Last but not least...

Since the beggining of this blog, I only talked about French Canadian cinema, because I thought I didn’t know any English Canadian movies. Actually, this is because most English Canadian movies are often associated with American movies. Indeed, many canadian directors succeeded in beeing famous in Hollywood, such as Armenian director Atom Egoyan, who directed « The Adjuster », in 1991, « Exotica » in 1994 or « Ararat » in 2002. We can also talk about the really famous David Cronenberg, known for « The Fly » in 1986, « A History of Violence » in 2005 or the very recent « Cosmopolis » presented in this year Cannes Film Festival, with the super hot Robert Pattinson. (ROOOOOOOOOOOOOB!)

But one of the most famous is certainly James Cameron, who made the two masterpieces « Titanic » and « Avatar ».

Moreover, we shouldn’t forget that many actors, even if they started their career in Los Angeles, are from Canada, such as Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael J.Fox or Jim Carrey !

So, after all this information, I can notice that maybe if I didn’t know any English Canadian movies, this is because they cannot cross borders, and are completely exceeded by their American neighbours. Maybe this is also because the French Canadian culture is closer to the European culture, whereas English Canada really looks like America.

Nevertheless, it is important to know that France has recently developed some conventions to encourage French-Canadian coproductions, both in cinema and animation. Indeed, there is a real expertise in animation and videogames in Canada, and this is really interesting for French producers and directors to work with Canadian producers. Some examples : the two cartoons « The mysteries of Alfred » or « Totally Spies ». Does any of you know some other Canadian movies ? Do you want, as future producers, to coproduce with Canada ?