TORONTO – CTV has chosen Saturday, September 10, 2016 as the day when Canadians from across the country and around the world may share what it means to them to be Canadian for the crowd-sourced special Canada In A Day.
Using footage shot and submitted by Canadians, the two-hour special will capture one day in the life of our country, and will air on CTV as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017. The broadcaster also confirmed Thursday that the project’s website, CanadaInADay.ca, is now live.
Canada In A Day is open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or landed immigrants here at home as well as Canadians living abroad. Participants can film as much or as little footage as they want during the 24-hour period on September 10 and have until midnight on October 22, 2016 to submit their footage online.
Canadians are encouraged to film and submit videos in their own languages that capture their passions, loves, fears, hopes, and dreams. Participants may elect to answer the questions ‘What do you love?’, ‘What do you fear?’, ‘What do you hope for?’ and ‘What does Canada mean to you?’ either directly to camera, or showcase their answers with a visual response.
Celebrity ambassadors supporting the project and helping to bring awareness to the Canada In A Day film day include Russell Peters, Shawn Ashmore, Karine Vanasse, Rick Hansen, Jacob Tremblay, Patrice Bernier, Jason Priestley, Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Giacomo Gianniotti, Jessica Lucas, Roger Frappier, and Chan Hon Goh.
Canada In A Day is inspired by the original award-winning Ridley Scott film Life in a Day. Shot in 2010 and released in 2011, Life in a Day garnered more than 80,000 submissions from around the world that helped to tell the remarkable story of one day on Earth. Since then, countries including Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain, India, and Japan have launched their own In a Day films.
