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Prix Iris For Best Film
The Prix Iris for Best Film (french: Prix Iris du meilleur film) is an annual film award presented Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best film made within the Cinema of Quebec.Paul Townend and Maurie Alioff"Prix Iris" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', April 5, 2010. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best 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 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Québec Cinéma
Québec Cinéma is a Canadian organization based in Quebec, whose mission is to promote and develop the Cinema of Quebec. The organization's programs include the Prix Iris, the annual film awards for Quebec films; the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, an annual film festival; the Lab Québec Cinéma, which works with schools to facilitate the use of Quebec films in educational contexts; and Tournée Québec Cinéma, which presents an annual touring minifestival of Quebec films in English Canadian cities where French-language films from Quebec would not otherwise receive theatrical distribution. In December 2018, the organization announced a partnership with Netflix to launch Talent Lab, a professional development program for people entering the film industry. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Mortem (1999 Film)
''Post Mortem'' is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Louis Bélanger. at 's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. The film won two , including for Moreau. Cast * |
Lyse Lafontaine
Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942) is a Canadian film producer known for working with directors Jean-Claude Lauzon and Xavier Dolan. She works at Lyla Films in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Early life Born to '' La Presse'' reporter Gaston Lafontaine, Lyse studied literature at the Université de Montréal and earned her degree. She married Stéphane Venne and managed the rock band Offenbach in 1972. She became a stage manager on the 1974 film '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'', and married her second husband, moving to The Bahamas for two years before returning to Canada. Career In 1976, Lafontaine served as location manager for the film '' The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'', starring Jodie Foster. Lafontaine met Lauzon when he was pitching his screenplay for ''Léolo'' (1992), which other producers had rejected. It became the first film she produced, with Aimée Danis, for which they were nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. While in Italy during filming, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Orphan Muses
''The Orphan Muses'' (french: Les Muses orphelines) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Favreau and released in 2000."Oh what tangled webs we weave: One lie changes the lives of four siblings in the film adaptation of Les Muses Orphelines". ''Montreal Gazette'', November 3, 2000. An adaptation of the play by Michel Marc Bouchard, the film stars Marina Orsini, Céline Bonnier, Stéphane Demers and Fanny Mallette as a group of adult siblings dealing with the revelation of a longtime family secret. The Tanguay siblings grew up as orphans, after their father died and their mother (Louise Portal) ran off with her new lover. Although older siblings Catherine (Orsini), Martine (Bonnier) and Luc (Demers) knew the truth, they conspired to protect their emotionally fragile youngest sister Isabelle (Mallette) by telling her that their mother was dead as well. The film's plot centres on the fallout within the family of the now adult but still emotionally immature Isabelle finally le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life After Love (film)
''Life After Love'' (french: La vie après l'amour) is a 2000 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Gabriel Pelletier. The film stars Michel Côté as Gilles, a man who is desperately trying to win back the love of his ex-wife Sophie ( Sylvie Léonard) after she leaves him for another man. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 21st Genie Awards, for Best Supporting Actor (Patrick Huard) and Best Costume Design ( Denis Sperdouklis). It received five Prix Jutra nominations at the 3rd Jutra Awards, for Best Film, Best Actor (Côté), Best Supporting Actor (Huard), Best Supporting Actress (Guylaine Tremblay) and Best Screenplay (Ken Scott Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff B ...), as well as winning the ''Billet d'or'' as the year's top-grossing Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochelaga (film)
''Hochelaga'' is a French language Canadian crime drama written and directed by Michel Jetté.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 100. Produced in the year 2000, it stars Dominic Darceuil as a young would-be criminal and his deepening involvement with an outlaw motorcycle club during the Quebec Biker war. Cast *Dominic Darceuil ... Marc * David Boutin ... Finger *Ronald Houle ... Massif *Jean-Nicolas Verreault ... Eric 'Nose' Beaupré *Michel Charette ... Bof *Deano Clavet ... Tatou *Claudia Hurtubise ... Coco *Patrick Peuvion ... Frais-Chié *Paul Dion ... Popeye *Michèle Péloquin ... Mère de Marc *André Lacoste ... Stash *Michael D'Amico ... Motton * Catherine Trudeau ... Louise Awards David Boutin won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001. The film was also nominated for Best Film, Best Director (Jetté), Best Screenplay (Jetté), Best Sound (Dominique Delguste), Best Editing (Jetté, Louise Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Vandal
Luc Vandal (born 1955 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a Canadian Quebecois film producer. He is most noted as a producer of Denis Villeneuve's 2000 film '' Maelström'', which won the Genie Award for Best Picture at the 21st Genie Awards and the Jutra Award for Best Film at the 3rd Jutra Awards. Filmography * ''CSN'', 1996 * ''The Haven (La conciergerie)'', 1997 * '' When I Will Be Gone (L'âge de braise)'', 1998 * ''Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)'', 1999 * '' Life After Love (La vie après l'amour)'', 2000 * '' Maelström'', 2000 * ''Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron)'', 2001 * ''Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides)'', 2002 * '' How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)'', 2003 * ''Father and Sons (Père et fils)'', 2003 * ''Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction)'', 2003 * '' Life with My Father (La vie avec mon père)'', 2005 * ''Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés)'', 2005 * '' The Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maelström (film)
''Maelström'' is a 2000 Canadian psychological drama film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed young businesswoman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she killed in a hit-and-run accident. Employing fantasy and comedic elements, ''Maelström'' is narrated by a talking fish. Villeneuve conceived of the story, basing it on his interest in car accidents and modelling the protagonist after various women he knew. He cast Croze, then a novice actress, in the lead role. Filming took place in Montreal in 1999, with animatronics to depict the fish narrator. The film premiered at the Montréal World Film Festival in August 2000 and received positive reviews, with some detractors. It won five Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. Plot While being gutted alive by a fishmonger, a dying fish chooses to share a story that took place in Quebec du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Jutra Awards and Élise Guilbault.
The 3rd Jutra Awards were held on February 25, 2001 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2000."Maelstrom hooks 8 more: Denis Villeneuve's fish fable takes best picture, actress, director". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 26, 2001. The hosts of the ceremony were Yves Jacques Yves Jacques OC (born 10 May 1956) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.Yves Jacques ... Winners and nominees References {{Quebec Cinema Awards 2001 in Quebec[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories Unlocked
''Memories Unlocked'' (french: Souvenirs intimes) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Beaudin and released in 1999. Based on the novel ''Homme invisible à la fenêtre'' by Monique Proulx, the film stars James Hyndman as Max, a paraplegic artist whose ex-girlfriend Lucie ( Pascale Bussières) returns several years after their breakup to accuse him of rape. The film's cast also includes Pierre-Luc Brillant, Yves Jacques, Louise Portal, Michel Charette, Marcel Sabourin and Sébastien Huberdeau. The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay (Beaudin, Proulx), Best Cinematography ( Pierre Gill), Best Art Direction/Production Design ( François Séguin) and Best Overall Sound (Serge Beauchemin, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Hans Peter Strobl)."The Nominees". '' Edmonton Journal'', December 8, 1999. It received five Prix Jutra The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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