National Cinema Presents: A Love/Hate Relationship

This is actually the third incarnation of National Cinema which started in May of 2005 by a group of cinephiles and filmmakers across Canada, and oddly, South Korea. Our aim is to try to understand the current and historical state of English Canadian cinema. We want to love Canadian cinema, and we do some of the time. We want you to as well.

The debate over what is wrong in Canadian cinema, often over shadows what is right, namely the films themselves. We hope that through our continued study of Canadian film we can help fuel the debate for an industry that is clearly paralyzed by its own lack of success, and an apathetic audience with a deep rooted sense of cultural cringe.

Image: The Night Of The Hunter, Charles Laughton (1955)