|
Simon Lavoie
Simon Lavoie (born May 15, 1979) is a Canadians, Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec."Simon Lavoie sur les traces d'un déserteur" ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Presse'', October 21, 2008. He is best known as codirector with Mathieu Denis of ''Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau)'', which won the award for Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film, Best Canadian Film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and garnered several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, including for Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Best Picture an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentia (film)
''Laurentia'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie and released in 2011.Léa Clermont-Dion"LAURENTIE: L’INDICIBLE MALAISE" ''Voir'', November 27, 2012. A meditation on Québécois identity which draws its title from the philosophical concept of Laurentie that was an early precursor to the contemporary Quebec sovereignty movement, the film stars Emmanuel Schwartz as Louis Desprès, an audiovisual technician in Montreal who sinks into a malaise of depression and identity crisis as he becomes increasingly distrustful and suspicious of his new anglophone immigrant neighbour Jay Kashyap ( Jade Hassouné). The film's cast also includes Eugénie Beaudry, Guillaume Cyr, Martin Boily and Simon Gfeller. The film was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Market as part of Telefilm Canada's annual Perspectives Canada program, and had its public premiere at the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Fest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Giroux
Maxime Giroux (born 16 April 1976) is a film director from Quebec, Canada. Giroux was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos. In 2006, his film '' The Days (Les Jours)'' won the prize for best short film at the Toronto International Film Festival, and in 2007 his film '' Red (Le Rouge au sol)'' won the award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 27th Genie Awards. His videography includes music videos for Sam Roberts, Sarah Harmer, The Dears, Pilate, Louise Forestier, Corneille, Marc Déry, Les Cowboys Fringants and Vulgaires Machins. In October 2007, he began working on his first feature film, '' Tomorrow (Demain)'', which premiered at the Torino Film Festival in 2008 before going into commercial release in 2009.Charles-Henri Ramond"Demain – Film de Maxime Giroux" ''Films du Québec'', January 5, 2009. In 2014, he directed '' Félix et Meira'', which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbourg (film)
''Norbourg'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Maxime Giroux and released in 2022.Élizabeth Lepage-Boily"Vincent-Guillaume Otis brille dans la nouvelle bande-annonce de Norbourg" ''Showbizz'', December 14, 2021. A dramatization of the real-life Norbourg scandal of 2005, the film stars François Arnaud as company president Vincent Lacroix, and Vincent-Guillaume Otis as vice-president Éric Asselin. The cast also includes Christine Beaulieu, Alexandre Goyette and Guy Thauvette. The film was slated to premiere on February 5, 2022, at the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup, 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, ...; however, due to the organizers' decision in January to cancel the planned in-person screenings and shift to an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Trace (2021 Film)
''No Trace'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Simon Lavoie and released in 2021. An exploration of the conflict between rationality and faith, the film centres on N (Monique Gosselin), a cynical smuggler who is escorting Awa ( Nathalie Doummar), a devoutly religious woman, to their country's border after an unspecified event has threatened Awa's safety. The film had been slated to premiere at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma, but was cancelled when the festival shifted from in-person to online screening due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. It premiered at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival, where it won a Grand Jury Prize in the Breakouts category. It had its Canadian premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, before opening commercially in May.François Lévesque"«Nulle trace»: périple poétique" ''Le Devoir (, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the ''Evening Star'' and was later renamed the ''Toronto Daily Star'' in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper reflecting his principles until his death in 1948. His son-in-law, Harry C. Hindmarsh, shared those principles as the paper's longtime managing editor while also helping to build circulation with sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photos. The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971 and introduced a Sunday edition in 1977. History The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking ''Toronto News'' printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarence Hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Canadian Screen Awards
The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017."Award Season Begins" ''Northern Stars'', December 13, 2017. Nominations were announced on January 16, 2018. Emma Hunter and Jonny Harris hosted the ceremony, which was held at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941 by the public broadcaster, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2017. There were fourteen programs, with the Vanguard and City to City programs both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by 20% from the 2016 edition. ''Borg/McEnroe'' directed by Janus Metz Pedersen opened the festival. According to a "fact sheet" released by the Festival before it began, this edition included 255 feature-length films and 84 short films. Of the feature films, 147 are claimed to be premiere, world premieres. The number of Canadian films at the festival (including International co-production, co-productions) was listed as 28 features and 29 shorts. Christopher Nolan's ''Dunkirk (2017 film), Dunkirk'' received a special IMAX 70 mm film, 70mm screening at the Cinesphere as part of the main film slate and the 50th anniversary of IMAX, making it the first Nolan film to appear at the festival since ''Following'', nineteen years earlier. Awards The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches
''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'' () is a novel by Canadian novelist Gaétan Soucy. It was one of the novels chosen for inclusion in the French version of ''Canada Reads'', broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was championed by actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician Micheline Lanctôt. The book caused a sensation in Quebec and was immediately translated into more than ten languages. It was translated into English as ''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'' by Sheila Fischman. Plot The novel is about two siblings who live in complete isolation with their father. They are both his "sons". One day the father kills himself by hanging and his sons decide one of them needs to go to the nearby village to get a coffin. While in the village it is revealed that one of the sons is actually a female, although she has no concept of that (she has no idea of sexuality and thinks she was castrated when she was very young and that is why she doesn't hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaétan Soucy
Gaétan Soucy (October 21, 1958 – July 9, 2013) was a Canadian novelist and professor. Life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Soucy studied physics at Université de Montréal, completed a master's degree in philosophy, and studied Japanese language and Japanese literature, literature at McGill University. Soucy wrote four novels. His first two, ''L'Immaculée conception'' (translated as ''The Immaculate Conception (novel), The Immaculate Conception'' by Lazer Lederhendler) and ''L'Acquittement'' (translated as ''Atonement'' by Sheila Fischman) are extraordinary, dark and baroque works. His third novel, ''La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes'' (translated as ''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'' by Fischman) caused a sensation in Quebec and was immediately translated into more than ten languages. His fourth novel, ''Music-Hall!'', was published in 2002, and translated as ''Vaudeville!'' by Fischman. ''La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes'' was chosen for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches (film)
''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'' () is a 2017 Canadian drama film directed by Simon Lavoie and starring Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer and Jean-François Casabonne. Lavoie also wrote the screenplay. An adaptation of Gaétan Soucy's novel of the same name, the film centres on Alice Soissons (Marine Johnson), a girl raised to believe she is a boy, who lives in with her father and brother in oppressive and secluded conditions. When her father dies, she ventures into the village, where outsiders tell her she is female, and she fears the family home is now under threat. The adaptation was filmed in Montreal, Quebec and the Laurentides and shot in black and white. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was nominated for seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. Plot In rural 1930s Quebec, Alice ( Marine Johnson) lives in house with older brother, known only as Frère ( Antoine L'Écuyer), and their father Mr. Soissons (), a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
