Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2009

2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations: Jan. 4, 2009
2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award winners: The Railway Club in Vancouver, Jan. 12, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Sean Penn in Milk
 

BEST FILM
* Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E 
BEST CANADIAN FILM
* C’est pas moi, je le jure!
Heaven on Earth
The Necessities of Life
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Tell No One
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
* Fifty Dead Men Walking
Edison and Leo
Stone of Destiny
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST DIRECTOR [...]

Top Ten Canadian Films of 2008

Top Ten Canadian Feature Films of 2008
(in alphabetical order, including future release dates)

Adoration (above) – Atom Egoyan (Entertainment One/Seville Pictures, May 2009)
Before Tomorrow – Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu (Alliance Films, February 2009)
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life) – Benoit Pilon (Entertainment One/Seville Pictures)
C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) – Philippe Falardeau (Entertainment One/Seville Pictures)
Fifty Dead Men Walking – Kari Skogland (TVA Films, Spring 2009)
Heaven on Earth – Deepa Mehta (Mongrel Media)
Lost Song – Rodrigue Jean
Maman est chez le coiffeur (Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s) – Léa Pool (Equinoxe Films)
La Mémoire des anges [...]

Jutra Awards 2007 Winners

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 Congorama came out on top as best film of 2006, in addition to wins for best director (Philippe Falardeau, right), best screenplay (also Falardeau), best actor (double winners Paul Ahmarani and Olivier Gourmet), and best supporting actor (Gabriel Arcand). Overall, Congorama won five of its six nominations. (André Turpin lost in the best cinematography category [...]

Jutra Awards 2007

2007 Jutra Awards
2007 Jutra Award Winners: Théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts in Montreal on February 18, 2007
2007 Prix Jutra Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Olivier Gourmet, Jean-Pierre Cassel in Congorama
 

BEST FILM / MEILLEUR FILM
Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Kevin Tierney (Park Ex Pictures)
* Congorama, Luc Déry — Kim McCraw (micro_scope, Tarantula)
Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali, Lyse Lafontaine — Michael Mosca (Productions Equinoxe)
La Vie secrète des gens heureux / The Secret Life of Happy People, Roger Frappier — Luc Vandal (MaxFilms)

BEST DIRECTION /MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
Érik Canuel, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
* Philippe Falardeau, Congorama
Robert Favreau, Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali
Claude Gagnon, Kamataki
BEST ACTOR / MEILLEUR ACTEUR
* Paul Ahmarani and Olivier Gourmet, Congorama
Marc [...]

Genie Awards 2007

2007 Genie Awards
2007 Genie Award nominations: January 9, 2007
2007 Genie Award winners: The Carlu atop Toronto’s College Park on February 13, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Patrick Huard, Colm Feore in Bon Cop, Bad Cop
 

Best Film
* Bon Cop, Bad Cop – Kevin Tierney
Guide de la Petite Vengeance / The Little Book of Revenge – Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal
Maurice Richard / The Rocket – Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie – Barrie Dunn, Mike Clattenburg, Michael Volpe
Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali – Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca
Best Documentary
La planète blanche / The White Planet – Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert
* Manufactured Landscapes – Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron, Peter [...]