2018HIGHLIGHTS … they have created a public event you could no more cancel than you could cancel Valentine’s Day. — Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail Contents 1 INTRODUCTION NCFD by the numbers • Spotlight on Women • Trailblazers 12 SCREENING EVENTS Interactive Google map • Enhanced events • International events • 2018 communities • RCtv 26 SCREENING PARTNER RESOURCES 30 ONLINE, ON-AIR AND IN-THE-AIR PROGRAMMING 36 BUZZ Promotional video • Media coverage highlights • Social media highlights • Website highlights • Media partnerships 46 TESTIMONIALS 50 SUPPORT REEL CANADA Board of Directors and Advisory Committee • Our Sponsors • Our Partners Introduction “… they have, in five short years, created a public event you could The way Canadians embraced our spotlight on women also showed no more cancel than you could cancel Valentine’s Day.” us that Canadians are not only hungry for homegrown stories, but – Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail are deeply interested in hearing underrepresented voices, and celebrating them. When the article quoted above was published, that’s when we knew. We don’t expect you, Dear Reader, to take in every detail of this report. But we hope you will browse and enjoy some of the nuggets We knew there was a huge appetite for a cultural celebration that — the individual testimonials, the range of screening venues (and allows us to embrace our own stories, and we knew that Canadians countries!) and the ways in which screening partners made the day are beginning to think of it as a national institution! their own. It’s not very Canadian of us to toot our own horn, but we’re Reflecting on the fifth annual NCFD brings us to one conclusion: incredibly proud of the way National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) celebrating Canada by watching great Canadian films truly matters has grown over the past five years. This year, we held 873 events to people, and is an idea Canadians have warmly embraced. across Canada and around the world. Over 65,000 people attended screenings and another 600,000 watched on TV or by streaming at home. We doubled our social media engagement when compared to last year’s numbers. That means that even though we held fewer events than we did for our massive sesquicentennial edition, more people are taking NCFD seriously as a part of the cultural calendar across Canada! Sharon Corder Artistic Director In general, Canadians demonstrated their hunger to embrace our own culture and celebrate our shared values: tolerance, inclusivity, honesty, decency – all of which are reflected and expressed so Jack Blum effortlessly by the best of Canadian film. Executive Director National Canadian Film Day 2018 BY THE NUMBERS 600,000+ 873 people watched a Canadian film on TV Screenings worldwide This year, social media 32% impressions for #CanFilmDay rose by 32% over 2017! international events 37 around the world! 147 + + Total number of MEDIA STORIES delivering nearly 50,000,000 MEDIA IMPRESSIONS 65,000 ESTIMATED LIVE SCREENING ATTENDANCE NCFD is an event that brings together folks from all walks of life. It is an event the community looks forward to and gets excited about. — Emerging Lens Film Festival, Halifax, NS FILM FESTIVALS AND CINEMAS RETIREMENT Wherever SCHOOLS RESIDENCES A MOVIE COULD BE SCREENED... LEGION HALLS LIBRARIES Everyone joined the fun this NCFD! WOW! HEALTH CARE EMBASSIES AND CENTRES CONSULATES MILITARY BASES SWEPT UP IN THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE AUDIENCES AND THEIR LOVE OF THE MOVIES, IT'S EASY TO FORGET THE BEST THING ABOUT THE PROGRAMME, WHAT IT TAKES FOR GRANTED: THAT OUR CULTURE — OUR COUNTRY — IS WORTH CELEBRATING. Don McKellar Filmmaker Filmmakers special guests attended screening events 80+ across Canada and around the world. Don McKellar, Liane Balaban and Elan Mastai Patricia Rozema Alanis Obomsawin and Deepa Mehta Colm Feore Sharon Lewis (centre) Tragically Hip cover band BARBcaygeon Anne Wheeler and Peggy Thompson Marie Clements, Daina Warren and Doreen Manuel Tammy Boucher and Mary Young Leckie Léa Pool This word cloud was generated to Top Films show the most-screened films at our live events. Meditation ParkRude Breakaway Indian Horse Le coq de St-Victor Passchendaele Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Remember Maman est chez le coiffeur Angry Inuk Incendies Into The Forest Fido De père en flic Bollywood/Hollywood Gabrielle Empire of Dirt New Waterford Girl Les Pee-Wee: L’hiver qui a change ma vie I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing Manufactured Landscapes Kayak to Klemtu Ballerina Birdland My American Cousin La guerre des tuques Goin’ Down the Road The Grand Seduction Watermark Stories We Tell Fubar Inside Hana’s Suitcase The Lesser Blessed Corner Gas: The Movie Mary Goes Round Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme Monsieur Lazhar waydowntown La grande séduction The Whale Ginger Snaps The Road Forward Away From Her Meatballs The F Word How She Move Brown Girl Begins Double Happiness 22 Chaser Men With Brooms The Rocket Dim the Fluorescents Hochelaga, terre des âmes Hyena Road Mon oncle Antoine The World Before Her Reel Injun Loyalties Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance La turbulence des fluides Sharkwater Louis Cyr: l’homme le plus fort du monde Porcupine Lake Window Horses Mariages The High Cost of Living Strange Brew The Breadwinner Bon Cop Bad Cop Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre Revolution The Red Violin Still Mine MaudieLes invasions barbares Goon Picture Day Les affamés Kissed A Bear Named Winnie The Sun At Midnight Water The Trotsky Indie Game: The Movie Sarah préfère la course The Snow Walker Crackie La Passion d’Augustine Rhymes for Young Ghouls [NCFD] IS A NATIONAL TREASURE…IT JUST CEMENTED MY BELIEF THAT CANADIANS ARE ACHING TO SEE OUR OWN STORIES TOLD ON THE BIG SCREEN. Mary Young Leckie Producer Spotlight on Women For 2018, we could think of nothing more important to shine a spotlight on than the CLICK HERE accomplishments of women in Canadian film. to check out the full list of This conversation is timely, urgent and Spotlight films at meaningful, and we wanted to keep it going and canfilmday.ca look toward a future in which women — and other underrepresented groups — find their voices and ways to tell their stories in greater numbers. We created a shortlist of films by women and offered it to our screening partners. The list was by no means exhaustive, but we hoped that it would spark interest, and the desire for further exploration. Of course, our screening partners are always free We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the following Canadian female filmmakers, who each participated to choose their own films, and not every film that in this year’s NCFD – by attending events, communicating with audiences via Skype, recording video was shown on NCFD was directed by a woman. messages for faraway fans, or sending each other #MooseKudos (for more on that, see p36). However, we were delighted that the majority Jennifer Abbott Jacqueline Dupuis Ashley McKenzie Lynne Stopkewich of our community partners — over 70% — were Liane Balaban Ann Marie Fleming Claudia Medina Peggy Thompson eager to embrace this theme and screen films Sonja Bennett Cara Gee Deepa Mehta Ana Valine from our Spotlight. Peg Campbell Eva Greyeyes Trish Neufeld Ingrid Veninger Kirsten Carthew Zoe Leigh Hopkins Alanis Obomsawin Anaïsa Visser Suzanne Chisholm Sharon Lewis Jennifer Podemski Anne Wheeler Marie Clements Edna Manitowabi Léa Pool Nettie Wild Paula Devonshire Doreen Manuel Patricia Rozema Mary Young Leckie Trish Dolman Michelle Mason Mina Shum Ashley Duong Sharon McGowan Teri Snelgrove It was an honor to celebrate National Canadian Film Day with REEL CANADA, thank you for the invitation. — Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker NCFD 2018 Highlights | 8 TRULY GROUNDBREAKING DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO ICONIC FEMALE ARTISTS. THE HOUSE WAS PACKED AND THE ENERGY WAS VIBRANT. AN UNFORGETTABLE AND IMPORTANT EVENING. Atom Egoyan Filmmaker Trailblazers: A Conversation with Deepa Mehta and Alanis Obomsawin We’ve always been in the business of showing great Canadian films, but this year we tried something different. In a country full of talented artists, Alanis Obomsawin and Deepa Mehta stand in a class of their own. We didn’t want to just show their films (though the films are fantastic): We wanted to bring the two icons together in person, to talk about their storied careers and respective journeys as women, and as filmmakers. We were truly honoured to have them on stage together for an unforgettable evening. Obomsawin and Mehta are each indomitable and have been phenomenally determined, every step of the way: On National Canadian Film Day, two of Canada’s most accomplished masters of determined to have their voices heard, determined to cinema will come together in a once-in-a-lifetime live event to discuss their storied careers and their considerable impact on the Canadian film landscape. speak for marginalized peoples, determined to be taken CLICK HERE seriously as artists and as cultural forces. And they have REEL CANADA and The Imposter present: to watch the video succeeded so spectacularly that we could not imagine TRAILBLAZERS A Conversation with two other women (or men) who we would rather listen Deepa Mehta and Alanis Obomsawin Moderated by artist and podcaster to for encouragement and inspiration in this volatile, Aliya Pabani, host of The Imposter unpredictable, and yet sometimes surprisingly hopeful time. A packed house of rapt audience members attended the sold-out Trailblazers event at the Al Green Theatre in Toronto, which was moderated by artist and WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018 | 7:30 PM Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor) podcaster Aliya Pabani, host of CANADALAND’s arts & canfilmday.ca Tickets: $10-15 | Search "Trailblazers" on Eventbrite.ca #CanFilmDay culture podcast, The Imposter. NCFD 2018 Highlights | 10 NCFD ALLOWS US TO BRING A BIG SLICE OF AWESOMENESS TO OUR LITTLE VILLAGE OF EGANVILLE.