Genie Awards 2007 Winners
Roy Dupuis in Maurice Richard
Last night, the Canadian Academy’s Genie Awards ceremony proved itself no more and no less prone to inane outcomes than those of other film academies the world over. Nine Genies went to the Québécois hockey biopic Maurice Richard / The Rocket, including awards for best director (Charles Binamé), best actor (Roy Dupuis), best actress (Julie Le Breton), and best editing (Michel Arcand). Canadian Academy-ites, however, opted for the bilingual comedy-thriller Bon Cop, Bad Cop as best Canadian film of 2006.
Whether Bon Cop, Bad Cop is bon or bad, I don’t know as I haven’t seen the film. But one would expect that the "best Canadian film of 2006" would have received top honors in another [...]
by Andre Soares | February 14, 2007
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Tags: Aurélien Wiik, Bérénice Bejo, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Charles Binamé, Congorama, Film Awards, Genie Awards, Maurice Richard, Roy Dupuis, The Rocket, Without Her
Genie Awards 2007
2007 Genie Awards
2007 Genie Award nominations: January 9, 2007
2007 Genie Award winners: The Carlu atop Toronto’s College Park on February 13, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Patrick Huard, Colm Feore in Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Best Film
* Bon Cop, Bad Cop – Kevin Tierney
Guide de la Petite Vengeance / The Little Book of Revenge – Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal
Maurice Richard / The Rocket – Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie – Barrie Dunn, Mike Clattenburg, Michael Volpe
Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali – Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca
Best Documentary
La planète blanche / The White Planet – Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert
* Manufactured Landscapes – Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron, Peter [...]
by Andre Soares | February 13, 2007
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Tags: Bon Cop Bad Cop, Carrie-Anne Moss, Charles Binamé, Film Awards, Genie Awards, Genie Awards 2007, Hugh Dilon, Manufactured Landscapes, Maurice Richard, Philippe Falardeau, Roy Dupuis, The Rocket
2007 Vancouver Film Critics Winners
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has picked its 2006 winners, which were announced yesterday.
Among them are Children of Men (above, with Clive Owen) as best film — the second time a North American critics’ group has chosen Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopic drama as the top picture of 2006 (the Central Ohio film critics also went for it) — Cuarón as best director, and veteran Alan Arkin as best supporting actor for his bigoted, drug-addicted, but oh-so-loving grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine.
Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren took best acting honors for, respectively, The Last King of Scotland and The Queen. Cate Blanchett was the best supporting actress for Notes on a Scandal.
In the Canadian film categories, the best picture award went to [...]
by Andre Soares | January 16, 2007
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Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Carrie-Anne Moss, Charles Binamé, Children of Men, Clive Owen, Fido, Film Awards, Roy Dupuis, The Rocket, Volver
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
