PALMARÈS : RVCQ

Le prix Pierre et Yolande Perrault DU MEILLEUR ESPOIR DOCUMENTAIRE

·         Décerné à Migration amoureuse, d’Annie Saint-Pierre

·         Une mention spéciale est attribuée à Irène au cœur de lion, de Josephine Mackay

LE PRIX À LA CRÉATION ARTISTIQUE DU CONSEIL DES ARTS ET des LETTRES DU QUÉBEC POUR LA MEILLEURE œuvre D’ART ET D’EXPÉRIMENTATION:

·         Décerné à Actions (9), de Manon Labrecque et Martin Tétraul

LE PRIX OFQJ / Rendez-vous POUR LA MEILLEURE œuvre ÉTUDIANTE

·         Décerné à A Troublesome Desire, d’Anna Sikorski

LE PRIX ANNUEL DE LA FONDATION ALEX ET RUTH DWORKIN POUR

LA PROMOTION DE LA TOLÉRANCE À TRAVERS LE CINÉMA :

·         Décerné à Notre Père, de Marie-Julie Dallaire

LE Prix du public coup de cœur Super Écran :

·         Le Coup de cœur Super Écran (Prix du public) est décerné ex aequo à  Congorama, de Philippe Falardeau, et Le cèdre penché, de Rafaël Ouellet

PRIX DE L’ASSOCIATION QUÉBÉCOISE DES CRITIQUES DE CINÉMA:

Prix AQCC/ Meilleur court et moyen métrag 

·         Terreur au 3918, de Mathieu Fontaine

·         Mention spéciale décernée à Screen Test : Karen Elkin, de Mathieu Grond

Prix AQCC/ Meilleur court et moyen métrage documentaire

·         Portrait de dame par un groupe, de Bashir Bensaddek

·         Mention spéciale décernée à Caporal Mark, de Danic ChampouxLe jury était composé de Francine Laurendeau (Radio Centre-Ville, Séquences), Pierre Pageau (Radio Centre-Ville), Pierre Barrette (24 Images) 

Prix AQCC/ Meilleur long métrage québécois 2006

·         Congorama, de Philippe Falardeau

Birth Life Death: A film festival in 3 parts

Screening on Friday, March 16 

In Concordia’s H-110 Auditorium

As part of Art Matters 2007, Concordia University

Television presents Birth Life Death, a film festival in three parts.
 


Films that explore these topics, both literally and
metaphorically. They are thinking beginnings, 
middles and ends, transitions and commencements, 
things that start and things that stop. 

Norway celebrates Oscar animated short victory for Montrealer Torill Kove

OSLO, Norway (AP) – Norway celebrated Torill Kove’s Oscar victory for her animated short film “The Danish Poet,” the story of a young poet who travels to Norway to find inspiration by meeting Norwegian writer and Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset. Although Kove, 48, lives in Montreal and her project was backed by the National Film Board of Canada, the story “could not have been more Norwegian,” she said. “I am Norwegian, and there is not a trace of doubt in my soul that this film is 100 per cent Norwegian,” Kove said. Her animated short film “My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts” was nominated for an Oscar in 1999. “The Danish Poet” is narrated by Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, who received Oscar nominations for her roles in “The Emigrants” and “Face to Face.”  Jan Erik Holst of the Norwegian Film Institute said the Academy Award victory “puts Norway on the map,” especially for its small, scattered teams of animators. Thor Heyerdahl’s “Kon-Tiki,” which tells the story of the Norwegian adventurer’s harrowing 101-day voyage from Peru to Polynesia in a balsa-log raft, won a documentary Oscar in 1952.  

the Seventh Annual Art Matters Festival

 from March 2-18 2007

Bigger and better than ever and yours to enjoy! Art Art and more art

This festival is a clear declaration that what Concordia students are exploring, creating and contributing is relevant and very much matters.  Students in the arts,  are often faced with uncertainty of how to negotiate their way around the larger art scene as well as their personal art practice. Gaining experience and being able to test how they might position themselves in this structure is invaluable. Art Matters offers a unique opportunity to gain direct experience with every aspect of arts organizing; applying, writing, jurying, selecting, curating, meeting, cooperating, promoting, directing, installing and hosting.

MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival!

Three festivals in one! From Féb. 22 to March  4 2007

Thursday, February 22, will kick off the 8th edition of the MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival! For more than 10 days, Montrealers and tourists will have the privilege to witness stunning artistic performances and make delicious discoveries by being a part of the cultural and culinary segments of the Festival. For two long weekends, you will also have the chance to participate in many free activities of the Celebration of Light, that will punctuate at the very start and end of the Festival, the Montreal Downtown & Underground Event followed by the Montreal All-Nighter, which, for its 4th edition, will feature no less than 86 activities as well as a new circuit to explore in the Plateau-Mont-Royal district! This unique urban winter festival truly reflects
Montreal with all its openness. A variety of shows and activities are yours for the taking, from Thursday, February 22 to Sunday, March 4. It’s all for you! Enjoy!

FREE PROGRAMS

1.      Performing Arts; dance, theatre, music 

2.      Wine and Dine Experience; good food   

3.      The Hydro-Québec Celebration of Light; in Old
Montreal;

( MAP OF ALL ACTIVITIES IS  AVAILABLE ON LINE)

4.      Montreal All-Nighter/ Nuit Blanc; For those of you who like to party all night   

5.      Montreal Downtown & Underground Event.

Download the free schedule online at montrealenlumiere.com • montrealhighlights.com

 

 

Iraqi Civilian Suffering – The Media Silence

In all the endless coverage of the American ”surge” committing 20,000 extra troops to the war in Iraq, there has been barely a word about the likely consequences for the civilian population. A report in the Lancet medical journal last year estimated that, as of July 2006, 655,000 Iraqis had died as a result of the US-UK invasion – one in seven families had lost a household member.

Over the last month, some 2,340 articles in the national UK press have mentioned the word ‘Iraq’. Of these, seven have also mentioned the words ‘civilian casualties’. Over the same period the words ‘Iraq’ and ‘Matty Hull’ have appeared in 128 articles. As most people will know, Matty Hull was a British soldier killed in a ‘friendly fire‘ incident.

This is hardly a scientific analysis, but it gives an idea of the relative silence surrounding the issue.

Please read more HERE

Hersh: Bush Funneling Money to al Qaeda-Related Groups

Flashback: Rumsfeld Welcomes Saddam Hussein to the Cabal

Noam Chomsky Joins 9/11 “Jersey” Widows in Calling for Release of 9/11 Documents

Noam Chomsky joins 9/11 “Jersey” widows in calling for release of 9/11 documents

 

February 14, 2007 — Noam Chomsky has signed a petition written by the 9/11 “Jersey” widows calling for the release of classified documents relating to the 9/11 attacks.  The Muckraker Report has contacted him by e-mail and verified that the individual listed on the petition is indeed Noam Chomsky.  Chomsky’s name is #6432:

 

That said, now that Chomsky has agreed to sign the widows’ petition, the Muckraker Report would like to see the following people sign too: Alexander Cockburn and crew at Counterpunch, the editorial staff at the Nation, Michael Moore, Barbara Ehrenreich, Amy Goodman, Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich, Seymour Hersh, Nicholas Leman at the New Yorker, Christopher Hayes, anyone who writes for the Daily Kos, including Kos himself, and the absolutely divine Camille Paglia.

 

Like I said in my article from a few days ago, 9/11 Widows Keep on Asking the Tough Questions, the Jersey widows say that once they have 15,000 signatures on their petition, they’re going to head back to Capitol Hill.  Right now they have 6,600 signatures, 1023 of them in the last 60 hours.  Please e-mail the link of the petition to all your friends.  Ask them to sign and forward the petition to their e-mail contacts.  The Jersey widows have to get 8,400 more signatures.  They need your help.  Come on – give them a hand! 

 

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TODAY!  CLICK HERE.

 

original link

George Galloway’s Speech to Parliament on Iraq

A powerful speech to the UK Parliament exposing the appalling record of the Blair government on Iraq, January 2007

George Galloway’s website 

FOX Attacks: Obama

Fox is not a credible news outlet and needs to be stopped. Foxattacks.com will give you the information and tools you need to hit fox where it hurts. The current video presents the erroneous and slanted stories Fox recently ran about Barack Obama. In response, Obama refused to appear on Fox. Watch the video, then follow Obama’s lead and… Do Something.

“Legacy of Torture” – CoinTelPro & the Black Panther Party

In 1971, John Young, a San Francisco police officer was killed. Members of the Black Panther party were arrested, charged and then tortured by San Francisco and New Orleans police. Since the police used torture to extract their confessions, eventually, the charges were dismissed. Now more than 35 years later, the case has been reopened. On January 23rd, 2007, some of those same men were arrested again.

In this special documentary from the Freedom Archives, we hear from some of the accused men themselves. They describe the torture and how they were targeted for their political activities. The “Friday Morning After” aired this segment on February 23, 2007.

mp3 is HERE 

Playlist February 23th

PAMELA HUTE Chocolate Soup (EP)
CASSIUS Toop Toop (shabadawap) (Remix by Minimatic)
CAN JOANN Dying on the vine (Hurt People Hurt People)
DEERHOOF + 81 (Friend Opportunity)
GRINDERMAN Get it on (EP)
THE LITTLE ONES Let them Ring the Bells (Sing Song EP)
ELENI MANDELL Moonglow, Lamp now (Miracle of five)
SHAWN LEE’S PING PONG ORCHESTRA Kiss the Sky (Voices & choices)
MAPS OF NORWAY Manners (Sister Stations)

W Gets Spanked by Lady Liberty at Carnivale

A float depicting U.S. President George W. Bush being spanked by the Statue Of Liberty passes by during the Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, western Germany, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Thousands of spectators attended the traditional street carnival parade in the state of Rhineland-Palatinates’s capital. (AP Photo Bernd Kammerer)

Cold War Kids – “We Used To Vacation”

CWK Myspace 

Teddybears – “Cobrastyle”

Teddybears site

Tune In Tonight for the 2007 Homelessness Marathon on CKUT

WINTER 2007: THE HOMELESSNESS MARATHON

This year’s Homelessness Marathon will broadcast live from the streets of Montreal on Tuesday, February 20th, starting at sunset and running all night long until sunrise on Wednesday, February 21st.

TUNE-IN ALL NIGHT LONG FOR THE HOMELESSNESS MARATHON
on www.CKUT.ca (90.3 fm) or CLICK HERE FOR 2007 TOPICS / THEMES & STATIONS

2007 Homelessness Marathon Poster Download

Scissors For Lefty – “Mama Your Boys Will Find a Home”

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Playlist February 16th

TEDDY BEARS Cobrastyle (EP)
MOTHER MOTHER Verbatim (Touch up)
DJ COOP I turn my camera phone on (Co-operation Vol 3)
PIEBALD Opener (Accidental Gentleman)
PARTICLE ZOO Girasole (Loneliness and Strangers)
SILVER APPLES Tabooli noodle (The Garden)
PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICULE Every molecule (Sleeping right and the best…)
SUBTITLE “S” is for Summer (Terrain to Roam)
SCISSORS FOR LEFTY Mama your boys will find a home
RJD2 You never had it so good (The Third hand)