Unlike last year's two filmmaker/film horse race between Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique and Xavier Dolan's J'ai tué ma mere, this year it was all "Villeneuve" and "Incendies". Repeating his wins in all the same categories it won at the Canadian Oscars (Genies) this week (this includes Editing, Screenplay, Best Cinematography by the excellent André Turpin, Best Actress in Lubna Azabal (who forced here co-star Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin to give her own thank you speech). These wins more than makes up for his loss last year when Villeneuve won the Best Director honor for Polytechnique, but lost in the Best Film category to J'ai tué ma mere. The predictable 13th edition also saw a Genie-Jutra winner from Barney's Version and in the Animated Film category, the Nfb (naturally) supported Theodore Ushev added a Jutra to his Genie for Lipsett Diaries. Best Film/meilleur film 10 1/2 - Pierre Gendron (Zoofilms) Les amours imaginaires - Xavier Dolan,...
- 3/14/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
(thanks to Alan of Montreal) Best Motion Picture / Meilleur Film 10 1/2 – Pierre Gendron Les Amours Imaginaires / Heartbeats – Xavier Dolan, Carole Mondello, Daniel Morin Barney’S Version – Robert Lantos Incendies – Luc Déry,...
- 2/2/2011
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
Toronto -- Montreal's Festival of New Cinema is to open with Quebec director Daniel Grou's latest thriller, "10 1⁄2," and close with Denis Cote's Locarno award winner "Curling."
Grou, a veteran Quebec TV director, earlier this year screened his debut feature, the revenge thriller "7 Days," at Sundance.
"10 1⁄2" portrays a troubled young boy of the same age, played by Robert Naylor, whose violent behavior finally receives treatment when he meets a social worker (Claude Legault).
The film is produced by Pierre Gendron, with Claude Lalonde writing the script.
The 39th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, to run from Oct. 13 to 24, will close with Cote's "Curling" after it receives a North American premiere in Toronto.
Grou, a veteran Quebec TV director, earlier this year screened his debut feature, the revenge thriller "7 Days," at Sundance.
"10 1⁄2" portrays a troubled young boy of the same age, played by Robert Naylor, whose violent behavior finally receives treatment when he meets a social worker (Claude Legault).
The film is produced by Pierre Gendron, with Claude Lalonde writing the script.
The 39th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema, to run from Oct. 13 to 24, will close with Cote's "Curling" after it receives a North American premiere in Toronto.
- 8/20/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The organizers of Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc) announced that 10 1/2, the second feature film by Canadian director Daniel Grou, will open this festival. The Fnc will take place in Montreal from October 13 to 24.
The film was produced by Pierre Gendron and was scripted by Claude Lalonde (Les 3 p'tits cochons).
It tells the story of Tommy (Robert Naylor), a ten-years-old-and-a-half boy. Because he is prone to have a violent behaviour, Tommy has always been handled by social services. However, Gilles (Claude Legault), his social educator, believes that Tommy's life can be put back on track.
The film also stars Mélanie Desjardins-Chavaudier, Eugénie Beaudry and Albert Kwan.
Finally, no release date has been announced for this film.
The film was produced by Pierre Gendron and was scripted by Claude Lalonde (Les 3 p'tits cochons).
It tells the story of Tommy (Robert Naylor), a ten-years-old-and-a-half boy. Because he is prone to have a violent behaviour, Tommy has always been handled by social services. However, Gilles (Claude Legault), his social educator, believes that Tommy's life can be put back on track.
The film also stars Mélanie Desjardins-Chavaudier, Eugénie Beaudry and Albert Kwan.
Finally, no release date has been announced for this film.
- 8/20/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Yesterday, Alliance Vivafilm, a film distributor, released on the net the trailer of 10 1/2. This will be the second feature film directed by director Daniel Grou (Les 7 jours du talion), aka Podz, and a release date has yet to be confirmed.
The film was produced by Pierre Gendron and was scripted by Claude Lalonde (Les 3 p'tits cochons).
It tells the story of Tommy (Robert Naylor), a ten-years-old-and-a-half boy. Because he is prone to have a violent behaviour, Tommy has always been handled by social services. However, Gilles (Claude Legault), his social educator, believes that Tommy's life can be put back on track.
Finally, here's the trailer:...
The film was produced by Pierre Gendron and was scripted by Claude Lalonde (Les 3 p'tits cochons).
It tells the story of Tommy (Robert Naylor), a ten-years-old-and-a-half boy. Because he is prone to have a violent behaviour, Tommy has always been handled by social services. However, Gilles (Claude Legault), his social educator, believes that Tommy's life can be put back on track.
Finally, here's the trailer:...
- 5/6/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Fans of teenager novels, the poster of the upcoming teen comedy Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme has been online since a few days. As always, the release of the film is slated for April 23, 2010.
Synopsis:
Meet Aurélie Laflamme (Marianne Verville), a girl who believes that she was abandoned on Earth by aliens. Now that she's in high school, she doesn't connect, so to speak, with most people around her. Since her dad died, she finds her mom (Édith Cochrane) dull. In school, Aurélie thinks that Kat (Geneviève Chartrand), her best friend, has a numb mind since she's found love. This is why Aurélie is not interested to have a soul mate. However, can Aurélie escape from love?
Other informations:
Finally, the film also stars Pierre Gendron, Valérie Blais, Jérémie Essiambre and Aliocha Schneider.
Synopsis:
Meet Aurélie Laflamme (Marianne Verville), a girl who believes that she was abandoned on Earth by aliens. Now that she's in high school, she doesn't connect, so to speak, with most people around her. Since her dad died, she finds her mom (Édith Cochrane) dull. In school, Aurélie thinks that Kat (Geneviève Chartrand), her best friend, has a numb mind since she's found love. This is why Aurélie is not interested to have a soul mate. However, can Aurélie escape from love?
Other informations:
Finally, the film also stars Pierre Gendron, Valérie Blais, Jérémie Essiambre and Aliocha Schneider.
- 3/16/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Tva Films, a distributor, has just released the official trailer of the upcoming teen comedy Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme, which is an adaptation of India Desjardins's first novel in the Aurélie Laflamme series. Moreover, the release of the film in Quebec is slated for April 23, 2010.
Sypnopsis:
Meet Aurélie Laflamme (Marianne Verville), a girl who believes that she was abandoned on Earth by aliens. Now that she's in high school, she doesn't connect, so to speak, with most people around her. Since her dad died, she finds her mom (Édith Cochrane) dull. In school, Aurélie thinks that Kat (Geneviève Chartrand), her best friend, has a numb mind since she's found love. This is why Aurélie is not interested to have a soul mate. However, can Aurélie escape from love?
Finally, the film also stars Pierre Gendron, Valérie Blais, Jérémie Essiambre and Aliocha Schneider.
Sypnopsis:
Meet Aurélie Laflamme (Marianne Verville), a girl who believes that she was abandoned on Earth by aliens. Now that she's in high school, she doesn't connect, so to speak, with most people around her. Since her dad died, she finds her mom (Édith Cochrane) dull. In school, Aurélie thinks that Kat (Geneviève Chartrand), her best friend, has a numb mind since she's found love. This is why Aurélie is not interested to have a soul mate. However, can Aurélie escape from love?
Finally, the film also stars Pierre Gendron, Valérie Blais, Jérémie Essiambre and Aliocha Schneider.
- 3/3/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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