List of Canadian films of 2001

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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2001:

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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4125 Parthenais (Le 4125, rue Parthenais) | Isabelle Lavigne |  | Documentary |
Almost America | Antonio Frazzi, Andrea Frazzi | Sabrina Ferilli, Massimo Ghini, Henry Czerny, Tony Nardi, Dominic Zamprogna | Romantic comedy | Canadian-Italian coproduction
Aria | Pjotr Sapegin |  | Animated short | Canadian-Norwegian coproduction
The Art of Woo | Helen Lee | Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Beach | Romantic comedy |
Avalanche Alley | Paul Ziller | Ed Marinaro, Nick Mancuso | Adventure, Drama | Made for TV
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk | Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Pakak Innukshuk, Madeline Ivalu | Epic drama set 4,000 years ago in the Canadian Arctic | First Inuit-produced feature film
Black Soul (Âme noire) | Martine Chartrand |  | Animated short |
Blue Potatoes (Le Minot d'or) | Isabelle Raynauld |  | Documentary |
Century Hotel | David Weaver | Lindy Booth, Colm Feore, David Hewlett, Sandrine Holt, Janet Kidder | Drama, Mystery, Romance |
Danny in the Sky | Denis Langlois | Thierry Pépin, Eric Cabana, Véronique Jenkins | Drama |
Dead Awake | Marc S. Grenier | Stephen Baldwin, Michael Ironside | Dark comedy thriller television film | U.S. coproduction
Druids | Jacques Dorfmann | Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer | Historical, Adventure | Canada-France-Belgium co-production
February 15, 1839 (15 février 1839) | Pierre Falardeau | Luc Picard, Sylvie Drapeau, Frédéric Gilles, Julien Poulin | Historical biodrama | About the final days of François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier
The Fiancée of Life (La fiancée de la vie) | Carole Laganière |  | Documentary |
FILM(dzama) | Deco Dawson | Maurice Dzama | Experimental short |
Formula 51 | Ronny Yu | Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf | Action | Canada-U.K. co-production
Games of the Heart (Du pic au cœur) | Céline Baril |  | Drama |
A Girl at the Window (Une jeune fille à la fenêtre) | Francis Leclerc | Fanny Mallette, Hugues Frenette, Denis Bernard, Johanne-Marie Tremblay | Drama |
Hey, Happy! | Noam Gonick | Jérémie Yuen | Comedy, drama |
The Hidden Fortress (La Forteresse suspendue) | Roger Cantin | Charlie Arcouette-Martineau, George Brossard, Gaston Caron, Isabelle Cyr, Xavier Dolan | Children's adventure comedy |
High Adventure | Mark Roper | Thomas Ian Griffith, Anja Kling | Adventure | Canadian-British-Italian-Bulgarian co-production
The Sea Wolf | Mark Roper | Thomas Ian Griffith, Gerit Kling | Adventure | Canadian-British-Italian-Cuban co-production
Honour Before Glory | Anthony Sherwood |  | Docudrama |
I Shout Love | Sarah Polley | Matthew Ferguson, Kristen Thomson | Short | Genie Award \- Live-Action Short
Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations (Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations) | Julie Hivon | Dorothée Berryman, France Castel | Comedy-drama |
Inertia | Sean Garrity | Jonas Chernick, Sarah Constible, Gordon Tanner, Micheline Marchildon | Drama |
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter | Lee Demarbre | Phil Caracas | Action comedy, Horror | Santa Cruz-Best Sci-Fi
Karmen Geï | Joseph Gaï Ramaka | Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Stephanie Biddle, Magaye Adama Niang | Musical | Adaptation of the opera Carmen, Canadian-French-Senegalese coproduction
Karmina 2 | Gabriel Pelletier | Gildor Roy, Yves Pelletier, Isabelle Cyr | Comedy horror |
Kevin of the North | Robert Spiers | Skeet Ulrich, Natasha Henstridge, Leslie Nielsen, Rik Mayall | Comedy | Canada-U.K. co-production
Khaled | Asghar Massombagi | Michael D'Ascenzo, Michelle Duquet, John Ralston, Joanne Boland | Drama |
Last Wedding | Bruce Sweeney | Benjamin Ratner Frida Betrani, Tom Scholte, Nancy Sivak, Vincent Gale, Molly Parker | Comedy film | Genie Awards – Supporting Actor (Gale), Supporting Actress (Parker); TFCA – Best Canadian Film
Lost and Delirious | Léa Pool | Jessica Paré, Piper Perabo, Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs | Drama |
Lunch with Charles | Michael Parker | Sean Lau, Theresa Lee, Nicholas Lea, Bif Naked, Tom Scholte | Comedy-drama |
Marriages (Mariages) | Catherine Martin |  | Drama |
Mile Zero | Andrew Currie | Michael Riley, Connor Widdows, Sabrina Grdevich | Family drama, thriller |
monopedal Joy | Daniel Cockburn | Daniel Cockburn | Short experimental film | Made from outtakes (The Other Shoe)
My Eye for a Camera (Mon oeil pour une caméra) | Denys Desjardins |  | Documentary |
MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate | Robert Vince | Scott Goodman, Richard Karn, Cameron Bancroft, Robert Costanzo, Oliver Muirhead | Family film | Made with U.S. financing
My Dinner with Weegee | Donigan Cumming | Marty Corbin | Documentary |
Obāchan's Garden | Linda Ohama |  | Documentary |
On the Nose | David Caffrey | Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd, Brenda Blethyn | Comedy | Canada-Ireland co-production
On Your Head (Le Ciel sur la tête) | André Melançon, Geneviève Lefebvre | Arianne Maheu, Serge Dupire, Céline Bonnier, Marc Messier, Maka Kotto | Comedy-drama |
The Other Shoe | Daniel Cockburn | Daniel Cockburn | Short experimental film | Honorable mention for Homebrew award shared with Metronome
Parsley Days | Andrea Dorfman | Megan Dunlop | Drama |
Picture Claire | Bruce McDonald | Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke | Thriller |
The Pig's Law (La Loi du cochon) | Érik Canuel | Isabel Richer, Sylvain Marcel, Catherine Trudeau | Drama |
The Pornographer (Le Pornographe) | Bertrand Bonello | Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jérémie Rénier, Dominique Blanc, André Marcon | Drama | Canada-France co-production; Cannes Film Festival \- International Critics Prize
Rare Birds | Sturla Gunnarsson | William Hurt, Molly Parker, Andy Jones, Vicky Hynes | Comedy, drama |
Remembrance | Stephanie Morgenstern | Stephanie Morgenstern | Romance, drama | Prix Jutra – Short; Yorkton Film Festival – Jury Award
Replay (La Répétition) | Catherine Corsini | Emmanuelle Béart, Pascale Bussières, Dani Lévy, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Sami Bouajila | Sexual drama | Canada-France co-production
See Spot Run | John Whitesell | David Arquette, Angus T. Jones, Paul Sorvino | Comedy | Made with U.S. financing
Shrek | Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow | Animated computer-animated fantasy comedy | Co-production with the US and Sweden
The Shipment | Alex Wright | Matthew Modine, Elizabeth Berkley | Crime drama |
Side Orders (Foie de canard et cœur de femme) | Stéphane Lapointe | Suzanne Clément, Christian Bégin | Short drama |
Soft Shell Man (Un Crabe dans la tête) | André Turpin | David La Haye, Isabelle Blais, Vincent Bilodeau | Drama |
Suddenly Naked | Anne Wheeler | Wendy Crewson, Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Vaugier | Drama | Genie Award – Editing
Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron) | Denis Chouinard | Zinedine Soualem, Hiam Abbass, Catherine Trudeau, Rabah Aït Ouyahia | Drama |
Three Princesses for Roland (Trois princesses pour Roland) | André-Line Beauparlant |  | Documentary |
Trains of Winnipeg | Clive Holden |  | Experimental film |
Treed Murray | William Phillips | David Hewlett, Clé Bennett | Drama |
Turning Paige | Robert Cuffley | Katharine Isabelle, Nicholas Campbell | Coming of age drama |
Varian's War | Lionel Chetwynd | William Hurt, Julia Ormond, Lynn Redgrave, Matt Craven, Alan Arkin, Rémy Girard | Docudrama | A France Canada-U.K. co-production by HBO Films
The War Bride | Lyndon Chubbuck | Anna Friel, Brenda Fricker, Molly Parker, Aden Young | Drama | Genie Awards – Art Direction, Costumes; Canada-U.K. co-production
Wedding Night (Nuit de noces) | Émile Gaudreault | François Morency, Geneviève Brouillette, Pierrette Robitaille, Sonia Vachon, Yves Jacques | Comedy, drama | Golden Reel Award
Westray | Paul Cowan |  | Documentary | Genie Award for Best Documentary
Wolf Girl | Thom Fitzgerald | Grace Jones, Tim Curry, Victoria Sanchez, Lesley Ann Warren | Horror | TV movie
The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) | Bernard Émond | Élise Guilbault, Luc Picard, Michel Forget | Drama | Genie Award – Actress (Guilbault); Prix Jutra – Actress (Guilbault)

## See also

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* 2001 in Canada
* 2001 in Canadian television

## External links

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* short&year=2001,2001 Feature Films Released In 2001 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb
* Canada's Top Ten for 2001 (list of top ten Canadian feature films, selected in a process administered by TIFF)

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