

A Place to Stand
An Academy Award winning multi-image large-format film showcasing life in Ontario without narration or dialogue but accompanied by the classic song "A Place to Stand, a Place to Grow (Ontari-ari-ari-o!)" Produced for the Ontario Department of Economics and Development, it premiered at the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal.
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- documentary short
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United StatesUS
- PremiereChicago Film Festival1 Oct 1967
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)Expo 6728 Apr 1967
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin Film Festival21 Jun 1968
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A Place to Stand was released on 28 April 1967.
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CinemaSerf
11/30/2025
“#A place to stand, a place to grow, Ontariariario…#”. And oddly enough, fifty years on this is reminiscent of those interstitials we get at the Eurovision song contest when each host country exhibiting something beautiful or quirky about itself. This one condenses all that is impressive about this Canadian province into a quickly paced montage of moving photographs that depict just about everything from it’s human r…
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