Round 8: 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 fictional law S-14 allows parents to hospitalize their children in a 2014 (10[1])film unusually shot in a 1:1 aspect ratio, titled Mommy. (10[2])In a film by a director from this country, Max Renn exclaims (10[1])“Long live the new flesh” after being (-5[1])brainwashed by a videotape. (10[1])Directors from this country include Guy Maddin, Xavier Dolan, and a body horror pioneer who made Dead Ringers and Videodrome. A (10[1])director from this country depicted a school shooting in the film Polytechnique and adapted (-5[1])Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” into the film Arrival. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this (-5[1])home country of David Cronenberg and Denis Villeneuve (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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