As the festival shifts to a mixed format, 18 Canadian films will appear in its online repertoire, including a biopic inspired by Céline Dion, a Mad Max-Similar to a thriller set in the Canadian Arctic, and a documentary about Nova Scotia environmentalist Zoe Lucas.

The festival will also usher in the screening of its Canadian short films, now in its 11th year, as well as many Canadian documentaries that will be on display at the Cannes Film Festival.

CBC News provided a guide to all things Canada at this year’s most prestigious film festival in the world.

Céline Dion-inspired biopic will exit the competition

Maybe The most watched Canadian movies What came out of this year’s festival was the inspiration of Céline Dion Irene: The voice of love, A French-Canadian production will have its world premiere outside the competition.

This is the only Canadian production film officially selected for the 2021 Film Festival.Last year’s candidate films included Canadian films Nadia, butterfly with come down.

Irene It is a biographical film directed by French filmmaker Valérie Lemercier. In addition to the director, Lemercier also plays Aline Dieu. She is a Quebec singer. She comes from a humble, music-loving family and is controlled by the producer, hoping to make her a star.

The film has been sold as an “unofficial” biography of Dion’s life. Its trailer features her music, and its protagonist is her portrait. Again, much of the inspiration for this story came from Dion’s real-life fame and her relationship with the late manager and husband René Angelier.

Irene: The voice of love It is scheduled to be released in Canada on November 26, 2021.

Show highlights include dystopian thrillers with a Yukon background

PolarisScreened and directed by Kirsten Carthew, a film producer born in Yellowknife, will be screened as part of the Fantastic 7 Film Festival, a “fantastic project submitted by a selected international film festival “plan.

Polaris Submitted by Toronto International Film Festival.

Set in a dystopian future, Polaris It is a fantasy thriller about a young woman who must find her way home after evading the hunt of a fighter who is trying to kill her mother.

Khashoggi Previously described This movie called CBC News “Mad Max Set in the North Pole, but with a smaller budget. “

The rest of the lineup is The song she sang in the shadows, The first feature-length documentary of Afghan-Canadian film producer Fazila Amiri (Fazila Amiri). This Dari film tells the life of two Forrest Gump female singers and their mentors participating in a reality show competition during peace talks between the United States and the Taliban.

It will be screened as part of the Docs-In-Progress show for post-production documentaries. This film is a previous contestant of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) Talent Lab and Hot Docs Accelerator Lab, both of which hold forums to cultivate talents in the Canadian documentary world.

For fans of the comedy horror genre, Kick blood It tells the story of a female vampire who decided to quit her bloodthirsty habit after helping a human alcoholic to clean up-this could lead to fatal consequences. It is directed by Blaine Turier, a member of the Canadian music group The New Pornographers and Vancouver film producer and musician.

Kick blood It is part of the Frontières Buyer Show, an industry event dedicated to genre movies. The plan is a joint project between the Marché du Film and the Montreal Fantasia International Film Festival.

Other Canadian films that will be screened in Frontières include Isluna: Crown of Babylon, An animated feature film in Denver Jackson, Victoria and Island between the tides, From Vancouver filmmakers Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes.

Documentaries and short films showcasing Canadian talents

Telefilm’s short film display, called Not Short on Talent, will show eight films: In the jam jar Colin Nixon Job Farrow Author: Amar Chebib; Yotel Author: Alexa-Jeanne Dubé; Lover boy’s little dream Ritvik Mehra; Second wedding Taylor olson south wind Author: Aucéane Roux; tigress Author: Maya Bastian; and Unicorn code Author: Martin Gregg

This is the 11th edition of the showcase.

In addition The song she sang in the shadows, A few Canadian films will be screened under the banner of Docs-In-Progress.These include Lonely geography From Jacquelyn Mills, Cape Bretona, The feature-length documentary is about environmentalist Zoe Lucas, who spent most of her life on the isolated Sable Island in Nova Scotia.

and also WhalerDirected by Cape Verde-Canadian PJ Marcellino and Jerri Thrasher born in the Northwest Territories, it explores the history of Cape Verdean fishermen engaged in the dangerous whaling trade.

Miryam Charles from Montreal, This house Relive the death of a teenage girl in 2008, from Haida film producer Heather Hatch, Wochiigii Lo, the end of peace Records the struggle of West Moberly Aboriginal elders against the construction of large dams.