by Paul Costello
Canada seems to have something of a fuzzy stature on the world stage in terms of its cinematic identity. It’s not that they don’t make films, because they most certainly do. Part of the problem comes with the assumption that the public makes when faced with films that come from Canada. Given their very general identification as producers of English-language films in North America, most people just assume that these films are American-made. Similarly, when the French-speaking region of Canada produces a film, everyone just assumes that it has come from France. Though the latter is less of a problem, it still causes issue when trying to find something one can look at to see what kind of cinema you can find coming from the Great White North.
Canada seems to have something of a fuzzy stature on the world stage in terms of its cinematic identity. It’s not that they don’t make films, because they most certainly do. Part of the problem comes with the assumption that the public makes when faced with films that come from Canada. Given their very general identification as producers of English-language films in North America, most people just assume that these films are American-made. Similarly, when the French-speaking region of Canada produces a film, everyone just assumes that it has come from France. Though the latter is less of a problem, it still causes issue when trying to find something one can look at to see what kind of cinema you can find coming from the Great White North.
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