List of Canadian films of 2012

Part of a series on the

Cinema of Canada
List of Canadian films

Pre-1970

Pre-1920 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2020s

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

* Canada portal

* v
* t
* e

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 |  | [1]
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 | [2]
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 |  | [3]
Herman's House | Angad Singh Bhalla | Jackie Sumell, Herman Wallace | Documentary |  | [4]
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 |  | [5]
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  |
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 |  | [6]
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 |  | [7]
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche | Maya Gallus | Severn Thompson, Deborah Hay | Docudrama |  | [8]
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 |  | [9]
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 | [10]
Silence Is Gold (Le Prix des mots) | Julien Fréchette | Alain Deneault | Documentary |  | [11]
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 Anderson  | Collin MacKechnie, Julia Sarah Stone, Norm MacDonald, Amy Matysio, Ron Pederson, Jodi Sadowsky  | Comedy  |  |
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 | [12]
Wintergreen (Paparmane) | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette | Steve Laplante, Sophie Desmarais | Short comedy-drama |  | [13]
With Jeff (Avec Jeff, à moto) | Marie-Ève Juste | Laury Verdieu, Liridon Rashiti | Short drama |
The World Before Her | Nisha Pahuja |  | Documentary |

## See also

[edit]

* 2012 in Canada
* 2012 in Canadian television

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Lodge, Guy (3 June 2012). "Beyond the Walls". Variety. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
2. ^ Glen Schaefer, "Film noir, Vancouver style; Playful, deadpan take on crime thriller genre". The Province, September 27, 2012.
3. ^ Maggie Lange, "It Took 240,000 Pins to Make the Most Innovative Short Film of the Year". The Atlantic, December 28, 2012.
4. ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Hot Docs 2012: Reimagining the prison flick with Herman’s House". Playback, May 3, 2012.
5. ^ Alex Tigchelaar, "J’aime Diane Obomsawin". Xtra Magazine, March 5, 2014.
6. ^ Luc Boulanger, "Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre: hommage à Robert Gravel". La Presse, March 16, 2012.
7. ^ Natalia Wysocka, "Ma vie réelle, le dernier documentaire de Magnus Isacsson". Métro, November 29, 2012.
8. ^ Robert Bell, "The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche: Maya Gallus". Exclaim!, May 4, 2012.
9. ^ Scott A. Gray, "Old Stock, James Genn". Exclaim!, May 30, 2013.
10. ^ Matt Thomas, "When queer punk exploded". Xtra Magazine, November 7, 2012.
11. ^ André Duchesne, "Julien Fréchette : les mots dits". La Presse, November 9, 2012.
12. ^ Nicolas Gendron, "Coffret 20 Courts et grand talent: Ainsi tournent-elles"]. Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Summer 2013).
13. ^ Nicolas Gendron, "Ainsi tournent-elles". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31 No. 3 (Summer 2013). p. 54.

## External links

[edit]

* 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)

* v
* t
* e

Cinema of Canada

* Films A–Z
* Genre
* Animation
* Comedy
* Documentaries
* Drama
* Horror
* LGBT
* Sci-Fi
* Short

Films|

| By decade|

* Pre-1920
* 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s

|

By year|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Other|

* Indigenous
* Quebec

* Actors
* Awards
* Directors
* Cinemas
* Cinematographers
* Composers
* Critics
* Editors
* National Film Board
* Festivals
* Producers
* Quebec
* Schools
* Screenwriters

* v
* t
* e

2012 films

* American
* Argentine
* Australian
* Bangladeshi
* Brazilian
* British
* Canadian
* Chinese
* Hong Kong
* French
* Indian
* Bengali
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Odia
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Israeli
* Italian
* Japanese
* Malaysian
* Maldivian
* Mexican
* Nigerian
* Pakistani
* Philippine
* Portuguese
* Russian
* Singaporean
* South Korean
* Spanish
* Turkish

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2012)

|

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template