Québec Cinéma is a Canadian organization based in Quebec , whose mission is to promote and develop the Cinema of Quebec .
19-760: The organization's programs include the Prix Iris , the annual film awards for Quebec films; the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma , an annual film festival; the Lab Québec Cinéma, which works with schools to facilitate the use of Quebec films in educational contexts; and Tournée Québec Cinéma , which presents an annual touring minifestival of Quebec films in English Canadian cities where French-language films from Quebec would not otherwise receive theatrical distribution. The organization
38-525: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Quebec -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Prix Iris The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma , which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec . Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award ( Prix Jutra , with
57-510: Is also a sponsor of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois , an educational program which engages film studies students in the province's CEGEPs to present an annual film award. In December 2018, the organization announced a partnership with Netflix to launch Talent Lab, a professional development program for people entering the film industry. This article about an organization in Canada
76-644: The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec mounted a major retrospective of Daudelin’s work in 1974. In 1997, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec presented Daudelin, a retrospective of his career shown through over 180 of his works. His work is in the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (117 works), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts the Robert McLaughlin Gallery , Oshawa and
95-648: The National Gallery of Canada , Ottawa. Daudelin lived in Kirkland, Quebec , and died in nearby Pointe-Claire, Quebec . His last work, Le Passage du 2 avril , is named for the date of his death and installed in front of Kirkland City Hall. A postage stamp depicting Daudelin's work Embâcle was issued by Canada Post on June 10, 2002. In 2015, it was announced that Daudelin's public art piece, Agora in Viger Square, which had been meant to mimic
114-576: The "Big Five" categories: Best Film , Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress and Best Screenplay . Of those, only Mommy managed to win all five awards. Charles Daudelin Charles Daudelin , GOQ RCA (October 1, 1920 – April 2, 2001) was a French Canadian pioneer in modern sculpture and painting . He worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, metal and ceramic sculpture, jewelry, and marionettes which he made with his wife, Louise. Charles Daudelin
133-583: The 2015 film Brooklyn , is eligible only in categories where a resident of Quebec is the nominee, and cannot be submitted for Best Film. The initial creation of the awards sparked some concern that the idea of a separate award for Quebec films would undermine the pan-Canadian scope of the Genie Awards ; Québec Cinéma clarified that it did not have, and would not impose, a rule that films could not be submitted for both awards, although at least one film producer, Roger Frappier , voluntarily declined to submit
152-684: The 25th Quebec Cinema Awards; as of May 2023, however, the organization had confirmed only that the ceremony would not take place in its usual June scheduling. In July 2023, Québec Cinéma announced that the ceremony would be held in December 2023, and broadcast by Noovo . The following films received at least 10 nominations: The following films received at least 5 awards (including non-competitive): The following individuals received at least 10 nominations: The following individuals received at least 5 awards (including non-competitive): To date, thirteen films were nominated for
171-784: The age of thirty, including several students of Borduas at the École du Meuble, took part in the Sagittarius exhibition at the Dominion Gallery, organized by Maurice Gagnon, professor at the École du Meuble, and which would constitute a milestone in the history of the Automatistes . Daudelin exhibited several works there, including sculptures. In September 1943 in Granby, Daudelin`s first solo exhibition took place, also organized by Maurice Gagnon. Between 1944 and 1945, Daudelin made two visits to New York City , where he visited
190-632: The atelier of Fernand Léger . Between 1946 and 1948, he spent time in Paris , where he regularly saw Léger and met the sculptor Henri Laurens , who he would meet a number of times, and was afterwards influenced by Laurens` organic form. He married Louise Bissonette in 1946, who worked with him. He taught at the École des beaux-arts in Montréal until 1967. He became a pioneer in integrating art into public space. He created many public artworks , including: The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and
209-539: The ceremony called La Soirée des Jutra ) in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra , but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication of Yves Lever 's biography of Jutra, which alleged that he had sexually abused children. It should not be confused with the Claude Jutra Award , a special award presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television as part of
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#1732790614526228-558: The films August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) and 2 Seconds (2 secondes) for Genie consideration at all on the grounds that since neither film was projected to be popular outside Quebec, they would purportedly not get any public relations or marketing benefit out of Genie nominations. Frappier has not subsequently refused to submit other films to the Genies or the Canadian Screen Awards after 1999. Following
247-602: The gardens of Greek antiquity, would be replaced with a minimalist park. However, in 2016, the makeover stalled since the Square sits on top of Ville-Marie Expressway , which is provincial jurisdiction. Work began on the area of the square referred to as the îlot Daudelin, and many of the concrete structures there, created by Charles Daudelin, were demolished. Others were restored and there were plans for better lighting and new drainage and sewer systems. The redevelopment due to be completed in 2021 now costs 63.2 million, almost double
266-403: The province are also fully eligible for nomination. The awards maintain slightly different eligibility criteria for international coproductions, however: a coproduction which surpasses the organization's criteria for "majority Québécois" involvement is treated the same as a Quebec film, with full eligibility in all categories, while a coproduction which is classified as "minority Québécois", such as
285-435: The separate Canadian Screen Awards program which was also renamed in 2016 following the allegations against Jutra. Introduced in 1999, the awards are presented for Best Film and performance, writing and technical categories such as best actor, actress, director, screenplay, et cetera. Due to Quebec's majority francophone population, most films made in the province are French-language films, but English-language films made in
304-560: The withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 awards were presented solely under the name Québec Cinéma pending an announcement of the award's new permanent name. The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016. The trophy was designed by sculptor Charles Daudelin . The awards replaced the prix Guy-L'Écuyer , created in 1987 by Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in memory of actor Guy L'Écuyer . The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony, originally planned for June 7, 2020,
323-596: Was born on October 1, 1920, in Granby, Quebec . In 1939 he moved to Montreal , where he worked for the silversmith Gilles Beaugrand, a childhood friend of Paul-Émile Borduas . While still working for Beaugrand, he enrolled in evening classes at the École du meuble in Montreal, then attended full-time in 1941. He joined the Contemporary Arts Society in 1941. In May 1943, he and 22 other artists under
342-470: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada ; unlike the 8th Canadian Screen Awards , however, the award nominations had not yet been released when the cancellation of the ceremony was announced. Nominations were still released on April 22, and the winners were announced via livestreaming on June 10. Following the death of influential Quebec filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée in December 2021, there
361-465: Was some public demand that Québec Cinéma rename the awards to the Prix Vallée in his honour. In 2022, Radio-Canada announced that due to declining ratings in recent years, it would not televise the 2023 awards, and was instead planning alternative ways to highlight Quebec film in its programming. In February 2023, Québec Cinéma indicated that it was in negotiations with other broadcasters to carry
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