The Vancouver Film Critics Association or Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) was apparently founded to represent Vancouver’s print, on-line, and broadcast media. The group honors the best in Canadian and international filmmaking with the annual VFCC Awards.
In anticipation of the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, here, is a look at the 2014 VFCC Award winners.
2014 Canadian Screen Awards (for the year in film 2013) – a complete list of winners follows:
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS:
BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Hunt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
CANADIAN AWARDS:
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Dirties
BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Sophie Desmarais, Sarah Prefers to Run
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Lise Roy, Tom at the Farm
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls
BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
My Prairie Home
BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
The Dirties
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Down River
IAN CADDELL AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Al Sens
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Corinne Lea
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
2014 VFCC Award Nominations - Complete List
The Vancouver Film Critics Association or Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) was apparently founded to represent Vancouver’s print, on-line, and broadcast media. The group honors the best in Canadian and international filmmaking with the annual VFCC Awards.
In anticipation of the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, here, is a look at the 2014 VFCC Award nominations. Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave led all films in the 2014 VFCC Awards with six nominations in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s International category.
The Dirties, the story of two film geeks planning a high school shooting, received five VFCC nominations in the Canadian category, including “Best Canadian Film” and “Best First Film by a Canadian Director.” Director-star Matt Johnson was also nominated for “Best Director of a Canadian Film” and “Best Actor in a Canadian Film.”
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle introduced a new award, “Best First Film by a Canadian Director.”
2014 VFCC Awards – International category (for the year in film 2013) – full list of nominees:
BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze, Her
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blancanieves
Blue is the Warmest Colour
The Hunt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
West of Memphis
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2014 VFCC Awards – Canadian categories (for the year in film 2013) – full list of nominees:
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Dirties
Gabrielle
Watermark
BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Thomas Haden Church, Whitewash
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
Tom Scholte, The Dick Knost Show
BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Michelle Giroux, Blood Pressure
Tatiana Maslany, Picture Day
Sophie Desmarais, Sarah Prefers to Run
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Marc Labreche, Whitewash
Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle
Owen Williams, The Dirties
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Romane Bohringer, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
Lise Roy, Tom at the Farm
Gabrielle Rose, The Dick Knost Show
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Louise Archambault, Gabrielle
Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
My Prairie Home
Oil Sands Karaoke
Watermark
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Down River
Oil Sands Karaoke
When I Walk
BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
The Dirties
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Sarah Prefers to Run
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle also announced that Canadian animation pioneer Al Sens is the winner of the 2014 Ian Caddell Award for Achievement. Presented to a British Columbian who has made a significant contribution to the province’s film industry, this award is named in honour of the VFCC’s cofounder, Ian Caddel, who passed away in 2012.
A Vancouver native, the self-taught animator founded Al Sens Animation, the city’s first animation studio, in 1958. Since then, he has amassed an impressive body of inventive work (including 1965’s The See Hear Talk Think Dream and Act Film and 1978’s Canadian Vignettes: Logger), developed his trademark “spit technique,” and served as a mentor to generations of animators.
Sens, who had recently turned 80, was to presented with his award at the VFCC’s 14th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, January 7, 2014.
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In anticipation of the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, here, is a look at the 2014 VFCC Award nominations. Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave led all films in the 2014 VFCC Awards with six nominations in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s International category.
The Dirties, the story of two film geeks planning a high school shooting, received five VFCC nominations in the Canadian category, including “Best Canadian Film” and “Best First Film by a Canadian Director.” Director-star Matt Johnson was also nominated for “Best Director of a Canadian Film” and “Best Actor in a Canadian Film.”
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle introduced a new award, “Best First Film by a Canadian Director.”
2014 VFCC Awards – International category (for the year in film 2013) – full list of nominees:
BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze, Her
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blancanieves
Blue is the Warmest Colour
The Hunt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
West of Memphis
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2014 VFCC Awards – Canadian categories (for the year in film 2013) – full list of nominees:
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Dirties
Gabrielle
Watermark
BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Thomas Haden Church, Whitewash
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
Tom Scholte, The Dick Knost Show
BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Michelle Giroux, Blood Pressure
Tatiana Maslany, Picture Day
Sophie Desmarais, Sarah Prefers to Run
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Marc Labreche, Whitewash
Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle
Owen Williams, The Dirties
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Romane Bohringer, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
Lise Roy, Tom at the Farm
Gabrielle Rose, The Dick Knost Show
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Louise Archambault, Gabrielle
Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Matt Johnson, The Dirties
BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
My Prairie Home
Oil Sands Karaoke
Watermark
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Down River
Oil Sands Karaoke
When I Walk
BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
The Dirties
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Sarah Prefers to Run
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle also announced that Canadian animation pioneer Al Sens is the winner of the 2014 Ian Caddell Award for Achievement. Presented to a British Columbian who has made a significant contribution to the province’s film industry, this award is named in honour of the VFCC’s cofounder, Ian Caddel, who passed away in 2012.
A Vancouver native, the self-taught animator founded Al Sens Animation, the city’s first animation studio, in 1958. Since then, he has amassed an impressive body of inventive work (including 1965’s The See Hear Talk Think Dream and Act Film and 1978’s Canadian Vignettes: Logger), developed his trademark “spit technique,” and served as a mentor to generations of animators.
Sens, who had recently turned 80, was to presented with his award at the VFCC’s 14th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, January 7, 2014.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
2014 Canadian Screen Award Nominations Are Announced
by Leroy Douresseaux
The Canadian Screen Awards honor achievements in Canadian film and television production, as well as achievements in digital media. In 2012, the formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) merged into a single ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards.
The Canadian Screen Awards are presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. This is a national, no-profit, professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media. The Academy describes itself as a “Unifying industry professionals across Canada, the Academy is a vital force representing all screen – based industries.”
The Academy’s Canadian Screen Awards is the annual awards show to celebrate the best in film, television and digital media. They are part of Canadian Screen Week (March 3‐9, 2014).
The 2014 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented at an awards gala on Sunday, March 9, 2014. This two-hour live broadcast will be presented at 8pm on the CBC. Actor Martin Short will be the host.
The following list of nominations is only a partial list, which excludes the television and new media categories, as well as most of the 2014 Special Award winners. For a full list of nominees, go here:
http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2014-Nominees-Winners/Film
2014 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Nominations:
Feature Film Nominations:
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM (Sponsor / Commanditaire | William F. White International and Comweb Group):
• LE DÉMANTÈLEMENT / THE DISMANTLEMENT – Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
• EMPIRE OF DIRT – Jennifer Podemski
• ENEMY – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A. Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
• THE F‐WORD – Andre Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher
• GABRIELLE – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
• THE GRAND SEDUCTION – Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
• MAÏNA – Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin
• TOM À LA FERME / TOM AT THE FARM – Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Xavier Dolan
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE
DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
• MARIO HERVIEUX – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• PATRICE VERMETTE – Enemy
• MICHEL PROULX – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest
• Man in the World
• JEAN BÉCOTTE – Maïna
• ANTHONY IANNI, FRANÇOIS SEGUIN – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
• LEA CARLSON – The Colony
• CARMEN ALIE – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man
• in the World
• VÉRONIQUE MARCHESSAULT – Maïna
• SARAH MILLMAN – Molly Maxwell
• GERSHA PHILLIPS – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES
• NICOLAS BOLDUC CSC – Enemy
• ALLEN SMITH – Maïna
• ANTONIO RIESTRA – Mama
• FRANÇOIS DELISLE – Le Météore / The Meteor
• PIERRE GILL, CSC – Upside Down
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Pinewood Toronto Studios):
• SÉBASTIEN PILOTE – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• DENIS VILLENEUVE – Enemy
• MICHAEL DOWSE – The F‐Word
• XAVIER DOLAN – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
• PEDRO PIRES, ROBERT LEPAGE – Triptyque
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | The PostMan):
• CARINA BACCANALE – Amsterdam
• EVAN MORGAN, MATT JOHNSON – The Dirties
• JORGE WEISZ – Empire of Dirt
• MATTHEW HANNAM ‐ Enemy
• RICHARD COMEAU – Gabrielle
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE‐UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES (Sponsor / Commanditaire | M•A•C Cosmetics)
• LOUISE MACKINTOSH, PEGGY KYRIAKIDOU, SHAUNA LLEWELLYN – The Colony
• FRANCOIS DAGENAIS, TRACI LOADER – Cottage Country
• BRIGITTE BILODEAU ‐ Maïna
• DAVID MARTI, LINDA DOWDS, MONTSE RIBE – Mama
• JO‐ANN MACNEIL, KAROLA DIRNBERGER, PAUL JONES – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC ‐ ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
• DANNY BENSI, SAUNDER JURRIAANS – Enemy
• KIM GABOURY, MICHEL CUSSON – Maïna
• RAMACHANDRA BORCAR – Roche Papier Ciseaux
• MICHEL CUSSON – Rouge Sang
• GABRIEL YARED – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC ‐ ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Slaight Music)
• COLLEEN RENNISON – Down River – “Molly”
• ELISAPIE ISAAC, OLIVIER AURIOL – La légende de Sarila / The Legend of Sarila – “Far Away”
• JIMMY HARRY, SERENA RYDER – The Right Kind of Wrong – “It’s No Mistake”
• MICHEL CUSSON – Rouge Sang – “À la Claire fontaine”
• MAERIN HUNTING – Stay – “Iva / Moses”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION
MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
• GABRIEL ARCAND – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL – Enemy
• DANIEL RADCLIFFE – The F‐Word
• BRENDAN GLEESON – The Grand Seduction
• RAJESH TAILANG – Siddharth
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION
MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
• JAY BARUCHEL – The Art of the Steal
• ALEXANDRE LANDRY – Gabrielle
• GORDON PINSENT – The Grand Seduction
• PIERRE‐YVES CARDINAL – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
• MARC LABRÈCHE – Whitewash
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION
FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
• TATIANA MASLANY – Cas & Dylan
• CARA GEE – Empire of Dirt
• GABRIELLE MARION‐RIVARD – Gabrielle
• KAWENNÁHERE DEVERY JACOBS – Rhymes for Young Ghouls
• ISABELLE GUÉRARD – Rouge Sang
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE /INTERPRÉTATION
FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
• FLORENCE BLAIN – L’Autre Maison
• JENNIFER PODEMSKI – Empire of Dirt
• SARAH GADON – Enemy
• MACKENZIE DAVIS – The F‐Word
• EVELYNE BROCHU – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Deluxe Toronto):
• ARNAUD DERIMAY, BENOÎT LEDUC, STÉPHANE BERGERON – Amsterdam
• BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL, PIERRE BERTRAND – Gabrielle
• ANDREW TAY, DAVID DRAGE, DAVID GIAMMARCO, GREG CHAPMAN, MATT MCKENZIE,
• PETER PERSAUD – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
• JOE MORROW, LALIT MALIK, LOU SOLAKOFSKI ‐ Siddharth
• FRANCOIS GRENON, OLIVIER GOINARD, SEVAN KORYAN, SYLVAIN BRASSARD – Tom à la ferme/ Tom at the Farm
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | IMAX):
• CLAIRE POCHON, SIMON MEILLEUR, SYLVAIN BELLEMARE – Amsterdam
• CLAIRE POCHON, SIMON MEILLEUR, SYLVAIN BELLEMARE – Gabrielle
• ANTOINE MORIN, CHRISTIAN RIVEST, GUY PELLETIER, MARTIN PINSONNAULT, MIREILLE MORIN, PAUL COL – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
• ALEX BULLICK, CHRISTIAN SCHAANING, J.R. FOUNTAIN, JILL PURDY, KEVIN BANKS, NATHAN ROBITAILLE, NELSON FERREIRA, STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
• GUY FRANCOEUR, ISABELLE FAVREAU, SYLVAIN BRASSARD – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Harold Greenberg Fund):
• JONATHAN SOBOL – The Art of the Steal
• SÉBASTIEN PILOTE – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• SHANNON MASTERS – Empire of Dirt
• RICHIE MEHTA – Siddharth
• EMANUEL HOSS‐DESMARAIS, MARC TULIN – Whitewash
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
• JAVIER GULLÓN – Enemy
• ELAN MASTAI – The F‐Word
• KEN SCOTT, MICHAEL DOWSE – The Grand Seduction
• MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD, XAVIER DOLAN – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
• ROBERT LEPAGE ‐ Triptyque
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS
• LAETITIA SEGUIN, MARIE‐CECILE DAHAN, MATHIEU VEILLETTE, MATTHEW ROULEAU, MIKAEL DAMANT‐SIROIS, PATRICK DAVID, VINCENT POITRAS – Enemy
• AÉLIS HÉRAUD, ANTOINE WIBAUT, CATHERINE HÉBERT, CYNTHIA CARRIER, DAVID RAYMOND, JONATHAN LEGRIS, JOSÉE CHAPDELAINE, LOUIS‐ALEXANDRE LORD, PIERRESIMON LEBRUN‐CHAPUT, SARAH NEVEU – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde /Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
• AARON WEINTRAUB, AYO BURGESS, DENNIS BERARDI, EDWARD J. TAYLOR IV, JASON GOUGEON, KYLE YONEDA, MICHAEL BORRETT, MICHAEL RICE, SARAH MCMURDO, TAMARA STONE ‐ Mama
• ANDY ROBINSON, DENNIS BERARDI, EDWARD J. TAYLOR IV, JAMES COOPER, JASON EDWARDH, JO HUGHES, LEANN HARVEY, SEAN MILLS, STEPHEN WAGNER, TREY HARRELL – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
• ANNIE NORMANDIN, DOMINIC DAIGLE, FRANÇOIS DUMOULIN, MARC MORISETTE, OLIVIER GOULET – Upside Down
Docs & Short Film Nominations:
TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR LONG MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE TED ROGERS
• HI-HO MISTAHEY! – Alanis Obomsawin, Annette Clarke, Ravida Din
• MY PRAIRIE HOME – Chelsea McMullan, Lea Marin, Silva Basmajian
• PEOPLE OF A FEATHER – Joel Heath
• VANISHING POINT – Julia Szucs, Stephen Smith, David Christensen
• WATERMARK – Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Daniel Iron
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Hot Docs)
• CHI – Anne Wheeler, Yves J. Ma, Tracey Friesen
• JUST AS I REMEMBER – Andrew Moir
• MARY + MYSELF – Sam Decoste, Annette Clarke
• BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
• A GRAND CANAL – Johnny Ma
• INA LITOVSKI – Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin
• MÉMORABLE MOI – Jean-François Asselin
• NOAH – Patrick Cederberg, Walter Woodman
• NOUS AVIONS – Stéphane Moukarzel
BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
• THE END OF PINKY – Claire Blanchet, Michael Fukushima
• GLORIA VICTORIA – Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
• HOLLOW LAND – Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Dora Benousilio, Marc Bertrand, Marie Bro
• IMPROMPTU – Bruce Alcock, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima, Tina Ouellette
• SUBCONSCIOUS PASSWORD – Chris Landreth, Marcy Page, Mark Smith
Lifetime Achievement Award - For Exceptional Contribution to the Canadian Film & Television Industry: DAVID CRONENBERG
Earle Grey Award – For Acting: COLM FEORE
http://www.academy.ca/awards/
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The Canadian Screen Awards honor achievements in Canadian film and television production, as well as achievements in digital media. In 2012, the formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) merged into a single ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards.
The Canadian Screen Awards are presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. This is a national, no-profit, professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media. The Academy describes itself as a “Unifying industry professionals across Canada, the Academy is a vital force representing all screen – based industries.”
The Academy’s Canadian Screen Awards is the annual awards show to celebrate the best in film, television and digital media. They are part of Canadian Screen Week (March 3‐9, 2014).
The 2014 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented at an awards gala on Sunday, March 9, 2014. This two-hour live broadcast will be presented at 8pm on the CBC. Actor Martin Short will be the host.
The following list of nominations is only a partial list, which excludes the television and new media categories, as well as most of the 2014 Special Award winners. For a full list of nominees, go here:
http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2014-Nominees-Winners/Film
2014 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Nominations:
Feature Film Nominations:
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM (Sponsor / Commanditaire | William F. White International and Comweb Group):
• LE DÉMANTÈLEMENT / THE DISMANTLEMENT – Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle
• EMPIRE OF DIRT – Jennifer Podemski
• ENEMY – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A. Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
• THE F‐WORD – Andre Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher
• GABRIELLE – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry
• THE GRAND SEDUCTION – Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier
• MAÏNA – Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin
• TOM À LA FERME / TOM AT THE FARM – Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Xavier Dolan
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE
DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
• MARIO HERVIEUX – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• PATRICE VERMETTE – Enemy
• MICHEL PROULX – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest
• Man in the World
• JEAN BÉCOTTE – Maïna
• ANTHONY IANNI, FRANÇOIS SEGUIN – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
• LEA CARLSON – The Colony
• CARMEN ALIE – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man
• in the World
• VÉRONIQUE MARCHESSAULT – Maïna
• SARAH MILLMAN – Molly Maxwell
• GERSHA PHILLIPS – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES
• NICOLAS BOLDUC CSC – Enemy
• ALLEN SMITH – Maïna
• ANTONIO RIESTRA – Mama
• FRANÇOIS DELISLE – Le Météore / The Meteor
• PIERRE GILL, CSC – Upside Down
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Pinewood Toronto Studios):
• SÉBASTIEN PILOTE – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• DENIS VILLENEUVE – Enemy
• MICHAEL DOWSE – The F‐Word
• XAVIER DOLAN – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
• PEDRO PIRES, ROBERT LEPAGE – Triptyque
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | The PostMan):
• CARINA BACCANALE – Amsterdam
• EVAN MORGAN, MATT JOHNSON – The Dirties
• JORGE WEISZ – Empire of Dirt
• MATTHEW HANNAM ‐ Enemy
• RICHARD COMEAU – Gabrielle
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE‐UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES (Sponsor / Commanditaire | M•A•C Cosmetics)
• LOUISE MACKINTOSH, PEGGY KYRIAKIDOU, SHAUNA LLEWELLYN – The Colony
• FRANCOIS DAGENAIS, TRACI LOADER – Cottage Country
• BRIGITTE BILODEAU ‐ Maïna
• DAVID MARTI, LINDA DOWDS, MONTSE RIBE – Mama
• JO‐ANN MACNEIL, KAROLA DIRNBERGER, PAUL JONES – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC ‐ ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
• DANNY BENSI, SAUNDER JURRIAANS – Enemy
• KIM GABOURY, MICHEL CUSSON – Maïna
• RAMACHANDRA BORCAR – Roche Papier Ciseaux
• MICHEL CUSSON – Rouge Sang
• GABRIEL YARED – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC ‐ ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Slaight Music)
• COLLEEN RENNISON – Down River – “Molly”
• ELISAPIE ISAAC, OLIVIER AURIOL – La légende de Sarila / The Legend of Sarila – “Far Away”
• JIMMY HARRY, SERENA RYDER – The Right Kind of Wrong – “It’s No Mistake”
• MICHEL CUSSON – Rouge Sang – “À la Claire fontaine”
• MAERIN HUNTING – Stay – “Iva / Moses”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION
MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
• GABRIEL ARCAND – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL – Enemy
• DANIEL RADCLIFFE – The F‐Word
• BRENDAN GLEESON – The Grand Seduction
• RAJESH TAILANG – Siddharth
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION
MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
• JAY BARUCHEL – The Art of the Steal
• ALEXANDRE LANDRY – Gabrielle
• GORDON PINSENT – The Grand Seduction
• PIERRE‐YVES CARDINAL – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
• MARC LABRÈCHE – Whitewash
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION
FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
• TATIANA MASLANY – Cas & Dylan
• CARA GEE – Empire of Dirt
• GABRIELLE MARION‐RIVARD – Gabrielle
• KAWENNÁHERE DEVERY JACOBS – Rhymes for Young Ghouls
• ISABELLE GUÉRARD – Rouge Sang
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE /INTERPRÉTATION
FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
• FLORENCE BLAIN – L’Autre Maison
• JENNIFER PODEMSKI – Empire of Dirt
• SARAH GADON – Enemy
• MACKENZIE DAVIS – The F‐Word
• EVELYNE BROCHU – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Deluxe Toronto):
• ARNAUD DERIMAY, BENOÎT LEDUC, STÉPHANE BERGERON – Amsterdam
• BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL, PIERRE BERTRAND – Gabrielle
• ANDREW TAY, DAVID DRAGE, DAVID GIAMMARCO, GREG CHAPMAN, MATT MCKENZIE,
• PETER PERSAUD – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
• JOE MORROW, LALIT MALIK, LOU SOLAKOFSKI ‐ Siddharth
• FRANCOIS GRENON, OLIVIER GOINARD, SEVAN KORYAN, SYLVAIN BRASSARD – Tom à la ferme/ Tom at the Farm
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | IMAX):
• CLAIRE POCHON, SIMON MEILLEUR, SYLVAIN BELLEMARE – Amsterdam
• CLAIRE POCHON, SIMON MEILLEUR, SYLVAIN BELLEMARE – Gabrielle
• ANTOINE MORIN, CHRISTIAN RIVEST, GUY PELLETIER, MARTIN PINSONNAULT, MIREILLE MORIN, PAUL COL – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
• ALEX BULLICK, CHRISTIAN SCHAANING, J.R. FOUNTAIN, JILL PURDY, KEVIN BANKS, NATHAN ROBITAILLE, NELSON FERREIRA, STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
• GUY FRANCOEUR, ISABELLE FAVREAU, SYLVAIN BRASSARD – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Harold Greenberg Fund):
• JONATHAN SOBOL – The Art of the Steal
• SÉBASTIEN PILOTE – Le Démantèlement / The Dismantlement
• SHANNON MASTERS – Empire of Dirt
• RICHIE MEHTA – Siddharth
• EMANUEL HOSS‐DESMARAIS, MARC TULIN – Whitewash
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
• JAVIER GULLÓN – Enemy
• ELAN MASTAI – The F‐Word
• KEN SCOTT, MICHAEL DOWSE – The Grand Seduction
• MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD, XAVIER DOLAN – Tom à la ferme / Tom at the Farm
• ROBERT LEPAGE ‐ Triptyque
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS
• LAETITIA SEGUIN, MARIE‐CECILE DAHAN, MATHIEU VEILLETTE, MATTHEW ROULEAU, MIKAEL DAMANT‐SIROIS, PATRICK DAVID, VINCENT POITRAS – Enemy
• AÉLIS HÉRAUD, ANTOINE WIBAUT, CATHERINE HÉBERT, CYNTHIA CARRIER, DAVID RAYMOND, JONATHAN LEGRIS, JOSÉE CHAPDELAINE, LOUIS‐ALEXANDRE LORD, PIERRESIMON LEBRUN‐CHAPUT, SARAH NEVEU – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde /Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
• AARON WEINTRAUB, AYO BURGESS, DENNIS BERARDI, EDWARD J. TAYLOR IV, JASON GOUGEON, KYLE YONEDA, MICHAEL BORRETT, MICHAEL RICE, SARAH MCMURDO, TAMARA STONE ‐ Mama
• ANDY ROBINSON, DENNIS BERARDI, EDWARD J. TAYLOR IV, JAMES COOPER, JASON EDWARDH, JO HUGHES, LEANN HARVEY, SEAN MILLS, STEPHEN WAGNER, TREY HARRELL – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
• ANNIE NORMANDIN, DOMINIC DAIGLE, FRANÇOIS DUMOULIN, MARC MORISETTE, OLIVIER GOULET – Upside Down
Docs & Short Film Nominations:
TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR LONG MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE TED ROGERS
• HI-HO MISTAHEY! – Alanis Obomsawin, Annette Clarke, Ravida Din
• MY PRAIRIE HOME – Chelsea McMullan, Lea Marin, Silva Basmajian
• PEOPLE OF A FEATHER – Joel Heath
• VANISHING POINT – Julia Szucs, Stephen Smith, David Christensen
• WATERMARK – Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Daniel Iron
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE (Sponsor / Commanditaire | Hot Docs)
• CHI – Anne Wheeler, Yves J. Ma, Tracey Friesen
• JUST AS I REMEMBER – Andrew Moir
• MARY + MYSELF – Sam Decoste, Annette Clarke
• BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
• A GRAND CANAL – Johnny Ma
• INA LITOVSKI – Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin
• MÉMORABLE MOI – Jean-François Asselin
• NOAH – Patrick Cederberg, Walter Woodman
• NOUS AVIONS – Stéphane Moukarzel
BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
• THE END OF PINKY – Claire Blanchet, Michael Fukushima
• GLORIA VICTORIA – Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
• HOLLOW LAND – Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Dora Benousilio, Marc Bertrand, Marie Bro
• IMPROMPTU – Bruce Alcock, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima, Tina Ouellette
• SUBCONSCIOUS PASSWORD – Chris Landreth, Marcy Page, Mark Smith
Lifetime Achievement Award - For Exceptional Contribution to the Canadian Film & Television Industry: DAVID CRONENBERG
Earle Grey Award – For Acting: COLM FEORE
http://www.academy.ca/awards/
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Women Dominate 2014 DGA Awards Documentary Nominations
by Amos Semien
The Directors Guild of America recently announced the nominations in the category of "DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013." Three of the five nominations went to women filmmakers, including Sarah Polley for her much-honored 2012 Canadian doc, Stories We Tell.
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the entertainment labor union that represents film and television directors. The DGA gives out the Directors Guild of America Award each year to honor outstanding achievement.
The 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013
ZACHARY HEINZERLING
Cutie and the Boxer
(Radius TWC, Ex Lion Tamer, Cine Mosaic)
This is Mr. Heinzerling’s first DGA Award nomination.
JEHANE NOUJAIM
The Square
(Netflix, Participant Media, Noujaim Films, Maktube Productions, WorldView, Roast Beef Productions
This is Ms. Noujaim’s third DGA Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Startup.com in 2001 (together with Chris Hegedus) and was also nominated in this category in 2004 for Control Room.
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
The Act of Killing
(Final Cut for Real APS, Drafthouse Films, Piraya Films, Novaya Zemlya Ltd., Spring Films Ltd.)
This is Mr. Oppenheimer’s first DGA Award nomination.
SARAH POLLEY
Stories We Tell
(Roadside Attractions, The National Film Board of Canada)
This is Ms. Polley’s first DGA Award nomination.
LUCY WALKER
The Crash Reel
(HBO Documentary Films, KP Rides Again, LLC, Impact Partners, Tree Tree Tree Production)
This is Ms. Walker’s first DGA Award nomination.
http://www.dga.org/
The Directors Guild of America recently announced the nominations in the category of "DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013." Three of the five nominations went to women filmmakers, including Sarah Polley for her much-honored 2012 Canadian doc, Stories We Tell.
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is the entertainment labor union that represents film and television directors. The DGA gives out the Directors Guild of America Award each year to honor outstanding achievement.
The 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013
ZACHARY HEINZERLING
Cutie and the Boxer
(Radius TWC, Ex Lion Tamer, Cine Mosaic)
This is Mr. Heinzerling’s first DGA Award nomination.
JEHANE NOUJAIM
The Square
(Netflix, Participant Media, Noujaim Films, Maktube Productions, WorldView, Roast Beef Productions
This is Ms. Noujaim’s third DGA Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Startup.com in 2001 (together with Chris Hegedus) and was also nominated in this category in 2004 for Control Room.
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER
The Act of Killing
(Final Cut for Real APS, Drafthouse Films, Piraya Films, Novaya Zemlya Ltd., Spring Films Ltd.)
This is Mr. Oppenheimer’s first DGA Award nomination.
SARAH POLLEY
Stories We Tell
(Roadside Attractions, The National Film Board of Canada)
This is Ms. Polley’s first DGA Award nomination.
LUCY WALKER
The Crash Reel
(HBO Documentary Films, KP Rides Again, LLC, Impact Partners, Tree Tree Tree Production)
This is Ms. Walker’s first DGA Award nomination.
http://www.dga.org/
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Toronto Film Critics Choose "Inside Llewyn Davis" and "Watermark"
by Amos Semien
The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented.
The Toronto Film Critics Association announced the 2013 TFCA Awards back on Monday, December 16, 2013. Inside Llewyn Davis won two top prizes in 2013 awards of the Toronto Film Critics Association. Joel and Ethan Coen’s tale of a folk singer making his way through Greenwich Village, 1961, won “Best Picture” and “Best Actor” (Oscar Isaac).
The 2013 TFCA Awards were presented at a gala dinner at Toronto’s Carlu on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, hosted by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. At the dinner, the documentary, Watermark, was revealed as the winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, which carries a record-setting $100,000 cash prize, the richest arts award in the country. The awards was presented to the Watermark’s director’s, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. The runners-up will each receive $5,000.
Under the TFCA’s guidelines, contenders eligible for the 2013 awards include films released in Canada in 2013 plus films that qualify for the 2013 Oscars and have Canadian distribution scheduled by the end of February 2014.
The full list of 2013Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE: “Inside Llewyn Davis” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“Her” (Warner Bros.)
“12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTOR: Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Runners-up
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Runners-up
Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Runners-up
Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”
James Franco, “Spring Breakers”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
Runners-up
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
June Squibb, “Nebraska”
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”
Runners-up
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL: Spike Jonze, “Her”
Runners-up
Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Neighboring Sounds”, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Runners-up
“Fruitvale Station”, directed by Ryan Coogler
“In a World …”, directed by Lake Bell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “The Wind Rises” (Touchstone Pictures)
Runners-up
“The Croods” (20th Century Fox)
“Frozen” (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “A Touch of Sin” (Films We Like)
Runners-up
“Blue Is the Warmest Color” (Mongrel Media)
“The Hunt” (Mongrel Media)
BMO ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD: “The Act of Killing” (Films We Like)
Runners-up
“Leviathan” (Films We Like)
“Tim’s Vermeer” (Mongrel Media)
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS
“Watermark” (Mongrel Media) – WINNER - $100,000 przie
Runners-up ($5,000 to each):
“The Dirties” (Phase 4 Films)
“Gabrielle” (Entertainment One)
www.torontofilmcritics.com
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The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented.
The Toronto Film Critics Association announced the 2013 TFCA Awards back on Monday, December 16, 2013. Inside Llewyn Davis won two top prizes in 2013 awards of the Toronto Film Critics Association. Joel and Ethan Coen’s tale of a folk singer making his way through Greenwich Village, 1961, won “Best Picture” and “Best Actor” (Oscar Isaac).
The 2013 TFCA Awards were presented at a gala dinner at Toronto’s Carlu on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, hosted by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. At the dinner, the documentary, Watermark, was revealed as the winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, which carries a record-setting $100,000 cash prize, the richest arts award in the country. The awards was presented to the Watermark’s director’s, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. The runners-up will each receive $5,000.
Under the TFCA’s guidelines, contenders eligible for the 2013 awards include films released in Canada in 2013 plus films that qualify for the 2013 Oscars and have Canadian distribution scheduled by the end of February 2014.
The full list of 2013Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE: “Inside Llewyn Davis” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“Her” (Warner Bros.)
“12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTOR: Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Runners-up
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Runners-up
Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Runners-up
Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”
James Franco, “Spring Breakers”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
Runners-up
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
June Squibb, “Nebraska”
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”
Runners-up
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL: Spike Jonze, “Her”
Runners-up
Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Neighboring Sounds”, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Runners-up
“Fruitvale Station”, directed by Ryan Coogler
“In a World …”, directed by Lake Bell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “The Wind Rises” (Touchstone Pictures)
Runners-up
“The Croods” (20th Century Fox)
“Frozen” (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “A Touch of Sin” (Films We Like)
Runners-up
“Blue Is the Warmest Color” (Mongrel Media)
“The Hunt” (Mongrel Media)
BMO ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD: “The Act of Killing” (Films We Like)
Runners-up
“Leviathan” (Films We Like)
“Tim’s Vermeer” (Mongrel Media)
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS
“Watermark” (Mongrel Media) – WINNER - $100,000 przie
Runners-up ($5,000 to each):
“The Dirties” (Phase 4 Films)
“Gabrielle” (Entertainment One)
www.torontofilmcritics.com
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Review: "A Christmas Story" is Truly Timeless
A Christmas Story (1983)
Running time: 93 minutes (1 hour, 33 minutes)
MPAA – PG
DIRECTOR: Bob Clark
WRITERS: Jean Sheperd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark (based upon the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash)
PRODUCERS: Bob Clark and René Dupont
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Reginald H. Morris (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Stan Cole
COMPOSERS: Paul Zaza and Carl Zittrer
COMEDY/FAMILY
Starring: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R.D. Robb, Tedde Moore, Yano Anaya, Zack Ward, Jeff Gillen, and Jean Shepherd (also narrator)
The subject of this movie review is A Christmas Story, a 1983 Christmas movie from director Bob Clark. Although it was produced by an American film studio, MGM, some of the movie was shot in Canada. A Christmas Story won two Genie Awards (then, Canada’s equivalent of the Oscars) for its direction and screenplay and was nominated in seven other categories, including “Best Motion Picture.” In the film, a nine-year-old boy tries to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is an appropriate gift for him.
Writer/director Bob Clark turned humorist Jean Shepard’s nostalgic view of the Christmas season in 1940’s Indiana into a classic holiday movie, A Christmas Story. All nine-year old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) really wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder 200-shot range model air rifle – a BB gun.
The adults in his life, even Ralphie’s parents, Mrs. Parker (Melinda Dillon) and The Old Man aka Mr. Parker (Darren McGavin), think that the Red Ryder BB Gun is not a safe toy, or as they keep telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” While waging an all-out campaign for his BB gun, Ralphie dodges bullies and deals with his little brother, Randy’s (Ian Petrella) food issues. Even Mr. Parker has his struggles as he fights a series of never-ending battles with his neighbor’s large pack of dogs, his home’s troublesome furnace, and an endless number of blown fuses.
I’m not sure why this delightful little Christmas movie works, but it does. The narration isn’t always good; sometimes it sounds unprofessional. The directing is exceedingly ordinary, but that adds a certain realism to movie. Perhaps, A Christmas Story’s success is based on how real and authentic it seems. Although set in the early 1940’s, A Christmas Story feels timeless. Set in a town based upon Hammond, Indiana, where co-screenwriter Jean Shepherd grew up (but filmed largely in Cleveland, Ohio), the movie looks like it could take place in “Anytown, U.S.A.”
Wonderful performances help create the ambience. Darren McGavin, who plays The Old Man, is always a welcomed sight, and Melinda Dillon is pitch perfect as the ideal middle-American mom. What is really surprising is how good the child actors are, especially the leads Peter Billingsley and Ian Petrella. Maybe, it’s because the child actors in this movie are real kids who act like real kids, while child actors often seem to struggle with portraying what they actually are – children. As Ralphie Parker, Billingsley personifies the kid who just wants one thing for Christmas so badly, knowing that he might not get it.
In the end, maybe Billingsley’s performance is what makes A Christmas Story an indispensable Christmas movie, but there’s also much more in this gem of a yuletide flick to love.
7 of 10
A-
Saturday, January 6, 2007
NOTES:
2012 National Film Preservation Board, USA: National Film Registry
Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
15 Vie for Five 2014 Best Documentary Oscar Nominations
15 Documentary Features Advance in 2013 Oscar® Race
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 86th Oscars® . One hundred forty-seven films had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
"The Act of Killing," Final Cut for Real
"The Armstrong Lie," A Kennedy/Marshall Production in Association with Jigsaw Productions and Matt Tolmach Productions
"Blackfish," Our Turn Productions
"The Crash Reel," KP Rides Again
"Cutie and the Boxer," Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic
"Dirty Wars," Civic Bakery
"First Cousin Once Removed," Experiments in Time, Light & Motion
"God Loves Uganda," Full Credit Productions and Motto Pictures
"Life According to Sam," Fine Films
"Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," Roast Beef Productions
"The Square," Noujaim Films and Maktube Productions
"Stories We Tell," National Film Board of Canada
"Tim’s Vermeer," High Delft Pictures
"20 Feet from Stardom," Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Productions
"Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington," Tripoli Street
The Academy’s Documentary Branch determined the shortlist in a preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles.
The Oscars nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 86th Oscars® . One hundred forty-seven films had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
"The Act of Killing," Final Cut for Real
"The Armstrong Lie," A Kennedy/Marshall Production in Association with Jigsaw Productions and Matt Tolmach Productions
"Blackfish," Our Turn Productions
"The Crash Reel," KP Rides Again
"Cutie and the Boxer," Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic
"Dirty Wars," Civic Bakery
"First Cousin Once Removed," Experiments in Time, Light & Motion
"God Loves Uganda," Full Credit Productions and Motto Pictures
"Life According to Sam," Fine Films
"Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," Roast Beef Productions
"The Square," Noujaim Films and Maktube Productions
"Stories We Tell," National Film Board of Canada
"Tim’s Vermeer," High Delft Pictures
"20 Feet from Stardom," Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Productions
"Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington," Tripoli Street
The Academy’s Documentary Branch determined the shortlist in a preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles.
The Oscars nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
56 Become 10 for 2013 Best Animated Short Oscar
10 Animated Shorts Advance in 2013 Oscar® Race
BEVERLY HILLS, CA —The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards®. Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Feral,” Daniel Sousa, director, and Dan Golden, music and sound design (Daniel Sousa)
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan, director, and Dorothy McKim, producer (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
“Gloria Victoria,” Theodore Ushev, director (National Film Board of Canada)
“Hollow Land,” Uri Kranot and Michelle Kranot, directors (Dansk Tegnefilm, Les Films de l’Arlequin and the National Film Board of Canada)
“The Missing Scarf,” Eoin Duffy, director, and Jamie Hogan, producer (Belly Creative Inc.)
“Mr. Hublot,” Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions)
“Possessions,” Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.)
“Requiem for Romance,” Jonathan Ng, director (Kungfu Romance Productions Inc.)
“Room on the Broom,” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
“Subconscious Password,” Chris Landreth, director (National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Seneca College Animation Arts Centre and Copperheart Entertainment)
The Academy’s Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA —The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards®. Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Feral,” Daniel Sousa, director, and Dan Golden, music and sound design (Daniel Sousa)
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan, director, and Dorothy McKim, producer (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
“Gloria Victoria,” Theodore Ushev, director (National Film Board of Canada)
“Hollow Land,” Uri Kranot and Michelle Kranot, directors (Dansk Tegnefilm, Les Films de l’Arlequin and the National Film Board of Canada)
“The Missing Scarf,” Eoin Duffy, director, and Jamie Hogan, producer (Belly Creative Inc.)
“Mr. Hublot,” Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions)
“Possessions,” Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.)
“Requiem for Romance,” Jonathan Ng, director (Kungfu Romance Productions Inc.)
“Room on the Broom,” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
“Subconscious Password,” Chris Landreth, director (National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Seneca College Animation Arts Centre and Copperheart Entertainment)
The Academy’s Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
76 Nations Compete for Five 2013 Foreign Film Oscar Nominations
76 Countries In Competition For 2013 Foreign Language Film Oscar®
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.
The 2013 submissions are:
Afghanistan, "Wajma – An Afghan Love Story," Barmak Akram, director;
Albania, "Agon," Robert Budina, director;
Argentina, "The German Doctor," Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt, director;
Austria, "The Wall," Julian Pölsler, director;
Azerbaijan, "Steppe Man," Shamil Aliyev, director;
Bangladesh, "Television," Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, "Neighboring Sounds," Kleber Mendonça Filho, director;
Bulgaria, "The Color of the Chameleon," Emil Hristov, director;
Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director;
Canada, "Gabrielle," Louise Archambault, director;
Chad, "GriGris," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director;
Chile, "Gloria," Sebastián Lelio, director;
China, "Back to 1942," Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, "La Playa DC," Juan Andrés Arango, director;
Croatia, "Halima’s Path," Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;
Czech Republic, "The Don Juans," Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director;
Dominican Republic, "Quien Manda?" Ronni Castillo, director;
Ecuador, "The Porcelain Horse," Javier Andrade, director;
Egypt, "Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim El Batout, director;
Estonia, "Free Range," Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Finland, "Disciple," Ulrika Bengts, director;
France, "Renoir," Gilles Bourdos, director;
Georgia, "In Bloom," Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors;
Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director;
Greece, "Boy Eating the Bird’s Food," Ektoras Lygizos, director;
Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director;
Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director;
Iceland, "Of Horses and Men," Benedikt Erlingsson, director;
India, "The Good Road," Gyan Correa, director;
Indonesia, "Sang Kiai," Rako Prijanto, director;
Iran, "The Past," Asghar Farhadi, director;
Israel, "Bethlehem," Yuval Adler, director;
Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director;
Japan, "The Great Passage," Ishii Yuya, director;
Kazakhstan, "Shal," Yermek Tursunov, director;
Latvia, "Mother, I Love You," Janis Nords, director;
Lebanon, "Blind Intersections," Lara Saba, director;
Lithuania, "Conversations on Serious Topics," Giedre Beinoriute, director;
Luxembourg, "Blind Spot," Christophe Wagner, director;
Mexico, "Heli," Amat Escalante, director;
Moldova, "All God’s Children," Adrian Popovici, director;
Montenegro, "Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny," Drasko Djurovic, director;
Morocco, "Horses of God," Nabil Ayouch, director;
Nepal, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids," Subarna Thapa, director;
Netherlands, "Borgman," Alex van Warmerdam, director;
New Zealand, "White Lies," Dana Rotberg, director;
Norway, "I Am Yours," Iram Haq, director;
Pakistan, "Zinda Bhaag," Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors;
Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director;
Peru, "The Cleaner," Adrian Saba, director;
Philippines, "Transit," Hannah Espia, director;
Poland, "Walesa. Man of Hope," Andrzej Wajda, director;
Portugal, "Lines of Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento, director;
Romania, "Child’s Pose," Calin Peter Netzer, director;
Russia, "Stalingrad," Fedor Bondarchuk, director;
Saudi Arabia, "Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour, director;
Serbia, "Circles," Srdan Golubovic, director;
Singapore, "Ilo Ilo," Anthony Chen, director;
Slovak Republic, "My Dog Killer," Mira Fornay, director;
Slovenia, "Class Enemy," Rok Bicek, director;
South Africa, "Four Corners," Ian Gabriel, director;
South Korea, "Juvenile Offender," Kang Yi-kwan, director;
Spain, "15 Years Plus a Day," Gracia Querejeta, director;
Sweden, "Eat Sleep Die," Gabriela Pichler, director;
Switzerland, "More than Honey," Markus Imhoof, director;
Taiwan, "Soul," Chung Mong-Hong, director;
Thailand, "Countdown," Nattawut Poonpiriya, director;
Turkey, "The Butterfly’s Dream," Yilmaz Erdogan, director;
Ukraine, "Paradjanov," Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors;
United Kingdom, "Metro Manila," Sean Ellis, director;
Uruguay, "Anina," Alfredo Soderguit, director;
Venezuela, "Breach in the Silence," Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.
The 2013 submissions are:
Afghanistan, "Wajma – An Afghan Love Story," Barmak Akram, director;
Albania, "Agon," Robert Budina, director;
Argentina, "The German Doctor," Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, "The Rocket," Kim Mordaunt, director;
Austria, "The Wall," Julian Pölsler, director;
Azerbaijan, "Steppe Man," Shamil Aliyev, director;
Bangladesh, "Television," Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, "Neighboring Sounds," Kleber Mendonça Filho, director;
Bulgaria, "The Color of the Chameleon," Emil Hristov, director;
Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director;
Canada, "Gabrielle," Louise Archambault, director;
Chad, "GriGris," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director;
Chile, "Gloria," Sebastián Lelio, director;
China, "Back to 1942," Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, "La Playa DC," Juan Andrés Arango, director;
Croatia, "Halima’s Path," Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;
Czech Republic, "The Don Juans," Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director;
Dominican Republic, "Quien Manda?" Ronni Castillo, director;
Ecuador, "The Porcelain Horse," Javier Andrade, director;
Egypt, "Winter of Discontent," Ibrahim El Batout, director;
Estonia, "Free Range," Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Finland, "Disciple," Ulrika Bengts, director;
France, "Renoir," Gilles Bourdos, director;
Georgia, "In Bloom," Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors;
Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director;
Greece, "Boy Eating the Bird’s Food," Ektoras Lygizos, director;
Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director;
Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director;
Iceland, "Of Horses and Men," Benedikt Erlingsson, director;
India, "The Good Road," Gyan Correa, director;
Indonesia, "Sang Kiai," Rako Prijanto, director;
Iran, "The Past," Asghar Farhadi, director;
Israel, "Bethlehem," Yuval Adler, director;
Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director;
Japan, "The Great Passage," Ishii Yuya, director;
Kazakhstan, "Shal," Yermek Tursunov, director;
Latvia, "Mother, I Love You," Janis Nords, director;
Lebanon, "Blind Intersections," Lara Saba, director;
Lithuania, "Conversations on Serious Topics," Giedre Beinoriute, director;
Luxembourg, "Blind Spot," Christophe Wagner, director;
Mexico, "Heli," Amat Escalante, director;
Moldova, "All God’s Children," Adrian Popovici, director;
Montenegro, "Ace of Spades - Bad Destiny," Drasko Djurovic, director;
Morocco, "Horses of God," Nabil Ayouch, director;
Nepal, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids," Subarna Thapa, director;
Netherlands, "Borgman," Alex van Warmerdam, director;
New Zealand, "White Lies," Dana Rotberg, director;
Norway, "I Am Yours," Iram Haq, director;
Pakistan, "Zinda Bhaag," Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors;
Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director;
Peru, "The Cleaner," Adrian Saba, director;
Philippines, "Transit," Hannah Espia, director;
Poland, "Walesa. Man of Hope," Andrzej Wajda, director;
Portugal, "Lines of Wellington," Valeria Sarmiento, director;
Romania, "Child’s Pose," Calin Peter Netzer, director;
Russia, "Stalingrad," Fedor Bondarchuk, director;
Saudi Arabia, "Wadjda," Haifaa Al Mansour, director;
Serbia, "Circles," Srdan Golubovic, director;
Singapore, "Ilo Ilo," Anthony Chen, director;
Slovak Republic, "My Dog Killer," Mira Fornay, director;
Slovenia, "Class Enemy," Rok Bicek, director;
South Africa, "Four Corners," Ian Gabriel, director;
South Korea, "Juvenile Offender," Kang Yi-kwan, director;
Spain, "15 Years Plus a Day," Gracia Querejeta, director;
Sweden, "Eat Sleep Die," Gabriela Pichler, director;
Switzerland, "More than Honey," Markus Imhoof, director;
Taiwan, "Soul," Chung Mong-Hong, director;
Thailand, "Countdown," Nattawut Poonpiriya, director;
Turkey, "The Butterfly’s Dream," Yilmaz Erdogan, director;
Ukraine, "Paradjanov," Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors;
United Kingdom, "Metro Manila," Sean Ellis, director;
Uruguay, "Anina," Alfredo Soderguit, director;
Venezuela, "Breach in the Silence," Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.
The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Monday, March 4, 2013
"War Witch" Tops 2013 Canadian Screen Awards
by Leroy Douresseaux
War Witch was named the “Best Motion Picture” of 2012 at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. Kim Nguyen, director of War Witch, won “Achievement in Direction.”
This was the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards, which honor achievements in Canadian film and television production, as well as achievements in digital media. In 2012, the formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) merged into a single ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards.
War Witch, which is also known by its French-language name, Rebelle, swept away nearly all competition at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards broadcast gala Sunday night (March 3, 2013). The Congo-set drama about child soldiers won in 10 of the 12 categories for which it was nominated.
War Witch’s teen star, Rachel Mwanza, won “Actress in a Leading Role.” Mwanza once lived on the streets of Kinshasa (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Now, she is earning accolades internationally for her performance as Komona, a child forced to kill her parents and join a local warlord’s band of soldiers
The 2013 Canadian Screen Award winners:
Film categories:
Best Motion Picture: War Witch
Achievement in Direction: Kim Nguyen, War Witch
Actor in a Leading Role: James Cromwell, Still Mine.
Actress in a Leading Role: Rachel Mwanza, War Witch.
Actor in a Supporting Role: Serge Kanyinda, War Witch.
Actress in a Supporting Role: Seema Biswas, Midnight’s Children
Original Screenplay: Kim Nguyen, War Witch
Adapted Screenplay: Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
Art Direction/Production Design: Emmanuel Frechette and Josée Arsenault, War Witch.
Make-Up: Colleen Quinton, Kathy Kelson, Michelle Cote, and Martin LaPointe, Laurence Anyways.
Costume Design: Xavier Dolan and François Barbeau, Laurence Anyways.
Cinematography: Nicolas Bolduc, War Witch.
Editing: Richard Comeau, War Witch.
Music - Original Score: Howard Shore, Cosmopolis.
Music - Original Song: Howard Shore, Emily Haines, James Shaw, “Long to Live” (from Cosmopolis)
Overall Sound: Claude La Haye, Daniel Bisson, Bernard Gariepy Stroble, War Witch.
Sound Editing: Martin Pinsonnault, Jean-Francois, B. Sauve, Simon Meilleur, and Claire Pochon, War Witch.
Feature Length Documentary Award: Sarah Polley and Anita Lee, Stories We Tell.
Short Documentary: Ariel Nasr and Annette Clarke, The Boxing Girls of Kabul.
Live Action Short Drama: Miranda de Pencier and Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Throat Song.
Animated Short: Dominic Étienne Simard and Julie Roy, Paula.
Visual Effects: Dennis Beradi, Jason Edwardh, Matt Glover, Trey Harrell, Leann Harvey, Jo Hughes, Ethan Lee, Scott Riopelle, Eric Robinson, and Kyle Yoneda, Resident Evil: Retribution.
Television categories:
Dramatic Series: Flashpoint.
Comedy Program/Series: Less Than Kind.
International Drama: The Borgias.
Lead Actor in a Dramatic Role: Enrico Colantoni, Flashpoint.
Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role: Meg Tilly, Bomb Girls.
Lead Actor in a Comedic Role: Gerry Dee, Mr. D.
Lead Actress in a Comedic Role: Wendel Meldrum, Less Than Kind.
Reality/Competition Program: Dragon’s Den.
News Anchor: Peter Mansbridge, CBC News The National.
Sports Host or Analyst: Brian Williams, London 2012 Olympic Games.
Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, Performing Arts or Talk Program: George Stroumboulopoulos, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.
Previously announced awards:
Claude Jutra Award for Best First Feature Film: Jason Buxton, Blackbird.
Cineplex Golden Reel Award: Resident Evil: Retribution
Academy Special Film Award: Victor Loewy, former head of Alliance and Vivafilm.
War Witch was named the “Best Motion Picture” of 2012 at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. Kim Nguyen, director of War Witch, won “Achievement in Direction.”
This was the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards, which honor achievements in Canadian film and television production, as well as achievements in digital media. In 2012, the formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) merged into a single ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards.
War Witch, which is also known by its French-language name, Rebelle, swept away nearly all competition at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards broadcast gala Sunday night (March 3, 2013). The Congo-set drama about child soldiers won in 10 of the 12 categories for which it was nominated.
War Witch’s teen star, Rachel Mwanza, won “Actress in a Leading Role.” Mwanza once lived on the streets of Kinshasa (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Now, she is earning accolades internationally for her performance as Komona, a child forced to kill her parents and join a local warlord’s band of soldiers
The 2013 Canadian Screen Award winners:
Film categories:
Best Motion Picture: War Witch
Achievement in Direction: Kim Nguyen, War Witch
Actor in a Leading Role: James Cromwell, Still Mine.
Actress in a Leading Role: Rachel Mwanza, War Witch.
Actor in a Supporting Role: Serge Kanyinda, War Witch.
Actress in a Supporting Role: Seema Biswas, Midnight’s Children
Original Screenplay: Kim Nguyen, War Witch
Adapted Screenplay: Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
Art Direction/Production Design: Emmanuel Frechette and Josée Arsenault, War Witch.
Make-Up: Colleen Quinton, Kathy Kelson, Michelle Cote, and Martin LaPointe, Laurence Anyways.
Costume Design: Xavier Dolan and François Barbeau, Laurence Anyways.
Cinematography: Nicolas Bolduc, War Witch.
Editing: Richard Comeau, War Witch.
Music - Original Score: Howard Shore, Cosmopolis.
Music - Original Song: Howard Shore, Emily Haines, James Shaw, “Long to Live” (from Cosmopolis)
Overall Sound: Claude La Haye, Daniel Bisson, Bernard Gariepy Stroble, War Witch.
Sound Editing: Martin Pinsonnault, Jean-Francois, B. Sauve, Simon Meilleur, and Claire Pochon, War Witch.
Feature Length Documentary Award: Sarah Polley and Anita Lee, Stories We Tell.
Short Documentary: Ariel Nasr and Annette Clarke, The Boxing Girls of Kabul.
Live Action Short Drama: Miranda de Pencier and Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Throat Song.
Animated Short: Dominic Étienne Simard and Julie Roy, Paula.
Visual Effects: Dennis Beradi, Jason Edwardh, Matt Glover, Trey Harrell, Leann Harvey, Jo Hughes, Ethan Lee, Scott Riopelle, Eric Robinson, and Kyle Yoneda, Resident Evil: Retribution.
Television categories:
Dramatic Series: Flashpoint.
Comedy Program/Series: Less Than Kind.
International Drama: The Borgias.
Lead Actor in a Dramatic Role: Enrico Colantoni, Flashpoint.
Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role: Meg Tilly, Bomb Girls.
Lead Actor in a Comedic Role: Gerry Dee, Mr. D.
Lead Actress in a Comedic Role: Wendel Meldrum, Less Than Kind.
Reality/Competition Program: Dragon’s Den.
News Anchor: Peter Mansbridge, CBC News The National.
Sports Host or Analyst: Brian Williams, London 2012 Olympic Games.
Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, Performing Arts or Talk Program: George Stroumboulopoulos, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.
Previously announced awards:
Claude Jutra Award for Best First Feature Film: Jason Buxton, Blackbird.
Cineplex Golden Reel Award: Resident Evil: Retribution
Academy Special Film Award: Victor Loewy, former head of Alliance and Vivafilm.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
2013 Canadian Screen Awards - Film Nominees
by Leroy Douresseaux
The Canadian Screen Awards honor achievements in Canadian film and television production, as well as achievements in digital media. In 2012, the formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) merged into a single ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards.
The 2013 Canadian Screen Awards are scheduled to be held on March 3, 2013, to honor achievements in Canadian film and television production in 2012. This will be the first-ever Canadian Screen Awards ceremony. In addition, the new Canadian Screen Awards will include awards for achievements in digital media.
The 2013 Canadian Screen Award nominations were announced on January 15, 2013. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Martin Short.
I am posting the nominations in the feature film, documentary film, and short film categories. Visit the Canadian Screen Awards website for a complete list of nominees.
FEATURE FILMS: NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Comweb Group / William F. White International Inc.)
L'AFFAIRE DUMONT - Nicole Robert
INCH'ALLAH - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
LAURENCE ANYWAYS - Lyse Lafontaine
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - David Hamilton
REBELLE / WAR WITCH - Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
STILL MINE - Tamara Deverell, Jody Colero, Avi Federgreen, Michael McGowan
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Pinewood Toronto Studios)
MICHAEL DOWSE - Goon
XAVIER DOLAN - Laurence Anyways
DEEPA MEHTA - Midnight's Children
KIM NGUYEN - Rebelle / War Witch
BERNARD ÉMOND - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
JAMES CROMWELL – Still Mine
PATRICK DROLET - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess
MARC-ANDRÉ GRONDIN - L'affaire Dumont
DAVID MORSE - Collaborator
MELVIL POUPAUD - Laurence Anyways
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
EVELYNE BROCHU - Inch'Allah
GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD – Still Mine
MARILYN CASTONGUAY - L'affaire Dumont
SUZANNE CLÉMENT - Laurence Anyways
RACHEL MWANZA - Rebelle / War Witch
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
JAY BARUCHEL - Goon
KIM COATES - Goon
STEPHAN JAMES - Home Again
SERGE KANYINDA - Rebelle
ELIAS KOTEAS - Winnie
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
SEEMA BISWAS - Midnight's Children
FEFE DOBSON - Home Again
ALICE MOREL MICHAUD – Les Pee Wee 3D
GABRIELLE MILLER - Moving Day
SABRINA OUAZANI - Inch'Allah
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund)
JASON BUXTON - Blackbird
XAVIER DOLAN - Laurence Anyways
KIM NGUYEN - Rebelle / War Witch
MICHAEL MCGOWAN - Still Mine
BERNARD ÉMOND - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
DAVID CRONENBERG - Cosmopolis
JAY BARUCHEL, EVAN GOLDBERG - Goon
ANITA DORON - The Lesser Blessed
MARTIN VILLENEUVE - Mars et Avril
SALMAN RUSHDIE - Midnight's Children
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
EMMANUEL FRECHETTE, JOSÉE ARSENAULT - Rebelle / War Witch
ARVINDER GREWAL - Antiviral
ANDRÉ GUIMOND - L'affaire Dumont
DILIP MEHTA - Midnight's Children
ANNE PRITCHARD - Laurence Anyways
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Christie Digital)
NICOLAS BOLDUC - Rebelle / War Witch
PHILIPPE LAVALETTE - Inch'Allah
GILES NUTTGENS - Midnight's Children
BOBBY SHORE - Goon
BRENDAN STEACY – Still Mine
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
XAVIER DOLAN, FRANÇOIS BARBEAU - Laurence Anyways
PATRICIA HENDERSON - Mad Ship
WENDY PARTRIDGE - Resident Evil: Retribution
WENDY PARTRIDGE - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
ÉRIC POIRIER - Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE
RICHARD COMEAU - Rebelle / War Witch
RODERICK DEOGRADES – Still Mine
VALÉRIE HÉROUX - L'affaire Dumont
SOPHIE LEBLOND - Inch'Allah
KIMBERLEE MCTAGGART – Blackbird
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Lancôme)
KATIE BRENNAN, KAROLA DIRNBERGER, PAUL JONES - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
BRENDA MAGALAS, LORI CAPUTI - Goon
CATHERINE DAVIES-IRVINE, TRASON FERNANDES - Antiviral
MARLÈNE ROULEAU, ANDRÉ DUVAL - L'affaire Dumont
COLLEEN QUINTON, KATHY KELSO, MICHELLE CÔTÉ, MARTIN LAPOINTE - Laurence Anyways
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
NOIA - Laurence Anyways
BENOIT CHAREST - Mars et Avril
DON ROOKE, HUGH MARSH, MICHELLE WILLIS – Still Mine
HOWARD SHORE - Cosmopolis
E.C. WOODLEY - Antiviral
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Slaight Music)
EMILY HAINES, JAMES SHAW, HOWARD SHORE - Cosmopolis - Long to Live
ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL - Rufus - Wanting
ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL - Rufus - Out of Sight
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Deluxe Toronto Ltd.)
SYLVAIN ARSENEAULT, STEPH CARRIER, LOU SOLAKOFSKI, DON WHITE - Midnight's Children
OLIVIER CALVERT, PASCAL BEAUDIN, LUC BOUDRIAS, DANIEL BISSON - Mars et Avril
CLAUDE LA HAYE, DANIEL BISSON, BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL - Rebelle / War Witch
PHILIP STALL, IAN RANKIN, LOU SOLAKOFSKI, JACK HEEREN - Antiviral
ZANDER ROSBOROUGH, ALLAN SCARTH - The Disappeared
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
• PIERRE-JULES AUDET, MICHELLE CLOUTIER, THIERRY BOURGAULT D'AMICO, NATHALIE FLEURANT, CÉDRICK MARIN, NICOLAS GAGNON - L'affaire Dumont
• MARTIN PINSONNAULT, JEAN-FRANCOIS B. SAUVÉ, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON - Rebelle / War Witch
• STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE, KEVIN BANKS, ALEX BULLICK, JILL PURDY - Resident Evil: Retribution
• SYLVAIN BRASSARD, STÉPHANE CADOTTE, ISABELLE FAVREAU, PHILIPPE RACINE - Laurence Anyways
• ALLAN SCARTH, BOB MELANSON, ZANDER ROSBOROUGH, CORY TETFORD - The Disappeared
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS
• DENNIS BERARDI, KEITH ACHESON, MICHAEL BORRETT, WILSON CAMERON, MICHAEL DICARLO, TOM NAGY, BRITTON PLEWES, SCOTT RIOPELLE, MATT WHELAN, WOJCIECH ZIELINSKI - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
• CARLOS MONZON, MARTIN BELLEAU, DOMINIC DAIGLE, NATHALIE DUPONT, GAËL HOLLARD, BENOÎT LADOUCEUR, VIVIANE LEVESQUE BOUCHARD, JÉRÉMIE LODOMEZ, ANNIE NORMANDIN, ALEXANDRA VAILLANCOURT - Mars et Avril
• DENNIS BERARDI, JASON EDWARDH, MATT GLOVER, TREY HARRELL, LEANN HARVEY, JO HUGHES, ETHAN LEE, SCOTT RIOPELLE, ERIC ROBINSON, KYLE YONEDA - Resident Evil: Retribution
• ÈVE BRUNET, MARC MORISSETTE, ALEXANDRA VAILLANCOURT - Rebelle / War Witch
• RALPH MAIERS, DEBORA DUNPHY, JOHN FUKUSHIMA, PATRICK KAVANAUGH, BILL MARTIN, CHRIS PHILIPS, JEREMY PRICE, KENTON RANNIE, LAUREN WEIDEL - Midnight's Children
THEATRICAL DOCUMENTARIES & SHORT FILMS: NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY AWARD / PRIX TED ROGERS POUR LE MEILLEUR LONG MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Rogers Group of Funds)
ALPHÉE DES ÉTOILES - Hugo Latulippe, Eric De Gheldere, Colette Loumède
INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE - Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
OVER MY DEAD BODY - Brigitte Poupart, Virginie Dubois, Stéphanie Morissette
STORIES WE TELL - Sarah Polley, Anita Lee
THE WORLD BEFORE HER - Nisha Pahuja, Ed Barreveld, Cornelia Principe
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Hot Docs)
THE BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL - Ariel Nasr, Annette Clarke
THE FUSE: OR HOW I BURNED SIMON BOLIVAR - Igor Drljaca
KEEP A MODEST HEAD / NE CRÂNE PAS SOIS MODESTE - Deco Dawson, Catherine Chagnon, Craig Trudeau
LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE SWAMP - Jeffrey St. Jules, Anita Lee
THREE WALLS - Zaheed Mawani, Andrea Bussmann
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
CHEF DE MEUTE - Chloé Robichaud, Fanny-Laure Malo, Sarah Pellerin
FROST - Jeremy Ball, Lauren Grant, Robert Munroe
LE FUTUR PROCHE / THE NEAR FUTURE - Sophie Goyette
PREMIÈRE NEIGE / FIRST SNOW - Michaël Lalancette
THROAT SONG - Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok MacDonald
BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
BYDLO - Patrick Bouchard, Julie Roy
DEMONI - Theodore Ushev
EDMOND WAS A DONKEY - Franck Dion, Richard Van Den Boom, Julie Roy
PAULA - Dominic Étienne Simard, Julie Roy
2013 Claude Jutra Award (best feature film by a first-time film director):
Jason Buxton, Blackbird
2013 Golden Reel Award (presented to the Canadian film with the biggest box office gross of the year):
Resident Evil: Retribution
http://www.academy.ca/awards/
The Canadian Screen Awards honor achievements in Canadian film and television production, as well as achievements in digital media. In 2012, the formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) merged into a single ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards.
The 2013 Canadian Screen Awards are scheduled to be held on March 3, 2013, to honor achievements in Canadian film and television production in 2012. This will be the first-ever Canadian Screen Awards ceremony. In addition, the new Canadian Screen Awards will include awards for achievements in digital media.
The 2013 Canadian Screen Award nominations were announced on January 15, 2013. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Martin Short.
I am posting the nominations in the feature film, documentary film, and short film categories. Visit the Canadian Screen Awards website for a complete list of nominees.
FEATURE FILMS: NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Comweb Group / William F. White International Inc.)
L'AFFAIRE DUMONT - Nicole Robert
INCH'ALLAH - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
LAURENCE ANYWAYS - Lyse Lafontaine
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - David Hamilton
REBELLE / WAR WITCH - Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
STILL MINE - Tamara Deverell, Jody Colero, Avi Federgreen, Michael McGowan
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Pinewood Toronto Studios)
MICHAEL DOWSE - Goon
XAVIER DOLAN - Laurence Anyways
DEEPA MEHTA - Midnight's Children
KIM NGUYEN - Rebelle / War Witch
BERNARD ÉMOND - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
JAMES CROMWELL – Still Mine
PATRICK DROLET - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess
MARC-ANDRÉ GRONDIN - L'affaire Dumont
DAVID MORSE - Collaborator
MELVIL POUPAUD - Laurence Anyways
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
EVELYNE BROCHU - Inch'Allah
GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD – Still Mine
MARILYN CASTONGUAY - L'affaire Dumont
SUZANNE CLÉMENT - Laurence Anyways
RACHEL MWANZA - Rebelle / War Witch
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
JAY BARUCHEL - Goon
KIM COATES - Goon
STEPHAN JAMES - Home Again
SERGE KANYINDA - Rebelle
ELIAS KOTEAS - Winnie
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
SEEMA BISWAS - Midnight's Children
FEFE DOBSON - Home Again
ALICE MOREL MICHAUD – Les Pee Wee 3D
GABRIELLE MILLER - Moving Day
SABRINA OUAZANI - Inch'Allah
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund)
JASON BUXTON - Blackbird
XAVIER DOLAN - Laurence Anyways
KIM NGUYEN - Rebelle / War Witch
MICHAEL MCGOWAN - Still Mine
BERNARD ÉMOND - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
DAVID CRONENBERG - Cosmopolis
JAY BARUCHEL, EVAN GOLDBERG - Goon
ANITA DORON - The Lesser Blessed
MARTIN VILLENEUVE - Mars et Avril
SALMAN RUSHDIE - Midnight's Children
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
EMMANUEL FRECHETTE, JOSÉE ARSENAULT - Rebelle / War Witch
ARVINDER GREWAL - Antiviral
ANDRÉ GUIMOND - L'affaire Dumont
DILIP MEHTA - Midnight's Children
ANNE PRITCHARD - Laurence Anyways
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Christie Digital)
NICOLAS BOLDUC - Rebelle / War Witch
PHILIPPE LAVALETTE - Inch'Allah
GILES NUTTGENS - Midnight's Children
BOBBY SHORE - Goon
BRENDAN STEACY – Still Mine
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
XAVIER DOLAN, FRANÇOIS BARBEAU - Laurence Anyways
PATRICIA HENDERSON - Mad Ship
WENDY PARTRIDGE - Resident Evil: Retribution
WENDY PARTRIDGE - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
ÉRIC POIRIER - Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE
RICHARD COMEAU - Rebelle / War Witch
RODERICK DEOGRADES – Still Mine
VALÉRIE HÉROUX - L'affaire Dumont
SOPHIE LEBLOND - Inch'Allah
KIMBERLEE MCTAGGART – Blackbird
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Lancôme)
KATIE BRENNAN, KAROLA DIRNBERGER, PAUL JONES - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
BRENDA MAGALAS, LORI CAPUTI - Goon
CATHERINE DAVIES-IRVINE, TRASON FERNANDES - Antiviral
MARLÈNE ROULEAU, ANDRÉ DUVAL - L'affaire Dumont
COLLEEN QUINTON, KATHY KELSO, MICHELLE CÔTÉ, MARTIN LAPOINTE - Laurence Anyways
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
NOIA - Laurence Anyways
BENOIT CHAREST - Mars et Avril
DON ROOKE, HUGH MARSH, MICHELLE WILLIS – Still Mine
HOWARD SHORE - Cosmopolis
E.C. WOODLEY - Antiviral
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Slaight Music)
EMILY HAINES, JAMES SHAW, HOWARD SHORE - Cosmopolis - Long to Live
ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL - Rufus - Wanting
ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL - Rufus - Out of Sight
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Deluxe Toronto Ltd.)
SYLVAIN ARSENEAULT, STEPH CARRIER, LOU SOLAKOFSKI, DON WHITE - Midnight's Children
OLIVIER CALVERT, PASCAL BEAUDIN, LUC BOUDRIAS, DANIEL BISSON - Mars et Avril
CLAUDE LA HAYE, DANIEL BISSON, BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL - Rebelle / War Witch
PHILIP STALL, IAN RANKIN, LOU SOLAKOFSKI, JACK HEEREN - Antiviral
ZANDER ROSBOROUGH, ALLAN SCARTH - The Disappeared
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
• PIERRE-JULES AUDET, MICHELLE CLOUTIER, THIERRY BOURGAULT D'AMICO, NATHALIE FLEURANT, CÉDRICK MARIN, NICOLAS GAGNON - L'affaire Dumont
• MARTIN PINSONNAULT, JEAN-FRANCOIS B. SAUVÉ, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON - Rebelle / War Witch
• STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE, KEVIN BANKS, ALEX BULLICK, JILL PURDY - Resident Evil: Retribution
• SYLVAIN BRASSARD, STÉPHANE CADOTTE, ISABELLE FAVREAU, PHILIPPE RACINE - Laurence Anyways
• ALLAN SCARTH, BOB MELANSON, ZANDER ROSBOROUGH, CORY TETFORD - The Disappeared
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS
• DENNIS BERARDI, KEITH ACHESON, MICHAEL BORRETT, WILSON CAMERON, MICHAEL DICARLO, TOM NAGY, BRITTON PLEWES, SCOTT RIOPELLE, MATT WHELAN, WOJCIECH ZIELINSKI - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
• CARLOS MONZON, MARTIN BELLEAU, DOMINIC DAIGLE, NATHALIE DUPONT, GAËL HOLLARD, BENOÎT LADOUCEUR, VIVIANE LEVESQUE BOUCHARD, JÉRÉMIE LODOMEZ, ANNIE NORMANDIN, ALEXANDRA VAILLANCOURT - Mars et Avril
• DENNIS BERARDI, JASON EDWARDH, MATT GLOVER, TREY HARRELL, LEANN HARVEY, JO HUGHES, ETHAN LEE, SCOTT RIOPELLE, ERIC ROBINSON, KYLE YONEDA - Resident Evil: Retribution
• ÈVE BRUNET, MARC MORISSETTE, ALEXANDRA VAILLANCOURT - Rebelle / War Witch
• RALPH MAIERS, DEBORA DUNPHY, JOHN FUKUSHIMA, PATRICK KAVANAUGH, BILL MARTIN, CHRIS PHILIPS, JEREMY PRICE, KENTON RANNIE, LAUREN WEIDEL - Midnight's Children
THEATRICAL DOCUMENTARIES & SHORT FILMS: NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY AWARD / PRIX TED ROGERS POUR LE MEILLEUR LONG MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Rogers Group of Funds)
ALPHÉE DES ÉTOILES - Hugo Latulippe, Eric De Gheldere, Colette Loumède
INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE - Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
OVER MY DEAD BODY - Brigitte Poupart, Virginie Dubois, Stéphanie Morissette
STORIES WE TELL - Sarah Polley, Anita Lee
THE WORLD BEFORE HER - Nisha Pahuja, Ed Barreveld, Cornelia Principe
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE (Sponsor / Commanditaire : Hot Docs)
THE BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL - Ariel Nasr, Annette Clarke
THE FUSE: OR HOW I BURNED SIMON BOLIVAR - Igor Drljaca
KEEP A MODEST HEAD / NE CRÂNE PAS SOIS MODESTE - Deco Dawson, Catherine Chagnon, Craig Trudeau
LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE SWAMP - Jeffrey St. Jules, Anita Lee
THREE WALLS - Zaheed Mawani, Andrea Bussmann
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
CHEF DE MEUTE - Chloé Robichaud, Fanny-Laure Malo, Sarah Pellerin
FROST - Jeremy Ball, Lauren Grant, Robert Munroe
LE FUTUR PROCHE / THE NEAR FUTURE - Sophie Goyette
PREMIÈRE NEIGE / FIRST SNOW - Michaël Lalancette
THROAT SONG - Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok MacDonald
BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION
BYDLO - Patrick Bouchard, Julie Roy
DEMONI - Theodore Ushev
EDMOND WAS A DONKEY - Franck Dion, Richard Van Den Boom, Julie Roy
PAULA - Dominic Étienne Simard, Julie Roy
2013 Claude Jutra Award (best feature film by a first-time film director):
Jason Buxton, Blackbird
2013 Golden Reel Award (presented to the Canadian film with the biggest box office gross of the year):
Resident Evil: Retribution
http://www.academy.ca/awards/
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Toronto Film Critics Choose Paul Thomas Anderson and Sarah Polley
by Leroy Douresseaux
The Toronto Film Critics Association named The Master as the "Best Picture of 2012" with the film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson, winning "Best Director." Sarah Polley's film, Stories We Tell,won two honors, as best documentary and as best Canadian film, the latter of which came with a $100,000 prize.
The Toronto Film Critics Association was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented.
Under the TFCA’s guidelines, contenders eligible for the awards include films released in Canada in 2012 plus films that qualify for the 2012 Oscars and have Canadian distribution scheduled by the end of February 2013.
The full list of Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE
“The Master” (eOne)
Runners-up:
“Amour” (Mongrel Media)
“Zero Dark Thirty” (Alliance Films)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Master”
Runners-up:
Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Leos Carax, “Holy Motors”
BEST ACTOR
Denis Lavant, “Holy Motors”
Runners-up:
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
BEST ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, “The Deep Blue Sea”
Runners-up:
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Runners-up:
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gina Gershon, “Killer Joe”
Runners-up:
Amy Adams, “The Master”
Ann Dowd, “Compliance”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserable”
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL
“The Master”, written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Runners-up:
“Lincoln”, written by Tony Kushner, based on the book “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Zero Dark Thirty”, written by Mark Boal
BEST FIRST FEATURE - TIE
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”, directed by Benh Zeitlin
“Beyond the Black Rainbow”, directed by Panos Cosmatos
Runner-up:
“The Cabin in the Woods”, directed by Drew Goddard
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“ParaNorman” (Alliance Films)
Runners-up:
“Brave” (Disney*Pixar)
“Frankenweenie” (Disney)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Amour”(Mongrel Media) from Austrai
Runners-up:
“Holy Motors” (Mongrel Media) from France
“Tabu” (filmswelike) from Portugal
ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD
“Stories We Tell” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“The Queen of Versailles” (Mongrel Media)
“Searching for Sugar Man” (Mongrel Media)
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD:
“Stories We Tell”, directed by Sarah Polley ($100,000 prize)
The other finalists:
“Bestiaire”, directed by Denis Côté ($5,000 prize)
“Goon”, directed by Michael Dowse ($5,000 prize)
www.torontofilmcritics.com
The Toronto Film Critics Association named The Master as the "Best Picture of 2012" with the film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson, winning "Best Director." Sarah Polley's film, Stories We Tell,won two honors, as best documentary and as best Canadian film, the latter of which came with a $100,000 prize.
The Toronto Film Critics Association was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented.
Under the TFCA’s guidelines, contenders eligible for the awards include films released in Canada in 2012 plus films that qualify for the 2012 Oscars and have Canadian distribution scheduled by the end of February 2013.
The full list of Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE
“The Master” (eOne)
Runners-up:
“Amour” (Mongrel Media)
“Zero Dark Thirty” (Alliance Films)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Master”
Runners-up:
Kathryn Bigelow, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Leos Carax, “Holy Motors”
BEST ACTOR
Denis Lavant, “Holy Motors”
Runners-up:
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
BEST ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, “The Deep Blue Sea”
Runners-up:
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Runners-up:
Javier Bardem, “Skyfall”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gina Gershon, “Killer Joe”
Runners-up:
Amy Adams, “The Master”
Ann Dowd, “Compliance”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserable”
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL
“The Master”, written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Runners-up:
“Lincoln”, written by Tony Kushner, based on the book “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Zero Dark Thirty”, written by Mark Boal
BEST FIRST FEATURE - TIE
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”, directed by Benh Zeitlin
“Beyond the Black Rainbow”, directed by Panos Cosmatos
Runner-up:
“The Cabin in the Woods”, directed by Drew Goddard
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“ParaNorman” (Alliance Films)
Runners-up:
“Brave” (Disney*Pixar)
“Frankenweenie” (Disney)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Amour”(Mongrel Media) from Austrai
Runners-up:
“Holy Motors” (Mongrel Media) from France
“Tabu” (filmswelike) from Portugal
ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD
“Stories We Tell” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“The Queen of Versailles” (Mongrel Media)
“Searching for Sugar Man” (Mongrel Media)
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD:
“Stories We Tell”, directed by Sarah Polley ($100,000 prize)
The other finalists:
“Bestiaire”, directed by Denis Côté ($5,000 prize)
“Goon”, directed by Michael Dowse ($5,000 prize)
www.torontofilmcritics.com
Friday, January 18, 2013
Review: "Resident Evil: Retribution" is OK
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 4 (of 2012) by Leroy Douresseaux
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada/Germany; Language: English
Running time: 96 minutes (1 hour, 36 minutes)
MPAA – R for sequences of strong violence throughout
DIRECTOR: Paul W.S. Anderson
WRITER: Paul W.S. Anderson (based upon the videogame, Resident Evil)
PRODUCERS: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Don Carmody, Samuel Hadida, and Robert Kulzer
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Glen MacPherson
EDITOR: Niven Howie
COMPOSER: tomandandy
HORROR/SCI-FI/ACTION
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer, Bingbing Li, Johann Urb, Kevin Durand, Oded Fehr, Robin Kasyanov, Ofilio Portillo, Colin Salmon, Shawn Roberts and Boris Kodjoe
Resident Evil: Retribution is a 2012 science fiction-action film. It is the fifth installment in the film franchise based upon the Capcom survival horror video game series, Resident Evil. This film is a direct sequel to the fourth movie, Resident Evil: Afterlife.
After the events depicted in Afterlife, Alice (Milla Jovovich) finds herself in the clutches of the Umbrella Corporation and being interrogated by her former ally, Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory). Alice isn’t sure what is real, as she starts encountering old allies like Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr) and Rain Ocampo (Michelle Rodriguez).
Even more surprising, an enemy claims to be a friend and declares that he has already initiated a plan to free Alice from the clutches of Umbrella. Alice is trapped in Umbrella Prime, and a five-man strike team is coming to her rescue. More than just Alice’s life is at stake, however, as she becomes the guardian of a hearing-impaired little girl named Becky (Aryana Engineer). Now, Alice is determined that nothing stops her: not zombie hordes, Las Plagas zombies, monsters, or even lickers.
Over the years, I have read many movie reviews in which the writers described action movies, especially ones they didn’t like, as video game movies. Because it is based on a video game, Resident Evil: Retribution is a video game movie, but that’s not the only reason it is. With its fire-fights, hand-to-hand combat, car chases, shootouts, monsters, science fiction elements, and explosions, Resident Evil: Retribution is a video game doing a decent impersonation of an actual movie.
Retribution isn’t a bad movie, but the acting is poor. The script is confusing. The plot barely has a pulse. This movie is about something, but not much other than action scenes. So what is the plot? Alice has to escape? There is some human interest by throwing in a child that the female action hero must save, similar to the surrogate mother-daughter dynamic in James Cameron’s Aliens (1986).
Still, the action scenes are good, especially after the movie crawls out of the hole that is the first twenty minutes or so runtime. The special effects and fight choreography save a mediocre story. Visually, Resident Evil: Retribution is pretty, but it feels like an empty installment in what has been a good franchise.
5 of 10
C+
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
2013 Oscar Nominations: "Best Foreign Language Film of the Year"
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
Amour (Austria)
War Witch (Canada)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Kon-Tiki ((Norway)
Amour (Austria)
War Witch (Canada)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Kon-Tiki ((Norway)
Saturday, October 13, 2012
"Ginger Snaps" Breaks Werewolf Movie Mold
Ginger Snaps (2000)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
Running time: 108 minutes (1 hour, 48 minutes)
Unrated by the MPAA
DIRECTOR: John Fawcett
WRITERS: Karen Walton; from a story by John Fawcett and Karen Walton
PRODUCERS: Karen Lee Hall and Steven Hoban
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thom Best
EDITOR: Brett Sullivan
COMPOSER: Mike Shields
HORROR with elements of comedy
Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton, John Bourgeois, Peter Kelegan, Pak-Kong Ho, and Christopher Redman
The subject of this movie review is Ginger Snaps, a 2000 Canadian horror film and werewolf movie. The title is a pun on the term, “ginger snaps,” which in the U.S. is a name for a kind of cookie. In this film, there is a girl named Ginger who “snaps,” as in goes really crazy.
In the horror and dark comic film, Ginger Snaps, Brigitte “B” Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins) and her sister, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle), are local outcasts because of their fascination with death and the macabre. Sullen and frequently dressed light goth, the girls earn the derision of their classmates. However, one night while wandering near the woods on their way to get a minor revenge against tormenting female classmate, a large wild animal attacks and bites Ginger.
Sam (Kris Lemche), a local drug dealer with an eye on “B,” runs over the beast while it’s chasing the girls and realizes that the thing is a werewolf. Before long, Ginger is exhibiting hostile behavior and becomes sexually aggressive. Her body begins to change, and once she realizes and accepts that she is becoming a werewolf, Ginger wants “B” to share it with her just as they promised to share death in a suicide pact. Brigitte is having second thoughts, and she gets Sam to help her find a cure for Ginger. Ginger, however, isn’t taking “no” for an answer.
Ginger Snaps is a novel take on the werewolf mythos, mixing in elements of teen angst, feminism, grrrl power, and lots of teenage female body issues, especially menstruation. The film comes across as a bit gross at times, but film’s ideas are engaging. It’s unique and interesting how the “curse” of the werewolf is tied to the “curse” of that time of the month and to Ginger and B’s close and intense relationship. Most of the credit should go to screenwriter Karen Walton for her sharp and witty dialogue. Though the script tends to drag, the chatting between the characters has an intimate feeling (even when characters are fighting amongst themselves) that gives the illusion that these people really know each other. The performances are occasionally tepid, but sometimes nuanced and passionate. Mimi Rogers is creepy as the girls’ mother, Pamela.
Ginger Snaps seems about five or ten minutes too long, and it really tends to drag. However, the film has good atmosphere and is a nice twist on the werewolf movie. I especially like the fact that the creature effects are makeup and (apparently) animatronics rather than CGI.
6 of 10
B
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Darrell Roodt's "Winnie" to Open 2012 Montreal International Black Film Festival
WINNIE to open the 8th Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Montreal, August 7, 2012 - The highly anticipated film Winnie by Darrell Roodt will open the 8th edition of the Montreal International Black Film Festival on September 19th, as a Quebec Premiere. Winnie, a Canadian co-production, produced by Quebec producer Michael Mosca from Equinoxe Films, will kick-start the official competition. "We are very proud to open the festival with such a big film produced by a Quebec producer; It's a deeply moving story that leaves no one untouched ," stated Fabienne Colas, President of the Festival.
Winnie stars Jennifer Hudson (Winnie Mandela), Academy Award winner and Grammy Award winner, and Terrence Howard (Nelson Mandela), Academy Award nominee.
Based on the biography by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, Winnie Mandela :A Life, Winnie is an intimate, in-depth and unbiased film that will take the audience on a remarkable journey of understanding Winnie Mandela, one of the world's most famous female activists, exploring both her personal and political life. Winnie Mandela is a complex historical figure, appreciated for her role in the struggle against apartheid led by her husband, but whose obscure acquaintances make an equally controversial personality.Through her fierce determination and dauntless courage, Winnie Mandela survived her husband's imprisonment, continuous harassment by the security police, banishment to a small Free State town, betrayal by friends and allies, and more than a year in solitary confinement - all the while keeping the name of Nelson Mandela alive. A sensitive and balanced portrayal, the film nevertheless thoroughly investigates and honestly examines the controversies that dogged Winnie Mandela in recent years.
South African filmmaker and screenwriter Darrell Roodt, whose film Yesterday was nominated for an Academy Award in "Best Foreign Language Film" category in 2005, made an international name for himself with his debut feature A Place of Weeping (1986), a passionate condemnation of apartheid. Educated at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, he gained further acclaim for The Stick (1988), another look at the anti-apartheid struggle. In 1990, he made his first film with American backing, Jobman (1990). Roodt's best-known film is his adaptation of the anti-apartheid stage musical Sarafina! (1992) starring Whoopi Goldberg. He has made around 30 films ans TV series among which Cry, the Beloved Country starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris (1995). He has since alternated between making films in Hollywood and South Africa. His latest film Winnie has been officially selected in both Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
After its Quebec premiere at the Montreal International Black Film Festival, WINNIE, distributed by Equinoxe Films, will hit Quebec screens starting October 5, 2012.
The 8th MIBFF will be held from September 19 to 30.
ABOUT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (MIBFF)
Presented by Global Montreal, the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) was created in 2005 by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, anon-profit organization dedicated to promoting Cinema, Art and Culture. The mission of the MIBFF is to stimulate the development of the independent film industry and to showcase more films on the realities of Blacks from around the world. The Festival wants to promote a different kind of cinema, cinema that hails from here and from abroad and that does not necessarily have the opportunity to grace the big screen, groundbreaking cinema that moves us, that raises awareness and that takes us all by surprise! The MIBFF wants to deal with issues and present works that raise questions, that provoke, that make us smile, that leave us perplexed, that shock us... A fresh new look at black cinema from the four corners of the globe!
www.montrealblackfilm.com
www.facebook.com/blackfilmfestival
www.twitter.com/filmblackmtl
Montreal, August 7, 2012 - The highly anticipated film Winnie by Darrell Roodt will open the 8th edition of the Montreal International Black Film Festival on September 19th, as a Quebec Premiere. Winnie, a Canadian co-production, produced by Quebec producer Michael Mosca from Equinoxe Films, will kick-start the official competition. "We are very proud to open the festival with such a big film produced by a Quebec producer; It's a deeply moving story that leaves no one untouched ," stated Fabienne Colas, President of the Festival.
Winnie stars Jennifer Hudson (Winnie Mandela), Academy Award winner and Grammy Award winner, and Terrence Howard (Nelson Mandela), Academy Award nominee.
Based on the biography by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob, Winnie Mandela :A Life, Winnie is an intimate, in-depth and unbiased film that will take the audience on a remarkable journey of understanding Winnie Mandela, one of the world's most famous female activists, exploring both her personal and political life. Winnie Mandela is a complex historical figure, appreciated for her role in the struggle against apartheid led by her husband, but whose obscure acquaintances make an equally controversial personality.Through her fierce determination and dauntless courage, Winnie Mandela survived her husband's imprisonment, continuous harassment by the security police, banishment to a small Free State town, betrayal by friends and allies, and more than a year in solitary confinement - all the while keeping the name of Nelson Mandela alive. A sensitive and balanced portrayal, the film nevertheless thoroughly investigates and honestly examines the controversies that dogged Winnie Mandela in recent years.
South African filmmaker and screenwriter Darrell Roodt, whose film Yesterday was nominated for an Academy Award in "Best Foreign Language Film" category in 2005, made an international name for himself with his debut feature A Place of Weeping (1986), a passionate condemnation of apartheid. Educated at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, he gained further acclaim for The Stick (1988), another look at the anti-apartheid struggle. In 1990, he made his first film with American backing, Jobman (1990). Roodt's best-known film is his adaptation of the anti-apartheid stage musical Sarafina! (1992) starring Whoopi Goldberg. He has made around 30 films ans TV series among which Cry, the Beloved Country starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris (1995). He has since alternated between making films in Hollywood and South Africa. His latest film Winnie has been officially selected in both Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
After its Quebec premiere at the Montreal International Black Film Festival, WINNIE, distributed by Equinoxe Films, will hit Quebec screens starting October 5, 2012.
The 8th MIBFF will be held from September 19 to 30.
ABOUT THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (MIBFF)
Presented by Global Montreal, the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) was created in 2005 by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, anon-profit organization dedicated to promoting Cinema, Art and Culture. The mission of the MIBFF is to stimulate the development of the independent film industry and to showcase more films on the realities of Blacks from around the world. The Festival wants to promote a different kind of cinema, cinema that hails from here and from abroad and that does not necessarily have the opportunity to grace the big screen, groundbreaking cinema that moves us, that raises awareness and that takes us all by surprise! The MIBFF wants to deal with issues and present works that raise questions, that provoke, that make us smile, that leave us perplexed, that shock us... A fresh new look at black cinema from the four corners of the globe!
www.montrealblackfilm.com
www.facebook.com/blackfilmfestival
www.twitter.com/filmblackmtl
Monday, April 30, 2012
Review: Cronenberg Plays it a Little Safe in "A Dangerous Method"
A Dangerous Method (2011)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada (with Germany, Switzerland, UK)
Running time: 99 minutes (1 hour, 39 minutes)
MPAA – R for sexual content and brief language
DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg
WRITER: Christopher Hampton (based upon his play, The Talking Cure, and also on the book, A Most Dangerous Method: The story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein, by John Kerr)
PRODUCER: Jeremy Thomas
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Peter Suschitzky (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Ronald Sanders
COMPOSER: Howard Shore
Golden Globe nominee
DRAMA/HISTORICAL/ROMANCE
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel, and Sarah Gordon
A Dangerous Method is a 2011 Canadian historical drama from director David Cronenberg. This film’s screenplay is by Christopher Hampton and is based on his play, The Talking Cure.
Another source for A Dangerous Method is the book by John Kerr, A Most Dangerous Method: The story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein, which was also the basis for Hampton’s play. The film is a fictional account of the real-life turbulent relationships between Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology; Sigmund Freud, the founder of the discipline of psychoanalysis; and Sabina Spielrein, who was a patient of Jung before she later became a physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts.
The film opens in the first decade of the 1900s. Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), a young woman suffering from hysteria, arrives at the Burghölzli Clinic, the preeminent psychiatric hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. The young Swiss doctor, Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), begins to treat Sabina using word association and dream interpretation as part of his approach to psychoanalysis, a radical new science devised by Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen).
Jung and Freud begin to correspond, and Freud adopts Jung as his heir apparent and also as his Aryan (or non-Jewish) ally against the European medical establishment, which is anti-Semitic. Jung finds in Sabina a kindred spirit, and soon they begin a sexual relationship. However, Jung and Freud’s relationship begins to fray, and Jung’s relationship with Sabina becomes more complicated than Jung anticipated.
A Dangerous Method’s movie poster may suggest that the film is about a love triangle. The film is really about Jung’s relationship with two people, with more of the focus on the Jung-Spielrein relationship. As Jung and Spielrein, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley, respectively, give strong performances by conveying the passion between the two people who must often remain restrained and repressed as a matter of societal conventions. Neither actor comes across as delivering the typical too-aloof performance that actors sometimes give when appearing in costume or historical dramas. Knightley plays Sabina as coiled and imprisoned, waiting to explode to the freedom that will allow her to be herself. Fassbender makes Jung fervent with the desire to investigate and explore that cannot be put out by the coolness of discovery. Viggo Mortensen gives the kind of tart and showy performance that can make a supporting actor a scene stealer, and he does indeed steal every scene in which he appears. Honestly, I never imagined Freud to be as Mortensen depicts him – cool and sexy.
Director David Cronenberg is known for the coolness and aloofness evident in even his most daring, unusual, and controversial films. Sometimes, there is a clinical attitude in his movies that restrains the narrative, its ideas and characters. A Dangerous Method would seem to be the perfect film in which Cronenberg would be correctly detached, even distant; however, the relationships explored in this film dare the storyteller to be objective, though I will give Cronenberg and his primary actors credit for giving this film a humorous undercurrent, especially in the first half. A Dangerous Method is a very good film, but, although it is about doctors and science, the emotions, sensations, and passions needed to be given more freedom than they are here. A Dangerous Method is a tad dangerously distant.
7 of 10
A-
NOTES:
2012 Golden Globes: 1 nomination: “Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture” (Viggo Mortensen)
Friday, April 27, 2012
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Review: "Strange Brew" is a Strange Blend (Hapy B'day, Max von Sydow)
The Adventures of Bob and Doug Mckenzie: Strange Brew (1983)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
Running time: 90 minutes (1 hour, 30 minutes)
MPAA – PG
DIRECTORS: Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas
WRITERS: Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas and Steve De Jarnatt
PRODUCERS: Louis M. Silverstein
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steven Poster
EDITOR: Patrick McMahon
COMEDY with elements of sci-fi
Starring: Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley, Lynne Griffin, Angus MacInnes, Tom Harvey, Douglas Campbell, Brian McConnachie, Len Doncheff, and Mel Blanc (voice)
The subject of this movie review is The Adventures of Bob and Doug Mckenzie: Strange Brew, a 1983 Canadian comedy film. Also widely known as Strange Brew, the film stars Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (who also both direct the film) and features Max von Sydow as a villain.
Brothers Bob (Rick Moranis) and Doug Mckenzie (Dave Thomas) are two beer-guzzling Canadians who luck upon a goldmine – an unlimited supply of beer – when they land jobs at the Elsinore Beer brewery. However, the two “hosers,” end up helping the beautiful Pam Elsinore save the brewery from her conniving Uncle Claude Elsinore (Paul Dooley) and the diabolical Brewmaster Smith (Max von Sydow), who plans on using his own concoction, a strange brew of Elsinore Beer to control the world. Hijinks ensue in this very loose, nutty, and slightly surreal reworking of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
The Adventures of Bob and Doug Mckenzie: Strange Brew or just Strange Brew (for the movie’s American release) was born out of a skit, “The Great White North” that appeared on “SCTV,” (1976-84) a Canadian sketch comedy television series that also aired in the U.S. (1981-85). The skit featured Bob and Doug, two brothers meant to parody Canadian culture. Eventually, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas’ characters actually became icons of the very culture they were mocking, and the “brothers” appeared in commercials and made cameo appearances on TV and in films. Before the act’s popularity faded, they also released two comedy albums, The Great White North: Bob and Doug Mckenzie and The Great White North: Strange Brew. Moranis and Thomas also played a variation of Bob and Doug when they provided the voices of the characters “Tuke and Root,” talking moose in the 2003 Disney animated feature, Brother Bear.
The SCTV skit also became the movie Strange Brew, which is unabashedly one of those intentionally “stupid movies” that are supposed to illicit laughter because they’re actually funny in their stupidity. Strange Brew is sometimes hilarious, often funny, and mostly entertaining. Actually, it is a bit surreal – almost a mixture of comedy and light drama – a farcical thriller. It’s a strange comedy/sci-fi/horror blend like Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Strange Brew has long had cult status, and it’s a must see for serious fans of film comedies. The brothers are likeable, and the supporting cast is decent and also notable for an appearance by famed actor, Swedish-born actor, Max von Sydow.
6 of 10
B
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2012
"A Separation" Wins Best Foreign Film Oscar
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
WINNER - A Separation: Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Nominees:
Bullhead: Michael R. Roskam (Belgium)
Footnote: Joseph Cedar (Israel)
In Darkness: Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
WINNER - A Separation: Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Nominees:
Bullhead: Michael R. Roskam (Belgium)
Footnote: Joseph Cedar (Israel)
In Darkness: Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
2012 Academy Award Nominations: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees:
Bullhead (2011): Michael R. Roskam (Belgium)
Footnote (2011): Joseph Cedar (Israel)
In Darkness (2011): Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011): Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
A Separation (2011): Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Bullhead (2011): Michael R. Roskam (Belgium)
Footnote (2011): Joseph Cedar (Israel)
In Darkness (2011): Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011): Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
A Separation (2011): Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
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