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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * GELFOND RICHARD L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol IMAX CORP [IMAX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 902 BROADWAY, 20TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/01/2019 (Street) NEW YORK 10010-6002 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price common shares (opening balance)               245,279 D   common shares 05/01/2019   M   21,761 (1) A $ 0 267,040 D   common shares 05/02/2019   S   8,648 (2) D $ 24.4842 258,392 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

restricted share units (4)

$ 0 (5)

05/01/2019

M

21,761 (1)

(6)

(6)

common shares

21,761

$ 0 (5)

43,522 (3)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GELFOND RICHARD L 902 BROADWAY 20TH FLOOR NEW YORK 10010-6002			Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

Richard L. Gelfond		05/02/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents the conversion upon vesting of restricted share units into common shares.
(2)	Mr. Gelfond is reporting the sale of common shares to satisfy the tax withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of common shares upon conversion of the restricted share unit.
(3)	This represents the number of restricted share units or stock options for this transaction only. Mr. Gelfond's aggregate remaining outstanding option, restricted share unit and common share balances following these transaction will be 3,396,343; 43,522 and 258,392 respectively.
(4)	Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive one common share of IMAX Corporation.
(5)	Each restricted share unit is the economic equivalent of one common share of IMAX Corporation.
(6)	The restricted share units vests and converts to common shares in seven installments: 65,280 on January 1, 2018 and 21,761 on each of May 1, 2018, September 1, 2018, December 31, 2018, May 1, 2019, September 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019.

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