Hollywood Suite announced Wednesday it will mark National Canadian Film Day on April 16 with a full day of programming featuring Canadian creators and talent, including exclusive broadcast premieres of homegrown films.
“National Canadian Film Day is a great excuse to kick back and appreciate the best of Canadian cinema without leaving the comfort of your couch,” Suzanne Marshall, Hollywood Suite’s senior manager of programming, said in a press release. “Hollywood Suite is proud to bring some of the amazing talent we have in Canada to the forefront this month.”
At 7:30 p.m. ET on April 16, Hollywood Suite will premiere director Josephine Anderson’s intimate and imaginative coming-of-age documentary feature Curl Power (2024). The film follows five teenagers in Maple Ridge, B.C., who pursue their dream of becoming national curling champions, seeking their own paths amid the legacies of their world champion mothers.
Then at 9 p.m. ET, Hollywood Suite will have the Canadian broadcast premiere of Morningside (2024), described as “a deeply personal and authentic portrait of life in Scarborough,” directed and co-written by Ron Dias. The feature film explores themes of gentrification, resilience and community, and stars Kiana Madeira (Netflix’s Fear Street), Lovell Adams-Gray (Power Book II: Ghost), and multi-platinum recording artist Fefe Dobson.
More Canadian content to be viewed on April 16 include Atom Egoyan’s Exotica (1994), the crossover western The Grey Fox (1982), the comedy I Like Movies (2022), and the documentary Batata (2022).
The full list of Hollywood Suite programming scheduled in celebration of National Canadian Film Day includes:
- Nobody Waved Goodbye (1965)
- The Rainbow Boys (1973)
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Les Ordres (1974)
- The Haunting of Julia (1977)
- Murder By Decree (1979)
- The Brood (1979)
- The Grey Fox (1982)
- Strange Brew (1983)
- Incident at Restigouche (1984)
- Crime Wave (1985)
- The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
- Calling the Shots (1988)
- American Boyfriends (1989)
- Les Matins Infideles (1989)
- The Company of Strangers (1990)
- Calendar (1993)
- Dance Me Outside (1994)
- Exotica (1994)
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Hard Core Logo (1996)
- Existenz (1999)
- Daydream Nation (2010)
- The F Word (2013)
- Batata (2022)
- I Like Movies (2022)
- The Burning Season (2023)
- Curl Power (2024)
- Don’t F**k With Ghosts (2024)
- Morningside (2024)
In addition to their linear broadcasts on April 16, the vast majority of these films are available on Hollywood Suite On Demand.
Hollywood Suite also announced the second season of its original series Cinema A to Z will wrap up April 6 at 9 p.m. ET with an episode titled Acting Debuts. “From Jane Fonda as June Ryder in Tall Story (1960); Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968); Woody Harrelson as Krushinski in Wildcats (1986) and Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) — viewers can take a look back at 26 debut performances from their favourite stars,” Hollywood Suite said in its press release.
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