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Mafia Inc.
''Mafia Inc.'' is a 2019 Canadian crime drama film directed by Podz and scripted by Sylvain Guy. Based on the non-fiction book ''Mafia Inc: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan'' by journalists André Cédilot and André Noël, the film stars Marc-André Grondin as Vincent Gamache, a man who gets drawn into Montreal's organized crime underground through his friendship with Giaco Paterno, the son of a major mafia boss, that started after he protected Giaco from a gang of fellow students, and was badly beaten up. Vicent is drawn into the Paterno family as the family he never had. The cast also includes Sergio Castellitto, Gilbert Sicotte, Mylène Mackay, Tony Nardi and Benz Antoine. The film premiered in October 2019 at the São Paulo International Film Festival, before having its Canadian premiere in February 2020. Grondin received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards. Plot summary The Gamache, a family of tailors, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Grou
Daniel Grou (born August 19, 1967), frequently credited as Podz, is a Canadian film and television director, director of six feature films as well as episodes in dozen TV series. Biography Daniel Grou was born in Montreal, Canada. He has a bachelor's degree in film studies. He took the nickname "Podz" from the fact that his surname differs in spelling, but not in pronunciation, from the far more common French Canadian surname Groulx, meaning that he was frequently forced to state his surname to people as "Grou, pas d'lx". Career Grou started his career directing rock videos and English-language TV shows, ''Drop the Beat'' was one of his first projects. He made more than 60 videoclips for various artists, including and René Dupéré. His credits include six feature films as well as episodes in dozen TV series.Rose, Alex, ''Mafia Inc. digs into the rich criminal history of Montreal'', Cult MTL, February 13th, 2020consulted onlineon February 14th, 2020. He directed all thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Cosens
Steve Cosens is a Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted as a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007 for '' Snow Cake'' and at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010 for '' Nurse.Fighter.Boy'', and a winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography in a Drama Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for ''Cardinal''.Alexandra Heilbron"2018 Canadian Screen Awards – second night winners!" ''Tribute'', March 8, 2018. His other credits have included the films ''Ernest'', '' The Uncles'', '' The Art of Woo'', '' Flower & Garnet'', '' Seven Times Lucky'', '' The Tracey Fragments'', '' Citizen Gangster'', '' Preggoland'', '' Born to Be Blue'', '' Mean Dreams'', '' Blaze'' and '' Mafia Inc.'', and the television series ''The Zack Files ''The Zack Files'' is a Canadian science fiction television program based on a book series of the same name, written by Dan Greenburg. It first aired on YTV from September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telefilm Canada
Telefilm Canada is a Canadian Crown corporation that supports Canada's audiovisual industry. Headquartered in Montreal, Telefilm Canada provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in Vancouver, British Columbia; Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The primary mandate of the corporation is to finance and promote Canadian productions through its various funds and programs. Purpose As one of the principal instruments for supporting Canada's audiovisual industry, Telefilm Canada's primary mandate is to provide support and promote all stages of screen-based content through its various funds and programs. It also fosters the commercial, cultural, and industrial success of Canadian productions and to stimulate demand for those productions both at home and abroad. It also administers the programs of the Canada Media Fund. The organization is also responsible for choosing Canada's annual submission to the Academy Awards f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Deraspe
Sophie Deraspe (born October 27, 1973) is a Canadian director, scenarist, director of photography and producer. Prominent in new Quebec cinema, she is known for a 2015 documentary ''The Amina Profile'', an exploration of the Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari hoax of 2011. She had previously written and directed the narrative feature films ''Missing Victor Pellerin'' () in 2006, ''Vital Signs (2009 film), Vital Signs'' () in 2009, ''The Wolves'' () in 2015, In 2019 she wrote, directed and shot ''Antigone (2019 film), Antigone'', inspired by the 2008 death of Fredy Villanueva in Montreal and loosely adapting Antigone (Sophocles play), the play by Sophocles, saying the story of a woman who defies the law for something greater resonated with her, and she wished to update it. The film, starring Nahéma Ricci, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and won the festival's award for Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film, Best Canadian Film. ''Anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigone (2019 Film)
''Antigone'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film directed by Sophie Deraspe. An adaptation of the ancient Greek play ''Antigone (Sophocles play), Antigone'' by Sophocles, the film transposes the story to a modern-day refugee family in Montreal. The cast includes Nahéma Ricci as Antigone, with Rawad El-Zein, Hakim Brahimi, Rachida Oussaada, and Nour Belkhiria. It was filmed in Greater Montreal in 2018. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and received positive reviews. It won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film. ''Antigone'' won five Canadian Screen Awards, including Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture, at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. It was also selected as the Canadian entry for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Plot In Quebec, the Hipponomes are a family of refugees in Canada, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Thauvette
Guy Thauvette (born March 19, 1944) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film '' Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)'', for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018, as well as his performance as Gen. Roméo Dallaire in the film ''A Sunday in Kigali (Une dimanche à Kigali)''.Alison Gillmor, "Rwandan genocide through white eyes". ''Winnipeg Free Press The ''Free Press'' (or FP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press''; previously known as the ''Winnipeg Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, natio ...'', March 17, 2007. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thauvette, Guy 1944 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Male a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Picard (actor)
Henri Picard, sometimes credited as Henri Richer-Picard, is a Canadians, Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his supporting role as Marc in the film ''For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)'', for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019. The son of actors Luc Picard and Isabel Richer, he has also appeared in the television series ''Trauma (Canadian TV series), Trauma'', ''Jenny'', ''Cerebrum'', ''District 31'', ''Chaos'' and ''Toute la vie'', and the films ''Audition (2005 film), Audition (L'Audition)'', ''Ésimésac'', ''Cross My Heart (2017 film), Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols)'', ''My Boy (2018 film), My Boy (Mon Boy)'', ''Mafia Inc.'', ''Maria Chapdelaine (2021 film), Maria Chapdelaine'' and ''Victoire (2023 film), Victoire (La Cordonnière)''. In 2023 he starred in ''The Dishwasher (film), The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur)'', his first leading ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now (newspaper)
''Now'' (styled as ''NOW''), also known as ''NOW Magazine'' is an online publication based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Through most of its existence, ''Now'' was a free alternative weekly newspaper. Physical publication of ''Now'' was suspended in August 2022, amid the bankruptcy of its former owner Media Central Corporation, although some new content was still published to its website. In January 2023, it was announced that the publication will be acquired by journalist Brandon Gonez. Publication history ''Now'' was first published on September 10, 1981, by Michael Hollett and Alice Klein."Publisher of Toronto's iconic NOW Magazine files for bankruptcy." ''blogTO'', April 1, 2022. ''NOW'' is an alternative weekly that covers news, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Canadian Screen Awards
The 8th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 25–28 May 2020 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019. The presentations were held as a series of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nominations were announced on 18 February, with François Girard'''s'' '' The Song of Names'' leading in film nominations with 9, and Dan and Eugene Levy's sitcom ''Schitt's Creek'' leading in television with 26 nominations. Sophie Deraspe's '' Antigone'' would be the most-awarded film and win Best Motion Picture'','' while ''Cardinal'' would be the most-awarded television series. Ceremony information The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held on 29 March 2020. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Actor
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to the best performance by a lead actor in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The award was first presented in 1968 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1969, when no eligible feature films were submitted for award consideration, and 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the new Canadian Screen Awards. From 1980 to 1983, only Canadian actors were eligible for the award; non-Canadian actors appearing in Canadian films were instead considered for the separate Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor. After 1983, the latter award was discontinued, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award
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 of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards—the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in Spain. History The award's historic r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by Quebecor Media, and is hence a sister publication of TVA flagship CFTM-DT. It is also Canada's largest tabloid newspaper. Its head office is located on 4545, rue Frontenac in Montreal. covers mostly local and provincial news, as well as sports, arts and justice. It is known for its sensationalist news, and its columnists who are often public figures. Since 2013 the newspaper also has an investigation desk that has published several major news stories about Quebec's politics, businesses, crime and national security. It is the only Montreal newspaper that prints on Sundays since '' La Presse'' and '' The Gazette'' dropped their Sunday editions (La Presse has had an electronic edition on Sunday since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
