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14th Genie Awards
The 14th Genie Awards were held on December 12, 1993."Glenn Gould Still Scoring Prizes". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 13, 1993. In a bid to increase the visibility of the Genie Awards in the francophone market in Quebec, the ceremony was held in Montreal and conducted in French for the first time."The 1993 Genies, live, from Montreal". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 11, 1993. Hosted by Marc Labrèche, the ceremony was broadcast live on Radio-Canada, following which CBC Television aired a live special conducting English language interviews with the winners. Nominees and winners The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text. References External links Genie Awards 1993 on imdb {{Canadian Screen Awards 14 Genie Genie Genie Awards The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Cats
''Harmony Cats'' is a 1992 Canadian comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ..., directed by Sandy Wilson (director), Sandy Wilson.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 94. Plot ''Harmony Cats'' is about a violinist named Graham Braithwaite (Kim Coates) who plays with a British Columbia symphony. One day, the symphony stops playing permanently and Graham is left to find work elsewhere. He joins a country music band as a bassist and becomes caught between members of the new band.Lee Bacchus, "Harmony Cats'll have you humming: No Oscar, but music is real fine". ''The Province'', May 10, 1993. Production The film received $333,140 from BC Film. Recognition References Works cited * External links * 1992 films English-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paule Baillargeon
Paule Baillargeon (born July 19, 1945 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and was a nominee for Best Director for '' The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles)''. Her film roles have included ''August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)'', ''Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)'', ''A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel)'', ''Réjeanne Padovani'' and '' Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)''. Baillargeon received a classical education at the Ursuline Convent in Quebec City and at the École Sophie-Barat in Montreal. She left the National Theatre School of Canada in 1969 without graduating and, along with Raymond Cloutier and others, founded the experimental theatre group Le Grand Cirque Ordinaire. For several years she participated in writing and performing in its collective creations, which had a marked effect on the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Wilson (director)
Sandra “Sandy” Wilson (born 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is best known for her films ''My American Cousin'' (1985) and ''Harmony Cats'' (1992)''.'' Most of her films take place in the same areas she grew up: Penticton and Okanagan. Wilson has received critical acclaim for her films. At the 1986 Genie Awards, ''My American Cousin'' won six awards including Best Achievement in Direction, Best Original Screenplay and Best Motion Picture. ''Harmony Cats'' was nominated for Genie Awards in 1993. Early life and education Sandra “Sandy” Wilson was born in 1947 in Penticton, B.C. and is of English descent. She grew up in Paradise Ranch just outside of Penticton. She has a brother named Brian, who has a physical disability. He was the subject and inspiration for Wilson's 1972 documentary ''He’s Not the Walking Kind.'' Wilson studied English and History at Simon Fraser University. She never intended to become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mihalka
George Mihalka (born 1953) is a Hungarian-born Canadian filmmaker. He is known for his 1981 slasher film '' My Bloody Valentine'' which was remade in 2009. Career In Canada since 1963, George Mihalka studied film at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. In 1981, he directed '' My Bloody Valentine'', a low-budget ‘slasher’ for Paramount that was a modest box office hit. He has since directed in Quebec, Europe and the U.S., moving with ease from French to English, comedy to drama, theatrical features to episodic television. His 1993 satirical feature, ''La Florida'', about Quebec snowbirds, was a huge hit in that province and the Golden Reel Award winner for the highest-grossing Canadian film of the year. Filmography *'' Pick-up Summer'' (1980) *'' My Bloody Valentine'' (1981) *''Scandale'' (1982) *''The Blue Man'' (1985) *'' Shades of Love: Midnight Magic'' (1988) *'' Office Party'' (1988) *'' Le chemin de Damas'' (1988) *'' Crossbow: The Movie'' (1989) *''Straight Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calendar (1993 Film)
''Calendar'' ( hy, Օրացույց) is a 1993 drama film directed by Atom Egoyan. Plot A photographer (Atom Egoyan) is sent to Armenia to take pictures of churches for a calendar. He slowly begins to realise that his wife ( Arsinée Khanjian), an Armenian translator, is falling in love with their driver and guide, Ashot ( Ashot Adamyan). They grow more and more distant from each other and finally separate. In a few parallel sequences of flashforwards, the photographer uses an escort agency to invite a number of women, all from countries culturally or racially related to Armenia, to dinner in a similar setting at his home in Toronto. It is suggested during the last date that the ritualistic phone usage during the dinner was pre-arranged and the photographer uses the occasion to see if he feels comfortable with his date in such a domestic setting and whether she is in some way similar to his estranged wife. Style The film is narrated by the photographer. Interactions between the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica'' (1994), a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama ''The Sweet Hereafter (film), The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), for which he received two Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations, and his biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller ''Chloe (2009 film), Chloe'' (2009). He is considered by local film critic Geoff Pevere to be one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Egoyan's work often explores themes of social alienation, alienation and solitude, isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. Egoyan's films often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Girard
François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Cargo''; he attained international recognition following his 1993 ''Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'', a series of vignettes about the life of piano prodigy Glenn Gould. In 1998, he wrote and directed ''The Red Violin'', which follows the ownership of a red violin over several centuries. ''The Red Violin'' won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards. He has also directed various works for the stage, including Stravinsky's ''Symphony of Psalms'', '' Oedipus Rex'' and '' Novencento'' at the Edinburgh International Festival; Kafka's ''The Trial'', adapted for the stage by Serge Lamothe at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa; the oratorio '' Lost Objects'' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Roch Marcotte
Jean-Roch Pédri, known as just Jean-Roch (born 3 October 1966 in Toulon, France), is a French singer-songwriter and DJ/producer of electronic music and the founder of "Vip Room". He is also founder of the record label John-Roch Records. Career While young he aspired for a sports career as a football player, but at 16 had to fold his sports plans to help in the family restaurant business. In 2004, he released his debut single "Can You Feel It" (Arrangement from Rocky OST - "Going the Distance"), in support of the French football team in Euro 2004 held in Portugal, followed by "God Bless Rock'n'Roll" as tribute to many rock legends. In 2008 took la Scala in Paris, transforming it into a ''Vip Room Theater'', including 3000 sq. meters of space with a boutique selling Vip Room products, the bar Hysteria and the restaurant ''Le Gioia''. In 2010, Jean-Roch released the single "My Love Is Over" and in May 2011 "I'm Alright" in collaboration with Kat DeLuna and Flo Rida from album '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Gendron (producer)
Pierre Gendron may refer to: * Pierre Gendron (academic) (1916–1984), Canadian academic * Pierre Gendron (actor) (1896–1956), American actor and screenwriter * Pierre-Samuel Gendron (1828–1889), notary and political figure in Quebec, Canada {{hndis, Gendron, Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sex Of The Stars
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon McGowan (producer)
Sharon McGowan is an American lawyer. She is the legal director and chief strategy officer for Lambda Legal. McGowan was an Obama administration appointee in the role of Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for Policy at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. She also served as Principal Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice. In 2019, she was honored with the Stonewall Award, bestowed by the American Bar Association's Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Early life and education McGowan was raised in Queens. Her father was an NYPD lieutenant and commanding officer of the hostage negotiation team. Her mother was a secretary at St. Kevin's Roman Catholic Church. McGowan entered storytelling contests as an adolescent and as a teen, partook in her high school forensics club. She came out as gay to her parents in the late '90s. While earning her undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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