Welcome to Canada

Welcome to Canada
Directed by John N. Smith
Produced by Sam Grana
Written by John N. Smith
Sam Grana
Cinematography David De Volpi
Roger Martin
K. Shanmuganathan
Martin Duckworth
Edited by John N. Smith
Martial Éthier
Sam Grana
Production
company
Release date
 1989
Running time
 86 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Welcome to Canada is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by John N. Smith and released in 1989.[1] Loosely based on a real-life incident, the film depicts the interactions of a small community in Newfoundland with a group of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who turn up in the town.[2] The film's cast includes Charlene Bruff, Madonna Hawkins, Nirmalan Masilamany, Anandprasad Pathanjali, Beverly Power, Francis Power, Rosie Power, Kumar Singam Nadarajah, Murugesu Sivanesan and Sinnakili Baskaran.

The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1989,[3] and was screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

Smith received a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Looking at society with the eye of an outsider: For John N. Smith, movies have always been 'serious stuff'". The Globe and Mail, March 24, 1989.
  2. ↑ "John N. Smith's Welcome to Canada". Cinema Canada, November 1989. p. 23.
  3. ↑ "Festival Frenzy and Other News". Montreal Gazette, July 28, 1989.
  4. ↑ "Film festival to focus on NFB". Toronto Star, August 2, 1989.
  5. ↑ "Rundown on the Genie hopefuls". Edmonton Journal, February 14, 1990.
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