With eight awards, the series Transplant and its actors, including Laurence Lebœuf, are the big winners of the week of the Canadian Screen Awards, while Quebec cinema, whose works have often dominated this event in the past, is having a modest year.
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Presented on Sunday evening at the end of a week dotted with six galas, the last (virtual) evening of this 10and edition of the Canadian Screen Awards was also marked by the crowning achievement of the feature film Scarborough by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson as best film of the year.
Toured in Montreal and produced at Sphère Média, Transplant won for the second year in a row the award for best drama series. Actor Hamza Haq (Dr Bash Hamed) also won the best comedian award for the second year.
Still with this series, Laurence Leboeuf won the prize for best actress for her interpretation of the DD Magalie Leblanc. This is also the case of Montreal actress Ayisha Issa who won the trophy for best actress in a supporting role (DD June Curtis). Note that Laurence Lebœuf also hosted the Cinematographic Arts gala presented on Friday evening.
” Oh my God ! It’s crazy, exclaimed the actress when her name was announced. Thank you to the producers who are dedicated to making something so unique with this series. Thank you to my game partners and the technical team. I love you all, I adore you. »
Camped in Toronto, Transplant follows the lives of several doctors and medical staff at York Memorial, a trauma center. A third season of this very popular series that can be seen in French (Transplanted) on Noovo is on track.
Earlier this week, Transplant had also received four other awards: best cast in a work of fiction, best screenplay, best cinematography (Pierre Gill) and best editing.
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The team of Transplant.
According to the Sphère Média website, the series has five directors including Daniel Grou (Podz), Chloé Robichaud and Kim Nguyen.
Another Quebecer, Tim Rozon, won an acting award for best supporting actor in a drama series for his work on Wynonna Earp.
Quebec Film Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards, remember, reward the best in the country in film and television (English-language productions only). Earlier in the week, Quebec cinema artisans won several prizes without removing top honors.
Sara Mishara receives the award for Best Cinematography, here called Best Cinematography, for the film drunken birds which she co-wrote with director Ivan Grbovic. This film, which represented Canada in the most recent Oscar race for best international film (non-English language) was a finalist in six categories.
Arnaud Brisebois, Jean Babin and Ève Turcotte left with the statuette for best artistic direction for their work on The time grabber by Francis Leclerc while Martin Lapointe won best hairstyles for the film Maria Chapdelaine by Sebastien Pilote.
Five Quebec films competed for the prize for best short fiction film, leaving no room for those from other provinces. This is the movie Lgirls don’t walk alone at night by Katerine Martineau who won the award. The four finalists were Fanmi by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers and Carmine Pierre-Dufour, In the Jam Jar by Colin Nixon, The big slaps by Annie St-Pierre and Ousmane by Jorge Camarotti.
Julian Sher, Graeme Smith and Natalie Dubois share the prize for best documentary writing for Ghost of Afghanistan. Marianne Ploska wins the prize for best cinematography for the documentary Prayer for a lost mitten by Jean-Francois Lesage. Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprenticeby Zacharias Kunuk, a film produced in Montreal, receives the award for best animated short.
As part of the gala dedicated to Digital and Immersive Programs, Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël received the award for Best Immersive Experience-Non Fiction with Space Explorers: The ISS Experience – Episode Two: Advance. Finally, the Best Immersive Experience-Fiction award was given to the project The Passengers co-produced by Quebec house Couzin Films.
Scarborough
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A scene from the movie Scarborough.
Sacred best film as we said above, Scarborough also won Best Direction, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Liam Diaz), Best Adapted Screenplay (Catherine Hernandez), Best Supporting Actress (Cherish Violet Blood), Best Cast, Best sound editing and the John Dunning Award for Best First Feature.
This film, which was released briefly in Montreal a few weeks ago, tells the story of three children from a poor background who become friends and learn the values of living together and resilience during a school year. It is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Catherine Hernandez.
Outraged Scarboroughthe other shortlisted films for the Best Fiction Feature Film award were drunken birds by Ivan Grbovic, Twelfth night by Philippe Lacôte, one of whose producers is Montrealer Yanick Létourneau, Night Raiders by Danis Goulet and Wildhood by Bretten Hannam.