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30th Genie Awards
The 30th Genie Awards were presented on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009."Polytechnique sweeps Genie Awards" '''', April 12, 2010. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2010. Controversy Despite having won three awards at the and having been selected as Canada's submission for[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kool Haus
The Guvernment, formerly known as RPM, was a nightclub complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was also the name of one of the two main performance venues within the complex. The other venue was Kool Haus (formerly The Warehouse). Other smaller rooms within the complex included: The Drink (renovated to become Cathouse then Surface), D'Luxe Lounge (renovated to become Haven), The Orange Room (renovated to become Chroma), SkyBar, Charlies (renovated to become Gallery), Tanja and Acid Lounge. The Guvernment opened in 1996 and closed in early 2015. Prior to closure, the property was sold to The Daniels Corporation real estate development company and is since March 2015 in the process of being turned into C$700 million condominium development called City of the Arts. History Fresh The site of the Guvernment was first converted into a nightclub in 1984 as Fresh Restaurant and Nightclub by Tony and Albert Assoon, two of the four Assoon brothers who had simultaneously been running the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Burns
Martha Burns (born 23 April 1957)"Martha Burns returns to her roots" '''', March 26, 2010. is a Canadian actress known for her stage work and youth outreach in Ontario and her leading role as Ellen Fanshaw in the TV series ''''. Early life Burns was born and raised in |
Shawn Williamson
Shawn Williamson (born April 26, 1965) is a Canadian film and television producer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Early life Williamson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Shawn began his career as a stage manager at The Arts Club Theatre in 1983 and has since produced live events, live television and television series, as well as feature films. Career In 2001, Williamson started Brightlight Pictures and has since been developing, financing, and producing feature films and television series. He has filmed in a variety of international locations, including: Singapore, Croatia, Romania, France, England, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. ''Fifty Dead Men Walking'' (Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess) was produced as a Canada/UK co-production, filmed in Belfast, and opened with a Gala Premier spot at the Toronto International Film Festival. Williamson executive produced the feature film ''The Interview'' (Seth Rogen, James Franco) for Columbia Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Dead Men Walking
''Fifty Dead Men Walking'' is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name. It premiered in September 2008, and stars Jim Sturgess as McGartland, a British agent who went undercover into the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and Ben Kingsley as Fergus, his British handler. The film is set from 1988 until 1991, the time in which McGartland acted as an undercover agent within the IRA during The Troubles. In 1991, his cover was blown and he was kidnapped by the IRA, although he later escaped from an interrogation and execution, and went into hiding. At the time of the release of the film, McGartland was still in hiding. The film takes its name from McGartland's claim within his book to have saved the lives of fifty people (police officers, soldiers, and prison guards) during his time as an agent. Plot Martin McGartland is a 21-year-old street hustler in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Rituit
Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include: *Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer *Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player *Stéphane Allagnon, French film director and screenwriter *Stéphane Antiga (born 1976), French volleyball player *Stéphane Artano *Stéphane Audran *Stéphane Augé (born 1974), French road racing cyclist *Stéphane Auger (born 1970), Canadian hockey referee *Stéphane Auvray *Stéphane Azambre *Stéphane Bancel (born 1972/1973), French billionaire businessman *Stéphane Beauregard (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player *Stéphane Belmondo *Stéphane Bergeron *Stéphane Bernadis *Stéphane Besle *Stéphane Biakolo *Stéphane Billette *Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra (1937–2007), Congolese politician *Stéphane Bonneau *Stéphane Bonnes *Stéphane Bonsergent *Stéphane Borbiconi *Stéphane Boudin *Stéphane Breitwieser *Stéphane Bruey *Stà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Tomorrow
''Before Tomorrow'' (french: Le jour avant le lendemain) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel ''Før Morgendagen'' by Danish writer Jørn Riel. It was the third film released by Igloolik Isuma Productions, an Inuit film studio best known for the film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'', and is the first feature film to be made by Arnait Video Productions, a women's Inuit film collective. Set in a small Inuit community in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec in the 1840s, the film stars Madeline Ivalu as Ninioq, an Inuk elder isolated with her grandson Maniq (Paul-Dylan Ivalu) after most of their community perishes from smallpox transmitted by strange traders. "Their adaptation moves the setting from northeast Greenland to northwest Ungava (Nunavik) and from the 1960s to the 1840s, when explorers and whalers began to trade with local Inuit and transmitted contagious diseases." The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Rosato
Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, Duke of Lotharingia and saint * Bruno (bishop of Verden) (920–976), German Roman Catholic bishop * Pope Gregory V (c. 972–999), born Bruno of Carinthia * Bruno of Querfurt (c. 974–1009), Christian missionary bishop, martyr and saint * Bruno of Augsburg (c. 992–1029), Bishop of Augsburg * Bruno (bishop of Würzburg) (1005–1045), German Roman Catholic bishop * Pope Leo IX (1002–1054), born Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg * Bruno II (1024–1057), Frisian count or margrave * Bruno the Saxon (fl. 2nd half of the 11th century), historian * Saint Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians * Bruno (bishop of Segni) (c. 1045–1123), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and saint * Bruno (archbishop of Trier) (died 1124), German Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Martinez (producer)
Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Sandy (surname), a list of people *Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983) *(Sandy) Alex G, a former stage name of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexander Giannascoli (born 1993) *Sandy (Egyptian singer) (born 1986), Arabic singer * Sandy Mitchell, pen name of British writer Alex Stewart Places * Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, a market town and civil parish ** Sandy railway station * Sandy, Carmarthenshire, Wales * Sandy, Florida, an unincorporated area in Manatee County * Sandy, Oregon, a city * Sandy, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Sandy, Utah, a city * Sandy, Kanawha County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy, Monongalia County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy, Taylor County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy Bay (Newfoundland and La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Donovan (director)
Jim Donovan (born 1964 in Quebec) is a Canadian TV director and film director. He wrote and directed ''3 saisons'', which won several international awards, including Best Feature at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival, Best Director at the 2009 Mexico International Film Festival, and Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival. Background He received a 2005 Directors Guild of Canada nomination for ''Pure'', his first feature film. He relocated from Montreal to Toronto in early 2010, and founded Undertow Entertainment in 2011. In 2013 Donovan was presented with a Canadian Screen Award for best director for his work on the television series ''Flashpoint''. In 2014 Donovan was nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Drama Television Series, for the program ''Cracked; Ghost Dance''. Partial filmography Films *''2 Mayhem 3'', 1996 *''Agent Provocateur'', 1997 *''Pure Pure may refer to: Computing * A pure function * A pure virtual function * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Bouchard
Maude may refer to: Places *Maude, New South Wales, a village on the lower Murrumbidgee River in Australia *Maude, South Australia, a locality in South Australia *Maude, Victoria, a town in Australia *Cape Maude, a high ice-covered cape forming the east end of Vaughan promontory in Antarctica *Mount Maude, a peak in the Entiat Mountains, a subrange of the North Cascades, in Washington state Other uses *Maude (name) * ''Maude'' (TV series), a 1972–1978 CBS television situation comedy starring Beatrice Arthur *Maude Flanders (fictional), wife of Ned Flanders from ''The Simpsons'' *Maude system, implementing reflective logic and rewriting logic See also *''Harold and Maude'', a 1971 cult classic movie *Matilda (other) Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Seasons
3 Seasons (french: 3 saisons) is a 2009 Canadian psychological drama, directed and written by Jim Donovan. The film was produced on a minimalist budget with support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Comedians.Films du Quebec "3 saisons – Film de Jim Donovan" The story follows the lives of two couples experiencing an unexpected life change, as well as a middle-aged father seeking revenge for his life's misfortune. Leader Post summaries this film as " a gritty, multi-layered drama about the intersecting lives of two Montreal couples and a grieving middle-aged father visiting from Alberta. With pregnancy and parenthood as the unifying themes, the movie covers a period of nine months, evoking both the three seasons of the title and the length of a normal pregnancy". The three stories transect and reflect each other, displaying the same themes within similar but different situations. With a small audience range of 700 spectators in theatres, the film succeeded winning many rewar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Carmody
Donald Carmody (born April 16, 1951) is an American-born Canadian film and television producer. Born in Rhode Island and raised in Montreal, he earned a BA in communication studies from Loyola College, one of Concordia University's founding institutions, in 1972. He began his career in the 1970s at Cinèpix Film Properties, where he worked on the early films of David Cronenberg with Ivan Reitman, and later moved to Harold Greenberg’s Astral Bellevue Pathé, where he was an executive in charge of production. Leaving Astral, he served as co-producer on Bob Clark’s box office smash, ''Porky's'', for decades, Canada's highest-grossing film worldwide. Carmody has produced some 100 films thus far, including Denis Villeneuve's '' Polytechnique'' (2009), ''The Mighty'', '' Yesterday'', ''The Boondock Saints'', and he was a member of the producing team on the hit musical ''Chicago'', which was shot in Toronto and won an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Picture. He has also prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
