The Claude Jutra Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a first-time feature filmmaker. Established in honour of renowned Quebec director Claude Jutra, this special award is chosen by the Genie Nominating committee, a group comprised of Academy members, filmmakers, critics, and industry professionals from across Canada.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Acct) announced earlier this week that this year’s Claude Jutra Award, recognizing the achievements of a first-time filmmaker, has been granted to Jepthé Bastien for his feature-length film, Sortie 67 (Exit 67). Jephté Bastien follows in the footsteps of previous Claude Jutra award-winners Xavier Dolan (J’ai tué ma mère) and Yves-Christian Fournier (Tout est parfait)
Bastien who will officially receive the award at the 31st Annual Genie Awards said, “To simply say that I’m happy would be an understatement. I’m deeply moved by this recognition from my peers. Sortie 67 is the embodiment of my entire being...
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Acct) announced earlier this week that this year’s Claude Jutra Award, recognizing the achievements of a first-time filmmaker, has been granted to Jepthé Bastien for his feature-length film, Sortie 67 (Exit 67). Jephté Bastien follows in the footsteps of previous Claude Jutra award-winners Xavier Dolan (J’ai tué ma mère) and Yves-Christian Fournier (Tout est parfait)
Bastien who will officially receive the award at the 31st Annual Genie Awards said, “To simply say that I’m happy would be an understatement. I’m deeply moved by this recognition from my peers. Sortie 67 is the embodiment of my entire being...
- 2/4/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Looking over the team's top-five of 2009 lists today it struck me what a diverse year for genre cinema it was. Oh sure, there are certain titles that managed to make it onto almost everyone's lists (Moon and Antichrist being two clear winners), but, put together, the titles run the gamut of film styles - like the best film festival program you could image.
I certainly didn't think I'd see films like The Hangover bumping up against The Road, or a double bill of Ursula Meiers' French oddity, Home, and Stingray Sam, but it's all just too cool of a mash-up to ignore and I may have to program a little private festival of some of these titles for viewing over the holidays.
But anyway, sit back, grab a drink, peruse the lists and refresh your memory of all the films you should be netflixing, buying or borrowing in the new year.
I certainly didn't think I'd see films like The Hangover bumping up against The Road, or a double bill of Ursula Meiers' French oddity, Home, and Stingray Sam, but it's all just too cool of a mash-up to ignore and I may have to program a little private festival of some of these titles for viewing over the holidays.
But anyway, sit back, grab a drink, peruse the lists and refresh your memory of all the films you should be netflixing, buying or borrowing in the new year.
- 12/16/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Tva Films, a distribution company, released the teaser of the upcoming teenage film Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme. In case you don't know what the film is about (neither do I), here's some informations. It's adapted from one of the six books (the first one to be more precise) from a teenage novel written by former columnist India Desjardins.
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?
In case you're a fan of the novels, have in mind that Aliocha Schneider,...
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?
In case you're a fan of the novels, have in mind that Aliocha Schneider,...
- 11/28/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
If you're an aficionado of literature, you're probably aware that this is the feature debut of David Bezmozgis, an acclaimed author. I haven't read his book Natasha and Other Stories. Nonetheless, Bezmozgis is definitely a director to watch for the years to come because of his writing skills. However, the cast's performance in Victoria Day is often soft at times.
1988: It's Victoria Day, school is almost over and the Edmonton Oilers (which had Wayne Gretzky at that time) were fighting in the NHL playoffs against the Boston Bruins. Ben Spector (Mark Rendall), a teenager from a Russian immigrant family living in Toronto, decides to attend to a concert of Bob Dylan with his two best friends. Once there, he runs into Jordan Chapman (Mitchell Amaral), the class jerk and Ben's annoying teammate in his amateur hockey team, who is five dollars shy of buying some drugs. Ben gives Jordan five dollars without enthusiasm.
1988: It's Victoria Day, school is almost over and the Edmonton Oilers (which had Wayne Gretzky at that time) were fighting in the NHL playoffs against the Boston Bruins. Ben Spector (Mark Rendall), a teenager from a Russian immigrant family living in Toronto, decides to attend to a concert of Bob Dylan with his two best friends. Once there, he runs into Jordan Chapman (Mitchell Amaral), the class jerk and Ben's annoying teammate in his amateur hockey team, who is five dollars shy of buying some drugs. Ben gives Jordan five dollars without enthusiasm.
- 10/27/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
This is the second film I see at the Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc). Once we get past the first half of Crackie, we get the feeling that it's interesting. In fact, Crackie is one of those rare films that deals with the inherent difficulties linked to life in a small town. Although the film might not win the Genie Award for best script, it would be a scandal if the cast's performance - especially Meghan Greeley's - is unnoticed.
Mitsy (Meghan Greeley), a girl from a small town of Newfoundland and Labrador, lives with her well-intentioned and oppressive grandmother, Bride (Mary Walsh), who earns a living as a whore. After all, ever since her childhood, Mitsy has been abandoned by her mom, Gwenny (Cheryl Wells), who only cares about drinking and sex. Besides, to top it all, Mitsy's mom lives in Alberta, a province from the Prairies.
Mitsy (Meghan Greeley), a girl from a small town of Newfoundland and Labrador, lives with her well-intentioned and oppressive grandmother, Bride (Mary Walsh), who earns a living as a whore. After all, ever since her childhood, Mitsy has been abandoned by her mom, Gwenny (Cheryl Wells), who only cares about drinking and sex. Besides, to top it all, Mitsy's mom lives in Alberta, a province from the Prairies.
- 10/15/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
After many weeks of preparation of this post and some postponing, I'm now launching this discussion started by Fletch on Canada Day. The biggest problem that the industry faces is not whether or not Canada can produce smart films. In fact, over the years, this country has witnessed the production of great works of art like Lost and Delirious, Tout est parfait, Flower and Garnet and Spider just to name a few. Do you really want to know what's the biggest problem this country's movie industry faces?
The first problem is that too many Canadians don't watch our films when they're in theatres according to the latest report from the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (Pdf). In fact, just have a look at these two graphics that can respectively be found at p. 73 and 74 of the report:
As you can see in both graphics, the Canadian box office has...
The first problem is that too many Canadians don't watch our films when they're in theatres according to the latest report from the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (Pdf). In fact, just have a look at these two graphics that can respectively be found at p. 73 and 74 of the report:
As you can see in both graphics, the Canadian box office has...
- 8/10/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
We're a little late on this as it ran the fest circuit last year and just got a theatrical release in France, but this French-speaking film out of Canada surely deserves more attention. It has to do the remains of suicide from a group of friends, mostly from the point of view of the main character Josh. You'll probably notice a hint of Gus Van Sant which is what really caught my eye.
Josh is an ordinary teen living in an ordinary suburb, wedged between the high school, the mine and the skate park. One morning, he finds his friend Thomas's dead body. Next, he discovers that three more friends also killed themselves, leaving him out of their pact. As the sole survivor, Josh becomes more and more detached from the world around him. Only Mia, his best friend's girl, can reach him. With more questions than answers, Josh's is the story of a survivor.
Josh is an ordinary teen living in an ordinary suburb, wedged between the high school, the mine and the skate park. One morning, he finds his friend Thomas's dead body. Next, he discovers that three more friends also killed themselves, leaving him out of their pact. As the sole survivor, Josh becomes more and more detached from the world around him. Only Mia, his best friend's girl, can reach him. With more questions than answers, Josh's is the story of a survivor.
- 1/11/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Audience members gave Doris Dorris' Cherry Blossoms -- Hanami the best film Golden Space Needle Award at the 34th Seattle International Film Festival, which ended Sunday. The jury's grand prize went to Tony Barbieri's "Em."
At the 25-day fest, the jury awarded a special jury prize to writer-director Russell Brown for The Bluetooth Virgin.
Within the fest's New Directors Showcase competition, the grand jury prize was awarded to Yves-Christian Fournier's Everything Is Fine, while the special jury prize was bestowed on Anna Melikyan's Mermaid.
The grand jury prize for documentary was presented to Isaac Julien's Derek, and special jury prizes were awarded to Raphael Mathie's Combalion and Timothy Hotchner's Accelerating America.
The short film winners were Rebecca Dreyfus' "Self Portrait With Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy" in the documentary category, with Christina Voros' The Ladies picking up the special prize; Luis Cook's The Pearce Sisters in the animation category, with Kim Slate's Home winning the special prize; and Atul Taishete's Rewind in the narrative category. Narrative special jury prizes were handed out to Amy Gebhardt's Walnut, Paddy Considine's Dog Altogether, Teemu Nikki's A Mate and Steph Green's New Boy.
John Grigsby's Introduction to Lucid Dreaming and Adam Keker's "On the Assassination of the President" earned honorable mentions for inventive filmmaking.
At the 25-day fest, the jury awarded a special jury prize to writer-director Russell Brown for The Bluetooth Virgin.
Within the fest's New Directors Showcase competition, the grand jury prize was awarded to Yves-Christian Fournier's Everything Is Fine, while the special jury prize was bestowed on Anna Melikyan's Mermaid.
The grand jury prize for documentary was presented to Isaac Julien's Derek, and special jury prizes were awarded to Raphael Mathie's Combalion and Timothy Hotchner's Accelerating America.
The short film winners were Rebecca Dreyfus' "Self Portrait With Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy" in the documentary category, with Christina Voros' The Ladies picking up the special prize; Luis Cook's The Pearce Sisters in the animation category, with Kim Slate's Home winning the special prize; and Atul Taishete's Rewind in the narrative category. Narrative special jury prizes were handed out to Amy Gebhardt's Walnut, Paddy Considine's Dog Altogether, Teemu Nikki's A Mate and Steph Green's New Boy.
John Grigsby's Introduction to Lucid Dreaming and Adam Keker's "On the Assassination of the President" earned honorable mentions for inventive filmmaking.
- 6/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Canadian distributor Seville Entertainment on Wednesday said it has sold the debut feature from Yves-Christian Fournier to UGC Images as part of a multiterritory deal it closed in Berlin.
Montreal-based Seville said that UGC will release Everything Is Fine in France, Switzerland and the Benelux following its premiere in Berlin as part of the Panorama sidebar.
The deal was hammered out between Seville, which holds the international rights to Fournier's picture, and UGC at the European Film Market.
Everything, which portrays a young teen dealing with four friends who have died as part of a suicide pact, was produced by Quebec producer Go-Films and will bow Friday in French-speaking Canada.
Montreal-based Seville said that UGC will release Everything Is Fine in France, Switzerland and the Benelux following its premiere in Berlin as part of the Panorama sidebar.
The deal was hammered out between Seville, which holds the international rights to Fournier's picture, and UGC at the European Film Market.
Everything, which portrays a young teen dealing with four friends who have died as part of a suicide pact, was produced by Quebec producer Go-Films and will bow Friday in French-speaking Canada.
- 2/14/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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