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''Continental, a Film Without Guns'' (french: Continental, un film sans fusil) is a 2007 Canadian
comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
directed and written by
Stéphane Lafleur Stéphane Lafleur (born 1976) is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician.2007 Toronto International Film Festival The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007. The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissio ...
: Best Canadian First Feature Film"Toronto film fest's people's choice award stays home". ''
Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...
'', September 17, 2007.
* Won: 2007
Whistler Film Festival The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is an annual film festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, the festival is held the first weekend of December and includes juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pand ...
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Borsos Competition The Borsos Competition is the main awards program for Canadian feature films screening at the annual Whistler Film Festival. Introduced for the first time in 2004, the juried competition presents six awards annually to honour films, actors, screenpl ...
Best Canadian FilmYvonne Zacharias, "Lafleur takes top prize at Whistler; Continental, A Film Without Guns judged to be best new Canadian feature". ''
Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...
'', December 3, 2007.
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Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
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Jutra Awards 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.Luc Déry Luc Déry is a French Canadian film producer. He was co-founder of the Montreal-based production company micro_scope, with Kim McCraw. He is from Hull (Gatineau), Quebec, and studied film at the University of Montreal and arts management at York U ...

Kim McCraw Kim McCraw (born ) is a Canadian film producer and co-founder of the Montreal-based production company micro_scope, with Luc Déry. She was born in Granby, Quebec, and after graduating from Cégep de Granby became a director's assistant. McCra ...
*** Best Achievement in Directing (Meilleure Réalisation) - Stéphane Lafleur *** Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Meilleur Acteur de Soutien) -
Réal Bossé Réal Bossé is a Canadian actor from Quebec who performs mostly in francophone films and television. The son of farmers, Bossé grew up in Rivière-Bleue, Quebec. He won a Jutra Award in 2008 as Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting ...
*** Best Screenplay (Meilleur Scénario) - Stéphane Lafleur * Nominee: **
Genie Award for Best Motion Picture The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Motion Picture to the best Canadian film of the year.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishin ...
- Luc Déry
Kim McCraw **
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design The Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film art direction/production design. 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ...
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André-Line Beauparlant André-Line Beauparlant (born 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in '' ...
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Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actor in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 5 ...
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Gilbert Sicotte Gilbert Sicotte, (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor. Career Sicotte is known for roles in '' The Vultures (Les Vautours)'', '' Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas)'', ''The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves)'', ''The Secret ...
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Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 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 ...
- Marie-Ginette Guay **
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 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 ...
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Fanny Mallette Fanny Mallette (born September 5, 1975) is a Canadian actress. Biography She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in ''Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans f ...
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Jutra Awards 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.Sara Mishara Sara Mishara is an American-Canadian cinematographer.
*** Best Achievement in Art Direction (Meilleure Direction Artistique) -
André-Line Beauparlant André-Line Beauparlant (born 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in '' ...
*** Best Achievement in Editing (Meilleure Montage) -
Sophie Leblond Sophie Leblond is a Canadian film editor.Sylvain Sarrazin"Monteur: un métier de l’ombre sous les projecteurs" '' La Presse'', July 1, 2020. She is most noted for her work on the films '' Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)'', for which she w ...
*** Best Achievement in Sound (Meilleur Son) - Pierre Bertrand, Sylvain Bellemare and
Bernard Gariépy Strobl Bernard Gariépy Strobl is a Canadian re-recording sound mixer, best known internationally as the supervising re-recording mixer of '' Arrival'' (2016), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound (shared with Claude La Haye and Sylvain Belle ...


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* * 2007 films 2000s French-language films 2007 comedy-drama films Films directed by Stéphane Lafleur Canadian comedy-drama films Best Film Prix Iris winners French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub