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Forest Alert
''Forest Alert'' (french: L'Erreur boréale) is a Canadian documentary film directed by Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie, released in 1999. The film is a portrait of the forestry industry in Quebec, centred on its reliance on the environmentally unfriendly practice of clearcutting.Don McPherson, "Voice of the poet: It took a singer and film-maker to put environment back on political agenda". ''Montreal Gazette'', April 10, 1999. The film's original French title, which literally means "Northern Error" and refers to the boreal forest, is also a pun on ''l'aurore boréale'', the French name for the aurora borealis. The film won the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 1st Jutra Awards.John Griffin, "Red Violin makes sweet Jutra music: Wins nine awards, including best picture, best director". ''Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other ...
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Richard Desjardins
Richard Desjardins (born March 16, 1948) is a Québécois folk singer and film director. Career Desjardins and his friends formed the country rock ensemble Abbitibbi in the 1970s; Desjardins played piano, guitar, and sang. When the group disbanded in 1982, Desjardins pursued a solo career. He released a number of solo albums, including ''Tu m'aimes-tu'' in 1990Colin Larkin. The encyclopedia of popular music'. Oxford Univ.; 2000.. p. 865. and ''Boom Boom'', which appeared on the RPM 100 Top Albums list in 1998. Desjardins also found work scoring films, especially documentaries. This involvement in the Quebec film industry even led him to co-direct a number of feature-length documentaries. He was known for his environmental activism, especially with regards to protecting forests from over-exploitation, and to promote this he created the documentary film ''L'erreur boréale'' in 1999. In 2007 Desjardins, along with Robert Monderie, created ''The Invisible People'', a documentary a ...
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Prix Iris For Best Documentary Film
The Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film (french: Prix Iris du meilleur film documentaire) is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best documentary film made within the cinema of Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor 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 Feature Length Documentary References

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French-language Canadian Films
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1990s French-language Films
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National Film Board Of Canada Documentaries
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Quebec Films
The history of cinema in Quebec started on June 27, 1896 when the Frenchman Louis Minier inaugurated the first movie projection in North America in a Montreal theatre room. However, it would have to wait until the 1960s before a genuine Quebec cinema industry would emerge. Approximately 620 feature-length films have been produced, or partially produced by the Quebec film industry since 1943. Due to language and cultural differences between the predominantly francophone population of Quebec and the predominantly anglophone population of the rest of Canada, Quebec's film industry is commonly regarded as a distinct entity from its English Canadian counterpart. In addition to participating in Canada's national Genie Awards, the Quebec film industry also maintains its own awards ceremony, the Prix Iris (formerly known as Jutra). In addition, the popularity of homegrown French language films among Quebec audiences, as opposed to English Canadians' preference for Hollywood films, mean ...
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Canadian Documentary Films
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1999 Documentary Films
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1999 Films
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1st Jutra Awards
The 1st Jutra Awards were held on March 7, 1999 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 1998."Red Violin makes sweet Jutra music: Wins nine awards, including best picture, best director". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 8, 1999. The host of the ceremony was Rémy Girard. The film ''The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge)'' garnered the most nominations, with 11,"Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". ''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 ...'', January 28, 1999. and the most wins, with nine including Best Picture. Winners and nominees References {{Quebec Cinema Awards 1999 in Quebec Jutra 01 1998 in Canadian cinema ...
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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"
, 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