Philippe Falardeau Articles

Anders W. Berthelsen, Paprika Steen, Sebastián Estevanez in Ole Christian Madsen’s SuperClásico The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of nine films still in contention for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Sixty-three films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director; Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]