Finding a Canadian movie can be harder than finding pure Canadian orange juice.

And movies. Lots of great movies. Canadian cinema has long been overshadowed by its louder, flashier neighbour, a nation that seems to believe it holds a cultural monopoly on the big screen.

Northpole is an American-Canadian Christmas fantasy television film series directed by Douglas Barr that premiered on Hallmark Channel.

(Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada and Door Number 3 Productions Inc.) Founded in 2014, National Canadian Film Day (or CanFilmDay) encourages audiences to "stand up for Canada by ...