{"id":25250,"date":"2019-06-27T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/?p=25250"},"modified":"2019-06-27T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:24:11","slug":"canadian-cannes-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdvcanada.ca\/en\/success\/canadian-cannes-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Cannes winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At the 72nd Festival de Cannes, which took place from May 14 to 25, 2019, Canada\u2019s\u00a0 homegrown talent dazzled audiences, took home prizes, and represented Canada right \u2014 check out these winning films with Canadian connections! As summer sets in, let\u2019s kick off the season with a celebratory look at our Canadian Cannes victors of 2019, including an industry veteran, and a directorial debut now playing on the big screen.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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It must be Heaven <\/em>takes home 2 prizes<\/strong><\/h3>

A France-Canada-Turkey-Germany coproduction snagged a Special Mention, as well as the coveted FIPRESCI prize for Best Film in Competition (awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics). With Quebec\u2019s Serge No\u00ebl among its producers, Elia Suleiman\u2019s C\u2019est \u00e7a le paradis?<\/u>(It Must be Heaven)<\/u><\/em><\/a> explores the meaning of Palestine, the director\u2019s home, in today\u2019s world as he journeys about.<\/p>

Looking back at some Cannes trivia, director Suleiman, who wrote and stars in this comedy, earned the fest\u2019s 2002 Jury Prize for Divine Intervention<\/em>. As for Canadian producer No\u00ebl, in 2015, Fatima<\/em>, the France-Canada coprod on which he was a producer, competed in Directors\u2019 Fortnight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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First time’s a charm for Monia Chokri<\/strong><\/h3>

Quebec filmmaker Monia Chokri’s debut feature La Femme de mon fr\u00e8re (A Brother\u2019s Love)<\/a><\/u><\/em>, was awarded Coup de Coeur by the jury of the festival\u2019s Un Certain Regard section (a tie with Michael Angelo Covino\u2019s The Climb<\/em>) and was the opening film of Un Certain Regard, which had 18 films in the race.<\/p>

Set in Montreal, Chokri\u2019s comedic drama (which she directed and wrote) tells the story of a brother and sister whose strong relationship gets challenged when he falls in love with a new woman \u2014 who happens to be the sister\u2019s doctor. As a struggling PhD student herself, the situation is further complicated as she\u2019s moved in with her brother.<\/p>

Side note: While this may have been Chokri\u2019s first tour of Cannes as a director, she\u2019s been there before as an actress; she appeared in Xavier Dolan 2010\u2019s Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats<\/em>) and 2012\u2019s Laurence Anyways <\/em>\u2014 both competed in Un Certain Regard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cancon in a theatre near you<\/strong><\/h3>

If you find yourself in Canada or France this summer, you\u2019re in luck, as La Femme de mon fr\u00e8re (A Brother\u2019s Love) <\/em>is currently playing in theatres in Canada and France.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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