François Dompierre

	François Dompierre François Dompierre C.M. (born July 1, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter and composer, best known as a composer of film scores.François Dompierre at The Canadian Encyclopedia . Early life and education Dompierre was born in Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ... , Ontar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	6th Genie Awards The 6th Genie Awards were held on March 21, 1985, to honour to honour Canadian films released in 1984. Only four films were nominated for Best Motion Picture this year; two additional films tied for the fifth spot, and the academy opted to nominate four films rather than extend the category to six. However, similar ties in other categories did result in six nominations. This year, the academy expanded its mandate to include television and the new name of the academy became The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. For the English-language TV awards, a membership campaign was launched at the Banff Television Festival, and a committee was formed to create the Gemini Awards for television, which premiered in December 1986.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 21-23. In Quebec, support for the academy remained mixed but there was strong support for television awards. A full-time off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Passion Of Augustine ''The Passion of Augustine'' () is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Léa Pool and released in 2015. The film's cast also includes Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Gilbert Sicotte, Marie Tifo, Danielle Fichaud, Lysandre Ménard, Andrée Lachapelle, Diane Lavallée and Laurie Babin. Plot The film stars Céline Bonnier as Mother Superior Augustine, a Roman Catholic nun who teaches music in a convent school in rural Quebec in the 1960s and who is fighting to preserve her school against the backdrop of the social changes wrought by Vatican II and Quebec's Quiet Revolution The Quiet Revolution () was a period of socio-political and socio-cultural transformation in French Canada, particularly in Quebec, following the 1960 Quebec general election. This period was marked by the secularization of the government, the .... Mother Superior Augustine's sister, deserted by her husband, leaves her rebellious musical daughter to be educated at Augustine's convent. In addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Tin Flute (film) ''The Tin Flute'' () is a 1983 Canadian drama film directed by Claude Fournier and based on the Gabrielle Roy novel of the same name. The film was co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada's French-language branch, Ciné St-Henri Inc., and Société Radio-Canada, the French-language branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * as Florentine Lacasse * Pierre Chagnon as Jean * Michel Forget as Azarius Lacasse * Marilyn Lightstone as Rose-Anna Lacasse * Charlotte Laurier as Yvonne * Thuryn Pranke as Philippe * Thomas Hellman as Daniel * Martin Neufeld as Emmanuel * Linda Sorgini as Marguerite * Dennis O'Connor as Phil Morin * Howard Ryshpan as Docteur Katz See also * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Jesus Of Montreal ''Jesus of Montreal'' () is a 1989 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a group of actors in Montreal who perform a passion play in a Quebec church (the film uses the grounds of Saint Joseph's Oratory on Mount Royal), combining religious belief with unconventional theories on a historical Jesus. As the church turns against the main actor and author of the play, his life increasingly mirrors the story of Jesus, and the film adapts numerous stories from the New Testament. The film came out to critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Picture and the Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the 1989 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Critics in the Toronto International Film Festival have regarded the film as one of the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Decline Of The American Empire ''The Decline of the American Empire'' () is a 1986 Canadian sex comedy-Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Pierre Curzi and Dorothée Berryman. The film follows a group of intellectual friends from the Université de Montréal, University of Montreal history department as they engage in a long dialogue about their sexual affairs, touching on issues of adultery, homosexuality, group sex, BDSM and prostitution. A number of characters associate self-indulgence with societal decline. The film was a box office success in Canada and internationally and received good reviews. It won the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, nine Genie Awards, including Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture, and was the first Canadian film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was followed by two sequels, ''The Barbarian Invasions'' in 2003 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hold On To Daddy's Ears ''Hold on to Daddy's Ears'' (), also known as ''What the Hell Are They Complaining About?'',Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 237. is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Jean Bissonnette and released in 1971. A satirical allegory for Quebec nationalism, the film stars Dominique Michel as Suzanne David and Yvon Deschamps as Jacques Martin, two French Canadians working for the Montreal office of a large English Canadian insurance company from Toronto.Charles-Henri Ramond"Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa – Film de Jean Bissonnette" ''Films du Québec'', April 12, 2009. The cast also includes Dave Broadfoot as the company president Mr. Thompson, as well as Paule Bayard, Gilles Latulippe, Jean Leclerc, Hélène Loiselle, Suzanne Lévesque, Alpha Boucher and Claude Michaud in supporting roles. Release The film premiered in limited release in Montreal on December 25, 1971. It was an immediate popular success, grossing over $600,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Deliver Us From Evil (1969 Film) ''Deliver Us from Evil'' () is a 1969 Canadian drama film, written, directed, and edited by Jean-Claude Lord.Charles-Henri Ramond"Délivrez-nous du mal – Film de Jean-Claude Lord" ''Films du Québec'', January 8, 2009. One of the first Canadian films ever to address the subject of homosexuality, the film was produced and shot in 1965 but remained unreleased until 1969 due to its sensitive subject matter. The film centres on the emotionally complex and abusive relationship between André (Yvon Deschamps), a gay man, and Georges (Guy Godin), a bisexual man who was also formerly romantically involved with André's sister Lucille (Catherine Bégin). When a vacation at a hotel ends with Georges having sex with a woman, André is driven to attempt both suicide and murder because of his inability to secure Georges' affections. The film was not well received by critics, and has subsequently been heavily criticized as a "sordid" film that relies too heavily on outdated stereotypes of hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	21st Genie Awards The 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan. Nominees and winners The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold along with nominees. References {{Canadian Screen Awards 21 Genie Genie GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange) was an online service provider, online service created by a General Electric business, GEIS (now GXS Inc., GXS), that ran from 1985 through the end of 1999. In 1994, GEnie claimed around ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Luc Plamondon Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. His work includes the musicals Starmania (musical), ''Starmania'' and Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He is the brother of Louis Plamondon, a long-serving member of the House of Commons of Canada. Plamondon has accepted honours from Canadian institutions and is a francophone nationalist and Quebec sovereigntist. He was born in Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Saint-Raymond. His father was a horse dealer. He learned the piano and undertook classical studies at the Collège François-de-Laval, Petit Séminaire de Québec. He says that he entered the seminary to be a priest and that he came out a poet. However, when his interview was published, the word "poet" became "painter", hence the misunderstanding that he was an expert in painting. On the other hand, although he has never painted, he is a fan of modern painting. Activities From 1972, in addition to his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	18th Genie Awards The 18th Genie Awards were held on 14 December 1997 to honour Canadian films released that year. to honour the best Canadian films of 1997. The ceremony's hosts were film critics Geoff Pevere and Cameron Bailey. For this year, CBC Television declined to broadcast the ceremony; in recent years, the academy's experimentation with formats had not been successful. The CBC did, however, commit to the popular one-hour Preview show. Bravo! immediately agreed to air the entire ceremony, but not live--the show was aired the following day. In support, CTV, Global, The Movie Network and Super Écran also provided awards-related programming.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 117-199. This year's awards were dominated by Atom Egoyan's '' The Sweet Hereafter'', Thom Fitzgerald's '' The Hanging Garden'', Gabriel Pelletier's '' Karmina'', André Forcier's ''The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television Award For Best Achievement In Music – Original Song The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Music: Original Song to the best original song in a Canadian motion picture. First presented at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards until 2011. Since 2012, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy .... 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Prix Iris for Best Original Music References {{Canadian Screen Awards Film awards for best song Original song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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