Smaller films are often funded by arts councils (at all levels of government) and film collectives. In 1938, the Government of Canada invited John Grierson, a British film critic and film-maker, to study the state of the government's film production and this led to the National Film Act of 1939 and the establishment of the National Film Board of Canada, an agency of the Canadian government. International co-productions are increasingly important for Canadian producers. These films not only nurture homegrown talent, inspiring local industry but also creating a unique voice for Canada itself. Beanpole.
The Dark Knight (2008) It received a much more limited release in Canada. Seoul has large cinema chains and multiplexes (CGV, Megabox, Lotte Cinema) and small independent movie houses with one or two screens. French-Canadian films, on the other hand, are often more successful—as with French-language television, the language difference makes Quebec audiences much more receptive to Canadian-produced films. Due to a political and social split between their American counterparts, Canadian independent documentaries have begun garnering a cult status.
The Godfather: Part II (1974) 4. In recent years, there has been a cultural resurgence in Canada's aforementioned documentary stream. In 1917, the province of Ontario established the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau, "to carry out educational work for farmers, school children, factory workers, and other classes." Furthermore, the French-language cinema accounts for 20 per cent of the market. There are many cinemas in Budapest showing films in their original language with subtitles (feliratos) or dubbed (szinkronizált). The cinema of English-speaking Canada is heavily intertwined with the cinema of the neighbouring United States: though there is a distinctly Canadian cinematic tradition, there are also Canadian films that have no obvious Canadian identity (examples include Porky's and Meatballs), Canadian-American co-productions filmed in Canada (including My Big Fat Greek Wedding and the Saw series); American films filmed in Canada (including the Night at the Museum and Final Destination films, among hundreds of others); and American films with Canadian directors and/or actors. Canadian actors who achieved success in Hollywood include Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, Michael J. The major festival is the Toronto International Film Festival, considered one of the most important events in North American film, showcasing Hollywood films, cinema from around the world, and Canadian film. More recently it has been criticized for its increasingly commercial orientation; only one third of its budget is now spent on the production of new films. [8] Telefilm divided this between English films then capturing four per cent of the market and French films at 12 per cent. As with Children of a Lesser God, although it takes place in a summer camp, there is nothing recognizably Canadian about the location or the characters, except for a Montreal Canadiens sweater.
The smaller Vancouver International Film Festival features films from around the world, and festivals in Montreal, Sudbury (Cinéfest), and Halifax (Atlantic Film Festival)—among other cities—are also important opportunities for Canadian filmmakers to gain exposure among film audiences.
Very often, however, a Canadian film's largest opportunity to achieve a significant audience comes from negotiating television carriage rights with a broadcaster such as CBC Television, Crave or Showcase. Federal government measures as early as 1954, and through the 1960s and 1970s, aimed to foster the development of a feature film industry in Canada; in 1968 the Canadian Film Development Corporation was established (later to become Telefilm Canada) and an effort to stimulate domestic production through tax shelters peaked in the late 1970s (see Meatballs below). For the French-language cinema in Canada, see, second and third highest-grossing films of all time, Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, British Columbia Patriotic and Educational Picture Service, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction, Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen, The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar, List of filming locations in Metro Vancouver, "Exhibition – Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)", "Film and Television Industry: 2011 Year in Review", "Canadian film scene still waiting for happy ending", http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/53087593.html, https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/887490--sci-fi-zombie-flick-resident-evil-iv-top-grossing-canadian-film, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/resident-evil-afterlife-is-top-grossing-canadian-flick/article564435/, "Oscar nods give Canadian films Room, Brooklyn a second life", Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood, Embattled shadows: a history of Canadian cinema, 1895–1939, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Canada&oldid=979646435, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2007, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2017, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. A treat for students, Abaton Kinois located right by Hamburg University and offers a wide variety of films (including festival darlings, documentaries and successful indie features) almost entirely in their original languages.
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