The Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma (AQCC) is a Canadian organization of film critics from
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
.
Formed in 1973, the organization currently presents two annual awards: the
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 th ...
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
(, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...
'', December 31, 2022. It also sponsors awards at various Quebec film festivals, including the
Fantasia Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival, also known as Fantasia Fest or simply Fantasia, is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films. Regular ...
, 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 purpose is to preserve, document, film, and television footage and related documents and artifacts for future use by the public. The Cinémathèque's coll ...
.
[Charles-Henri Ramond]
"L’AQCC a quarante ans"
''Films du Québec'', November 11, 2013.
Awards
Prix Luc-Perreault
Best International Film
References
External links
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Canadian film critics associations
Organizations based in Montreal
1973 establishments in Quebec
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