone, Camille Sullivan, Agam Darshi, Colleen Rennison	Comedy-drama
Kivitoo: What They Thought of Us	Zacharias Kunuk		Documentary
Letter from Masanjia	Leon Lee		Documentary
Level 16	Danishka Esterhazy	Katie Douglas, Sara Canning, Peter Outerbridge	Science fiction
Little Italy	Donald Petrie	Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Alyssa Milano	Romantic comedy
Little Waves (Les petites vagues)	Ariane Louis-Seize		Short drama
Love Jacked	Alfons Adetuyi	Amber Stevens West, Shamier Anderson, Lyriq Bent	Romantic comedy
Love, Scott	Laura Marie Wayne	Scott Jones	Documentary
Luba	Caley Wilson	Nicole Maroon, Vladimir Jon Cubrt, Porter Schaefer, Jillian Rees-Brown	Drama
M/M	Drew Lint	Antoine Lahaie, Nicolas Maxim Endlicher	Drama
Mad Dog Labine	Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard	Emmanuel Bilodeau, Charlotte Aubin, Zoé Audet, Pascal Beaulieu	Drama
Mahalia Melts in the Rain	Emilie Mannering, Carmine Pierre-Dufour	Kaiyonni Banton-Renner, Sagine Sémajuste	Short drama
Man Running	Gary Burns	Gord Rand, Ivana Shein	Drama
Mouthpiece	Patricia Rozema		Drama
The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs	Bojan Bodružić		Documentary
My Boy (Mon Boy)	Sarah Pellerin	Henri Richer-Picard, Marilyn Castonguay, Alexandre Landry	Short drama
My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes	Charlie Tyrell		Documentary
The Nest (Le nid)	David Paradis	Pierre-Luc Brillant, Isabelle Blais	Thriller
The New Romantic	Carly Stone	Jessica Barden, Avan Jogia, Timm Sharp, Hayley Law	Romantic comedy
Octavio Is Dead!	Sook-Yin Lee	Sarah Gadon, Rosanna Arquette, Raoul Trujillo	Supernatural drama
One of the Guys (Ti-Gars)	Doris Buttignol	Vincent Lamarre	Documentary
The Padre	Jonathan Sobol	Tim Roth, Nick Nolte, Luis Guzman	Drama
Paseo	Matthew Hannam	Sarah Gadon, Peter Mooney	Short drama
A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici)	Bernard Émond	Élise Guilbault, Sophie Desmarais, Danny Gilmore	Drama
Pogey Beach	Jeremy Larter	Celia Owen, Dennis Trainor, Robbie Carruthers, Ryan Cameron	Comedy
Prince's Tale	Jamie Miller	Prince Amponsah	Documentary
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz	Barry Avrich		Documentary
Quiet Killing (Ce silence qui tue)	Kim O'Bomsawin	Lorelei Williams, Angel Gates, Tantoo Cardinal	Documentary
Racetime (La Course des tuques)	Benoît Godbout, Jean-François Pouliot		Animated	Sequel to 2015 film Snowtime!
Red Rover	Shane Belcourt	Kristian Bruun, Cara Gee	Science fiction/romantic comedy
Road to the Lemon Grove	Dale Hildebrand	Burt Young, Rossella Brescia, Nick Mancuso, Charly Chiarelli	Comedy-drama
Roads in February (Les routes en février)	Katherine Jerkovic	Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, Gloria Demassi, Mathias Perdigón	Drama
Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau)	Renée Beaulieu		Drama
Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun)	Sophie Lorain	Marguerite Bouchard, Romane Denis, Rose Adam, Anthony Therrien	Comedy-drama
Sharkwater Extinction	Rob Stewart		Documentary
Skies Are Not Just Blue	Lysandre Cosse-Tremblay		Documentary
Sorry for Your Loss	Collin Friesen	Justin Bartha, Bruce Greenwood, Sandrine Holt, Lolita Davidovitch	Comedy-drama
Spice It Up	Lev Lewis, Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas	Jennifer Hardy CK, Shivali Barot	Comedy-drama
Splinters	Thom Fitzgerald	Sofia Banzhaf, Shelley Thompson, Callum Dunphy, Mary-Colin Chisholm	Drama
SuperGrid	Lowell Dean	Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, Natalie Krill	Science fiction
The Stone Speakers	Igor Drljaca		Documentary
The Subject	Patrick Bouchard		Animated short
Summer of 84	François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell	Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery	Horror	Canadian-American co-production
Take Light	Shasha Nakhai		Documentary
This Mountain Life	Grant Baldwin		Documentary
Three Feathers	Carla Ulrich	David Burke, Joel Evans, Dwight Moses, Eileen Beaver, Henry Beaver	Drama	Adaptation of the novel by Richard Van Camp
Through Black Spruce	Don McKellar	Tanaya Beatty, Tantoo Cardinal, Graham Greene	Drama
A Translator (Un Traductor)	Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso	Rodrigo Santoro	Drama
Veslemøy's Song	Sofia Bohdanowicz	Deragh Campbell, Joan Benac	Short drama
Ville Neuve	Félix Dufour-Laperrière	Robert Lalonde, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Théodore Pellerin, Gildor Roy, Paul Ahmarani	Animated drama
What Is Democracy?	Astra Taylor		Documentary
What Walaa Wants	Christy Garland	Walaa Khaled Fawzy Tanji	Documentary
When Love Digs a Hole (Quand l'amour se creuse un trou)	Ara Ball	Robert Naylor, France Castel, Julie Le Breton, Patrice Robitaille	Comedy-drama
When the Storm Fades	Sean Devlin		Comedy-drama, docufiction
With Love (L'Amour)	Marc Bisaillon	Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Paul Doucet, Fanny Mallette	Drama
Xalko	Sami Mermer, Hind Benchekroun		Documentary
You Are Here	Moze Mossanen		Documentary
Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (Ziva Postec : La monteuse derrière le film Shoah)	Catherine Hébert		Documentary

See also

• 2018 in Canada
• 2018 in Canadian television

External links

• Feature Films Released In 2018 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb

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• "Berlin: Behind the Scenes With Guy Maddin’s ‘Accidence’". Variety, February 26, 2018.
• Kate Taylor, "Review: The Accountant of Auschwitz is an informative, thought-provoking doc". The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2018.
• Ara Osterweil, "CLOSE-UP: LA TIERRA TIEMBLA". Artforum, March 2019.
• Sara Clements, "'Angelique's Isle' Is More Than Just a Man-versus-Nature Survival Story". Exclaim!, August 23, 2019.
• "WATCH: Walk on the Wild Side with Alison Snowden & David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour’". Animation World Network, January 3, 2019.
• "'Anote's Ark': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, May 24, 2018.
• "TIFF Review: ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’". Point of View, September 13, 2018.
• Peter Debruge, "SXSW Film Review: ‘At First Light’". Variety, March 12, 2018.
• Chris Rattan, "Virtual reality film imagines an Indigenous future for Toronto". Now, September 14, 2018.
• "'Live action could never have created these worlds': Amanda Strong on her latest film, Biidaaban". CBC Arts, September 13, 2018.
• André Duchesne, "Nouveau court pour le tandem Gagné-Roy". La Presse, May 12, 2018.
• "La Bolduc was a singing star in 1930s Quebec. A new movie has put her back in the spotlight". Toronto Star, April 13, 2018.
• "Tunisia takes a cinematic look at jihadists". The Economist, November 8, 2018.
• "Review: Carmine Street Guitars feels like a leisurely, pleasurable jam session". Now, April 2, 2019.
• "No Hollywood A-listers, but some impressive names on Cinéfest guest list". Northern Life, September 14, 2018.
• "In this NFB short, beauty (and horror) is in the eye of the beholder". CBC Arts, October 25, 2018.
• Eric Volmers, "Alberta-shot Circle of Steel a dark but sympathetic satire about life in the oil industry". Calgary Herald, November 30, 2017.
• "City Dreamers, a documentary feature by Joseph Hillel, presented at the Montreal International Documentary Festival Nov. 8 to 18". The Suburban, November 5, 2018.
• "'Crown and Anchor' Review: Newfoundland Is No Country for Old Men". Exclaim!, August 20, 2018.
• Jérôme Delgado, "«Soleils noirs»: noirceur et rage de vivre". Le Devoir, September 7, 2019.
• Jean-Baptiste Hervé, "Destierros: Beaucoup de choses sont arrivées sur la route". Voir, January 9, 2018.
• Chris Knight, "Earth: Seen from the Heart presents a cautious balance between doom-saying and optimism". National Post, April 26, 2018.
• Jason Kerr, "The hunt is on in the north". Prince Albert Daily Herald, October 11, 2018.
• "La chute de Sparte : Histoire tragique". Voir, May 28, 2018.
• "Tantoo Cardinal on getting her first starring role in a feature film". Q, September 5, 2018.
• Charles-Henri Ramond, "Dérive – Film de David Uloth". Films du Québec, March 3, 2019.
• Guy Lodge, "Locarno in Los Angeles Film Review: ‘Fausto’". Variety, June 15, 2019.
• "Aspen Shortsfest: Writer-director Jérémy Comte on making ‘Fauve’". Aspen Times, April 5, 2018.
• Syd Bolton, "Technology of 1980s at home in Ferris's Room". Brantford Expositor, May 18, 2018.
• "TIFF Review: 'The Fireflies Are Gone' Is a Nuanced Coming-of-Age Tale In Small-Town Quebec". Exclaim!, 11 September 2018.
• "Marching Orders: Jean-François Caissy’s ‘First Stripes’". Point of View, April 25, 2018.
• "Prix Écrans canadiens 2019 : la domination québécoise". Voir, February 7, 2019.
• Peter Knegt, "The Fruit Machine: Why every Canadian should learn about this country's 'gay purge'". CBC Arts, May 30, 2018.
• "'Genesis': Locarno Review". Screen Daily, August 5, 2018.
• "Euclid431 Pictures gets ready to GLO". Playback, July 18, 2017.
• Canadian Film Festival, 2018 program.
• "‘Goat’ Actor Ben Schnetzer to Star in Arctic Drama ‘The Grizzlies’". Variety, February 18, 2016.
• "Why This Movie Cast People Who Are Facially Different". Vice, October 3, 2018.
• Norman Wilner, "Review: Honey Bee is a simple, straightforward and powerful Canadian feature". Now, September 19, 2019.
• "New documentary explores the order and disorder of N.L. painter Christopher Pratt". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, August 30, 2018.
• "A new doc explores why The Little Prince still resonates in 2019". Q, April 4, 2019.
• Charles-Henri Ramond, "Isla Blanca – Film de Jeanne Leblanc". Films du Québec, February 22, 2018.
• "TIFF review: Kingsway". Now, August 29, 2018.
• "Over 50 years ago, tragedy struck this Nunavut community. Zacharias Kunuk's new film wants answers". CBC Arts, October 19, 2018.
• "TIFF : Ariane Louis-Seize aborde l’éveil sexuel de manière onirique avec « Les petites vagues »". Lien Multimédia, September 11, 2018.
• "Hot Docs review: Love, Scott". Now, April 27, 2018.
• "Berlin: Film Republic Acquires LGBT Drama ‘M/M,’ Launches Trailer". Variety, January 24, 2018.
• "«Mad Dog Labine»: irrésistiblement «rough»". Le Devoir, April 6, 2019.
• "Festival Filministes: quand la relève prépare la relève". Le Devoir, March 8, 2019.
• "Tormented Doctor Portrayed in Film 'Man Running"'". Cochrane Now, April 18, 2019.
• "Patricia Rozema goes back to producing roots with Mouthpiece". Playback, February 5, 2018.
• Michael Scoular, "VIFF 2018: The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs". The Georgia Straight, September 25, 2018.
• Justine Smith, "10 highlights from one of the best short film fests in the world". Cult MTL, March 20, 2019.
• "A portrait of a lost parent". Hamilton Spectator, January 24, 2019.
• "Nid, Le – Film de David Paradis". Films du Québec, August 20, 2018.
• "'The New Romantic' Star Jessica Barden & Director Carly Stone On Crafting Bold, Unapologetic Female Characters — SXSW". Deadline Hollywood. March 11, 2018.
• "Sook-Yin Lee and Canada’s new queer cinema". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2018.
• "«Ti-Gars»: le parcours du combattant". Le Devoir, August 25, 2018.
• Pat Mullen, "Architecture of Vision: Matthew Hannam and Sarah Gadon's 'Paseo'". Cinemablographer, September 13, 2018.
• "Bernard Émond: entre l’ombre et la lumière". Le Soleil, February 23, 2018.
• "Pogey Beach movie premiere 'dream come true' for P.E.I. filmmaker". CBC News Prince Edward Island, September 18, 2018.
• "Review: Short Docs ‘Turning Tables’ and ‘Prince’s Tale’". Point of View, May 9, 2018.
• Ben Kenigsberg, "‘Prosecuting Evil’ Review: At 98, His Passion for Justice Hasn’t Dimmed". The New York Times, February 21, 2019.
• "Kim O’Bomsawin tend la main avec le documentaire Ce silence qui tue". Ici Radio-Canada Manitoba, March 9, 2018.
• "Tous les espoirs sont permis pour «La course des tuques»". TVA Nouvelles, November 26, 2018.
• Chris Knight, "Romantic comedy is rocket science in Red Rover". National Post, May 14, 2020.
• Chris Knight, "Hamlet this ain’t, though there is a touch of Romeo and Juliet in Road to the Lemon Grove". National Post, August 29, 2019.
• "« Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau » sélectionné au TIFF". Info-Réveil, August 3, 2018.
• "Teaser From The Late Rob Stewart’s Third Film ‘Sharkwater: Extinction’ Released". ET Canada, May 11, 2018.
• Cara Powell, Liam McCloskey and Polina Gankina, "Queer immigrants and refugees take centre stage at Ottawa LGBT film festival". Capital Current, November 12, 2019.
• Andrew Parker, "Review: Sorry for Your Loss". TheGATE.ca, May 30, 2019.
• Peter Knegt, "Coming home-o: Thom Fitzgerald returns to queer rural Nova Scotia with TIFF must-see Splinters". CBC Arts, September 5, 2018.
• "Canadian animator replicates his body for Cannes-bound film: ‘Pores, fingerprints: it’s all there’". Toronto Star, May 3, 2018.
• "Review: Take Light is a powerful doc about Nigeria’s electrical grid". Now, October 31, 2018.
• Adrian Mack, "This Mountain Life seeks out B.C. terrain most will never see". The Georgia Straight, October 31, 2018.
• "Ville Neuve – Film de Félix Dufour-Laperrière". Films du Québec, April 7, 2019.
• Allan Hunter, "'What Is Democracy?': Sheffield Review". Screen Daily, June 9, 2018.
• "Berlin Film Review: ‘What Walaa Wants’". Variety, March 15, 2018.
• Alex Rose, "This new Montreal movie puts an unconventional spin on May/December romance". Cult MTL, June 13, 2018.
• "This ‘Docudramedy’ Finds Laughs in the Horror of Climate Change". Vice, October 4, 2018.
• "Marc Bisaillon, au-delà du fait divers". Le Devoir, October 29, 2018.
• André Lavoie, "«Xalko»: partir pour un morceau de pain". Le Devoir, October 25, 2019.
• "TV review: You Are Here proves the enduring power of the Come From Away story". Now, September 11, 2018.
• André Lavoie, "Catherine Hébert consacre un film à Ziva Postec". Le Devoir, March 8, 2019.