Three Québec films were singled out for awards at the 25th edition of the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF). Xavier Dolan’s second film, Les amours imaginaires, won the special jury award, which includes postproduction assistance for the director’s next feature-length film. The Emile Cantillon prize for best first film went to Michel Monty’s Une vie qui commence. Awarded by a jury of young people aged 18 to 25, it comes with assistance for promotion and commercial distribution of the film in Belgium. Namur film buffs chose Denis Villeneuve’s eagerly awaited Incendies as the best feature-length fiction.
Capitalizing on the opportunity provided by Design September, a multi-disciplinary and multi-site event featuring local designers of all kinds, 10 Québec designers recently visited Brussels as part of a trade mission. Co-organized by Québec’s Department of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade (MDEIE) and by the Québec Federation of Junior Chambers of Commerce (RJCCQ), the mission aimed to explore the Brussels market and to promote Québec products.
This year, for the very first time, Québec was represented at the Amsterdam International Photography Biennial (GRID), which is now into its fourth edition. On September 24, the official opening of the Doyon-Rivest exhibition was held at Amsterdam’s Sid Lee Collective, a satellite office of the Montreal agency of the same name. Over the past 10 years, Mathieu Doyon and Simon Rivest have created images inspired by the worlds of advertising and marketing, although always representative of popular culture. With their complementary profiles, the artists use unconventional methods to define their esthetic, which is characterized by unusual combinations of highly intense images.
MONTRÉAL, September 23, 2010 / CNW Telbec — Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a five-year General Terms Agreement (GTA) for engine maintenance with AerCap, a global aviation company headquartered in the Netherlands. Beginning in August 2010, the agreement includes the maintenance, repair, overhaul and related services for the operator’s CFM56 engines.
The Camoplast Solideal combination will create a world leader in industrial tires, rubber tracks and undercarriages with a strong presence in construction tires and wheels.
Québec City, September 20, 2010 – Brussels-based folk-rock group BaliMurphy has won the prestigious Rapsat-Lelièvre award this year for Poussière (Dust), an album of 11 magnificent songs featuring strong rhythms and clever lyrics. The album was released on the Go-Musique label and is distributed in Québec by DEP/Universal. The group, made up of six multi-instrumentalists, will officially receive the award in Montreal on November 8 during the Coup de Cœur Francophone (CCF) Festival.
Québec-based technology companies specializing in sustainable development are making a real impact. According to the Deloitte consulting firm, five of them are ranked among Canada’s top 15 green companies.
Lovers of the Northern Lights (also known as aurora borealis) can now watch live online broadcasts of these brightly coloured moving beams of light that appear near the North and South Poles, thanks to a website launched on Monday (Sept. 20) by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
In order to provide a “one-stop” solution for companies seeking government assistance, the Charest administration has decided to merge the Société Générale de Financement (SGF) and Investment Québec (IQ).
Canada was one of the founding members in 1923 of the World Energy Council (WEC), an organization devoted to energy-sector promotion and development. WEC’s stated mission is “To promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people.” WEC has grown in terms of influence and prestige since its creation. Today, it is the world’s foremost multi-energy organization. It has member committees in nearly 100 countries, including most of the largest energy-producing and energy-consuming countries. The organization covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro and renewables.
The Flemish film Adem (“Oxygen”) was singled out for top honours in Montréal at this year’s World Film Festival (WFF). Hans Van Nuffel’s first feature-length film took home the Grand Prix des Ameriques (the WFF’s best feature film award), as well as the Ecumenical Jury Prize.
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