Jutra Awards 2008
by Andre Soares
2007 Prix Jutra
2007 Jutra Award nominations: February 6, 2008
2007 Jutra Award winners: March 9, 2008
(”*” denotes the winner in each category)
Writer-director Stéphane Lafleur’s feature-film debut, the offbeat comedy Continental, a Film Without Guns, was the big winner at the 2008 Prix Jutra ceremony. Continental, which won Jutras for best film, best director, best screenplay, and best supporting actor (Real Bossé), follows four disparate individuals after one man disappears in the woods.
Directed by first-timer Patrick Huard and written by Claude Lalonde and Pierre Lamothe, Les 3 p’tits cochons / The Three Lil’ Pigs became last year’s biggest box-office hit in Quebec. Inspired by the old fable, this comedy of sexual and social mores stars Paul Doucet, Claude Legault, and (the frequently semi-naked) Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as three brothers who get together periodically by the bed of their comatose mother, while also finding themselves enmeshed in assorted sexual adventures online, at the office, and elsewhere. Unlike the fable, however, the film’s message, as per Sept7, is that "All guys are pigs (and many girls, too), but that’s ok." In addition to its 13 Jutra nominations, The Three Lil’ Pigs garnered 4 Genie nods from the Canadian Academy (screenplay, editing, actor for Claude Legault, supporting actor for Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge). Addendum: Ultimately, The Three Lil’ Pigs failed to win a single competitive Jutra. Its only win was the Billet d’Or prize given to the most financially successful Quebecois film of the year.
Best Film / Meilleur film
* Continental, Un film sans fusil, Luc Dery, Kim McCraw
L’âge des ténèbres, Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
La brunante, Jean-Roch Marcotte, Normand McKay
Les 3 p’tits cochons, Pierre Gendron, Christian Larouche
Best Documentary / Meilleur documentaire
Americano, Carlos Ferrand (Les films du tricycle)
Au pays des colons, Denys Desjardins (Office national du film)
* Le Peuple invisible, Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie (Office national du film)
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang (Office national du film)
Best Direction / Meilleure Réalisation
Denys Arcand, L’âge des ténèbres
Fernand Dansereau, La brunante
Bernard Émond, Contre toute espérance
* Stéphane Lafleur, Continental, Un film sans fusil
Best Actress / Meilleure actrice
Sylvie Léonard, L’âge des ténèbres
Isabelle Richer, Les 3 p’tits cochons
* Guylaine Tremblay, Contre toute espérance
Karine Vanasse, Ma fille, mon ange
Best Actor / Meilleur acteur
* Roy Dupuis, Shake Hands with the Devil
Marc Labrèche, L’âge des ténèbres
Claude Legault, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Nitro
Best Supporting Actress / Meilleure actrice de soutien
Suzanne Clément, La brunante
* Laurence Leboeuf, Ma fille, mon ange
Véronique Le Flaguais, Surviving My Mother
Julie Perreault, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Best Supporting Actor / Meilleur acteur de soutien
Emmanuel Bilodeau, Bluff
* Real Bossé, Continental, Un film sans fusil
Paul Doucet, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Best Screenplay / Meilleur scénario
Denys Arcand, L’âge des ténèbres
Bernard Émond, Contre toute espérance
* Stephane Lafleur, Continental, Un film sans fusil
Claude Lalonde, Pierre Lamothe, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Best Cinematography / Meilleure direction de la photographie
Bruce Chun, Nitro
Bernard Couture, Les 3 p’tits cochons
* Alain Dostie, Silk
Sara Mishara, Continental, Un film sans fusil
Best Editing / Meilleur montage
Michel Arcand, Louis Martin-Paradis, Shake Hands with the Devil
Louise Côté, Contre toute espérance
* Éric Drouin, Nitro
Sophie Leblond, Continental, Un film sans fusil
Best Score / Meilleure musique
Normand Corbeil, Ma fille, mon ange
Stéphane Dufour, Les 3 p’tits cochons
FM Le Sieur, Nitro
* Catherine Major, Le ring
Best Art Direction / Meilleure direction artistique
Gilles Aird, Les 3 p’tits cochons
André-Line Beauparlant, Continental, Un film sans fusil
David Pelletier, Le ring
* François Séguin, Silk
Best Costume Design / Meilleurs costumes
Brigitte Desroches, La brunante
Monic Ferland, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Ginette Magny, Surviving My Mother
* Carlo Poggioli, Kazuko Kurosawa, Silk
Best Sound / Meilleur son
Simon Poudrette, À vos marques… Party
Pierre Bertrand, Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy-Strobl, Continental, Un film sans fusil
Patrick Rousseau, Marcel Pothier, Gavin Fernandes, Stéphane Bergeron, Ma fille, mon ange
* Claude La Haye, Claude Beaugrand, Hans-Peter Strobl, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Silk
Best Makeup / Meilleur maquillage
Kathryn Casault, Ma tante Aline
Johanne Gravel, Nitro
Marlène Rouleau, Les 3 p’tits cochons
* Diane Simard, L’âge des ténèbres
Best Hair Styling / Meilleure coiffure
* Réjean Forget, Ma tante Aline
Réjean Goderre, Ma fille, mon ange
Johanne Paiement, Les 3 p’tits cochons
Denis Parent, Nitro
Best Animation Film / Meilleur film d’animation
* Isabelle au bois dormant, Claude Cloutier (Office national du film)
Madame Tutli-Putli, Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (Office national du film)
Révérence, Patrick Bouchard (Office national du film)
The Tourists, Malcom Sutherland (Malcom Sutherland)
Best Short/Medium Length Film / Meilleur court/moyen métrage
Can You Wave Bye Bye?, Sarah Galea-Davis (NúFilms)
The Colony, Jeff Barnaby (Eyesteelfilm)
Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!, Sébastien Pilote (Hahafilms)
* Notre prison est un royaume, Simon Galiero (F.W. Films)
Honorary Jutra / Prix Jutra Hommage: Cinematographer / director / editor Jean-Claude Labrecque
Billet d’or for the most popular film in Quebec: The Three Lil’ Pigs
Most Illustrious Film Outside Quebec: Bon cop, bad cop by Erik Canuel (Prod.: Park Ex Picture, Distribution: Alliance Vivafilm)
Best Exhibitor: Cinéma Galaxy, Victoriaville — Pascal Paquin, manager
Radio Canada / Prix Jutra 2007 Site
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Tokyo Film Festival Awards 2007
Berlin Film Festival Awards 2008
Nordic Film Festival Awards 2007
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards 2007
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