# Canadians: can you recommend a good film? (upcoming Canadian film festival in Sydney) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463 "2011-07-27T04:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/1 "2011-07-27T04:54:32Z")
I registered with the film festival at this year’s Canada Day pancake giveaway on 1 July. The festival films are listed under 'Program" at the festival site, [Possible Worlds](http://www.possibleworlds.net.au/). Are there any stand out offerings? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/2 "2011-07-27T05:16:10Z")
The only one I’ve even heard of was Score: a hockey musical. I heard it was cute and clever, but I’ve never seen it. The only Canadian made movies that I’ve absolutely ADORED in my life have been “Good Cop/ Bon Cop,” and “Hobo with a Shot gun.” I don’t make a concerted effort to see Canadian cinema, despite knowing enough friends in film production here from my time as a composer. But I’m very fussy, what can I say? Most of the best of what Canada has made is already on the National Film Board’s webpage! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/3 "2011-07-27T05:28:17Z")
_Bon Cop/ / Bad Cop_ is a great, great movie and everybody needs to see it - though I am more perplexed by the absence of this years [\*Funkytown](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981286/) from a current Canadian film fest. I am ashamed to say that of all of the movies that are actually in the program, I have only seen _Pontypool_. I liked it! My wife hated it. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/4 "2011-07-28T04:18:43Z")
No “The Sweet Hereafter”? Probably the greatest Canadian film ever made. Or is it only recent films? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/5 "2011-07-28T05:00:47Z")
> [@Shamozzle](#): > > No “The Sweet Hereafter”? > > Probably the greatest Canadian film ever made. I love Atom Egoyan, and Ima gonna let you finish, but the greatest Canadian film ever made is Don McKellar’s [_Last Night_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/). (Ironically, it has one of the [worst trailers ever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skcGu6A01w).) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/6 "2011-07-28T05:35:17Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > I love Atom Egoyan, and Ima gonna let you finish, but the greatest Canadian film ever made is Don McKellar’s [_Last Night_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/). (Ironically, it has one of the [worst trailers ever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skcGu6A01w).) I’ve met Atom Egoyan, and I knew Don McKellar at high school. Atom, let’s talk again about making my story into one of your films\*; and Don, glad to hear you made it. Yes, I dropped the rubber chicken on you during our high school drama production, but it was in our script, and you took it in good humour. - Still kicking myself over refusing Atom Egoyan’s request to make one of my stories into a film. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/7 "2011-07-29T02:19:49Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > I love Atom Egoyan, and Ima gonna let you finish, but the greatest Canadian film ever made is Don McKellar’s [_Last Night_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/). (Ironically, it has one of the [worst trailers ever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skcGu6A01w).) I’ll have to check that out. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/8 "2011-07-29T19:31:23Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > _Bon Cop/ / Bad Cop_ is a great, great movie and everybody needs to see it It’s a fun little movie, but not exactly what I’d call a must-see. Especially for non-Canadians who’ll miss a large part of the jokes. (Even Canadians will.) If there’s a relatively recent (say, the last decade) Canadian movie that I’d call must-see, it’d be [_C.R.A.Z.Y._](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401085/) Not that this helps the OP. I haven’t seen any of the movies in show at the Sydney festival. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/9 "2011-07-29T19:56:34Z")
Likewise, the only one of those movies that I’ve seen is Pontypool (which was nice and creepy). ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-can-you-recommend-a-good-film-upcoming-canadian-film-festival-in-sydney/590463/10 "2011-07-29T20:12:40Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > If there’s a relatively recent (say, the last decade) Canadian movie that I’d call must-see, it’d be [_C.R.A.Z.Y._](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401085/) I should explain myself better. There are many very good movies made in Canada in the last few years. A lot of them are worth seeing. (I’m not much of a cinematography fan, though, so I may not be the best person to make suggestions.) But if there’s a movie I’d suggest everyone should see, because it’s one of the best I’ve ever seen in my life, it’s _C.R.A.Z.Y._ Which happens to be made in Canada and relatively recent.