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 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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Tags: Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Adam Butcher, André Turpin, Arsiné Khanjian, Atom Egoyan, Aurore, Babz Chula, Balazs Bolygo, Bernard Couture, Bernard Starlight, Byron Wong, C.R.A.Z.Y., Campbell Scott, Carl Laudan, Colin Monie, Danielle Proulx, David Christensen, David Hamilton, Deepa Mehta, Denis Bernard, Denise Robert, Diane Cailhier, Familia, Film Awards, François Boulay, Genie Awards, Genie Awards 2006, Giles Nuttgens, Gina Chiarelli, Gordon Pinsent, Hank Williams First Nation, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Jean-Marc Vallée, L'Audition, Le Survenant, Lie with Me, Louise Archambault, Luc Déry, Luc Dionne, Luc Picard, Macha Grenon, Maman Last Call, Manners of Dying, Marc-André Grondin, Marianne Fortier, Michael Dowse, Michel Cote, Nathalie Petrowski, Paul Arcand, Paul Kaye, Pierre Even, Pierre Mignot, René Girard, Sabah A Love Story, Saint Ralph, ScaredSacred, See Grace Fly, Seema Biswas, Six Figures, Susan Shipton, Suzanne Clement, Sylvie Moreau, The Big Thing, Thieves of Innocence, Water, Where the Truth Lies
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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