Jutra Awards 2009
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 sanatorium in the Quebec City of the early 1950s. The hunter’s condition is worsened by the clash of cultures, but a bicultural boy helps him to bridge the gap between the two different worldviews. Directed by Benoît Pilon from a screenplay by Bernard Émond (with Pilon’s assistance), The Necessities of Life was Canada’s submission for [...]
by Deborah Arthur | March 29, 2009
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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 2007 Nominations
The nominees for the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s 2007 Genie Awards — the Canadian Oscars — were announced on Jan. 9.
Four of the five best film nominees are Quebec productions. (English-language Canadian films tend to get crushed by the weight of big-budget productions from south of the border.) Of these, Maurice Richard / The Rocket (above), a biopic of the popular Quebecois hockey player, garnered the most nods — thirteen in all.
In addition to its inclusion in the best film shortlist, The Rocket is also in the running in several top categories, including best direction (Charles Binamé), best actor (Roy Dupuis), best actress (Julie Le Breton), and best original screenplay (Ken Scott).
All those nominations, however, feel [...]
by Andre Soares | January 11, 2007
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Tags: A Sunday in Kigali, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Charles Binamé, Colm Feore, Film Awards, Genie Awards, Luc Picard, Maurice Richard, Patrick Huard, Roy Dupuis, The Rocket
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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