Congorama Articles

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]