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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2006 Genie Award Winners
"I’m touched. This has been something — a crazy experience," remarked director Jean-Marc Vallée upon accepting the best director Genie Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
Vallée’s film, C.R.A.Z.Y., the story of a gay youth coming of age in the Quebec of the 1960s and 1970s, swept the Genies with a total of ten wins out of 12 nominations. In addition to the best director trophy, other awards that went C.R.A.Z.Y. include best film, best actor (Michel Côté, who beat his young co-star Marc-André Grondin, above), and best original screenplay (Vallée and François Boulay).
C.R.A.Z.Y. has also become one of the most commercially successful Canadian films ever.
Deepa Mehta’s controversial Water — which caused a major political [...]
by Andre Soares | March 13, 2006
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Genie Awards 2006
2006 Genie Awards
2006 Genie Award winners: March 13, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Marc-André Grondin (second from right) in Jean-Marc Vallée’s C.R.A.Z.Y.
BEST MOTION PICTURE
MEILLEUR FILM
* C.R.A.Z.Y. – Pierre Even, Jean-Marc Vallée
Familia – Luc Déry
It’s All Gone Pete Tong – Elizabeth Yake, Allan Niblo, James Richardson
Saint Ralph – Michael Souther, Teza Lawrence, Andrea Mann, Seaton McLean
Water – David Hamilton
BEST DOCUMENTARY
MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
* Scaredsacred – Velcrow Ripper, Tracey Friesen, Cari Green, Harry Sutherland
Les Voleurs d’enfance / Thieves of Innocence – Paul Arcand, Denise Robert
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
LUC PICARD – L’Audition
* JEAN-MARC VALLÉE – C.R.A.Z.Y.
LOUISE ARCHAMBAULT – Familia
MICHAEL DOWSE – It’s All Gone Pete Tong
DEEPA MEHTA – Water
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
LUC PICARD – L’Audition
* [...]
by Andre Soares | March 13, 2006
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Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Vancouver Film Critics winners: Main Street’s Heritage Hall on February 7, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Best Film:
* Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night and Good Luck.
Best Canadian Film:
* C.R.A.Z.Y.
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Water
Best Foreign-Language Film:
Kung Fu Hustle
* Paradise Now
Downfall
Best British Columbian Film:
Eve and the Fire Horse
* It’s All Gone Pete Tong
A Simple Curve
Best Director:
George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck.
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
* Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Director of a Canadian Film:
Michael Dowse, It’s All Gone, Pete Tong
* Deepa Mehta, Water
Jean-Marc Vallée, C.R.A.Z.Y.
Best Actor:
Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actor in a Canadian Film:
* Marc-André [...]
by Andre Soares | February 7, 2006
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