7th Jutra Awards explained

The 7th Jutra Awards were held on February 20, 2005 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2004.[1]

Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) lead the ceremony with nine nominations and five awards, including Best Actress for Pascale Bussières. This was Bussières' second acting award, having previously won Best Supporting Actress for Set Me Free (Emporte-moi).

Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) was nominated for five awards and won four, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Roy Dupuis. Love and Magnets (Les aimants) won three awards, including Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvie Moreau, who tied for the award with Brigitte Lafleur for The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq).

The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel) set the record for the film with the most nominations without receiving one for Best Film, with eight nominations. This record would be broken at the 11th Jutra Awards by Babine.

Céline Bonnier became the first actress to be nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress during the same ceremony, and the second performer to do so after Luc Picard who first achieved this feat three years prior. Unlike Picard, she didn't win either award.

The award for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec went to The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) who had won the same award the year before.

Winners and nominees

Best FilmBest Director
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Best ScreenplayBest Documentary
Best Live ShortBest Animated Short
Best Art DirectionBest Cinematography
Best Costume DesignBest Editing
Best HairBest Makeup
Best Original MusicBest Sound
Special Awards

Multiple wins and nominations

Films with multiple nominations

NominationsFilm
9Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)
8The Last Tunnel (Le dernier tunnel)
7The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq)
Love and Magnets (Les aimants)
6Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France)
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous
5Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives)
Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)
2Head in the Clouds

Films with multiple wins

WinsFilm
5Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)
4Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives)
3Love and Magnets (Les aimants)

Notes and References

  1. https://playbackonline.ca/2005/01/31/jutras-20050131/ "Cinémascope leads Jutras with nine"