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5th Jutra Awards
The 5th Jutra Awards were held on February 23, 2003 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2002.Brendan Kelly"‘Seraphin’ tops list at Jutra noms" ''Variety'', January 28, 2003. '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)'' received ten nominations and became the first film to receive five acting nominations and the second to receive at least one in every acting category. It also became the fourth film to receive two acting awards and the first to win both Best Actor, for Pierre Lebeau, and Best Actress, for Karine Vanasse. In total, the film won six competitive awards and the Billet d'or award. With seven nominations, Ricardo Trogi's comedy ''Québec-Montréal'' was the night's big winner, receiving four awards in major categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Isabelle Blais. Luc Picard and Karine Vanasse became the first actors to win two acting awards. Picard previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jutra Awards
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec."Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal" , October 14, 2016. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award (Prix Jutra, with the ceremony called La Soirée des Jutra) in memory of influential Quebec film director , but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication of |
Set Me Free (1999 Film)
''Set Me Free'' (french: Emporte-moi) is a 1999 Canadian coming-of-age drama film by Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963. The film heavily references the French new-wave film ''Vivre sa vie'' by Jean-Luc Godard. The film won critical acclaim and several awards, both for Pool and Vanasse, including being named the year's best Canadian feature by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Plot In 1963, Hanna, a 13-year old girl, is living on a farm in rural Quebec with her grandparents and uncle (who apparently has a developmental disability such as Down Syndrome) when she gets her first period. Soon after, she interrupts family dinner when her father calls her, much to her grandmother's annoyance. The onset of puberty (and her grandmother's relatively non-supportive explanation of it), as well as hearing from her father, trigger her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Nguyen
Kim Nguyen is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film ''War Witch (Rebelle)''. The film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards;"Canadian Screen Awards raises the star wattage" '''', March 3, 2013. in addition to being named and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for |
The Negro (film)
''The Negro'' (french: Le Nèg') is a 2002 Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Morin."Le Neg' shows up bigots: Morin's work is tough, personal". 'Montreal Gazette'', October 21, 2002. An examination of racism, the film centres on a police officer in a small Quebec town who is trying to reconstruct, through the conflicting testimony of witnesses and participants, the events of the night before, when the petty vandalism of a woman's lawn jockey escalated within a few hours to the woman being found dead and the young Black Canadian suspected of committing the vandalism having been viciously beaten in a field. The film's original title, equivalent in Quebec French to "the nigger", was controversial, with a Black youth group in Montreal demanding that the film's title and promotional poster be changed. Morin, however, defended his choice to use a controversial title, stating that "If it stirs up some controversy, then at least people will be talking about racism." The film's cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |