This is a list of Canadian films which were released in the 1940s.

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1941
Churchill's IslandStuart LeggNarrated by Lorne GreeneNational Film Board of Canada (NFB) shortAcademy Award for Documentary Short Subject
Inside Fighting ChinaStuart LeggNarrated by Lorne GreeneNFB shortAcademy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominee
Mail EarlyNorman McLarenNFB animated shortNorman McLaren's first film for the NFB[1]
Warclouds in the PacificStuart LeggNarrated by Lorne GreeneNFB shortAcademy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominee
1942
High over the BordersRaymond SpottiswoodeNFB shortAcademy Award for Best Documentary nominee
1943
Alexis Tremblay, HabitantJane Marsh BeveridgeNFB documentaryPhotographed by Judith Crawley[2]
At the Crossroads (À la croisée des chemins)Jean-Marie Poitevin & Paul GuèvremontPaul Guèvremont, Denise PelletierDramaNarrated by René Lévesque, the future premier of Quebec.[3]
1945
FridolinonsRoger BlaisGratien GélinasShort
The Music Master (Le Père Chopin)Fedor Ozep & Georges FreedlandMadeleine Ozeray, Marcel Chabrier, Pierre DurandDramaThe first of several feature films produced during the 1940s and early 1950s by Renaissance Films of Montreal.[4]
1947
Bush PilotSterling CampbellRochelle Hudson, Jack La Rue, Austin Willis, Frank PerryMelodrama
Whispering City and La ForteresseFedor OzepEnglish cast: Helmut Dantine, Mary Anderson, Paul Lukas, John Pratt
French cast: Paul Dupuis, Nicole Germain, Jacques Auger, Henri Letondal		Crime dramaTwo films made simultaneously with each other, with different casts acting English and French versions of the same screenplay.
1948
Drug AddictRobert AndersonNFB shortCanadian Film Awards (CFA) - Documentary[5]
The Loon's NecklaceBudge CrawleyShortThe film won the inaugural Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
Sins of the FathersPhil RosenAustin Willis, Joy LafleurDrama[6]
Who Will Teach Your Child?Stanley JacksonNFB documentary
1949
Begone Dull CareNorman McLaren, Evelyn LambartVisual music presentation of Oscar PetersonNFB animated shortAt the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Medal (Culture Films and Documentaries) award; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
The Grand Bill (Le Gros Bill)Jean-Yves Bigras, René DelacroixGinette Letondal, Juliette BéliveauComedy/drama[7]
A Man and His Sin (Un Homme et son péché)Paul GuryHector Charland, Nicole Germain, Guy ProvostDramaCanadian Film Award - Special Award[8]
Perpetual Movement (Mouvement perpétuel)Claude JutraCanadian Film Award winner for Best Amateur Film in 1950
The Rising TideJean PalardyNFB documentaryIt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Story of Dr. Louise (On ne triche pas la vie)Paul Vandenberghe, René DelacroixMadeleine Robinson, Jean Davy, Line NoroDramaFirst Canada-France co-production[9]
The Village Priest (Le Curé du village)Richard JarvisOvila Légaré, Lise Roy, Denis DrouinDrama

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Gary (2001). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 336. ISBN 0-8020-2784-9.
  2. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-19-540581-1.
  5. ↑ Boyd, S (2013). "A Canadian perspective on documentary film: Drug Addict". Int. J. Drug Policy. 24 (6): 589–96. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.07.009. PMID 24012438.
  6. ↑ "Variety (August 1948)". 1948.
  7. ↑ "Jean-Yves Bigras - Cinema in Quebec". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  8. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-19-540581-1.
  9. ↑ Docteur Louise http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=94&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved August 5, 2015.
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