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Aspiration (film)
''Aspiration'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Constant Mentzas and released in 2002. The film is a silent depiction of a man (Nicolino Marinacci)'s isolation and anguish. The film was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003. It was subsequently screened at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film; in his acceptance speech, Mentzas joked that he knew he had won the award when he realized that he was the only director of a Canadian short film who had been invited to the awards luncheon, before thanking the jury for paying attention to the film and not falling asleep.Liam Lacey, "Two veterans take the top film-festival honours". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays ...
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Constant Mentzas
Constant Mentzas is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and restaurateur from Montreal, Quebec.Marie Paris"Portrait de chef : Constant Mentzas" ''Voir'', October 3, 2019. He is most noted for the short films '' Aspiration'', which was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards and won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, and ''Gilles'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.Linda Barnard"Drama rules as Genie nominations announced" ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...'', March 1, 2010. He subsequently left the film business to take over ownership and operation of Ikanos, his father's Greek restaurant in Montr ...
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Hamilton Spectator
''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Hamilton Spectator'' was first published July 15, 1846, as ''The Hamilton Spectator and Journal of Commerce''. Founded by Robert Smiley and a partner, the paper was sold in 1877 to William Southam, who founded the Southam newspaper chain and made the ''Spectator'' the first of the chain. The Southam chain was sold in 1998 to Conrad Black, who in turn sold off ''The Hamilton Spectator'' to Toronto-based Sun Media. In 1999, the ''Spectator'' was sold for a third time to Torstar Corporation. On May 26, 2020, its parent company, Torstar, agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm. The deal was expected to close by year end. Publication ''The Hamilton Spectator'' is published six days a week by Metroland Media Group, a ...
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Jutra Award
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"
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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



Prix Iris For Best Live Action Short Film
The Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film (french: Prix Iris du meilleur court ou moyen métrage de fiction) is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best short film made within the cinema of Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra. Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 award was presented under the name Québec Cinéma. The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama The Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian live action short film. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Ca ... References {{Quebec Cinema Awards Awards established in 1999 Shor ...
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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 ...
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Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and Canada's oldest daily newspaper still in publication. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire, pour la ville et district de Montréal'' on June 3, 1778. It was the first entirely French-language newspaper i ...
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2003 Toronto International Film Festival
The 28th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 2003. A total of 336 films (252 feature length and 84 short films) from 55 countries were screened during the festival. Of the feature films, 73% were world, international, or North American premieres. Awards Programmes Viacom Galas * '' Bon Voyage'' directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau * '' The Boys from County Clare'' directed by John Irvin * ''Code 46'' directed by Michael Winterbottom * '' The Company'' directed by Robert Altman * ''Danny Deckchair'' directed by Jeff Balsmeyer * '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'' directed by Peter Webber * '' Good Morning, Night'' directed by Marco Bellocchio * ''The Human Stain'' directed by Robert Benton * ''In the Cut'' directed by Jane Campion * ''The Barbarian Invasions'' directed by Denys Arcand * '' Mambo Italiano'' directed by Émile Gaudreault * ''Matchstick Men'' directed by Ridley Scott * '' Nathalie...'' directed by Anne Fontaine * '' Out of Time'' dire ...
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Toronto International Film Festival Award For Best Canadian Short Film
The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film, formerly also known as the National Film Board of Canada, NFB John Spotton Award, is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film judged to be the best Canadian short film of the festival. As of 2017, the award is sponsored by International Watch Company and known as the "IWC Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film". Winners References

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The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ...
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2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was ...
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Canadian Drama Short Films
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