Jutra Awards Articles

Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval I Killed My Mother Xavier Dolan's J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother may have fared quite poorly at Canada's Genie Awards — it was totally shut out of the competitive categories — and at the Oscars, having lost out on a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. At the 2010 Prix Jutra ceremony, however, Dolan's comedy drama about a [...]

Anne Dorval in I Killed My Mother Best film J’ai tué ma mère Best animated film Robe de guerre by Michèle Cournoyer Best documentary film Last Train Home Best director Denis Villeneuve for Polytechnique Best actress Anne Dorval for J’ai tué ma mère Best actor Sébastien Ricard for Dédé à travers les brumes Best supporting actress Sandrine Bisson for 1981 Best supporting actor Maxim Gaudette [...]

2009 Prix Jutra 2009 Jutra Award nominations: Feb. 17, 2009 2009 Jutra Award winners: March 29, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Ce qu'il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life, the 2009 winner of the Prix Jutra for best film, tells the story of an Inuit hunter (best actor winner Natar Ungalaaq) suffering from tuberculosis who is sent to a [...]

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 [...]