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Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
The Rogers Best Canadian Film Award is presented annually by the Toronto Film Critics Association to the film judged by the organization's members as the year's best Canadian film. In 2012, the cash prize accompanying the award was increased to $100,000, making it the largest arts award in Canada. Each year, two runners-up also receive $5,000. The award is funded and presented by Rogers Communications, which is a founding sponsor of the association's awards gala. Unlike the other Toronto Film Critics Association awards, whose winners are announced in early January each year, the Best Canadian Film award only has its finalists announced at that time, and the winner of the award is then announced at the organization's gala in March. Toronto Film Critics Poll Prior to the official launch of the Toronto Film Critics Association in 1997, film critic Wyndham Wise coordinated two polls of Toronto film critics in 1995 and 1996 through his magazine '' Take One'' to select the year's be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Film Critics Association
The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) is an organization of film critics from Toronto-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is a member of the FIPRESCI. History The Toronto Film Critics Association is the official organization of Toronto-based broadcasters and journalists who critique films and provide commentary on them. Members represent all major print and electronic outlets in the city. They have juried festivals all over the world, from Cannes to Berlin, Venice to Toronto. The TFCA began presenting awards in 1998, and the dinner around them has grown to be a major annual event in the Canadian film calendar accompanied by a significant cash prizes, including a $100,000 purse, sponsored by Rogers, for the director of the best Canadian film. The founding members of the TFCA—those who attended the first meeting in August 1997 at the board room of the National Film Board of Canada—were Cameron Bailey (''Now Magazine''), Norm Wilner (freelance), Liam Lacey ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema (born 20 August 1958) is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Early life Rozema was born in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Sarnia, Ontario. Her parents, Jacoba Berandina (née Vos) and Jan Rozema, were Dutch Calvinists. Television was severely restricted and she did not go to a movie theatre until she was 16 years old. Rozema studied philosophy and English literature at Calvin College in Michigan. Film career After a brief stint as a print and then television journalist (CBC Television's '' The Journal''), Rozema directed her first feature, '' I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' (1987), a serious comedy starring Sheila McCarthy about a loner named Polly who is an art gallery secretary and aspiring photographer. At the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' won the ''Prix de la Jeunesse''. In 1993, the Toronto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce McDonald (director)
Bruce McDonald (born May 28, 1959) is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave. McDonald has directed more than a dozen features films over the course of his three-decade-long filmmaking career. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' has called him an "iconoclastic filmmaker". Several of his films, ranging from mockumentaries to horror films, have attracted cult followings. His most notable films include '' Roadkill'' (1989), '' Highway 61'' (1991), ''Hard Core Logo'' (1996), '' Pontypool'' (2008), '' Trigger'' (2010), and '' Hellions'' (2015). ''Hard Core Logo'' has been frequently ranked amongst the greatest movies ever to come out of Canada. Early life McDonald was born in Kingston, Ontario, and later moved to Toronto, where he graduated from film school at Ryerson University. At Ryerson, he made the short films ''Merge'' (1980) and ''Let Me See...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Gaudreault
Émile Gaudreault, ( born March 6, 1964) is a Quebec director, author, screenwriter and producer. Since 1994, he has been directing, writing and producing feature films as well as episodes for television series. Several of his films have won awards in Quebec and Canada and have been adapted for the United States and France. Early life Émile Gaudreault was born in Sainte-Foy to a mother who was a teacher and a father who taught theology. During his childhood, he moved to the Lac-Saint-Jean region, first to Lac-à -la-Croix, then to Alma and finally to Jonquière, where he studied art and media technology at Cégep. Career Émile Gaudreault made his debut as an author and also on stage, in the comedy shows of the ''Groupe Sanguin''. For the big screen, he co-wrote '' Louis 19, King of the Airwaves'' (french: Louis 19, le roi des ondes), a comedy that was the highest-grossing Canadian film in 1994 and won the Golden Screen Award, in addition to being the subject of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasaga (film)
''Wasaga'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Judith Doyle and released in 1994.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 235. The film stars Louise Lilliefeldt as Rebecca, a video artist from Toronto who is working on a project in Wasaga Beach; she takes driving lessons from driving instructor Judy ( Tracy Wright) because of the town's much more car-oriented lifestyle, only to find Judy becoming a love interest.Craig MacInnis, "Wasaga Beach movie offbeat Canadian gem". ''Toronto Star'', September 9, 1994. The cast also includes Daniel MacIvor as David, the gay owner of an antique store, and Andrew J. Paterson of the punk rock band The Government as an unnamed musician performing his own band's 1980 single "Flat Tire". The film premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. The film did not receive widespread commercial distribution, but it received a followup screening at the National Film Board of Canada's John Spotton Theatre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Wright
Tracy Wright (December 7, 1959 – June 22, 2010) was a Canadian actress who was known for her stage and film performances, as well as her presence in Canada's avant-garde for over 20 years. Career In 1989, she was a founding member of the Toronto's Augusta Company, along with her future husband Don McKellar and Daniel Brooks, and worked regularly throughout her theatre career with Brooks, McKellar, and Canadian writers and directors including Nadia Ross, Jacob Wren, Daniel MacIvor, Hillar Liitoja, Paul Bettis, and Sky Gilbert."Tracy Wright: 1959-2010" '''' June 23, 2010. In film, she worked closely with McKellar and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Life and work Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first attracted attention as a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film '' Sonatine''; however, it was ''Blanche'', the 1993 Radio-Canada series directed by Charles Binamé that gave her star status in Quebec. After ''Blanche'', and then a lead in Binamé’s Generation-X picture '' Eldorado'', Bussières became the 1990s heir to Geneviève Bujold and Carole Laure – the most charismatic actress of her generation. It's a measure of Bussières's range as an actress that her follow-up to ''Eldorado'' was the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's '' When Night Is Falling''. She also gives a standout performance as an alienated fashion model who wants to conceive a child in Denis Villeneuve's debut feature, '' August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)'', and won both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Montpetit
Pascale Montpetit (born 28 July 1960) is a French Canadian actress. In 1990 she won a Best Actress Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ... for Darrell Wasyk's '' H'', and again in 2002 for Mario Azzopardi's '' Savage Messiah'', She has also won two Gémeaux Awards, one Jutra Award and a Mons International Festival of Love Films Award. External links * 1960 births Living people Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses French Quebecers Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Actresses from Quebec Place of birth missing (living people) Best Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses {{Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Oh
Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian–American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy '' Arliss'' (1996–2002), Dr. Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–2014) and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series '' Killing Eve'' (2018–2022). She has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and thirteen Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films '' Double Happiness'' (1994) and ''The Diary of Evelyn Lau'' (1994). Her later television credits include ''Judging Amy'' and '' American Crime'', as well as voice roles on ''American Dad!, American Dragon: Jake Long'', ''The Proud Family'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Chop Socky Chooks'', ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'', and '' Invincible''. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Survivor (film)
''Soul Survivor'' is a 1995 Canadian drama film directed by Stephen Williams, who also wrote the screenplay. Produced by Paul Brown, the film stars George Harris, Peter Williams, and Clark Johnson and is set in Toronto's African-Caribbean sector. Plot Tyrone Taylor ( Peter Williams) is a Jamaican-Canadian immigrant, living in Toronto and working as a hairdresser at a local salon. He doesn't enjoy working at the salon and is looking for ways to easy money, in order to quit his job. He starts collecting debts for Winston Price ( George Harris), a local gangster and owner of a nearby nightclub. Though Tyrone's new job under Price is violent and illegal, he tries to rationalize it by talking himself into the belief that he will soon have enough money to quit and go into a cleaner business. His jobs become more and more violent and one day he is forced to collect money from his cousin Reuben (David Smith), who will not pay back. Tyrone takes his side and guarantees his ability to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Williams (actor)
Peter Williams (born December 31, 1957) is a Jamaican-born Canadian actor. He is known for playing Apophis, a primary antagonist on ''Stargate SG-1''. Career The majority of his work has been in television, including his role as the primary villain Apophis in the first four seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' (plus a few appearances thereafter). However, he has also appeared on the big screen in films such as ''Catwoman'' and '' The Chronicles of Riddick''. His brother Stephen is also in the entertainment business, and has directed several episodes of television shows including '' Dark Angel'', ''Crossing Jordan'', and '' Lost''. In 1995, two years prior to ''Stargate SG-1''s premiere, Williams starred in the 1995 movie ''Jungleground'' with three other actors from the Stargate franchise: Torri Higginson (Elizabeth Weir), J. R. Bourne (Martouf), and Lexa Doig (Dr. Lam). In 2007, he played the lead, Gene Wright, in Frances-Anne Solomon's feature film ''A Winter Tale''. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Dean Wint
Maurice Dean Wint is a British-born Canadian actor who has starred in several films and television shows. Life and career Wint was born in Leicestershire, England, and moved to Canada in 1967 with his family. He began to act in Toronto on stage. One of his most famous roles is Quentin in the cult favorite science fiction horror film ''Cube''. His other notable roles were in ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', '' RoboCop: Prime Directives'', '' Psi Factor'' and the '' TekWar'' films and television series. He was married to the actress Colette Stevenson. He was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for the web series '' For the Record''.Brent Furdyk"2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack" ''ET Canada'', February 15, 2022. Filmography Film Television *'' Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'' (1987–1988) as Sgt. Robert ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
