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    Mannheim top prize for Rain, FIPRESCI Prize to Borderline

    2008-11-19T17:47:00Z

    Argentinian director Paula Hernandez's Rain (Lluvia) received the top award at this year's Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival. The international jury headed by veteran German filmmaker Edgar Reitz gave the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize to Stephanie Duvivier for her film A Police Romance (Un Roman Policier).Its special award was presented to ...

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    The Necessities Of Life leads Genie nominations

    2009-02-11T10:53:00Z

    Benoit Pilon's The Necessities Of Life received eight nominations and Yves-Christian Fornier's Everything Is Fine received seven as the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the contenders for the 29th annual Genie Awards. Necessities Of Life was Canada's submission for the foreign-language Oscar.The two Quebecois titles were followed closely ...

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    Necessities Of Life leads Genie Awards nominations

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Benoit Pilon's The Necessities Of Life received eight nominations and Yves-Christian Fornier's Everything Is Fine received seven as the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the contenders for the 29th-annual Genie Awards. Necessities Of Life was Canada's submission for the foreign-language Oscar. The two Quebecois titles were followed closely ...

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    Frappier prepares English-language remake of La Grande Seduction

    2006-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Roger Frappier'sQuebec-based Max Films, whose The Secret Life Of Happy People is screening in AFI FEST, has announced details of aslate of new English and French-language projects.First off is hisEnglish-language remake of Jean-Francois Pouliot's box-office hit La GrandeSeduction aka Seducing Dr Lewis which is being scripted by Ken Scott.Other English-languageprojects ...

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    Passchendaele wins Best Picture at Canada's Genie Awards

    2009-04-05T19:03:00Z

    Paul Gross’ WWI epicPasschendaeletook six awards, including best picture, as the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the 2009 Genie Award winners in Ottawa on Saturday.The film, which premiered at Toronto in 2008, also won the prizes for art direction, costume design, sound editing and overall sound. It was ...

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    Slumdog Millionaire takes prestigious audience prize at Toronto

    2008-09-13T22:19:00Z

    Click on film name's to see reviewDanny Boyle's Mumbai-set Slumdog Millionaire won the Cadillac People's Choice Award as the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped its 33rd edition on Saturday. The award comes with a cash prize of $14,000 (C$15,000).Accepting the award on behalf of Boyle, actress Freida Pinto saluted Mumbai, ...