Jutra Award
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The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

 feature film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 industry in the province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. First introduced in 1999, the Jutra Award is named after Quebec film-maker Claude Jutra
Claude Jutra
Claude Jutra was a Canadian actor, film director and writer. The Prix Jutra are named in his honor because of his importance in Quebec cinema history. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec....

 and awarded for performance, writing and technical categories such as best actor, actress, director, screenplay, et cetera.

The Jutra trophy was designed by sculptor Charles Daudelin
Charles Daudelin
Charles Daudelin, was a Canadian sculptor and painter, a major Quebec artist.Born in Granby, Quebec, he became a pioneer in integrating art into public space...

. The Prix Jutra replaced the prix Guy-L'Écuyer created in 1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....

 by Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
The Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois is a festival created in 1982 to celebrate the cinematographic production of Quebec, Canada.The goal of the festival is to promote the Cinema of Quebec and its makers in order to support its culture and stimulate its industry. It occurs in February, to coincide...

 in memory of actor Guy L'Écuyer.

Best Film (Meilleur film)

  • 1999
    1999 in film
    The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...

    : Le Violon rouge by François Girard
    François Girard
    François Girard is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Born in Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit...

  • 2000
    2000 in film
    The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

    : Post mortem by Louis Bélanger
    Louis Bélanger
    Louis Bélanger is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Denis Chouinard; both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films...

  • 2001
    2001 in film
    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

    : Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

    by Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

  • 2002
    2002 in film
    The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

    : Un crabe dans la tête by André Turpin
  • 2003
    2003 in film
    The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

    : Québec-Montréal by Ricardo Trogi
    Ricardo Trogi
    Ricardo Trogi is a French Canadian filmmaker, director and actor.-Career:Trogi’s first two films, Québec-Montréal, about seven twenty-something travellers driving between the two cities, and Horloge Biologique, a look at three men and their decisions about having children, were both critical and...

  • 2004
    2004 in film
    The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

    : Les Invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

    by Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives is a French language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Francis Leclerc. Marcel Beaulieu also wrote the script...

    by Francis Leclerc
    Francis Leclerc
    Francis Leclerc is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter and film editor.- Recognition :* 2005 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction - Looking for Alexander - Won...

  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

    by Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : Congorama
    Congorama
    Congorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...

    by Philippe Falardeau
    Philippe Falardeau
    Philippe Falardeau is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.His first feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards...

  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil is a 2007 Canadian comedy-drama film directed and written by Stéphane LaFleur.- Plot :...

    by Stéphane Lafleur
  • 2009
    2009 in film
    The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...

    : Ce qu'il faut pour vivre by Benoît Pilon
    Benoît Pilon
    Benoît Pilon is a French-language Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative films and documentaries on the human condition...

  • 2010
    2010 in film
    The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...

    : J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère is a French Canadian film, released in 2009. Written and directed by Xavier Dolan, it is an exposé on the complexity of the mother and son bond. The film attracted international press' attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film...

    by Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan , sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of Geneviève Dolan, a teacher, and Manuel Tadros, a Quebecois actor and singer of Egyptian descent...

  • 2011
    2011 in film
    The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...

    : Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...

    by Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...


Most successful film outside Quebec (Film s'étant le plus illustré hors Québec)

Awarded since 2001.
  • 2001: Possible worlds
    Possible Worlds
    Possible Worlds may refer to:* Possible worlds, a concept in philosophy* Possible Worlds , by John Mighton** Possible Worlds , by Robert Lepage, based on the Mighton play* Possible Worlds , by Peter Porter...

    by Robert Lepage
    Robert Lepage
    Robert Lepage, is a playwright, actor, film director, and stage director from Québec City, Québec, and is one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists.- Life and work :...

  • 2002: Tie: Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

    in Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

     and Lost and Delirious
    Lost and Delirious
    Lost and Delirious is a 2001 Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool and loosely based on the novel The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan. Lost and Delirious is filmed from the perspective of Mary , who observes the changing love between her two teenage friends, Pauline and Victoria...

    by Léa Pool
    Léa Pool
    Léa Pool is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who has also taught film at UQAM. She is openly lesbian. Her 1986 film Anne Trister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1999 film Emporte-moi was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Special...

  • 2003: La Turbulence des fluides by Manon Briand
  • 2004: Les Invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

    by Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

  • 2005: Les Invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

    by Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

  • 2006: C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

    by Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

  • 2007: C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

    by Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

  • 2008: Bon cop, bad cop
    Bon Cop, Bad Cop
    Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...

    by Kevin Tierney
    Kevin Tierney
    Kevin Tierney is a Irish-Canadian film producer from Montreal who earned a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for the film Bon Cop, Bad Cop, for which he also wrote the script. He has also produced other titles including One Dead Indian, Good Neighbours and Twist. He is the father of Canadian...

  • 2009: Maman est chez le coiffeur
    Maman est chez le coiffeur
    -Synopsis:It's summer 1966. Time to enjoy summer vacation, total freedom, running wild in the fields, and crazy giggles with friends. But as she becomes more aware of the dreams, sorrows and lies of the people closest to her, Élise sees her mother's sudden abandonment thoroughly disrupt her family...

    by Léa Pool
    Léa Pool
    Léa Pool is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who has also taught film at UQAM. She is openly lesbian. Her 1986 film Anne Trister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1999 film Emporte-moi was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Special...

  • 2010: J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère is a French Canadian film, released in 2009. Written and directed by Xavier Dolan, it is an exposé on the complexity of the mother and son bond. The film attracted international press' attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film...

    by Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan , sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of Geneviève Dolan, a teacher, and Manuel Tadros, a Quebecois actor and singer of Egyptian descent...

  • 2011: Les Amours imaginaires
    Heartbeats (film)
    Heartbeats is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Xavier Dolan. It follows the story of two friends who both fall in love with the same man. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

    by Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan , sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of Geneviève Dolan, a teacher, and Manuel Tadros, a Quebecois actor and singer of Egyptian descent...


Box office

Awarded to the movie selling the most tickets in theatres.
  • 2001: La Vie après l'amour by Gabriel Pelletier
  • 2002: Les Boys III by Louis Saïa
  • 2003: Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

    by Charles Binamé
    Charles Binamé
    Charles Binamé is a Quebec director. He was born in Belgium and came to Montreal with his family at a young age. In 1971, he began work as an assistant director with the National Film Board of Canada. During the 1980s, he directed commercials in England...

  • 2004: La Grande Séduction de Jean-François Pouliot
    Jean-François Pouliot
    Jean-François Pouliot is a Quebec film director.He was born in Montreal and studied at Concordia University. He worked as an assistant cameraman, while also writing and directing short animated films for the National Film Board...

  • 2005: Camping sauvage by Guy A. Lepage
    Guy A. Lepage
    Guy A. Lepage is a Canadian comedian turned producer.-Career:Lepage was one of the five founding members of the Quebec comedy group Rock et Belles Oreilles , and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995.Lepage became a media mogul and...

  • 2006: C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

    by Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

  • 2007: Bon cop, bad cop
    Bon Cop, Bad Cop
    Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...

    by Kevin Tierney
    Kevin Tierney
    Kevin Tierney is a Irish-Canadian film producer from Montreal who earned a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for the film Bon Cop, Bad Cop, for which he also wrote the script. He has also produced other titles including One Dead Indian, Good Neighbours and Twist. He is the father of Canadian...

  • 2008: Les 3 p'tits cochons
    Les 3 p'tits cochons
    Les 3 p'tits cochons is a 2007 Quebec French-language comedy film. The directorial debut of comedian and actor Patrick Huard, the film won the Golden Reel Award at the 28th Genie Awards and the Billet d'or at the Jutra Awards as top-grossing film of 2007 in Quebec.-Plot summary:Two brothers ...

    by Patrick Huard
    Patrick Huard
    Patrick Huard is a Quebecer actor and comedian.-Feature films:* 1997: J’en suis* 1997: Les Boys* 1998: Les Boys II* 2000: La vie après l’amour* 2000: Stardom* 2001: Les Boys III...

  • 2009: Cruising Bar 2 by Michel Côté
    Michel Côté
    Michel Côté, PC is businessman and former Canadian politician.Côté was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 election that brought Brian Mulroney to power in a landslide...

     and Robert Ménard
    Robert Ménard
    Robert Ménard is one of the founders and the former secretary-general of the Paris-based international NGO Reporters Sans Frontières....

  • 2010: De père en flic
    Father and Guns
    Father and Guns is a Canadian comedy film, released in 2009. Directed by Émile Gaudreault, the film stars Michel Côté and Louis-José Houde as Jacques and Marc Laroche, feuding father and son police officers who are forced to reevaluate their relationship when they're paired up on an undercover...

    by Émile Goudreault
  • 2011: Piché, entre ciel et terre by Sylvain Archambault

Best Actor (Meilleur acteur)

  • 1999: Alexis Martin in Un 32 août sur terre
  • 2000: Gabriel Arcand
    Gabriel Arcand
    Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.He won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe....

     in Post mortem
  • 2001: Paul Ahmarani
    Paul Ahmarani
    Paul Ahmarani is a Quebec actor. He was born from the union of two teachers, one from Cacouna, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec and another from the Mediterranean coast...

     in La moitié gauche du frigo
  • 2002: Luc Picard
    Luc Picard
    Luc Picard is a French Canadian actor and comedian. He was born on September 24, 1961 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. He has played numerous characters in diverse roles....

     in 15 février 1839
  • 2003: Pierre Lebeau
    Pierre Lebeau
    Pierre Lebeau is a Quebec actor. He is best known for major roles in Quebec big-box movies such as Séraphin: un homme et son péché and the four-part Les Boys series.-Acting background:...

     in Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

  • 2004: Serge Thériault
    Serge Thériault
    -Background:Theriault played several roles in several Quebec television series and movies since it debut in the acting industry in 1973.Theriault most famous role was in the popular television series La Petite Vie which played from 1993 to 1999 on French-Canadian television network Radio-Canada and...

     in Gaz bar blues
  • 2005: Roy Dupuis
    Roy Dupuis
    Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...

     in Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives is a French language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Francis Leclerc. Marcel Beaulieu also wrote the script...

  • 2006: Marc-André Grondin
    Marc-André Grondin
    Marc-André Grondin is a Canadian actor, most noted for his performance as Zachary Beaulieu in Jean-Marc Vallée's film C.R.A.Z.Y. , for which he won a Jutra award.-Movie career:...

     in C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Paul Ahmarani
    Paul Ahmarani
    Paul Ahmarani is a Quebec actor. He was born from the union of two teachers, one from Cacouna, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec and another from the Mediterranean coast...

     and Olivier Gourmet
    Olivier Gourmet
    Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant....

     in Congorama
    Congorama
    Congorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...

  • 2008: Roy Dupuis
    Roy Dupuis
    Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...

     in Shake Hands with the Devil
  • 2009: Natar Ungalaaq
    Natar Ungalaaq
    Natar Ungalaaq is a Canadian Inuit actor, filmmaker, and sculptor whose artwork is in many major collections of Inuit art worldwide...

     in Ce qu'il faut pour vivre
  • 2010: Sébastien Ricard in Dédé, à travers les brumes
  • 2011: Claude Legault
    Claude Legault
    -Biography:Legault was a star of the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and has since appeared regularly on television, stage and film. He is currently part of the cast of the T.V. series 450 chemin du Golf and Annie et ses Hommes and he was part of Le retour...

     in 10½

Best Actress (Meilleure actrice)

  • 1999: Pascale Montpetit
    Pascale Montpetit
    Pascale Montpetit is a French Canadian actress, born in 1961. In 1990 she won a Best Actress Genie Award for Darrell Wasyk's H and in 2002 for Mario Azzopardi's Savage Messiah, 2 Gémeaux Awards, a Jutra Award and a Mons International Festival of Love Films award. She is also a well-known stage...

     in Le Cœur au poing
  • 2000: Karine Vanasse
    Karine Vanasse
    Karine Vanasse is a French Canadian actress. She currently appears in the role of Colette in the ABC TV series Pan Am. Vanasse is the daughter of council worker Conrad Vanasse and Renée Gamache, who was her manager at the beginning of her career.-Life and career:Vanasse was born in Drummondville,...

     in Emporte-moi
    Emporte-moi
    Emporte-Moi is a 1999 French-Canadian film by director Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963...

  • 2001: Marie-Josée Croze
    Marie-Josée Croze
    -Career:Croze was born in Montreal, QC. She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005...

     in Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • 2002: Élise Guilbault
    Élise Guilbault
    Élise Guilbault is a Canadian film and television actress. She won the Genie Award for Best Actress for her role in the film La Femme qui boit, and was a nominee for Cap Tourmente...

     in La Femme qui boit
  • 2003: Karine Vanasse
    Karine Vanasse
    Karine Vanasse is a French Canadian actress. She currently appears in the role of Colette in the ABC TV series Pan Am. Vanasse is the daughter of council worker Conrad Vanasse and Renée Gamache, who was her manager at the beginning of her career.-Life and career:Vanasse was born in Drummondville,...

     in Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

  • 2004: Marie-Josée Croze
    Marie-Josée Croze
    -Career:Croze was born in Montreal, QC. She won the award for Best Actress at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005...

     in Les Invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

  • 2005: Pascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières is a Canadian actress.- Life and work :She is a cinema studies alumna from Concordia University, living in Montreal.- Movies :- TV Series :*1989: Chambres en ville*1991: Marilyn...

     in Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope is a Quebec, Canada movie released in 2004. This biographical drama depicted the career of Quebec singer Alys Robi, as portrayed by Pascale Bussières...

  • 2006: Élise Guilbault
    Élise Guilbault
    Élise Guilbault is a Canadian film and television actress. She won the Genie Award for Best Actress for her role in the film La Femme qui boit, and was a nominee for Cap Tourmente...

     in La Neuvaine
  • 2007: Céline Bonnier
    Céline Bonnier
    Céline Bonnier is a French Canadian actress from Quebec. She has been nominated for four awards including Genie Awards and Gemini Awards.-Biography:Céline Bonnier was the youngest of eight children, six boys and two girls...

     in Délivrez-moi
  • 2008: Guylaine Tremblay in Contre toute espérance
  • 2009: Isabelle Blais
    Isabelle Blais
    Isabelle Sophie Emilie Blais is a Canadian film and television actress and singer.-History:Isabelle Blais was born in 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec...

     in Borderline
    Borderline (2008 film)
    Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...

  • 2010: Anne Dorval
    Anne Dorval
    Anne Dorval is a Canadian actress.-Career:Dorval may be best known for her appearance in the Quebec television series Le Coeur a ses raisons. She has also appeared in other Quebec series, such as Chambres en ville, Virginie, Paparazzi and Rumeurs, and in the film I killed my mother...

     in J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère is a French Canadian film, released in 2009. Written and directed by Xavier Dolan, it is an exposé on the complexity of the mother and son bond. The film attracted international press' attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film...

  • 2011: Lubna Azabal
    Lubna Azabal
    Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress, born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. After studing at the Conservatoire royal of Brussels, she began a theatrical career in Belgium. In 1997, she took her first film role when Belgian film-maker Vincent Lannoo chose her to act beside Olivier...

     in Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un rôle de soutien)

  • 1999: Colm Feore
    Colm Feore
    Colm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...

     in Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Julien Poulin
    Julien Poulin
    Julien Poulin is an actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and composer in Quebec, Canada. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series...

     in Le dernier souffle
  • 2001: David Boutin in Hochelaga
    Hochelaga
    Hochelaga may refer to:Hochelaga* Hochelaga , a 16th century village on the Island of Montreal* Hochelaga Archipelago, Montreal and surrounding islands...

  • 2002: Emmanuel Bilodeau in Un crabe dans la tête
  • 2003: Luc Picard
    Luc Picard
    Luc Picard is a French Canadian actor and comedian. He was born on September 24, 1961 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. He has played numerous characters in diverse roles....

     in
    Le Collectionneur
  • 2004: Pierre Collin in La Grande Séduction
  • 2005: Jean Lapointe
    Jean Lapointe
    Jean Lapointe, is a Quebecois actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas performing in such venues as the Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris.He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on...

     in
    Le Dernier Tunnel
  • 2006: Michel Côté
    Michel Côté (actor)
    Michel Côté is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performance in the comedy Broue and his role in Omertà. A graduate of the National Theatre School in 1973, Côté won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for C.R.A.Z.Y....

     in
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Gabriel Arcand
    Gabriel Arcand
    Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.He won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe....

     in
    Congorama
    Congorama
    Congorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...

  • 2008: Réal Bossé in Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil is a 2007 Canadian comedy-drama film directed and written by Stéphane LaFleur.- Plot :...

  • 2009: Normand D'Amour
    Normand D'Amour
    Normand D'Amour is an award winning Canadian actor. D'Amour won a Jutra Award for his supporting role in Tout est parfait as well as a Genie Award nomination for the same role. D'Amour has also appeared in other works including Cheech, Maman Last Call and Looking for Alexander.- Reference :...

     in
    Tout est parfait
    Tout est parfait
    Tout est parfait is a French Canadian film directed by Yves-Christian Fournier. It tells the story of a young man trying to cope with the simultaneous suicide of his four friends....

  • 2010: Maxim Gaudette
    Maxim Gaudette
    Maxim Gaudette is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010 for his role as Marc Lépine in the 2009 film Polytechnique.-Credits:*2009: Polytechnique*2010: Incendies...

     in
    Polytechnique
    Polytechnique (film)
    Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness...

  • 2011: Jean Lapointe
    Jean Lapointe
    Jean Lapointe, is a Quebecois actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas performing in such venues as the Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris.He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on...

     in
    À l'origine d'un cri

Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un rôle de soutien)

  • 1999: Anne-Marie Cadieux
    Anne-Marie Cadieux
    Anne-Marie Cadieux is a Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Le Coeur au Poing and in 2008 was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Toi .- External links :...

     in
    Le Cœur au poing
  • 2000: Pascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières is a Canadian actress.- Life and work :She is a cinema studies alumna from Concordia University, living in Montreal.- Movies :- TV Series :*1989: Chambres en ville*1991: Marilyn...

     in
    Emporte-moi
    Emporte-moi
    Emporte-Moi is a 1999 French-Canadian film by director Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963...

  • 2001: Marie-Jo Thério in Full Blast
  • 2002: Sylvie Drapeau in 15 février 1839
  • 2003: Isabelle Blais
    Isabelle Blais
    Isabelle Sophie Emilie Blais is a Canadian film and television actress and singer.-History:Isabelle Blais was born in 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec...

     in
    Québec-Montréal
  • 2004: Clémence Desrochers in La Grande Séduction
  • 2005: Tie: Brigitte Lafleur in Elles étaient cinq
    Elles étaient cinq
    Elles étaient cinq is a Québécois film, directed and written by Ghyslaine Côté...

    and Sylvie Moreau
    Sylvie Moreau
    Sylvie Moreau, , is a Canadian actress.Sylvie Moreau was born in Montreal, Quebec on December 30, 1964. Both of her parents were teachers and they had 5 children. Sylvie Moreau has two brothers and two sisters, and she herself is a twin to her sister Nathalie. Her siblings all went into the acting...

     in
    Les Aimants
  • 2006: Danielle Proulx
    Danielle Proulx
    Danielle Proulx is a French Canadian actress. She is multi-award winning actress and she was married to Raymond Cloutier. Her son, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, is also an actor. She also has a niece, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, who is an actress...

     in
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Fanny Mallette
    Fanny Mallette
    -Biography:She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Continental, un film sans fusil. She has twice been nominated for a Jutra Award for Best Actress in Les muses orphelines and Une jeune fille à la fenêtre...

     in
    Cheech
    Cheech (film)
    Cheech is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film based on a stage play. It is directed by Patrice Sauvé and written by François Létourneau with assistance from Linus Scheithauer- Plot :...

  • 2008: Laurence Leboeuf
    Laurence Leboeuf
    Laurence Leboeuf is a French Canadian actress. She is the daughter of Diane Lavallée and Marcel Leboeuf...

     in
    Ma fille, mon ange
  • 2009: Angèle Coutu in Borderline
    Borderline (2008 film)
    Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...

  • 2010: Sandrine Bisson in 1981
    1981 (film)
    1981, longer title 1981: Lannée ou je suis devenue un menteur is a 2009 Canadian French language film from Quebec, a drama comedy written and directed by Ricardo Trogi. It was released on 4 September 2009...

  • 2011: Dorothée Berryman
    Dorothée Berryman
    Dorothée Berryman is a noted Canadian actress and singer.- Biography :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she has played roles in many stage productions, films, and television series including The Red Violin, Rivière-des-Jérémie, Le Déclin de l'empire américain, Les Invasions barbares, Scanners II: The...

     in
    Cabotins

Best Director (Meilleure réalisation)

  • 1999: François Girard
    François Girard
    François Girard is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Born in Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit...

     for
    Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Louis Bélanger
    Louis Bélanger
    Louis Bélanger is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Denis Chouinard; both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films...

     for
    Post mortem
  • 2001: Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

     for
    Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • 2002: André Turpin for Un crabe dans la tête
  • 2003: Ricardo Trogi
    Ricardo Trogi
    Ricardo Trogi is a French Canadian filmmaker, director and actor.-Career:Trogi’s first two films, Québec-Montréal, about seven twenty-something travellers driving between the two cities, and Horloge Biologique, a look at three men and their decisions about having children, were both critical and...

     for
    Québec-Montréal
  • 2004: Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

     for
    Les Invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

  • 2005: Francis Leclerc
    Francis Leclerc
    Francis Leclerc is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter and film editor.- Recognition :* 2005 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction - Looking for Alexander - Won...

     for
    Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives is a French language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Francis Leclerc. Marcel Beaulieu also wrote the script...

  • 2006: Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

     for
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Philippe Falardeau
    Philippe Falardeau
    Philippe Falardeau is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.His first feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards...

     for
    Congorama
    Congorama
    Congorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...

  • 2008: Stéphane Lafleur for Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil is a 2007 Canadian comedy-drama film directed and written by Stéphane LaFleur.- Plot :...

  • 2009: Lyne Charlebois for Borderline
    Borderline (2008 film)
    Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...

  • 2010: Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

     for
    Polytechnique
    Polytechnique (film)
    Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness...

  • 2011: Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

     for Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Screenplay (Meilleur scénario)

  • 1999: François Girard
    François Girard
    François Girard is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Born in Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit...

     and Don McKellar
    Don McKellar
    -Personal life:McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario to a lawyer father and teacher mother. He attended Glenview Senior Public School, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College...

     for Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Louis Bélanger
    Louis Bélanger
    Louis Bélanger is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Denis Chouinard; both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films...

     for Post mortem
  • 2001: Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

     for Maelström
    Maelstrom
    A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex, it has considerable downdraft. The power of tidal whirlpools tends to be exaggerated by laymen. There are virtually no stories of large ships ever being sucked into a maelstrom, although smaller craft are in...

  • 2002: André Turpin for Un crabe dans la tête
  • 2003: Jean-Philippe Pearson, Patrice Robitaille
    Patrice Robitaille
    Patrice Robitaille is a Canadian actor and writer. He was nominated for two awards and won two awards for Québec-Montréal .-Filmography:-Television:* Watatatow * 4 et demi... * Fortier...

     and Ricardo Trogi
    Ricardo Trogi
    Ricardo Trogi is a French Canadian filmmaker, director and actor.-Career:Trogi’s first two films, Québec-Montréal, about seven twenty-something travellers driving between the two cities, and Horloge Biologique, a look at three men and their decisions about having children, were both critical and...

     for
    Québec-Montréal
  • 2004: Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

     for
    Les Invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

  • 2005: Yves Pelletier forr Les Aimants
  • 2006: Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

     in collaboration with François Boulay for
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Philippe Falardeau
    Philippe Falardeau
    Philippe Falardeau is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.His first feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards...

     for
    Congorama
    Congorama
    Congorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...

  • 2008: Stéphane Lafleur for Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil
    Continental, un film sans fusil is a 2007 Canadian comedy-drama film directed and written by Stéphane LaFleur.- Plot :...

  • 2009: Bernard Émond
    Bernard Émond
    Bernard Émond is a French-language Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his spiritual films and documentaries on the human condition.- Director :* 1992 : Ceux qui ont le pas léger meurent sans laisser de traces...

     with the collaboration of Benoît Pilon
    Benoît Pilon
    Benoît Pilon is a French-language Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative films and documentaries on the human condition...

     for
    Ce qu'il faut pour vivre
  • 2010: Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan , sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of Geneviève Dolan, a teacher, and Manuel Tadros, a Quebecois actor and singer of Egyptian descent...

     for J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère
    J'ai tué ma mère is a French Canadian film, released in 2009. Written and directed by Xavier Dolan, it is an exposé on the complexity of the mother and son bond. The film attracted international press' attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film...

  • 2011: Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...

     with the collaboration of Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne for
    Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Cinematography (Meilleure direction de la photographie)

  • 1999: Alain Dostie
    Alain Dostie
    Alain Dostie is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His work includes Silk, The Red Violin and The Confessional...

     for
    Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Pierre Gill
    Pierre Gill
    Pierre Gill is a Canadian cinematographer. He has won multiple awards for his work, including 2 Genie Awards, 1 Gémeaux Award and 1 Jutra Award. He has worked on such films as The Covenant, The Rocket, Polytechnique, Lost and Delirious, The Art of War, XChange and Eldorado.He has also directed the...

     for
    Souvenirs intimes
  • 2001: André Turpin for Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • 2002: André Turpin for Un crabe dans la tête
  • 2003: Jean Lépine for Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

  • 2004: Alan Smith for La Grande Séduction
  • 2005: Pierre Mignot for Le Papillon bleu
  • 2006: Pierre Mignot for C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Pierre Mignot for Un dimanche à Kigali
  • 2008: Alain Dostie
    Alain Dostie
    Alain Dostie is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His work includes Silk, The Red Violin and The Confessional...

     for Silk
  • 2009: André Turpin for C'est pas moi, je le jure!
    C'est pas moi, je le jure!
    C'est pas moi, je le jure! is a Quebec-French-language comedy movie released in Quebec on September 26, 2008. It is directed by Philippe Falardeau and is adapted from Bruno Hébert's novels C'est pas moi, je le jure! and Alice court avec René. The film's soundtrack contains original songs composed...

  • 2010: Pierre Gill
    Pierre Gill
    Pierre Gill is a Canadian cinematographer. He has won multiple awards for his work, including 2 Genie Awards, 1 Gémeaux Award and 1 Jutra Award. He has worked on such films as The Covenant, The Rocket, Polytechnique, Lost and Delirious, The Art of War, XChange and Eldorado.He has also directed the...

     for Polytechnique
    Polytechnique (film)
    Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness...

  • 2011: André Turpin for Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Art Direction (Meilleure direction artistique)

  • 1999: François Séguin
    François Séguin
    François Séguin is a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator.- Recognition :* 1986 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Night Magic - Nominated...

     and Renée April for Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Serge Bureau and Michèle Hamel for Emporte-moi
    Emporte-moi
    Emporte-Moi is a 1999 French-Canadian film by director Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963...

  • 2001: Sylvain Gingras and Denis Sperdouklis for Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • 2002: Jean-Baptiste Tard
    Jean-Baptiste Tard
    Jean-Baptiste Tard is a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator.- Recognition :* 2005 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Nouvelle-France - Won...

     for
    15 février 1839
  • 2003: Ronald Fauteux, Jean Becotte and Michèle Hamel for Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

  • 2004: Normand Sarrasin for La Grande Séduction
  • 2005: Normand Sarrasin for Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope is a Quebec, Canada movie released in 2004. This biographical drama depicted the career of Quebec singer Alys Robi, as portrayed by Pascale Bussières...

  • 2006: Patrice Bricault-Vermette for C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: André-Line Beauparlant
    André-Line Beauparlant
    André-Line Beauparlant is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She is nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in Continental, un film sans fusil at the 28th Genie Awards and for Camping sauvage, Le...

     for
    Un dimanche à Kigali
  • 2008: François Séguin
    François Séguin
    François Séguin is a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator.- Recognition :* 1986 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Night Magic - Nominated...

     for
    Silk
  • 2009: Nicolas Lepage for Babine
    Babine
    In its broader sense, Babine refers to the Athabascan Indians who speak the Babine dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language in the vicinity of the Babine River, Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada....

  • 2010: David Pelletier for Dédé, à travers les brumes
  • 2011: André-Line Beauparlant
    André-Line Beauparlant
    André-Line Beauparlant is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She is nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in Continental, un film sans fusil at the 28th Genie Awards and for Camping sauvage, Le...

     for
    Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Costume Design (Meilleurs costumes)

Awarded since 2004.
  • 2004: Louise Gagné for La Grande Séduction
  • 2005: François Barbeau for Nouvelle France
  • 2006: Ginette Magny for C.R.A.Z.Y
  • 2007: Michèle Hamel for Un dimanche à Kigali
  • 2008: Carlo Poggioli
    Carlo Poggioli
    - Recognition :* 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Silk - Won * 2005 Saturn Award for Best Costumes - Van Helsing - Nominated...

     and Kazuko Kurosawa
    Kazuko Kurosawa
    is a costume designer. She won the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design. She is the daughter of famous filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.- Recognition :* 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Silk - Won...

     for Silk
  • 2009: Carmen Allie for Babine
    Babine
    In its broader sense, Babine refers to the Athabascan Indians who speak the Babine dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language in the vicinity of the Babine River, Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada....

  • 2010: Judy Jonker for Dédé, à travers les brumes
  • 2011: Sophie Lefebvre for Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Editing (Meilleur montage)

  • 1999: Gaétan Huot for Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Lorraine Dufour for Post mortem
  • 2001: Richard Comeau for Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • 2002: Sophie Leblond for Un crabe dans la tête
  • 2003: Lorraine Dufour for Le Neg'
  • 2004: Dominique Fortin for La Grande Séduction
  • 2005: Glenn Berman for Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives
    Mémoires affectives is a French language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Francis Leclerc. Marcel Beaulieu also wrote the script...

  • 2006: Paul Jutras for C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007: Jean-François Bergeron
    Jean-François Bergeron (editor)
    Jean-François Bergeron is a Canadian film editor. He was nominated for a 2008, 28th Genie Awards Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing for Les 3 P'tits Cochons .- Recognition :...

     for Bon cop, bad cop
    Bon Cop, Bad Cop
    Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...

  • 2008: Alain Dostie
    Alain Dostie
    Alain Dostie is a Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His work includes Silk, The Red Violin and The Confessional...

     for Silk
  • 2009: Yvann Thibaudeau for Borderline
    Borderline (2008 film)
    Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche...

  • 2010: Richard Comeau for Polytechnique
    Polytechnique (film)
    Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness...

  • 2011: Monique Dartonne for Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Sound (Meilleur son)

  • 1999
    1999 in film
    The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...

    : Claude La Haye, Marcel Pothier, Hans-Peter Strobl and Guy Pelletier for Le Violon rouge
  • 2000
    2000 in film
    The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

    : Normand Mercier, Claude Beaugrand and Hans-Peter Strobl for Histoires d'hiver
  • 2001
    2001 in film
    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

    : Gilles Corbeil, Mathieu Beaudin, Louis Gignac, Jérôme Décarie, Jo Caron
    Jo Caron
    Jo Caron is a production sound mixer. She is currently nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for Shake Hands with the Devil .- Recognition :...

    , Daniel Bisson and Carole Gagnon for Maelström
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • 2002
    2002 in film
    The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

    : Mathieu Beaudin, Serge Beauchemin, Hans-Peter Strobl and Louis Gignac for 15 février 1839
  • 2003
    2003 in film
    The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

    : Patrick Rousseau, Claude Beaugrand, Hans-Peter Strobl and Bernard Gariépy Strobl for Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

  • 2004
    2004 in film
    The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

    : Claude Hazanavicius, Marcel Pothier and Michel Descombes for La Grande Séduction
  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Donald Cohen, Marie-Claude Gagné, Michel Descombes for Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope is a Quebec, Canada movie released in 2004. This biographical drama depicted the career of Quebec singer Alys Robi, as portrayed by Pascale Bussières...

  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : Yvon Benoît, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy-Strobl, Mira Mailhot, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin, Martin Pinsonnault, Jean-François Sauvé
    Jean-François Sauvé
    Jean-Francois "J. F." Sauvé is a former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Quebec Nordiques. He is the brother of former NHL goaltender Bob Sauvé and the uncle of current NHL goaltender Philippe Sauvé.In his NHL career, Sauvé...

     for C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : Claude La Haye, Hans Peter Strobl, Marie-Claude Gagné for Un dimanche à Kigali
  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Claude La Haye, Claude Beaugrand, Hans-Peter Strobl, Bernard Gariepy Strobl for Silk
  • 2009
    2009 in film
    The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...

    : Dominique Chartrand, Oliver Calvert, Louis Gignac, Gavin Fernandes
    Gavin Fernandes
    Gavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Cinema Audio Society .- Recognition :...

     for Babine
    Babine
    In its broader sense, Babine refers to the Athabascan Indians who speak the Babine dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language in the vicinity of the Babine River, Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada....

  • 2010
    2010 in film
    The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...

    : Pierre Blain, Claude Beaugrand, Stéphane Bergeron for Polytechnique
    Polytechnique (film)
    Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness...

  • 2011
    2011 in film
    The year 2011 is notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 27 sequels. The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released in the United States and Canada at some point in 2011.- Highest-grossing films :...

    : Sylvain Bellemare, Jean Umansky
    Jean Umansky
    Jean Umansky is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 50 films since 1980.-External links:...

    , Jean Pierre Laforce for Incendies
    Incendies
    Incendies is a 2010 Quebec film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play, Scorched, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life. The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals...


Best Music (Meilleure musique)

  • 1999: John Corigliano
    John Corigliano
    John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...

     for Le Violon rouge
  • 2000: Benoît Jutras
    Benoît Jutras
    Benoît Jutras is a Canadian composer known for his unique style of music, which usually includes erhus, bagpipes, and other exotic instruments. His most widely known works are the scores he has written for Cirque du Soleil, including O, Mystère, Quidam, and La Nouba...

     for Alegria
  • 2001: Michel Donato and James Gelfand
    James Gelfand
    James Gelfand, is a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his film and television scores.-Early life:...

     for Les muses orphelines
  • 2002: Guy Pelletier and Ramachandra Borcar
    Ramachandra Borcar
    Ramachandra Borcar is a Montreal born musician and composer of mixed Indian and Danish background. He is also known under the monikers Ramasutra and DJ Ram....

     for Un crabe dans la tête
  • 2003: Michel Cusson for Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché
    Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...

  • 2004: Guy Bélanger
    Guy Bélanger
    Guy Bélanger is a Canadian tenor, opera director, composer, and conductor. In 2004 he and Claude Fradette won the Juno Award for best film score for their work on the movie Gaz bar blues...

     and Claude Fradette pour Gaz bar blues
  • 2005: Carl Bastien and Dumas for Les Aimants
  • 2006: Daniel Bélanger
    Daniel Bélanger
    Daniel Bélanger is a musician/singer/songwriter. He is considered one of the best Québécois songwriters and singers to emerge in the past 15 years...

     for L'Audition
  • 2007: Jorane
    Jorane
    Jorane is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who is notable for her alternative music style on a typically classical instrument as well as her ability to sing while playing cello at the same time....

     for Un dimanche à Kigali
  • 2008: Catherine Major for Le Ring
  • 2009: Normand Corbeil and Serge Fiori
    Serge Fiori
    Serge Fiori was the lead vocalist and guitarist for Harmonium, an influential progressive rock band from Quebec. After Harmonium broke up he pursued a minor solo career.- Biography :...

     for Babine
    Babine
    In its broader sense, Babine refers to the Athabascan Indians who speak the Babine dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language in the vicinity of the Babine River, Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada....

  • 2010: Dédé Fortin
    Dédé Fortin
    André "Dédé" Fortin was the leader and singer of the Québecois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.-Early life:...

    , Les Colocs
    Les Colocs
    -External links:**Extensive French Wikipedia Les Colocs information***...

    , Éloi Painchaud for Dédé, à travers les brumes
  • 2011: Guy Bélanger
    Guy Bélanger
    Guy Bélanger is a Canadian tenor, opera director, composer, and conductor. In 2004 he and Claude Fradette won the Juno Award for best film score for their work on the movie Gaz bar blues...

    , Benoît Charest
    Benoît Charest
    Benoît Charest is a Canadian guitarist and film score composer from Quebec. He is best known for the soundtrack of the animated film Les Triplettes de Belleville , for which he won a César Award for Best Music Written for a Film as well as a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music...

     for Route 132

Best Make-Up (Meilleur maquillage)

Awarded since 2004.
  • 2004
    2004 in film
    The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

    : Brigitte Bilodeau for La Face cachée de la lune
  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Marie-Angèle Breitner-Protat for Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope is a Quebec, Canada movie released in 2004. This biographical drama depicted the career of Quebec singer Alys Robi, as portrayed by Pascale Bussières...

  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : Micheline Trépanier for C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : Marie-Angèle Breitner for Un dimanche à Kigali
  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Diane Simard for L'Âge des Ténèbres
  • 2009: Kathryn Casault for Babine
    Babine
    In its broader sense, Babine refers to the Athabascan Indians who speak the Babine dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language in the vicinity of the Babine River, Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada....


Best Hairstyling (Meilleure coiffure)

Awarded since 2005.
  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Michelle Côté for Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope
    Ma vie en cinémascope is a Quebec, Canada movie released in 2004. This biographical drama depicted the career of Quebec singer Alys Robi, as portrayed by Pascale Bussières...

  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : Réjean Goderre for C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y.
    C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 French-language Canadian film from Quebec. The film was directed and co-written by Jean-Marc Vallée. It tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia and heterosexism while growing up with four brothers and a conservative father in 1960s and 1970s...

  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : Ginette Cérat-Lajeunesse for Le Secret de ma mère
  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Réjean Forget for Ma tante Aline
    Ma tante Aline
    Ma tante Aline is a 2007 Canadian comedy film.- Plot :* Geneviève Saint-Louis is a successful career woman who does nothing but work. One day, her aunt Aline shows up unexpectedly on her doorstep penniless and just one step away from a retirement home...

  • 2009: Martin Lapointe
    Martin Lapointe
    Martin Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.-Playing career:...

     for Maman est chez le coiffeur
    Maman est chez le coiffeur
    -Synopsis:It's summer 1966. Time to enjoy summer vacation, total freedom, running wild in the fields, and crazy giggles with friends. But as she becomes more aware of the dreams, sorrows and lies of the people closest to her, Élise sees her mother's sudden abandonment thoroughly disrupt her family...


Best Documentary (Meilleur documentaire)

  • 1999
    1999 in film
    The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...

    : L'Erreur boréale by Richard Desjardins
    Richard Desjardins
    Richard Desjardins is a Québécois folk singer and film director. He and his friends formed the country rock ensemble Abbitibbi in the 1970s. Desjardins played piano, guitar, and sang. When the group disbanded in 1982, Desjardins pursued a solo career. He also found work scoring films,...

     and Robert Monderie
  • 2000
    2000 in film
    The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

    : Images d'une dictature by Patricio Henriquez
    Patricio Henriquez
    Patricio Henriquez is an award winning Quebec based film-maker.Henriquez grew up and trained in film-making in Chile, leaving the country after Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende....

  • 2001
    2001 in film
    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

    : À la recherche de Louis Archambault by Werner Volkmer
  • 2002
    2002 in film
    The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

    : Le Minot d'or by Isabelle Raynaud
  • 2003
    2003 in film
    The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

    : Rien sans pennes by Marc Girard
  • 2004
    2004 in film
    The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

    : Tie: Roger Toupin, épicier variété by Benoit Pilon
    Benoît Pilon
    Benoît Pilon is a French-language Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative films and documentaries on the human condition...

     and À hauteur d'homme
    À Hauteur d'homme
    À Hauteur d'homme is a 2003 Canadian political documentary directed in 2003 by Jean-Claude Labrecque about Bernard Landry and the 2003 general election in Quebec, Canada. It won a Jutra Award for Best Documentary in 2004...

    de Jean-Claude Labrecque
    Jean-Claude Labrecque
    Jean-Claude Labrecque, is a director and cinematographer who learned the basics of filmmaking at the Quebec Film Office and the National Film Board of Canada.-Career:...

  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Ce qu'il reste de nous by François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe
  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : Tie: La Classe de madame Lise by Sylvie Groulx and Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire de Charles Binamé
    Charles Binamé
    Charles Binamé is a Quebec director. He was born in Belgium and came to Montreal with his family at a young age. In 1971, he began work as an assistant director with the National Film Board of Canada. During the 1980s, he directed commercials in England...

  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : À forces de rêves by Serge Giguère
  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Le Peuple invisible by Richard Desjardins
    Richard Desjardins
    Richard Desjardins is a Québécois folk singer and film director. He and his friends formed the country rock ensemble Abbitibbi in the 1970s. Desjardins played piano, guitar, and sang. When the group disbanded in 1982, Desjardins pursued a solo career. He also found work scoring films,...

     and Robert Monderie
  • 2009: Sous la cagoule, un voyage au bout de la torture by Patricio Henriquez
    Patricio Henriquez
    Patricio Henriquez is an award winning Quebec based film-maker.Henriquez grew up and trained in film-making in Chile, leaving the country after Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende....


Best Animated Film (Meilleur film d'animation)

  • 1999: Les Mots magiques by Jean-Claude Vallée
  • 2000: The old man and the sea
    The Old Man and the Sea
    The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging fisherman who...

    by Aleksandr Petrov
  • 2001
    2001 in film
    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

    : Le Chapeau by Michèle Cournoyer
    Michèle Cournoyer
    Michèle Cournoyer is a Canadian animator.Cournoyer studied graphic arts, photography and animation in Quebec, England and Italy...

  • 2002
    2002 in film
    The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

    : Âme noire by Martine Chartrand
  • 2003
    2003 in film
    The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

    : Les Ramoneurs cérébraux by Patrick Bouchard
  • 2004
    2004 in film
    The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

    : Bleu comme un coup de feu by Masoud Raouf
  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Nibbles by Christopher Hinton
  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : Dehors novembre by Patrick Bouchard
  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : McLaren's Negatives
    McLaren's Negatives
    McLaren's Negatives is a 2006 short animated documentary directed by French Canadian filmmaker Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre. The film is a study of the Canadian animator Norman McLaren, and his personal view of film making. The short film won several awards, including the 2007 Jutra Award for best...

    by Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre
  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Isabelle au bois dormant by Claude Cloutier
  • 2009
    2009 in film
    The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...

    : Le noeud cravate by Jean-François Lévesque

Best Short Film (Meilleur moyen/court métrage)

  • 1999
    1999 in film
    The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...

    : Les Mots magiques by Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée
    Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically...

  • 2000
    2000 in film
    The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....

    : Atomic sake by Louise Archambault
  • 2001
    2001 in film
    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

    : Inséparables by Normand Bergeron
  • 2002
    2002 in film
    The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

    : Remembrance
    Remembrance
    Remembrance is the act of remembering, the ability to remember or a memorial. It may refer to:-Events:*:Category:Remembrance days**Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, a commemorative day observed by Argentina...

    by Stéphanie Morgenstern
    Stephanie Morgenstern
    Stephanie Grace Morgenstern is a Swiss-Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. Born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Morgenstern began her acting career when she was 15. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English...

  • 2003
    2003 in film
    The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

    : Hit and Run
    Hit and run
    Hit and run typically refers to:* Hit and run , the crime of failing to stop and identify oneself after a vehicular collision* Hit and run , a baseball play in which runners are in motion before the ball is hit...

    by Richard Jutras
  • 2004
    2004 in film
    The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

    : Mammouth by Stefan Miljevic
  • 2005
    2005 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

    : Papa by Émile Proulx-Cloutier
  • 2006
    2006 in film
    - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

    : Une chapelle blanche by Simon Lavoie
  • 2007
    2007 in film
    This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

    : Les eaux mortes by Guy Édoin
  • 2008
    2008 in film
    This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

    : Notre prison est un royaume by Simon Galiero
  • 2009: Next Floor by Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve
    Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...


Lifetime Achievement Jutra (Jutra hommage)

  • 1999: Marcel Sabourin
  • 2000: Frédéric Back
    Frédéric Back
    Frédéric Back, OC, CQ is a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.-Biography:Born in Saarbrücken, The Territory of the Saar Basin, he emigrated to Canada in 1948...

  • 2001: Gilles Carle
  • 2002: Anne Claire Poirier
    Anne Claire Poirier
    Anne Claire Poirier is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter. She is one of the most important female filmmakers in Canadian history; her documentary film De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman...

  • 2003: Rock Demers
    Rock Demers
    Rock Demers, is a Canadian film producer.He is the founder of the film company Les Productions la Fête and has produced the Tales for All film series for children....

  • 2004: Richard Grégoire
  • 2005: Michel Brault
    Michel Brault
    Michel Brault, OQ is a Quebec cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s...

  • 2006: Denise Filiatrault
    Denise Filiatrault
    Denise Filiatrault, OC, OQ is a Canadian actress and director.In 1982, she won a "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" Genie Award for her performance in Les Plouffe...

  • 2007: Pierre Curzi
    Pierre Curzi
    Pierre Curzi is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal...

  • 2008: Jean-Claude Labrecque
    Jean-Claude Labrecque
    Jean-Claude Labrecque, is a director and cinematographer who learned the basics of filmmaking at the Quebec Film Office and the National Film Board of Canada.-Career:...

  • 2009: Fernand Dansereau
    Fernand Dansereau
    Fernand Dansereau is a Canadian film director and film producer.-Biography:After five years working as a reporter for the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Dansereau joined the NFB in 1955. He was a founding member of the NFB's French Unit and until 1960, he wrote and directed several feature films and...

  • 2010: René Malo
  • 2011: Jean Lapointe
    Jean Lapointe
    Jean Lapointe, is a Quebecois actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas performing in such venues as the Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris.He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on...


Special Jutra (Jutra honorifique)

  • 2000: Emporte-moi
    Emporte-moi
    Emporte-Moi is a 1999 French-Canadian film by director Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963...

    by Léa Pool
    Léa Pool
    Léa Pool is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who has also taught film at UQAM. She is openly lesbian. Her 1986 film Anne Trister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1999 film Emporte-moi was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Special...

  • 2001: Possible worlds
    Possible Worlds
    Possible Worlds may refer to:* Possible worlds, a concept in philosophy* Possible Worlds , by John Mighton** Possible Worlds , by Robert Lepage, based on the Mighton play* Possible Worlds , by Peter Porter...

    by Robert Lepage
    Robert Lepage
    Robert Lepage, is a playwright, actor, film director, and stage director from Québec City, Québec, and is one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists.- Life and work :...

  • 2003: La Turbulence des fluides by Manon Briand
  • 2004: Les invasions barbares
    Les Invasions barbares
    The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 French Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Telefilm Canada,...

    by Denys Arcand
    Denys Arcand
    Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

  • 2005-2009: No award

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