List of Canadian films of 1999

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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1999:

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Atomic Saké | Louise Archambault | Audrey Benoît, Suzanne Clément | Short | Prix Jutra – Short
Babar: King of the Elephants | Raymond Jafelice | voices Dan Lett, Janet-Laine Green, Wayne Robson, Chris Wiggins, Kristin Fairlie | Animated feature | Canada-France-German co-production
Babel | Gérard Pullicino | Mitchell David Rothpan, Maria de Medeiros, Michel Jonasz, Tchéky Karyo | Fantasy, adventure |
Beefcake | Thom Fitzgerald | Daniel MacIvor, Jonathan Torrens, Jack LaLanne | Docudrama | Canada-UK-France co-production
Below the Belt | Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert | Nathalie Toriel, Cara Pifko, Tanja Jacobs | Short drama |
Better Than Chocolate | Anne Wheeler | Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Peter Outerbridge | Comedy drama |
The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde) | Yves Dion | Murray Head, Gabriel Arcand, Louise Portal | Drama |
Boozecan | Nicholas Campbell | Justin Louis, Eugene Lipinski, Kenneth Welsh, Jan Rubeš | Crime drama |
Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar! (Coucou Monsieur Edgar!) | Pierre M. Trudeau |  | National Film Board animated short |
Deep Inside Clint Star | Clint Alberta |  | Documentary |
Dinner at Fred's | Shawn Thompson | Gil Bellows, Parker Posey, Kevin McDonald, John Neville, Christopher Lloyd | Black comedy |
The Divine Ryans | Stephen Reynolds | Jordan Harvey, Robert Joy, Pete Postlethwaite, Mary Walsh | Drama |
Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis | Pierre Falardeau | Julien Poulin | Satire |
Doctor Virtuous | Daniel Cockburn | Daniel Cockburn | Short experimental film | Made for the On The Fly Festival
eXistenZ | David Cronenberg | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Eccleston, Don McKellar | Body horror/Science fiction | Genie Award – Editing; Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear; Canada-UK co-production
Eye of the Beholder | Stephan Elliott | Ashley Judd, Ewan McGregor, Patrick Bergin, Geneviève Bujold, k.d. lang, Jason Priestley | Thriller | Canada-UK-Australia co-production
Felicia's Journey | Atom Egoyan | Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian | Drama based on the novel by William Trevor | Genie Awards – Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Hoskins), Cinematography, Musical Score; Canada-UK co-production
The Five Senses | Jeremy Podeswa | Mary-Louise Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Molly Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Philippe Volter, Nadia Litz, Brendan Fletcher, Marco Leonardi, Pascale Bussières, Paul Soles, Richard Clarkin | Drama |
Forest Alert (L'Erreur boréale) | Richard Desjardins & Robert Monderie |  | A powerful, point-to-view documentary that created controversy in Quebec and amendments to the Provinces’ Forest Act in 2005. | Prix Jutra – Documentary
Four Days | Curtis Wehrfritz | Kevin Zegers, Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, William Forsythe, Anne-Marie Cadieux | Crime drama |
Full Blast | Rodrigue Jean | David La Haye, Louise Portal, Marie-Jo Thério | Drama | Prix Jutra – Supporting Actress (Thério)
Grey Owl | Richard Attenborough | Pierce Brosnan, Nathaniel Arcand, David Fox, Graham Greene | Biopic based on the life of Grey Owl | Genie Award \- Costumes; Canada-UK co-production
Grizzly Falls | Stewart Raffill | Daniel Clark, Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson, Richard Harris | Family film | Canada-UK co-production
The Hat (Le Chapeau) | Michèle Cournoyer |  | National Film Board animated short | Prix Jutra – Animated Short; TIFF – Best Canadian Short; Annecy International Animation Film Festival – International Critics Prize
Hemingway: A Portrait | Érik Canuel |  | Documentary |
I Know a Place | Roy Mitchell | Bob Goderre | Short documentary |
Images of a Dictatorship | Patricio Henríquez |  | Feature documentary | Documentary on Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet; Prix Jutra \- Documentary
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | George Bloomfield | Gary Busey, Mark McKinney, Miranda Richardson, Max Morrow, Ice-T | Family film based on the short story by Mordecai Richler | Genie Award \- Song
Jesus' Son | Alison Maclean | Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary | Drama |
Johnny | Carl Bessai | Chris Martin, Gema Zamprogna, Kris Lemche | Drama |
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation | Catherine Annau |  | Documentary | Genie for Best Feature Doc explores the Trudeau legacy
Kuproquo | Jean-François Rivard | Alain Zouvi, Maude Guérin | Short comedy drama | Several international awards
The Last Breath (Le Dernier souffle) | Richard Ciupka | Luc Picard, Serge Houde, Michel Goyette | Drama |
Laugh in the Dark | Justine Pimlott | Gary Colwell, Don Morden, Doris Mehegan | Documentary |
Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) | Denise Filiatrault | Ginette Reno, Pierrette Robitaille, Dominique Michel | Comedy |
The Life Before This | Jerry Ciccoritti | Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea | Drama | Genie Award – Supporting Actress (O’Hara)
The Little Varius (Le P'tit Varius) | Alain Jacques | Samuel Robichaud, Paul Buissonneau, Pierre Mailloux | Short drama |
Loyalties | Lesley Ann Patten |  | Documentary | Canada Award-winner
Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) | Jean-Philippe Duval |  | Crime comedy |
Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) | Jean Beaudin | James Hyndman, Pascale Bussières | Drama |
My Father's Angel | Davor Marjanovic | Tony Nardi, Timothy Webber | Drama |
My Gentleman Friends | Moze Mossanen | Aron Tager, David Gardner, François Klanfer, Christina Collins | Docudrama |
My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts | Torill Kove | Mag Ruffman (narration) | Animated short co-produced with National Film Board | Academy Award nominee; Canada-Norway co-production
La Petite Histoire d'un homme sans histoire | Jean-François Asselin |  | Drama short |
New Waterford Girl | Allan Moyle | Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Mary Walsh | Drama |
The Old Man and the Sea | Aleksandr Petrov |  | Animated short | Prix Jutra – Animation; Academy Award – Animated Short; first animated IMAX short; Canada-Russia-Japan co-production
Pin-Pon: The Film (Pin-Pon, le film) | Ghyslaine Côté | Yves Soutière, Thomas Graton, Philippe Lambert | Children's comedy |
The Pinco Triangle | Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston | Michael Fitzgerald, Lorraine Segato | Documentary |
Post Mortem | Louis Bélanger | Gabriel Arcand, Sylvie Moreau, Hélène Loiselle | Drama | Prix Jutra – Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor (Arcand), Editing
Rollercoaster | Scott Smith | Brendan Fletcher, Kett Turton | Drama |
Sable Island (L'Île de Sable) | Johanne Prégent | Caroline Dhavernas, Sébastien Huberdeau, Anick Lemay | Drama |
Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) | Léa Pool | Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Karine Vanasse, Miki Manojlović | Coming-of-age drama | Entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival; Canada-France-Switzerland co-production
Shoes Off! | Mark Sawers | Deanna Milligan, David Lewis | Comedy | International Critic's Week – Canal+ Best Short Film Award
Soul Cages | Phillip Barker | Susanna Hood, Srinivas Krishna | Short drama |
Sunshine | István Szabó | Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger, Molly Parker | Drama | Genie Award – Picture, Sound; Canada-Austria-German-Hungary co-production
Top of the Food Chain | John Paizs | Campbell Scott, Fiona Loewi, Tom Everett Scott, Nigel Bennett | Off-beat sci-fi comedy, drama |
Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism | Cristine Richey | Robert Dante, Mary Dante | Documentary |
Touched | Mort Ransen | Lynn Redgrave, Tygh Runyan, Maury Chaykin, Lolita Davidovich | Drama |
To Walk with Lions | Carl Schultz | Richard Harris, Ian Bannen, Kerry Fox, Honor Blackman, Geraldine Chaplin | Drama | Biopic of wildlife conservationist George Adamson; Canada-UK-Kenya co-production
Village of Idiots | Eugene Fedorenko & Rose Newlove |  | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award – Animated Short
When Justice Fails | Allan A. Goldstein | Jeff Fahey, Marlee Matlin, Carl Marotte | Crime drama | Made with US financing
When the Day Breaks | Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis | Martha Wainwright (song) | National Film Board animated short |
Where Lies the Homo? | Jean-François Monette |  | Documentary |
Who Gets the House? | Timothy J. Nelson | Ricky Mabe, Elisha Cuthbert, Sophie Lorain | Comedy drama family |

## See also

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* 1999 in Canada
* 1999 in Canadian television

## External links

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* Feature Films Released In 1999 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb

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