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Evergreen$
''Evergreen$'' () is a Canadian Christmas comedy film, directed by Stéphane Moukarzel and released in 2023. The film stars Étienne Galloy as Rémi, an immature young man whose reputation in his community is destroyed when he gets into a car accident while jokingly dressed as a terrorist; with few options to support himself, he goes to New York City, where he takes a job selling Christmas trees, befriends French activist Laura ( Diane Rouxel), and learns the importance of community when he becomes drawn into Laura's campaign to protect the multicultural neighbourhood from gentrification. The cast also includes Tyrone Benskin, Thy Sros, Don Jordan, Stuart Fink, Conrad Pla, Danny Blanco Hall, Mimo Magri, Rémi Goulet, Pilar Cazares, Azusa Oga, Keali Barker, Kenny Baye, Henry Beasley, Genti Bejko, Bobby Beshro and Ryan Bommarito in supporting roles. According to Moukarzel, the film was inspired in part by a conversation with cinematographer Alexandre Lampron about his own prior expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Moukarzel
Stéphane Moukarzel is a Lebanese-Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec, whose debut feature film ''Evergreen$ (Sapin$)'' was released in 2023. A graduate of the Institut national de l'image et du son, he directed a number of short films prior to ''Evergreen$''. The most noted of these, '' Time Flies (Nous avions)'', was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards. '''', March 15, 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziad Touma
Ziad Touma is a Lebanese Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon and residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the founder of the film, television and digital media production company Couzin Films . Earlier Years Ziad Touma graduated from Concordia University's communications program in 1994. His student film ''"Dinner at Bubby's"'' won best Canadian student film at the Montreal International Short Film Festival in 1995. Before establishing Couzin Films, between 1995 and 2001, he was a director at MusiquePlus and MusiMax, speciality music channels in Montreal and series writer and director at Galafilm. He also took part in Showcase's ''Kink'' and documentaries for the series ''Made in Montreal'' for CTV and TV5 and directed a documentary story for MusiMax entitled ''On s'en va à Granby'' about new musical talents. He worked as a freelance journalist, reporting on trends in the local and international urban culture for some of Quebec's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Pla
Conrad Pla (born October 24, 1966) is a Spanish-Canadian actor and former professional kickboxer. He is best known for founding Tristar Gym and starring in the Canadian television series ''ReGenesis''. Early life Pla was born in Madrid and moved to Canada with his parents at the age of three. Career Pla was a professional kickboxer between the ages of 18 and 32. He competed in the light heavyweight and super middleweight division. With 26 pro fights, he was ranked 3rd in the world, was the International Sport Karate Association, ISKA North American Champion as well as the World Kickboxing Association, WKA Intercontinental Champion. He fought Javier Mendez (mixed martial arts trainer), Javier Mendez for the ISKA World title in Santa Cruz, California, in 1995 but lost a close split decision. An injury forced him to retire from the sport. He started the Tristar Gym in 1991 together with Michel Lavallée and Ron Di Cecco. In 2001, the gym was sold to Alexandre Choko. He teaches kic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Benskin
Tyrone Benskin (born 29 December 1958) is an English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament in the Jeanne-Le Ber riding, in Montreal, Quebec, in the 2011 Canadian federal election and served as an MP until 2015. Life and career Benskin was born in Bristol, England but moved to Canada in 1968 at age nine. Artistic career Having studied theatre at both CEGEP and university levels in Montreal, Benskin has become a significant presence in theatre, film, television and music. His theatre credits include features appearances on such celebrated stages as the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the National Arts Centre and the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Benskin also supplied the voice of Kobalt in the 1996 animated series of ''Flash Gordon'' and Bo and Wimzie's father Rousso in the children's television series ''Wimzie's House''. In politics On 30 January 2011, Benskin was announced as the federal New Democratic Party candidate in the Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couzin Films
Couzin Films is a film, television and digital media production company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was established by Ziad Touma, a Lebanese Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter. Filmography *2003: '' Saved by the Belles'' (aka Échappée belles) directed by Ziad Touma *2005: ''Webdreams'' (TV series) directed by Ziad Touma *2007: ''Birthday Girl'' directed by Erin Laing *2008: '' Adam's Wall'' directed by Michael Mackenzie *2023: ''Evergreen$ (Sapin$)'' See also *Ziad Touma Ziad Touma is a Lebanese Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon and residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the founder of the film, television and digital media production company Couzin Films . Earlier ... References External linksCouzin Films Official websiteAdam's Wall Official Film Website Film production companies of Canada Companies based in Montreal {{Canada-media-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Rouxel
Diane Rouxel (born August 14, 1993 in Ambilly) is a French actress. She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2016 for her role in the film '' Standing Tall''. She received the Prix Romy Schneider in 2019. Life and career Diane Rouxel grew up in the Haute-Savoie region of France, and studied visual arts. Her first film role came in 2014's '' The Smell of Us'', directed by Larry Clark, in which she plays a member of a group of skaters who, to pass the time, becomes involved with drink, drugs, and prostitution. In her next film, '' Standing Tall'' (2015), she plays Tess, the love interest of the film's protagonist, played by Rod Paradot. Rouxel was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in the film. In 2019, Rouxel won the Prix Romy Schneider. Filmography * '' The Smell of Us'' - 2014 * '' Standing Tall (La tête haute)'' - 2015 * ''Mad Love (Fou d'amour)'' - 2015 * ''The Mouth'' - 2015 * ''Moka'' - 2016 * '' The Wild Boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Galloy
Étienne Galloy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as Stefie in the 2016 film ''Prank'', for which he received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017. He has also appeared in the films '' Little Brother (Petit frère)'', ''Genesis (Genèse)'', '' Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose)'', '' Heart Bomb (Une bombe au cœur)'', ''Kuessipan'' and '' Evergreen$ (Sapin$)'', and the television series ''No More Parents'', ''Marc-en-Peluche'', ''Karl & Max'', ''GAME(R)'' and ''Olivier''. '' The Marina (La Marina)'', which he co-directed with Christophe Levac as both actors' directorial debut film, was released in 2020.Maxime Demers"Le beau parcours de La Marina" ''Le Journal de Montréal is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Tree
A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen pinophyta, conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, associated with the celebration of Christmas. It may also consist of an artificial tree of similar appearance. The custom was developed in Central Europe, particularly Germany and Livonia (now Estonia and Latvia), where Protestantism, Protestant Christians brought decorated trees into their homes. The tree was traditionally decorated with "roses made of colored paper, tinsel, apples, wafers, and sweetmeats, confectionery". Moravian Church, Moravian Christians began to illuminate Christmas trees with candles, which were often replaced by Christmas lights after the advent of electrification. Today, there is a wide variety of Christmas ornament, traditional and modern ornaments, such as garlands, Christmas ornament, baubles, tinsel, and candy canes. An angel or star might be tree-topper, placed at the top of the tree to represent the Angel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentrification
Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more Wealth, affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment. There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. In public discourse, it has been used to describe a wide array of phenomena, sometimes in a pejorative connotation. Gentrification is a common and controversial topic in urban politics and urban planning, planning. Gentrification often increases the Value (economics), economic value of a neighborhood, but can be controversial due to changing Demography, demographic composition and potential displacement of incumbent residents. Gentrification is more likely when there is an undersupply of housing and rising home values in a metropolitan area. The gentrification process is typically the result of increasing attraction to an area by people with higher incomes spilling over from neighboring cities, towns, or neighborhoods. Further steps are increased Socially responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult MTL
''Cult MTL'' is an English language arts, culture and news website and monthly print publication, based in Montreal, 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, ..., Canada. Its first print edition appeared on 7 September 2012. It was created only a few months after Montreal's last English-language alternative weekly, '' Montreal Mirror'', was unceremoniously closed by its parent company, Quebecor. The founding editors of ''Cult MTL'' were also involved with the ''Mirror''. In August 2013 the print version of the magazine was started. Its editorial stance is liberal.https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/advancement/2022/05/26/meet-lorraine-carpenter-creator-of-cult-mtl.html See also * List of magazines in Canada References External links * 2012 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
