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 McCrawBest Director
Denis Villeneuve – IncendiesBest Actress
Lubna Azabal – IncendiesBest Actor
Claude Legault – 10 ½Best Supporting Actress
Dorothée Berryman – Cabotins (Entertainers)Best Supporting Actor
Jean Lapointe – À l’origine d’un cri (Crying Out)
Best Screenplay
Denis Villeneuve, with Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne – IncendiesBest Cinematography
André Turpin – IncendiesBest Art Direction
Andre-Line Beauparlant – IncendiesBest Sound
Sylvain Bellemare, Jean Umansky, Jean-Pierre Laforce – IncendiesBest Editing
Monique Dartonne – IncendiesBest Music
Guy Bélanger, Benoît Charest – Route 132Best Costume Design
Sophie Lefebvre – IncendiesBest Makeup
Adrien Morot – Barney’s VersionBest Hair
Réjean Goderre – Barney’s VersionBest Documentary
Pierre Falardeau – Carmen Garcia and German Gutierrez
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec
Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats)Best Short or Medium-Length Film
M’ouvrir (Open up) – Albéric Aurteneche
Best Animated Film
Les journaux de Lipsett (Lipsett Diaries) – Theodore UshevHonourary Jutra
Jean Lapointe
Source: Chinokino