OK Canada, get out the popcorn and prepare to watch a great Canadian movie on April 29, the second annual National Canadian Film Day.
English-Canadian films constitute just 1.5 percent of all films shown at Canadian cinemas in the past 10 years, according to Movie Theatre Association of Canada statistics. But Canada’s film industry has been steadily growing over the last decade and is producing some first-rate movies and documentaries that are recognized and respected around the globe.
Last year, REEL Canada introduced National Canadian Film Day as a way for Canadian films to be watched in communities across the country on April 29 and to foster an appreciation for Canadian cinema.
“It’s a light-hearted intervention for our national consciousness, a wake-up call to anyone who has not yet been exposed to the great cinematic stories we tell one another in this cold, vast country,” says REEL Canada’s website.
