Jutra (film) explained

Jutra
Director:Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Producer:Marc Bertrand
René Chénier
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Starring:Claude Jutra
Music:Jim Solkin
Editing:Oana Suteu
Studio:MJSTP Films
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:13 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

Jutra is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre and released in 2014.[1] Blending live action with animation, the film is a portrait of influential Quebec filmmaker Claude Jutra, structured as an interview in which Jutra is both the questioner and the interview guest.[2]

The film premiered at the Saguenay International Short Film Festival in March 2014. It was subsequently screened at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight stream.[2]

The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary Film at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards,[3] and the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/another-quebec-director-at-cannes-marie-josee-saint-pierre-with-jutra "Another Quebec director at Cannes: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre with Jutra"
  2. http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/festivals-de-cinema/festival-de-cannes/201405/12/01-4765956-films-quebecois-a-cannes-la-bonne-annee.php "Films québécois à Cannes: la bonne année?"
  3. http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/201503/01/01-4848432-mommy-domine-les-prix-ecrans-canadiens.php "Mommy domine les prix Écrans canadiens"
  4. http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/ceremonies/gala-quebec-cinema/201503/12/01-4851572-xavier-dolan-sillustre-avec-mommy.php "Xavier Dolan s'illustre avec Mommy"