Telefilm Canada Congratulates the 2011 Jutra Award Winners
Montréal, March 13, 2011 – Telefilm Canada congratulates the winners of the 13th edition of the Prix Jutra, the annual awards ceremony that celebrates Quebec film. The awards were handed out this evening at Théâtre St-Denis in Montreal and broadcast on Radio-Canada.
“This has been an excellent year for Quebec film and tonight’s Jutra-award winners prove that our stories deserve to be seen,” said Carolle Brabant, Telefilm Canada’s Executive Director.
“On behalf of Telefilm’s staff, I congratulate the winners and finalists of the 2011 awards, including the Honourable Jean Lapointe, who received the Prix Jutra-Hommage for overall career achievement.
“I invite all Canadians to watch these films and see for themselves just how talented our home-grown cinema artists are,” she concluded.
Following is a list of the award winners by category. An asterisk indicates that a film received funding support from Telefilm Canada.
BEST FILM
* Incendies
BEST DIRECTOR
* Denis Villeneuve – Incendies
BEST ACTRESS
* Lubna Azabal – Incendies
BEST ACTOR
* Claude Legault – 10 1/2
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Dorothée Berryman – Cabotins
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Jean Lapointe – À l’origine d’un cri
BEST SCREENPLAY
* Denis Villeneuve, with the collaboration of Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne – Incendies
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
* André Turpin – Incendies
BEST ART DIRECTION
* André-Line Beauparlant – Incendies
BEST SOUND
* Sylvain Bellemare, Jean Umansky, Jean-Pierre Laforce – Incendies
BEST EDITING
* Monique Dartonne – Incendies
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
* Guy Bélanger, Benoît Charest – Route 132
BEST COSTUMES
* Sophie Lefebvre – Incendies
BEST MAKEUP
* Adrien Morot – Barney’s Version
BEST HAIR STYLING
* Réjean Goderre – Barney’s Version
BEST DOCUMENTARY
* Pierre Falardeau
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FILM OUTSIDE QUEBEC
* Les amours imaginaires
BEST SHORT
M’ouvrir
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Les journaux de Lipsett
About Telefilm Canada
Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated to developing and promoting the Canadian audiovisual industry. Telefilm provides financial support to the private sector to create distinctively Canadian productions that appeal to domestic and international audiences. Telefilm also administers the Canada Media Fund’s programs. Visit www.telefilm.ca.
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