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Martin Paul-Hus
Martin Paul-Hus is a Canadian film producer.Etan Vlessing, "Filmmakers take funding search global; Co-production treaties give Canadian content new meaning". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', June 6, 2008. He is most noted as producer of the films '' Eisenstein'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Motion Picture at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, and ''Babysitter'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee in the same category at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.Etan Vlessing"Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', February 22, 2023. A producer with Amérique Film, his other credits have included the films '' The Moving Statue (La liberté d'une statue)'', ''Puffball'', ''Stay'', '' Buddha's Little Finger'', ''Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun),'' ''Peace by Chocolate'' and ''Song of Granite ''Song of Granite'' is a 2017 Irish biographical drama film In film and television, drama is a categor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moving Statue
''The Moving Statue'' (french: La liberté d'une statue) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Olivier Asselin and released in 1990.Gilles Marsolais, "Retour aux sources: La liberté d’une statue d’Olivier Asselin". ''24 images'', No. 49 (Summer 1990). p. 4–7. An experimental black-and-white film inspired by the silent film era,"« La liberté d’une statue » d’Olivier Asselin sera projeté à la Cinémathèque québécoise le 14 février" ''Lien Multimédia'', February 14, 2019. the film is presented as an old Egyptian silent film that has just recently been rediscovered, and is being translated to the viewing audience by means of a deaf li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Quebecers
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producers From Quebec
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Granite
''Song of Granite'' is a 2017 Irish biographical drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ... directed by Pat Collins (director), Pat Collins. It was selected as the Irish entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot The origins and rise of sean-nós singing, sean-nós singer Joe Heaney are charted. Cast * Colm Seoighe as Joe 1 * Mícheál Ó Confhaola as Joe 2 * Macdara Ó Fátharta as Joe 3 * Leni Parker as Mrs. Rosenblatt * Alain Goulem as Alan Lomax * Jaren Cerf as Rosie See also * List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Irish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace By Chocolate (film)
''Peace by Chocolate'' is a 2021 Canadian drama film, directed, produced, edited, and co-written by Jonathan Keijser.Nick Vivarelli"Syrian Refugee Drama ‘Peace by Chocolate,’ Starring Hatem Ali, to Bow at Tribeca, UTA Selling" ''Variety'', May 3, 2021. The film is based on the true story of the Hadhads, a family from Syria who moved to Canada as refugees from the Syrian civil war, settling in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and establishing the Peace by Chocolate artisanal chocolate shop.Brooklyn Currie"Peace by Chocolate film to debut at NYC's Tribeca Film Festival" CBC News Nova Scotia, May 3, 2021. The film stars Hatem Ali as patriarch Issam Hadhad and Ayham Abou Ammar as Tareq Hadhad. It was Ali's final film role before his death in December 2020. The cast also includes Yara Sabri as Shahnaz Hadhad, Najlaa Al Khamri as Alaa Hadhad, Mark Camacho as their Canadian immigration sponsor Frank Gallant and Laurent Pitre as an employee of the chocolate factory, as well as a brief appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slut In A Good Way
''Slut in a Good Way'' (french: Charlotte a du fun) is a Canadian black-and-white comedy film from Quebec written by Catherine Léger and directed by Sophie Lorain. It stars Marguerite Bouchard, Romane Denise, and Rose Adam as three teenage girls navigating their sexuality and rebelling against sexual double standards. The film premiered in Canada in March 2018 and subsequently screened at the Tribeca Festival. The film earned a positive reception from critics who applauded its sex-positive message and its novel approach to the coming-of-age and romantic comedy genres. Léger won a Canadian Screen Award for her script. Synopsis 17-year-old Charlotte is reeling from a breakup with her boyfriend, who confessed to her he is gay right after she lost her virginity to him. One day, Charlotte and her friends Mégane and Aube wander into the big-box toy store Jouets Dépôt, and after discovering that several attractive guys work there, the girls apply for part-time jobs. On her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddha's Little Finger (film)
''Buddha's Little Finger'' is an English-language feature film directed by Tony Pemberton and starring Toby Kebbell. The screenplay is based on Victor Pelevin's 1996 novel ''Chapayev and Void'', which is known in the US as ''Buddha's Little Finger'' and in the UK as ''Clay Machine Gun''. The genre of the film has been called Drama film, drama, psychological fiction, psychological romance, Art film, arthouse, and Thriller (genre), thriller. It was released in Germany on September 1, 2015. Synopsis Unemployed Russian poet Pyotr Voyd arrested by KGB during the 1991 Soviet August Coup, by tortures he loses consciousness and appears in 1919 post-revolutionary Russia, where he fights on the same side with the legendary Red cavalry commander Chapaev and his machine-gunner Anka. The strange memory lapses all the time throw him to the bandits' Moscow of nineties, then to the Russian Civil War back and forth, again and again. Cast * Toby Kebbell as Pyotr Voyd * André Hennicke as Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay (2013 Film)
''Stay'' is a 2013 film directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld, who adapted the story from the Aislinn Hunter novel. The movie stars Taylor Schilling, Aidan Quinn, and Michael Ironside. It is a Canadian-Irish drama film co-production. Production The film is a joint Canadian-Irish production by Amerique Film, Samson Films and Submission Films. The producers are Paul-Martin Hus, David Collins, Andrew Boutillier and Martina Niland, and the executive producer is Mark Slone. ''Stay'' was filmed in Connemara, Country Galway, Ireland and Montréal, Québec, Canada. Plot The movie ''Stay'', based on the novel by Aislinn Hunter, is a movie about troubled young woman Abby (Taylor Schilling) who falls in love with her former professor Dermot ( Aiden Quinn). The mismatched couple is very much in love from the first scene of the movie. The couple lives in Ireland where the villagers disapprove of their relationship but they remain content with their situation. But when Abby suddenly gets pregna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puffball (film)
''Puffball'' is a 2007 supernatural drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, his final feature before his death in 2018. The script was adapted from Fay Weldon's 1980 novel of the same name by her son, Dan Weldon. The film was partially funded through the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund. The film had its premiere at the Transilvania International Film Festival on 3 June 2007. The film was later released in Canada on 28 October 2007, and saw a limited release in the United States on 29 February 2008. Plot Liffey, an ambitious young architect, moves to an isolated and eerie Irish valley to build a modern piece of architecture. The ruined cottage and land that she will use are a gift from her fiancé Richard, and is the former home of Molly, the elderly matriarch of a farming family living on the other side of the woods. Molly's daughter is Mabs, herself mother of three girls and wife to farmer Tucker. Now in her forties, Mabs wants another baby, a boy to inherit the farm – or pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Times-Colonist
The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by the Sept. 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ''Daily Colonist''), established in 1858 by Amor De Cosmos who was later British Columbia's second Premier. The ''British Colonist'' was B.C.'s first paper "of any permanence". De Cosmos was the editor until 1866 when D.W. Higgins took over — he would remain in the role for the next twenty years. Local news receives the greatest prominence in the ''Times Colonist''. Stories and photographs about Greater Victoria are often featured on the front page. The newspaper also has national and international stories, plus sections covering the arts, sports, and business. The Times Colonist has a website as well as an e-edition, which offers a digital replica of the printed pages. According to News Media Canada, the Times Colonist saw an average daily circu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
