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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2002:

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay) | Denise Filiatrault | Sophie Lorain, Martin Drainville, Louise Portal, Marc Béland, Mitsou | Fantasy comedy |
Ararat | Atom Egoyan | David Alpay, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Bruce Greenwood, Marie-Josée Croze, Brent Carver, Arsinée Khanjian, Elias Koteas | Drama | A film about the Armenian genocide; Canada-France co-production
Aspiration | Constant Mentzas | Nicolino Marinacci | Short drama |
The Baroness and the Pig | Michael Mackenzie | Patricia Clarkson, Colm Feore, Caroline Dhavernas, Louise Marleau | Drama |
The Bay of Love and Sorrows | Tim Southam | Peter Outerbridge, Jonathan Scarfe, Joanne Kelly, Elaine Cassidy | Drama |
Between Strangers | Edoardo Ponti | Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Pete Postlethwaite, Malcolm McDowell, Gérard Depardieu, Klaus Maria Brandauer | Drama | Canada-Italy co-production directed by Sophia Loren's son, Edoardo Ponti
Blue Skies | Ann Marie Fleming | Alessandro Juliani, Stephanie Morgenstern | Short drama |
Bollywood/Hollywood | Deepa Mehta | Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Moushumi Chatterjee, Dina Pathak, Ranjit Chowdhry, Jessica Paré | Romantic comedy, Drama | Genie Award \- Screenplay
The Book of Eve | Claude Fournier | Claire Bloom, Daniel Lavoie, Susannah York, Julian Glover | Drama | Based on the novel by Constance Beresford-Howe
Les Boys III | Louis Saia | Marc Messier, Rémy Girard, Patrick Huard, Serge Thériault, Michel Barrette | Comedy | Golden Reel Award
The Brainwashers (Les Ramoneurs cérébraux) | Patrick Bouchard |  | Animated short |
The Burial Society | Nicholas Racz | Rob LaBelle, Jan Rubeš, Allan Rich, Bill Meilen, David Paymer | Thriller |
Catch Me If You Can | Steven Spielberg | Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye | Biographical crime comedy-drama |
Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides) | Manon Briand | Pascale Bussières, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Geneviève Bujold | Drama | Canada-France co-production
Claire's Hat: The Unmaking of a Film | Bruce McDonald | Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke | Documentary | A documentary about the making of Picture Claire, which went direct to DVD. It had a one-time screening at TIFF.
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story | Paule Baillargeon | Claude Jutra | Documentary |
Clearing Skies (Une éclaircie sur le fleuve) | Rosa Zacharie | Jean Lapointe, Isabel Richer | Short drama |
The Collector (Le Collectionneur) | Jean Beaudin | Maude Guérin, Luc Picard | Drama | Prix Jutra – Supporting Actor (Picard)
Cube 2: Hypercube | Andrzej Sekuła | Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies | Sci-fi, Horror | Sequel to 1997's Cube
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary | Guy Maddin | Johnny W. Chang, Tara Birtwhistle and members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet | Dance film/ Horror from the novel by Bram Stoker | Made for TV
Duct Tape Forever | Eric Till | Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bob Bainsborough, Dalton Humphries, Graham Greene | Comedy |
Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl | Brad Peyton | Nadia Litz; narrated by Maurice Dean Wint | Short Black comedy |
A Falconer's Chronicle (Rien sans pennes) | Marc Girard |  | Documentary |
Les Fils de Marie | Carole Laure | Carole Laure, Jean-Marc Barr, Danny Gilmore | Family drama |
Flower & Garnet | Keith Behrman | Callum Keith Rennie, Jane McGregor, Colin Roberts, Dov Tiefenbach, Kristen Thomson | Drama | Claude Jutra Award
Flux | Christopher Hinton |  | Animated short |
FUBAR: The Movie | Michael Dowse | Dave Lawrence, Paul Spence | Mockumentary | Debuted at Sundance
Gambling, Gods and LSD | Peter Mettler |  | Documentary | Genie Award – Documentary; Canada-Switzerland co-production
Global Heresy | Sidney J. Furie | Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone, Jaimz Woolvett | Comedy | Canada-U.K. co-production
Heart of America | Uwe Boll | Jürgen Prochnow, María Conchita Alonso, Clint Howard, Miles Meadows, Brendan Fletcher, Lochlyn Munro | Drama | Canada-German co-production
Hit and Run | Richard Jutras | Isabelle Miquelon, Serge Dupire | Short drama |
The Hungry Squid | John Weldon |  | National Film Board animated short | Genie Award \- Animated short
In Store (En magasin) | Mario Bonenfant | Jacques L'Heureux, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Julie Deslauriers | Short drama |
Inertia | Sean Garrity | Jonas Chernick, Sarah Constable, Gordon Tanner | Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature
Inside (Histoire de pen) | Michel Jetté | Emmanuel Auger, Karyne Lemieux, David Boutin, Dominic Darceuil | Prison drama |
Leaving Metropolis | Brad Fraser | Troy Ruptash, Vincent Corazza, Lynda Boyd | Drama | Script and play (Poor Super Man) by Brad Fraser
Lonesome Joe | Mark Sawers | Adrien Dorval, Paul McGillion, Brent Stait | Short drama |
Looking for Leonard | Matt Bissonnette, Steven Clark | Benjamin Ratner, Darcy Belsher, Kim Huffman, Joel Bissonnette | Comedy-drama |
Marion Bridge | Wiebke von Carolsfeld | Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith, Elliot Page | Drama | TIFF – Best Canadian First Feature
The Marsh (Le Marais) | Kim Nguyen | Paul Ahmarani, James Hyndman | Drama |
Max | Menno Meyjes | John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker | Historical biodrama on the early years of Hitler | Genie Award \- Sound Editing; Canada-Hungary co-production made with U.S. financing
Men with Brooms | Paul Gross | Paul Gross, Leslie Nielsen, Kari Matchett, Molly Parker, Michelle Nolden, Peter Outerbridge, James Allodi, Jed Rees | Comedy |
Metronome | Daniel Cockburn | Daniel Cockburn | Experimental short | Jury Award - Best Canadian Film/Video/Installation, Media City Film Festival 2003
Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck | Jules Karatechamp | Burger | Documentary |
My Little Eye | Marc Evans | Sean Cw Johnson, Kris Lemche, Stephen O'Reilly, Laura Regan, Jennifer Sky | Drama | Canada-U.K.-France co-production made with U.S. financing
The Mysterious Miss C. (La Mystérieuse Mademoiselle C.) | Richard Ciupka | Marie-Chantal Perron, Gildor Roy | Children's comedy |
Nearest to Heaven (Au plus près du paradis) | Tonie Marshall | Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Hélène Fillières | Romance | Canada-France-Spain co-production
The Negro (Le Nèg') | Robert Morin | Iannicko N'Doua-Légaré, Béatrice Picard, Robin Aubert, Vincent Bilodeau, Sandrine Bisson | Drama |
North Station (Station Nord) | Jean-Claude Lord | Benoît Brière, Renée Claude | Comedy |
Ocean (Océan) | Catherine Martin |  | Documentary |
On Their Knees | Anais Granofsky | Anais Granofsky, Ingrid Veninger, Jackie Burroughs, Julian Richings, Maury Chaykin | Drama |
Perfect Pie | Barbara Willis Sweete | Wendy Crewson, Barbara Williams, Tom McCamus, Alison Pill, Rachel McAdams | Drama | Script and play by Judith Thompson; Genie Award – Cinematography
Pirouette | Tali Prévost |  | Animated short |
Prisoner of Paradise | Malcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender |  | Documentary | Canada-U.K.-Germany; Academy Award nominee; made with U.S. financing
Punch | Guy Bennett | Michael Riley, Sonja Bennett, Meredith McGeachie | Dark comedy |
Québec-Montréal | Ricardo Trogi | Patrice Robitaille, Jean-Phillipe Pearson, Stéphane Breton, François Létourneau, Isabelle Blais, Julie Le Breton | Comedy |
The Ring Within (Le Ring intérieur) | Dan Bigras |  | Documentary |
Saint Monica | Terrance Odette | Genevieve Buechner, Brigitte Bako | Drama |
Savage Messiah | Mario Azzopardi | Luc Picard, Polly Walker, Isabelle Blais, Isabelle Cyr, Julie La Rochelle, Pascale Montpetit | Drama |
Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) | Charles Binamé | Pierre Lebeau, Karine Vanasse, Roy Dupuis, Rémy Girard, Bidou Laloge, Julien Poulin, Louise Portal | Drama | A remake of the 1950 film.
Spider | David Cronenberg | Ralph Fiennes, Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Lynn Redgrave | Drama | Script and novel by Patrick McGrath, it was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook | Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi | Animated western |
Steal | Gérard Pirès | Stephen Dorff, Natasha Henstridge | Action | Canada-U.K.-France co-production
The Stone of Folly | Jesse Rosensweet |  | Animated short | Cannes Film Festival – Jury Prize for Animation
Strange Invaders | Cordell Barker |  | National Film Board animated short | Academy Award nominee
Tom | Mike Hoolboom | Tom Chomont | Documentary |
Touch & Go | Scott Simpson | Jeff Douglas, Patricia Zentilli, Stephen Sharkey, Elliot Page | Comedy |
The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia | Jennifer Baichwal | Shelby Lee Adams | Documentary |
Various Positions | Ori Kowarsky | Tygh Runyan, Carly Pope | Drama |
Virginia's Run | Peter Markle | Gabriel Byrne, Joanne Whalley, Lindze Letherman, Kevin Zegers | Family film | Made with U.S. financing
War Babies | Raymonde Provencher |  | Documentary |
Why Don't You Dance? | Michael Downing | Kenneth Mitchell, Deborah Pollitt, Bill McDonald | Short drama |
The Wild Dogs | Thom Fitzgerald | Thom Fitzgerald, Alberta Watson, David Hayman | Drama |
Yellowknife | Rodrigue Jean | Sébastien Huberdeau, Hélène Florent, Patsy Gallant | Drama |

## See also

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* 2002 in Canada
* 2002 in Canadian television

## External links

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* Feature Films Released In 2002 With Country of Origin Canada at IMDb
* Canada's Top Ten for 2002 (list of top ten Canadian feature films, selected in a process administered by TIFF)
* List of 2002 box office number-one films in Canada

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