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Sophie Desmarais
Sophie Desmarais (born July 24, 1986 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role in the 2013 film ''Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course)'', written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. Career Desmarais began her career with a small roles in John Duigan's '' Head in the Clouds'' in 2004. In 2010 she had a small role in '' Heartbeats'', directed by Xavier Dolan, followed by Benoît Pilon's ''Trash (Décharge)'' in 2011. In 2013 she played the lead role in ''Sarah Prefers to Run'' which went on to play in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The following year, she appeared in Julie Hivon's film '' What Are We Doing Here? (Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ici ?)''.Brendan Kelly"Review: Qu’est-ce qu’on fait ici?" ''Montreal Gazette'', September 25, 2014. Awards For ''Sarah Prefers to Run'', she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013. She wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton Journal
The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old ''Edmonton Bulletin''. Within a week, the ''Journal'' took over another newspaper, ''The Edmonton Post'', and established an editorial policy supporting the Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative Party against the ''Bulletins stance for the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party. In 1912, the ''Journal'' was sold to the William Southam, Southam family. It remained under Southam ownership until 1996, when it was acquired by Hollinger International. The ''Journal'' was subsequently sold to Canwest in 2000, and finally came under its current ownership, Postmedia Network Inc., in 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnique (film)
''Polytechnique'' is a 2009 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve and Jacques Davidts. Starring Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, and Karine Vanasse, the film is based on the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre (also known as the "Montreal Massacre") and re-enacts the events of the incident through the eyes of two students (Huberdeau and Vanasse) who witness a gunman (Gaudette) murder fourteen young women. After a release in Quebec in February 2009, it was featured in the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It received numerous honours, including nine Genie Awards, notably Best Motion Picture. Plot A young man prepares his rifle and leaves a message for his mother. He then goes to Polytechnique Montreal, an engineering school, and enters a classroom during class with a rifle. He orders the men to leave and the women to stay. They comply after he shoots into the ceiling to show that he is serious. He tells the women that he hates feminists. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Wave (2009 Canadian Film)
''Heat Wave'' (french: Les Grandes Chaleurs) is a 2009 Canadian drama film directed by Sophie Lorain. Cast * Marie-Thérèse Fortin - Gisèle Couture * François Arnaud - Yannick Ménard * Marie Brassard Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress,Histoire du théâtre au Canada'. Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto; 1990. p. 158. theatrical writer and director. She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert LepageNew Yo ... - Marjo References External links * 2009 drama films 2009 films Quebec films Canadian drama films 2000s French-language films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (2008 Film)
''Victoria'' is a 2008 French-Canadian road movie directed by and starring Anna Karina in her last film role before her death a little over a decade after it was released. Cast * Anna Karina * Jean-François Moran * Louis Woodson * Emmanuel Reichenbach * Sylvie de Morais-Nogueira * Sophie Desmarais Sophie Desmarais (born July 24, 1986 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role in the 2013 film ''Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course)'', written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. Career Desmarais began her c ... References External links * * 2008 films French road movies Quebec films 2000s road movies Films directed by Anna Karina French-language Canadian films Canadian road movies 2000s Canadian films 2000s French films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey, I'm In Love
''Honey, I'm in Love'' (french: Le Grand départ) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Claude Meunier and released in 2008.Charles-Henri Ramond"Grand départ, Le – Film de Claude Meunier" ''Films du Québec'', January 9, 2009. The film stars Marc Messier as Jean-Paul Cardin, a successful surgeon who, following the breakup of his marriage to Céline Demers (Guylaine Tremblay), must juggle his commitments to his children and his new relationship with younger artist Nathalie ( Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc). The film's cast also includes Patrick Drolet and Sophie Desmarais as Jean-Paul's children Guylain and Myriam, as well as Rémy Girard, Louis-José Houde, Catherine Trudeau and Cynthia Wu-Maheux in supporting roles. Meunier wrote the screenplay in part based on his own experience following the breakdown of his first marriage. The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2008, before opening commercially in December. The film received two Jutr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacarme (2020 Film)
''Vacarme'' is a 2020 Canadian drama film, directed by Neegan Trudel. The film stars Rosalie Pépin as Émilie, a 13 year old girl who is placed in a group home by Quebec's child protective services after a conflict with her mother Karine (Sophie Desmarais). The film premiered in November 2020 at the Cinemania film festival. The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for Best Actress (Pépin) and the John Dunning Best First Feature Award.Brent Furdyk"Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations" ''ET Canada ''ET Canada'' (previously referred to as ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'') is a Canadian entertainment news television series, using the same format as the American entertainment newsmagazine ''Entertainment Tonight''. ''ET Canada'' is a broadcas ...'', March 30, 2021. References External links * 2020 films 2020 drama films Canadian drama films Quebec films 2020s French-language films French-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Quebec Cinema Awards
The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than a traditional award gala, with nominees present in the theatre but seated in a way that maintained social distancing requirements. The awards were initially numbered as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards gala, despite being the 23rd time the awards have been presented overall, as the presentation of the 2020 awards was done by livestream instead of a traditional award ceremony; however, the awards in 2022 were numbered as the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards instead of the 23rd, indicating that the 2021 awards are now considered the 23rd. Additionally, in light of the effects that the pandemic had on film distribution in 2020, the organization did not limit its public-voted Prix Public to the five most commercially successful films of the year, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voir
''Voir'' was a francophone alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, published by Communications Voir. ''Voir'' was founded by Pierre Paquet in November 1986. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 27 November 1986. Later on the newspaper developed various local issues with more targeted content. In 2013, the newspaper dropped from weekly to biweekly publication. On April 29, 2015, it was announced that all shares owned by Paquet were purchased by a group of buyers composed of XPND Capital, a Quebec-based private equity firm, and two members of ''Voirs management team, Michel Fortin and Hugues Mailhot. Starting 2016, it commenced publishing as a free monthly magazine. In February 2019, the owners Mishmash Média announced that it was discontinuing the monthly paper edition to concentrate on the digital online edition. The paper format however may be used occasionally and very selectively on certain special issues and supplements of the publication. Chain Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dismantling
''The Dismantling'' (french: Le Démantèlement), also released in the United States under the title ''The Auction'', is a 2013 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sébastien Pilote. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was a shortlisted nominee for Best Picture at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards."Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated" , 13 January 2014. It was also shortlisted for the |
16th Jutra Awards
The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion des nominations" ''Le Soleil'', January 27, 2014. Winners and nominees References {{Quebec Cinema Awards 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.2013 in Canadian cinema 2014 in Quebec 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Iris For Best Supporting Actress
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actress (french: Prix Iris de la meilleure interprétation féminin dans un rôle de soutien) to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress 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 Supporting Actress The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actress in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrati ... References {{Quebec Cinema Awards Awards established in 1999 Film awards for supporting actress Supporting Actress Quebec-related lists 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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