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12th Jutra Awards
The 12th Jutra Awards were held on March 28, 2010 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2009. The nominees were announced on February 16. '' La Presse'', February 16, 2010. '' Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes)'', a biopic about Dédé Fortin, lead the ceremony with ten nominations. It ended up winning four awards, including [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jutra Awards
Jutras may have several meanings : * Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker **Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris **The Claude Jutra Award: An award formerly given by the Canadian Genie Awards for a director's first feature film and now known as the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature * Benoît Jutras, composer * Normand Jutras, a politician * René Jutras, a politician * Manon Jutras, an athlete * Paul Jutras, a Canadian film editor {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Iris For Best Screenplay
The Prix Iris for Best Screenplay () is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best screenplay in the Cinema of Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award for Best Screenplay'' 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. Bernard Émond, Philippe Falardeau and Ken Scott are the most nominated screenwriters with five nominations each. Xavier Dolan became the first screenwriter to receive two nominations in the same year for '' Mommy'' and '' Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)'' in 2015, a feat repeated in 2023 by Éric K. Boulianne for '' The Dishwasher (Le plongeur)'' and ''Viking''. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations Multiple wins Three or more nominations See also *Canadian Screen Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Carmody
Donald Carmody (born April 16, 1951) is an American-born Canadian film and television producer. Education Born in Rhode Island and raised in Montreal, he earned a BA in communication studies from Loyola College, one of Concordia University's founding institutions, in 1972. Career He began his career in the 1970s at Cinèpix Film Properties, where he worked on the early films of David Cronenberg with Ivan Reitman, and later moved to Harold Greenberg’s Astral Bellevue Pathé, where he was an executive in charge of production. Leaving Astral, he served as co-producer on Bob Clark’s box office smash, ''Porky's'', for decades, Canada's highest-grossing film worldwide. Carmody has produced some 100 films thus far, including Denis Villeneuve's '' Polytechnique'' (2009), ''The Mighty'', '' Yesterday'', ''The Boondock Saints'', and he was a member of the producing team on the hit musical ''Chicago'', which was shot in Toronto and won an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Picture. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Rémillard
Maxime Rémillard is a Canadian businessman born on January 17, 1975, in Greenfield Park, Quebec. He is the president of both Remcorp, a leading Canadian private investment firm and Remstar Media, an entertainment and content delivery company. Biography After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa and studying production at the University of Southern California, Rémillard founded Remstar in 1997, a film production and distribution company. Under the label, he produced Denis Villeneuve’s film '' Polytechnique'', which won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film in 2010, '' Head in the Clouds'' starring Charlize Theron and '' Mesrine: Killer Instinct'' starring Vincent Cassel. As a distributor, he acquired the rights for ''Dallas Buyers Club'' by Jean-Marc Vallée and Barry Jenkin’s ''Moonlight'', which won the Oscar for Best Film in 2017. Remcorp Over the years, he put his influence and ideas at the service of diversification by founding the inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacharias Kunuk
Zacharias Kunuk (, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director, most notable for his film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.'' It is the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inuktitut with an all Indigenous cast. He is the president and co-founder of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first independent Inuit production company. His co-founders are Paul Qulitalik, Paul Apak Angilirq, and Norman Cohn (the only non-Inuk team member). ''Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'' (2001) was named as the greatest Canadian film of all time by the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival poll. Background Zacharias Kunuk was born in Kapuiviit (Jens Munk Island) on Baffin Island, Nunavut (then part of the Northwest Territories), Canada. In 1966, he attended school in Igloolik. There he carved and sold soapstone sculptures to afford movie admissions. As his skill improved, he was able to buy cameras and photographed Inuit hunting scenes. When he heard ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Cohn
Norman Rufus Colin Cohn FBA (12 January 1915 – 31 July 2007) was a British academic, historian and writer who spent 14 years as a professorial fellow and as Astor-Wolfson Professor at the University of Sussex. Life Cohn was born in London, to a German Jewish father and a Catholic mother. He was educated at Gresham's School and Christ Church, Oxford. According to the Italian scholar Lorenzo Ferrari, "Cohn grew up feeling 'a man between all worlds' with his German-Jewish surname, his mother's Catholic faith (although she never had him baptised), and his numerous German relatives". He was a scholar and research student at Christ Church between 1933 and 1939, taking a first-class degree in Modern Languages in 1936 (French) and in 1939 (German). He served for six years in the British Army, being commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment in 1939 and transferring to the Intelligence Corps in 1944, where his knowledge of modern languages found employment. In 1941, he married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Tomorrow
''Before Tomorrow'' () is a 2008 Canadian drama film, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu. The film is an adaptation of the novel ''Før Morgendagen'' by Danish writer Jørn Riel. It was the third film released by Igloolik Isuma Productions, an Inuit film studio best known for the film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'', and is the first feature film to be made by Arnait Video Productions, a women's Inuit film collective. Set in a small Inuit community in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec in the 1840s, the film stars Madeline Ivalu as Ninioq, an Inuk elder isolated with her grandson Maniq (Paul-Dylan Ivalu) after most of their community perishes from smallpox transmitted by strange traders. "Their adaptation moves the setting from northeast Greenland to northwest Ungava (Nunavik) and from the 1960s to the 1840s, when explorers and whalers began to trade with local Inuit and transmitted contagious diseases." The film was shot near Puvirnituq in Nunavik, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Robert (producer)
Nicole Robert is a Canadian film producer. She began her career as a producer with Rock Demers's Productions La Fête, the producer of the '' Tales for All (Contes pour tous)'' series of children's films, before leaving in 1987 to launch her own production firm, Lux Films. In 2000, Lux Films merged with another firm, Jet Films, to launch Go Films Sphere Media is a Canadian film and television production and distribution company based in Montreal, Quebec. History Sphere Media was founded in 1984 by Jean Rémillard. Initially named Groupe Télé-Vision Inc., the company was sold in 2010 t .... GO Films was acquired by Sphere Media in 2018, with Robert remaining as president of the division.Jordan Pinto"Datsit Sphere acquires Go Films" '' Playback'', October 15, 2018. Filmography Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert, Nicole Canadian women film producers Canadian film production company founders Film producers from Quebec Living people Year of birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babine (film)
''Babine'' is a Canadian fantasy drama film, directed by Luc Picard and released in 2008. Adapted from Fred Pellerin's book ''Il faut prendre le taureau par les contes'', the film stars Vincent-Guillaume Otis as Babine, the village idiot of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec. A lifelong outcast because his mother ( Isabel Richer) was believed to be the town witch, he becomes the immediate suspect when the town's church catches fire, killing the parish priest ( Julien Poulin). However, he will receive the support of the village's merchant, Toussaint Brodeur (Luc Picard), as he attempts to prove his innocence. The film's cast also includes Alexis Martin, Gildor Roy, Marie Brassard and Antoine Bertrand. A sequel film, '' Ésimésac'', was released in 2012. Cast Reviews ''Babine'' received generally favourable reviews by the critics. It also received similar ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, with a 69% approval rating, and an average rating of 3.7 out of 5. Overall, the movie was q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Key (2009 Film)
''The Master Key'' () is a Canadian fantasy/mystery film, directed by Patrice Sauvé and released in 2009."Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles – Film de Patrice Sauvé" ''Films du Québec'', February 26, 2009. A continuation of his earlier television series ''Grande Ourse'' and ''L’Héritière de Grande Ourse'', the film stars Marc Messier as Louis-Bernard Lapointe, a wizard who is seeking to rescue his friend Émile ( Normand Daneau). To succeed, he must enter a |
Sandrine Bisson
Sandrine Bisson (born June 22, 1975, in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for her performance in ''1981'', and was a nominee in the same category at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for '' Fear of Water (La peur de l'eau)'' and at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for ''1987'', and a Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014."Sandrine Bisson – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Iris For Best Supporting Actress
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actress () 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. Céline Bonnier received the most nominations in this category, seven, and received one award. Sandrine Bisson received five nominations, including four for her role in Ricardo Trogi's autobiographical tetralogy. She won for ''1981'', ''1991'' and ''1995'', becoming the only actress to win the award thrice. For her performance in '' Inch'Allah'', Sabrina Ouazani became the first non-Canadian to win the award. A rare tie occurred in this category during the 7th Jutra Awards between Sylvie Moreau and Brigitte Lafleur for their respective roles in ''Love and Magnets (Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |