Round 7: 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 film unusually shot in a 1:1 aspect ratio, titled Mommy. (10[1])In a film by a director from this country, Max Renn exclaims “Long live the new flesh” after being brainwashed by a videotape. Directors from this country include Guy Maddin, Xavier Dolan, and a body horror pioneer who made Dead Ringers and Videodrome. A director from this country depicted a school shooting in the film Polytechnique and adapted Ted Chiang’s (10[1])“Story of Your Life” into the film Arrival. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country (-5[1])of David Cronenberg and Denis Villeneuve ■END■ (0[1])

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