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Incendies, Barney’s Version, and the other winners of the 2011 Prix Jutra (Jutra Awards) have been announced. The 13th Annual Jutra Awards (Prix Jutra or La Soirée des Prix Jutra) are Canadian annual cinema awards “that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec. First introduced in 1999, the Jutra Award is named after Quebec film-maker Claude Jutra and awarded for performance, writing and technical categories such as best actor, actress, director, screenplay, et cetera. This year’s awards were handed out on March 13, 2011 at the Théâtre St-Denis in Montreal. The full listing of the 2011 Prix Jutra (Jutra Awards) winners is below.

Best Film

Incendies – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve - Incendies

Best Actress

Lubna Azabal - Incendies

Best Actor

Claude Legault - 10 ½

Best Supporting Actress

Dorothée Berryman - Cabotins (Entertainers)

Best Supporting Actor

Jean Lapointe - À l’origine...

Yesterday, the winners at the 13th Jutra Awards, Quebec's Oscars, were revealed. Denis Villeneuve's Incendies dominated the show with 9 awards, especially the Jutra Award for best film. The following is the full list of winners.

Best film: Incendies

Best direction: Denis Villeneuve (Incendies)

Best leading actress: Lubna Azabal (Incendies)

Best leading actor: Claude Legault (10 1/2)

Best supporting actress: Dorothée Berryman (Cabotins)

Best supporting actor: Jean Lapointe (À l’origine d’un cri)

Best screenplay: Denis Villeneuve, with the collaboration of Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne (Incendies)

Best cinematography: André Turpin (Incendies)

Best art direction: André-Line Beauparlant (Incendies)

Best sound: Sylvain Bellemare, Jean Umansky et Jean-Pierre Laforce (Incendies)

Best editing: Monique Dartonne (Incendies)

Best original score: Guy Bélanger et Benoît Charest (Route 132)

Best costume: Sophie Lefebvre (Incendies)

Best make-up artist: Adrien Morot (Barney's Version)

Best hairdressing: Réjean Goderre (Barney's Version)

Best documentary: Pierre Falardeau (Carmen Garcia et German Gutierrez)

Best short film: M...

It was Canada’s turn for glitz and glamour last night as the red carpet rolled out for The 31st Annual Genie Awards, Canada’s biggest night in film. Awards were handed out at the National Arts Center in our nation’s capital last night and hosted by icon and current funnyman William Shatner. The televised event on CBC only lasted a meager 1 hour, whereas the entire ceremony itself was an hour and a half. Several awards were already given out prior to the telecast, cutting to the chase for the night’s biggest contenders. The night’s biggest winners were also the ones who dominated the nominations: Incendies and Barney’s Version

Quebec’s critically and commercially successful Incendies took home the night’s top honor for Best Motion Picture, writer/director Denis Villeneuve snatched up honors for Achievement in Direction and Adapted Screenplay and star of the film...

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (Acct) revealed yesterday the winners at the 31rst Genie Awards (Canada's Oscars) in Ottawa. Two films, Incendies and Barney's Version, dominated the race.

Best Motion picture:

* Incendies

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

* Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

* Dustin Hoffman in Barney's Version

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

* Lubna Azabal in Incendies

Best Actress In a Supporting Role:

* Minnie Driver in Barney's Version

Best Adapted Screenplay:

* Denis Villeneuve for Incendies

Best Original Screenplay:

* Jacob Tierney for The Trotsky

Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design:

* Claude Paré and Élise De Blois for Barney's Version

Achievement in Cinematography:

* André Turpin for Incendies

Achievement in Costume Design:

* Nicoletta Massone Barney's Version

Best Director:

* Denis Villeneuve for Incendies

Best Editor:* Monique Dartonne for Incendies

Best Make Up:

* Adrien Morot and Micheline Trépanier for Barney's Version

Best Original Score:* Pasquale Catalano...

HollywoodLife.com’s Editor-in-Chief Bonnie Fuller strolled the red carpet with her fellow Canadian stars! Check out all the pics!

Bonnie returned to her native Canada for the star-studded 31st Annual Genie Awards in Ottawa, Ont. and rubbed shoulders with some big Hollywood names — some you might not have realized were Canadian! Bonnie had the honor of presenting the fan-voted favorite actor category, which was awarded to Canadian cutie and star of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Jay Baruchel. Keep reading for a full list of winners!

Jay was most recently in the movie The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, but you would also recognize him from hit movies like Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up, How to Train Your Dragon, and She’s Out of My League. He must have been super excited to win, because as he was accepting the awards he thanked his “fiancée,” actress Allison Pill, and accidentally announced his engagement for the first time!

Incendies, Barney’s Version, and the other winners of the 2011 Genie Awards (Prix Genie) have been announced. The 31st Annual Genie Awards were held by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and are handed out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema. The Genie Awards were “broadcast live from the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on CBC, the awards presentation was hosted by the legendary William Shatner and featured musical performances from Melissa Etheridge, Serena Ryder, Johnny Reid, and Karkwa.” The full listing of the 2011 Genie Awards (Prix Genie) winners is below.

Best Motion Picture

Incendies – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Paul Giamatti - Barney’s Version

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Dustin Hoffman - Barney’s Version

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Lubna Azabal - Incendies

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Minnie Driver...

While Denis Villeneuve's Incendies lost out in its Best Foreign Picture bid, but in what constitutes a nice consolation prize, the film picked up a total of eight awards, including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Adapted Screenplay (both going to Villeneuve), and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role which goes to versatile thesp Lubna Azabal at the Canadian Oscars otherwise known as The Genie Awards. The other big winner of the evening was Barney's Version -- it picked up seven awards (three in the acting departments and costume and make-up kudos). Xavier Dolan's sophomore film Heartbeats went zero for four - but that was to be expected when you measure it up to Incendies. This sunday are French Canada's Oscars (the Jutra awards) - and Villeneuve should will undoubtedly continue his winning streak. Here are all the winners/categories. Best Motion Picture: Incendies - Luc Déry,...

Yesterday, the nominees for the 13th Jutra Awards ceremony were revealed. The winners of this Quebecker Oscar will be revealed next month. The following is the full list of nominees.

Best motion picture:

* 10 1/2

* Les amours imaginaires

* Curling

* Incendies

* Les signes vitaux

Best director:

* Denis Côté- Curling

* Xavier Dolan- Les amours imaginaires

* Kim Nguyen - La cité

* Podz (Daniel Grou) - 10 1/2

* Denis Villeneuve- Incendies

Best leading actress:

* Lubna Azabal - Incendies

* Suzanne Clément - Tromper le silence

* Mélissa Desormeaux-Poulin - Incendies

* Évelyne Rompré- 2 fois une femme

* Guylaine Tremblay- Trois temps après la mort d'Anna

Best leading actor:

* Jay Baruchel - The Trotsky

* Emmanuel Bilodeau - Curling

* Jacques Godin - La dernière fugue

* Claude Legault - 10 1/2

* François Papineau - Route 132

Best supporting actress:

* Dorothée Berryman - Cabotins

* Marie Brassard - Les signes vitaux

* Geneviève Chartrand - Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme

* Isabelle Miquelon - La dernière fugue

* Danielle Proulx...

The nominees for the 31st Annual Genie Awards, Canada’s answer to the Oscars, were unveiled at simultaneous press conferences in Montreal and Toronto yeseterday. After being snubbed by the major Hollywood awards, only receiving 1 nomination and win for Paul Giamatti at the Golden Globes, Barney’s Version has been highly recognized by Canadian audiences. This is no surprise as its source material is a novel from beloved Canadian treasure Mordecai Richler and the film was partially shot in Montreal. Barney’s VersionIncendies leads the pack with 11 nominations including Best Motion Picture and populating most of the acting categories including one for Paul Giamatti for a Performace by an Actor in a Leading Role and Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Dustin Hoffman. Following closely is the other Canadian darling this year, Incendies , which garnered 10 nominations such as Adapted Screenplay (Denis Villeneuve) and Performance by an Actress...

Yesterday, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Acct) announced the nominees for the 31rst Genie Awards, Canada's own Oscars.

Best Motion picture:

* 10 1/2

* Les amours imaginaires

* Barney's Version

* Incendies

* Splice

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

* Jay Baruchel in The Trotsky

* Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version

* Robert Naylor in 10 1/2

* Timothy Olyphant in High Life

* François Papineau in Route 132

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

* Martin Dubreuil in 10 1/2

* Dustin Hoffman in Barney's Version

* Alexis Martin in Route 132

* Callum Keith Rennie in Gunless

* Rossif Sutherland in High Life

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

* Lubna Azabal in Incendies

* Tatiana Maslany in Grown Up Movie Star

* Molly Parker in Trigger

* Rosamund Pike in Barney's Version

* Tracy Wright in Trigger

Best Actress In a Supporting Role:

* Sonja Bennett in Cole

* Anne-Élizabeth Bossé in Les amours imaginaires

* Minnie Driver in Barney's Version

* Terra Hazelton in Fubar 2

* Mary Walsh in Crackie

Best Adapted Screenplay:

* Michael Konyves...

Opened Wednesday, Oct. 4 (France)

PARIS -- Transylvania, Tony Gatlif's latest excursion into Europe's ethnic byways, was chosen to close May's Festival de Cannes this year, and it is easy to understand why: It's a love story involving rough-diamond protagonists, raucous gypsy music, majestic landscapes and an upbeat ending, deftly blended by one of the unsung heroes of art house cinema.

Gatlif has been here before -- Gadjo Dilo (1997), his biggest commercial success to date, also was shot in Romania -- but with a bigger budget and two up-and-coming actors in the lead roles, his latest movie could mark a breakthrough into mainstream markets.

When the feisty Zingarina (Asia Argento, also featured in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette), travels to Transylvania with her bosom friend Marie (Amira Casar) in tow to rejoin the father of the child she is carrying, she is in for a rude shock. Piano-player Milan (Marco Castoldi), who she thought had been expelled from France, tells her that he had in fact walked out on her, that he does not love her and that he wants nothing more to do with her.

Three months pregnant, Zingarina becomes hysterical, gives Marie the slip and, disguising herself as a gypsy, wanders around the countryside nursing her grief. She links up with Tchingalo (Birol Unel), a petty trader who travels the region buying up gold and silver trinkets for resale in the West. Sure enough, little by little, love blossoms.

It's tough love, of course. Zingarina still is too angry to give herself completely, and Tchangalo is by nature a loner. But by now we're in road-movie mode. As the incidents pile up -- notably, an exorcism for Zingarina, a beating up for Tchangalo by five brothers who believe he swindled their mother -- and the pregnancy approaches its term, they have plenty of time to smooth things over.

Zingarina finally gives birth on a snowbound hillside, Tchangalo's Mercedes having sunk axle-deep into the mud. Local midwives arrive by horse-drawn sleigh to help out, and villagers offer her shelter to rest and succor the child. Gatlif's narrative rather runs out of steam at this point: Zingarina vanishes, Tchangalo searches for her in vain, he inflicts violence on himself, she returns, he finds her, she smiles at him, fade to black and the closing credits. But there have been many pleasures along the way.

The Carpathian mountains form a magnificent backdrop to the story. Celine Bozon's cinematography captures perfectly the fading of autumn's browns and golds into the yellows and grays and, finally, the blinding whites of winter. The frequent mists and the timeless east European structures of Romania's wild north provide a fairy-tale quality to the settings.

With Zingarina speaking French with Marie and English with Tchangalo, not to mention the frequent snatches of Romanian, Romani, Hungarian, Russian and Italian, the movie presents a linguistic melting pot. The dialogue can best be described as functional, but then Gatlif's appeal always has been as much to the heart as to the head.

Music is central to this director's work. The action of Transylvania is punctuated from beginning to end by songs and dancing. Much of the music was composed by Gatlif, in collaboration with Delphine Mantoulet.

The movie is well served by Argento, who does the business as the hot-blooded abandoned mistress, but Unel (star of last year's European movie of the year Head-On), as the outsider about to come in from the cold, ultimately steals the picture from under her nose.

TRANSYLVANIA

Princes Films, Pyramide Prods.

Credits: Screenwriter-director: Tony Gatlif; Producers: Christian Paumier, Doru Mitran; Director of photography: Celine Bozon; Production designer: Brigitte Brassart; Music: Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet; Costume designer: Rose-Marie Melka; Editor: Monique Dartonne. Cast: Zingarina: Asia Argento; Tchangalo: Birol Unel; Marie: Amira Casar; Luminitsa: Alexandra Beaujard; Milan: Marco Castoldi; Cabaret singer: Beata Palya.

No MPAA rating, running time 103 minutes.

CANNES -- "Exils" is a terrific journey of self-discovery, a return to roots and a venture into the soul. A dark horse for the Palme d'Or, this magnificent film is highlighted by a sensuous lead performance from Lubna Azabal and is propelled by a rousing, percussive musical score that propels us into emotional landscapes and terrain not covered by the surface story.

Like the best of "two for the road" movies, Zano (Romain Duris) and Naima (Lubna Azabal) encounter mishaps, adventures, love and inspiration on their journey.

In this embarkation, they travel from France to the land of their parents, Algeria. It's a sober trek, an effort to embrace their past and learn more about themselves through their heritage. Serious intentions aside, it's also a lark-ish adventure, a teenage-travel lark: The two love, fight, misbehave and survive on their travels through France and the inviting environs of Spain.

Writer-director Tony Gatlif has fueled this picaresque entertainment with an embracing array of light moments and unexpected jeopardy. There are surprises, and some of these come as the characters travel into regions of their own being that their safe French world has not opened up to them.

The film erupts into a cataclysmic finale as Naima and Zano partake in a North African ritual, a Sufi rite where they dance themselves into a trance. Gyrating and swirling, they tap into a spirituality and transcendence both cleansing and illuminating. They have not only been revitalized by their homeland, but their heritage has opened them into a pathway to their inner selves. In particular, Naima, whose charismatic allure masks a darker demon, finds regenerative sustenance in this glorious trip, into the most complex terrain of her inner being.

Technical credits are superb, especially Gatlif and Monique Dartonne's hypnotic and invigorating musical score.

EXILS

Credits:

Screenwriter-director: Tony Gatlif

Director of photography: Celine Bozon

Production designers: Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet

Editor: Monique Dartonne

Cast:

Zano: Romain Duris

Naima: Lubna Azabal

No MPAA rating

Running time -- 105 minutes...

CANNES -- "Exils" is a terrific journey of self-discovery, a return to roots and a venture into the soul. A dark horse for the Palme d'Or, this magnificent film is highlighted by a sensuous lead performance from Lubna Azabal and is propelled by a rousing, percussive musical score that propels us into emotional landscapes and terrain not covered by the surface story.

Like the best of "two for the road" movies, Zano (Romain Duris) and Naima (Lubna Azabal) encounter mishaps, adventures, love and inspiration on their journey.

In this embarkation, they travel from France to the land of their parents, Algeria. It's a sober trek, an effort to embrace their past and learn more about themselves through their heritage. Serious intentions aside, it's also a lark-ish adventure, a teenage-travel lark: The two love, fight, misbehave and survive on their travels through France and the inviting environs of Spain.

Writer-director Tony Gatlif has fueled this picaresque entertainment with an embracing array of light moments and unexpected jeopardy. There are surprises, and some of these come as the characters travel into regions of their own being that their safe French world has not opened up to them.

The film erupts into a cataclysmic finale as Naima and Zano partake in a North African ritual, a Sufi rite where they dance themselves into a trance. Gyrating and swirling, they tap into a spirituality and transcendence both cleansing and illuminating. They have not only been revitalized by their homeland, but their heritage has opened them into a pathway to their inner selves. In particular, Naima, whose charismatic allure masks a darker demon, finds regenerative sustenance in this glorious trip, into the most complex terrain of her inner being.

Technical credits are superb, especially Gatlif and Monique Dartonne's hypnotic and invigorating musical score.

EXILS

Credits:

Screenwriter-director: Tony Gatlif

Director of photography: Celine Bozon

Production designers: Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet

Editor: Monique Dartonne

Cast:

Zano: Romain Duris

Naima: Lubna Azabal

No MPAA rating

Running time -- 105 minutes...