Jutra Awards 2007 Winners
Olivier Gourmet in Congorama
Quebec’s 2007 Jutra Awards, presented on Sunday, Feb. 18, offered a whole array of surprises.
Even though the bilingual box-office smash Bon Cop, Bad Cop and the drama Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali received the most nominations — 12 apiece — both were completely shut out of the film, acting, directing, and writing categories.
Instead, the comedy-drama Congorama came out on top as best film of 2006, in addition to wins for best director (Philippe Falardeau, right), best screenplay (also Falardeau), best actor (double winners Paul Ahmarani and Olivier Gourmet), and best supporting actor (Gabriel Arcand). Overall, Congorama won five of its six nominations. (André Turpin lost in the best cinematography category [...]
by Andre Soares | February 19, 2007
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Tags: A Sunday in Kigali, Bon Cop Bad Cop, C.R.A.Z.Y., Céline Bonnier, Congorama, Film Awards, Jutra Awards, Olivier Gourmet, Philippe Falardeau
Jutra Awards 2007
2007 Jutra Awards
2007 Jutra Award Winners: Théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts in Montreal on February 18, 2007
2007 Prix Jutra Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Olivier Gourmet, Jean-Pierre Cassel in Congorama
BEST FILM / MEILLEUR FILM
Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Kevin Tierney (Park Ex Pictures)
* Congorama, Luc Déry — Kim McCraw (micro_scope, Tarantula)
Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali, Lyse Lafontaine — Michael Mosca (Productions Equinoxe)
La Vie secrète des gens heureux / The Secret Life of Happy People, Roger Frappier — Luc Vandal (MaxFilms)
BEST DIRECTION /MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
Érik Canuel, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
* Philippe Falardeau, Congorama
Robert Favreau, Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali
Claude Gagnon, Kamataki
BEST ACTOR / MEILLEUR ACTEUR
* Paul Ahmarani and Olivier Gourmet, Congorama
Marc [...]
by Andre Soares | February 18, 2007
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Tags: A Sunday in Kigali, Céline Bonnier, Congorama, Fanny Mallette, Film Awards, Gabriel Arcand, Jutra Awards, Olivier Gourmet, Paul Ahmarani, Philippe Falardeau
2007 Jutra Awards Nominations
With 12 nods each, the top nominees for Quebec’s Oscars, the Prix Jutra, are Érik Canuel’s Bon Cop, Bad Cop (right), an odd couple comedy that became the top-grossing homegrown film ever in Canada (with about Can$13 million, most of it generated in Quebec itself), and Robert Favreau’s Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali (above), the story of a man (Luc Picard) in search of his lover (Fatou N’Diaye) in post-genocide Rwanda. Both films are also well represented at this year’s Genie Awards, the equivalent to the Oscars for all of Canada.
Bon Cop, Bad Cop and A Sunday in Kigali were nominated for the Prix Jutra in the best film category, along with Philippe Falardeau’s Congorama, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 26, 2007
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Tags: A Sunday in Kigali, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Colm Feore, Congorama, Danielle Proulx, Érik Canuel, Fatou N'Diaye, Film Awards, Jutra 2007, Jutra Awards, Luc Picard, Patrick Huard
Genie Awards 2007 Nominations
The nominees for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s 2007 Genie Awards — the Canadian Oscars — were announced on Jan. 9.
Four of the five best film nominees are Quebec productions. (English-language Canadian films tend to get crushed by the weight of big-budget productions from south of the border.) Of these, Maurice Richard / The Rocket (above), a biopic of the popular Quebecois hockey player, garnered the most nods — thirteen in all.
In addition to its inclusion in the best film shortlist, The Rocket is also in the running in several top categories, including best direction (Charles Binamé), best actor (Roy Dupuis), best actress (Julie Le Breton), and best original screenplay (Ken Scott).
All those nominations, however, feel [...]
by Andre Soares | January 11, 2007
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Tags: A Sunday in Kigali, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Charles Binamé, Colm Feore, Film Awards, Genie Awards, Luc Picard, Maurice Richard, Patrick Huard, Roy Dupuis, The Rocket
Marrakech Film Festival 2006: Film Line-Up
Marrakech Film Festival 2006: Official Competition
A Casa Nostra by Francesca Comencini (Italy)
Be Ahestegi… by Maziar Miri (Iran)
Before We Fall in Love Again by James Lee (Malaysia)
Bobby by Emilio Estevez (United States)
Casa de Areia / House of Sand by Andrucha Waddington (Brazil)
Dek Hor / Le Pensionnat by Songyos Sugmakanan (Thailand)
Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Kockatoo by Dominik Graf (Germany)
Hirtia va fi albastra / The Paper Will Be Blue by Radu Muntean (Romania)
Il a suffi que maman s’en aille…/ Mommy’s Departure Was Enough… by René Féret (France)
Las Vidas de Celia / The Lives of Celia by Antonio Chavarrías (Spain)
Mon frére se marie / My Brother Is Getting Married by Jean-Stéphane Bron (Switzerland / [...]
