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Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma
The Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (formerly known as Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois) is a festival created in 1982 to celebrate the cinematographic production of Quebec, Canada. The goal of the festival is to promote the Cinema of Quebec and its makers in order to support its culture and stimulate its industry. It occurs in February, formerly coinciding with the ceremony awarding the Prix Iris. Although it serves as the premiere venue for some films, it also provides a repeat screening for many films that were already released in the previous year, in order to ensure that the festival and its awards are presenting a thorough and representative portrait of the province's film industry. Two editions are offered, one in Montreal and the other one in Quebec City. In Montreal, the event takes place at the Cinémathèque québécoise, the NFB Cinema and Cinéma Beaubien. In Quebec City, the Musée de la civilisation accommodates the festival. In 2018, the Rendez-vous du cinéma qué ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV5 Québec Canada
TV5 Québec Canada (abbreviated to TV5) is a Canadian French-language specialty channel that focuses primarily on programming from international French-speaking broadcasters. The channel shares a broadcast licence with its sister network, Unis, a channel devoted to broadcasting programming primarily focusing on Canadian French-speaking communities, in particular, those living outside of Quebec. History The idea of a Canadian feed of TV5Monde, then known simply as TV5 Canada, was first proposed in 1986 when the ''Consortium de télévision Québec Canada'' (''Television Consortium Québec Canada'' in English), comprising CBC/Radio Canada, Télé-Quebec, TFO and the ''Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec'', joined the TV5 consortium the same year. The proposed channel underwent a CRTC hearing on specialty channel applications in July 1987, and TV5 Québec Canada was launched on September 1, 1988 as the spiritual successor to the cable television chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Film Festivals In Canada
This is a list of film festivals that take place (or took place) in Canada. Where relevant, the list below notes when a festival is considered a qualifying festival for the purposes of the Canadian Screen Awards. National Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan , Saskatchewan International Film Festival , , Saskatoon , , , , , , '''', December 3, 2022. Yukon See also * |
List Of Quebec Festivals
This is a non-exhaustive list of festivals held in Quebec. Festivals by city *List of festivals and parades in Montreal List of festivals Gallery File:Célébration de la fête du Double Dix Montréal Canada.jpg, Célébration de la fête du Double Dix Montréal Canada File:Ice Castle Montreal Winter Carnival 1887.jpg, Ice Castle Montreal Winter Carnival 1887 See also *List of festivals in Canada *Lists of festivals by province or region *Culture of Quebec *Tourism in Quebec References External links Search for festivals in Quebec {{Canada topic, List of festivals in * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Christoff
Stefan Christoff is a Canadian journalist of Macedonian origin, community organizer and musician based in Montreal, Quebec. Arts As a social activist and artist Christoff has been involved in numerous efforts to build links between grassroots activism and the creative arts. Between 2000 and 2002 Christoff coordinated the ''Howl! Festival of Art and Revolution''. After launching in Montreal in 2000 the festival titled after the Allen Ginsberg poem ''Howl'' also took place in Toronto, Halifax and New York City in 2002. Christoff is also involved in the Artists Against Apartheid concert series in Montreal, a cultural event series that featuring celebrated artists from across the musical spectrum performing in solidarity with Palestine. Past performers include Lhasa De Sela, the Palestinian hip-hop ensemble DAM and the celebrated Montreal hip-hop ensemble Nomadic Massive. Activism As an activist Christoff has been deeply involved in numerous grassroots organizing initiatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Luc-Perreault
The Prix Luc-Perreault, formerly known as the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson, is an annual Canadian film award, presented by the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma to a film deemed to be the best film of the year from Quebec, from among the films screening at that year's Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. Winners 1970s * 1974 — ''Orders (Les Ordres)'', Michel Brault"Prix L.E. Ouimet-Molson". ''Ciné-Bulles'', Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17. * 1975 — '' Ntesi nana shepen (On disait que c'était notre terre)'', Arthur Lamothe * 1976 — ''Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas)'', Jean-Guy Noël * 1977 — ''24 heures ou plus'', Gilles Groulx * 1978 — '' The Backstreet Six (Comme les six doigts de la main)'', André Melançon * 1979 — '' Blue Winter (L'Hiver bleu)'', André Blanchard 1980s * 1980 — ''A Wives' Tale (Une histoire de femmes)'', Sophie Bissonnette, Martin Duckworth and Joyce Rock * 1981 — '' The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)'', Gilles Carle * 1982 — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Québécoise Des Critiques De Cinéma
The Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma (AQCC) is a Canadian organization of film critics from Quebec. Formed in 1973, the organization currently presents two annual awards, the Prix Luc-Perreault for best Quebec film of the year and an award for best international film of the year,Olivier Du Ruisseau"2022, faste année cinéma" ''Le Devoir'', December 31, 2022. as well as sponsoring awards at various Quebec film festivals, including the Fantasia Film Festival, the Saguenay International Short Film Festival, the Montreal International Documentary Festival and the Festival du nouveau cinéma. The organization's current president is Claire Valade, a critic for the film journals ''Panorama-cinéma'' and '' Séquences''. In 2013, the organization celebrated its 40th anniversary by sponsoring a special screening series of classic Quebec films at the Cinémathèque québécoise The Cinémathèque québécoise is a film conservatory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its purpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Vox
MAtv (formerly Vox) is a Canadian community channels operated by the cable provider Vidéotron within the province of Quebec. History In the 1970s, the first community radio stations started to appear in Quebec. These were non-commercial radio stations operated by social groups, in which the population can participate and whose operation is based on a cooperative basis. These types of stations broadcast programs that dealt with social issues that were typically neglected by other radio stations. The 1970s also saw the emergence of cable television, which allowed the broadcasting of more television programs in certain regions. Community television operates on the same principle as community radio and is hosted by the cable distribution companies, which are governed by a regulation of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC wanted the cable companies to reinvest in the sharing of the airwaves by offering a service to subscribers via a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télé-Québec
The Société de télédiffusion du Québec (; en, Quebec Television Broadcasting Corporation), branded as Télé-Québec (), is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec. It is a provincial Crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. The network's main studios and headquarters are located at the corner of de Lorimier Street and East René Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal. Télé-Québec is equivalent to Ontario's TVOntario and TFO, and British Columbia's Knowledge Network, and similar to the American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and its affiliated state networks, in that it is somewhat modest in scope, runs mostly educational or cultural programming, and does not try to compete with privately owned television networks or with the Ici Radio-Canada Télé network owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. However, unlike TFO and the anglophone educational networks, it does run commercials during its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conseil Des Arts Et Des Lettres Du Québec
The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) is a public agency founded in 1994 by the government of Quebec. CALQ offers support and funding for art projects in the performing arts, multidisciplinary arts, circus arts, visual arts, media arts, architectural research, arts and crafts, and literature. It also seeks to broaden the influence of Quebec culture in Canada and abroad, and supports the advanced training of writers and professional artists. Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec In 2015, CALQ awarded the inaugural Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, honouring achievement in Quebec arts and letters, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. Thirty-five inductees were added to the order in its first year, including 13 board members. Though inspired by France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Quebec order differs in that it has only one grade, that of companion. Board members As of January 2013, the Conseil's board of directors are: * Marie DuPont, Chair ... [...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] |
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault (29 June 1927 – 24 June 1999) was a Québécois documentary film director. He directed 20 films between 1963 and 1996. He was one of the most important filmmakers in Canada, although largely unknown outside of Québec. In 1994 he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. ''Pour la suite du monde'' (1963), ''The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour)'' (1967), and ''The River Schooners (Les Voitures d'eau)'' (1968) make up his critically acclaimed L'Isle-aux-Coudres Trilogy. His film ''La bête lumineuse'' (1982) screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 36th Cannes Film Festival. Perrault originally studied law (and practiced for two years), before becoming a radio announcer, poet, filmmaker and dramatist. His first involvement with film was on the ''Au pays neufve France'' series, which was based on his radio program for Radio-Canada. Impact Canadian film historian Peter Morris wrote this about Perrault in his 1984 ''The Film Companion'': "The most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
