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
