Round 5: Tossup 12

A director from this country watches his mother’s TV show LedgeMan in a “docu-fantasia” that also includes a scene of horse heads sticking out of a frozen river. This country’s (10[1])fictional (10[1])law S-14 allows parents to hospitalize their children in a 2014 film unusually shot in a 1:1 aspect ratio, titled Mommy. (10[1])In a film by a director (10[1])from this country, Max Renn exclaims “Long live the new flesh” after being brainwashed by a videotape. Directors from this country include (10[2])Guy Maddin, Xavier Dolan, and a body horror pioneer (10[1])who made Dead Ringers (10[2])and Videodrome. A director from this country depicted a school shooting in the film Polytechnique (10[1])and adapted (10[1])Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” into the film Arrival. For 10 points, name this home country of David Cronenberg and Denis Villeneuve ■END■

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