Why Canadian film industry doesnt seemed to have international presence

Even India seemed to have a better movie industry than Canada.. From what I heard their movie industry is in Toronto. They dont even seemed to have major movie studios from what I know. its kinda weird I can name 20 Canadian actors but i cant name 5 Canadian movies. If they have a movie industry they would have been able to show the world what makes them different from America.. It seemed like Canadian actors are even more interested in going to Hollywood than stay in their local industry.

There are several studios in Toronto, most on the waterfront, but I don't see any big names there. And I agree, Bollywood is much bigger than the Canadian industry. Many movies made in Canada, are made to look like American cities. The Resident Evil movies were done here, some of Day after Tomorrow, like I said, Love Guru, even X Men was done here. There was so little publicity on most of these, I had no idea they were done in my own backyard. Some are low budget, but look at some of the titles I just gave you. These have been a boost to our economy, but there isn't much resulting from it since it's all American directors.

I just found out that most producers in Canada dont even have budgets. so they have a large pool of actors and actresses but there is lacking with production. I read an article saying most Canadian movies are low budget.

Actually weird as it may sound there are actually other movie industries that may not have an impact like Hollywood yet they still have an international audience. I am actually not blaming hollywood, I mean even Hong Kong have a richer movie industry than Canada.

Have you ever watched cantonese movies ? I barely did ,but I did watch few of Jackie Chan's , Jet Li's and of course Stephen Chow's .

I only watch Kung-fu movies with good reviews, I dont care where movie cames from as logn as the reviews are good. You may not believe it but I am starting to dislike Hollywood due to cliche plots and Whitewashing, usually though people complain to their local cinema, I also watch Japanese and Korean movies since Hollywood loves remaking them. What really makes me wonder about Canada is the fact that lots of succesfull Hollywood stars are Canadian. There are so many huge Canadian stars yet I dont know any Canadian movie.

Everyone from out of America feels the same as you do . Shooting a movie is an art not only about just having a great budget ,big studio ,movie stars but creativity ,uniqueness .As the technology gets more and more involved ,therefore culture barrier is no longer to keep people from appreciating great stuff from other countries . With that being said ,how come the audience would pass the time watching some lousy domestic flicks other than better ones made in Hollywood . BTW ,i quit Our Chinese movie for years ,i just feel embarrassed to watch this ,they disappoint me not a little .

I haven't seen a single Canadian film , but with their economy and roster of good actors(lots of them are successful in Hollywood) it makes me wonder why they can't have a strong movie industry. I heard though Quebec have its own movie industry, Maybe Quebec should consider exporting movies to France so they can have a market outside of Canada. Portland Oregon (which is in the US) is predicted to be the next Hollywood, It makes think, I hope that whatever kind of movie industry will bloom out of Portland will be something new. We know Canada cant have high budget films that is not American made, and there is a struggle to penetrate the US, I think their solution should be trying to export in countries aside from US... It could work,.... I had seen some British movies that were able to build global hype... I think a country that is not USA, should be honored to at least have 1 movie a year that can build international hype, something is better than nothing.

isn't it weird that hong Kong which is very far from America were able to make exports to United States and other countries,While Canada which is very close to US, cant contribute something overseas. Even Iran is able to export their movies due to film festivals. Then we have the 'Toronto Film festival' which is like a dream for movie directors around the world.... On the positive side, Canada is praised for its health care.. Plus despite of having no popular movies , their actors are popular in America.

but..if im guessing.again it just might one reason ,that USA makes more movie than most places on earth(exception for Bollywood,India)so..out of many..say 1000 movie a year..70-100 that u go watch..and than maybe just 300 movie in canada.after clearing all the crappy ones..(same in Britain,low budget movie etc..)ended just watching 5-7 canadian made movie. if u go to Hong Kong.u can see all,YES im mean ALL the hong kong made movie are played in the cinema.. all are crap..say 400 movie a year..only 20-45 super good ones..jackie chan etc..will leave Hong kong to be shown abroad. out of that probably 5 will be played in USA a year later after securing a deal with an american distributors..

Its kinda weird since Canda currently have a better economy yet they dont have a feature film industry with presence.