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, [...]

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
* [...]

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 [...]