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
2006 Marrakech Film Festival Awards Winners
The 2006 Marrakech Film Festival came to a close last night, Dec. 9.
Dominik Graf’s German drama Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Cockatoo, a love story set in 1961 Dresden, starring Max Riemelt and Jessica Schwarz (above), won the Étoile d’Or for best film. Riemelt, for his part, received the best actor award.
The Grand Jury Prize went to Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean’s political drama Hirtia va fi albastra / The Paper Will Be Blue, about a soldier who changes sides during Romania’s bloody 1989 revolution.
French-Senegalese actress Fatou N’Diaye won the best actress award for her performance as a Rwandan waitress falling in love right the time of the Hutu genocide in Robert Favreau’s Canadian drama Un dimanche à [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: Daniel Auteuil, Dominik Graf, Fatou N'Diaye, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Julie Gayet, Marrakech Film Festival, Max Riemelt, Susan Sarandon, The Paper Will Be Blue, The Red Cockatoo
Marrakech Film Festival Awards 2006
2006 Marrakech Film Festival Awards
2006 Marrakech Film Festival was held between December 1-9, 2006.
2006 Marrakech Film Festival award winners: Palais des Congrès on December 9, 2006
L’ETOILE D’OR / THE GOLDEN STAR: Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Cockatoo by Dominik Graf (Germany)
JURY PRIZE: Hirtia va fi albastra / The Paper Will Be Blue by Radu Muntean (Romania)
BEST ACTOR: Max Riemelt for The Red Cockatoo by Dominik Graf (Germany)
BEST ACTRESS: Fatou N’diaye for Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali by Robert Favreau (Canada)
TRIBUTES
Indian actress Kajol Mukherjee-Devgan
Indian actor Ajay Devgan
Moroccan actor Mohamed Majd
Egyptian filmmaker Tewfik Salah
American actress Susan Sarandon
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke
Jury: Filmmaker Roman Polanski (president, France / Poland); actress Sandrine Bonnaire (France); actress Maria de Medeiros [...]
by Andre Soares | December 9, 2006
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Tags: Ajay Devgan, Dominik Graf, Fatou N'Diaye, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Marrakech Film Festival, Max Riemelt, Radu Muntean, Susan Sarandon, The Paper Will Be Blue, The Red Cockatoo
