David De Volpi Roger Martin K. Shanmuganathan Martin Duckworth
Edited by
John N. Smith Martial Éthier Sam Grana
Production company
National Film Board of Canada
Release date
1989 (1989)
Running time
86 minutes
Country
Canada
Language
English
Welcome to Canada is a 1989 Canadian docufiction film directed by John N. Smith.[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]
^"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.
^"John N. Smith's Welcome to Canada". Cinema Canada, November 1989. p. 23.
^"Festival Frenzy and Other News". Montreal Gazette, July 28, 1989.
^"Film festival to focus on NFB". Toronto Star, August 2, 1989.
^"Rundown on the Genie hopefuls". Edmonton Journal, February 14, 1990.
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