2012 RVCQ award winners

The 30th edition of the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois came to a close with an awards presentation. The ceremony took place at the Cinémathèque québécoise in the presence of Mme Christine St-Pierre, Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women and representatives of Québec Cinéma.

The winner for the Prix Gilles-Carle for best first or second feature film was Sébastien Pilote for Le vendeur (The Salesman). The award comes with a $5,000 cash prize from Remstar. The Prix Super Écran for the best writer of a first or second feature film was Stéphane Lafleur for En terrains connus (Familiar Ground). It also came with a $5,000 cash prize, given by Super Écran. The jury for both prizes consisted of actress Anne-Marie Cadieux, Agnès Wildenstein of the Locarno Film Festival, Maxime Giroux, director and winner of the Prix Gilles-Carle in 2011.

Sébastien Pilote was also the winner of the Prix Luc Perreault/LaPresse for Best Quebec Film which came with $2000.

The winner for Prix Pierre et Yolande Perrault for best documentary was Work in Progress by Bill Stone. The jury consisted of director Pascal Sanchez, Rencontres Internationale du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) director Charlotte Selb, and editor Aube Foglia. The Audience Award for Documentary went to Le vieil âge et le rire, and came with $1,500 from Télé-Québec.

Serge Clément was the winner for Best Experimental Film for D’aurore. Sophie Goyette won Best Short Film with La Ronde. The Most Innovative Short Film was Matthew Rankin's Tabula Rasa, while the Favourite Short of the COOP Jury was Alexis Fortier-Gauthier for Dans la neige.

Émilie Rosas won Best Student Film for Les bons termes selon Dewey while Pamela Gallant took Best Franco-Canadian film with Petites vues de chez nous : Port-au-Port.

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Complete list of winners for the 30th Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois

PRIX GILLES-CARLE
Sébastien Pilote, Le vendeur (The Salesman)


PRIX SUPER ÉCRAN
Stéphane Lafleur, En terrains connus (Familiar Ground)

PRIX PIERRE-ET-YOLANDE-PERRAULT
Bill Stone, Work in Progress
Special Mention: Sami Mermer and Hind Benchekroun, Les tortues ne meurent pas de vieillesse (Turtles Do Not Die of Old Age)

PRIX DU PUBLIC TÉLÉ-QUÉBEC
Fernand Dansereau, Le vieil âge et le rire

PRIX À LA CRÉATION ARTISTIQUE DU CONSEIL DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES DU QUÉBEC
Serge Clément, D'aurore
Special Mention: Tao Gu, On the Way to the Sea

PRIX SIMPLEX
Sophie Goyette, La ronde

PRIX A L’INNOVATION ONF
Matthew Rankin, Tabula Rasa
Special Mention: Yan Giroux, Surveillant

PRIX COOP VIDEO
Alexis Fortier-Gauthier, Dans la neige

PRIX VOX
Émilie Rosas, Les bons termes selon Dewey
Special Mention: Sophie Bédard Marcotte, Une fin comme une autre

PRIX TV5
Pamela Gallant, Petites vues de chez nous : Port-au-Port

PRIX LOJIQ/RVCQ (Best Student Critic)
Bénédicte Filippi

Prix Luc Perreault/LaPresse
Sébastien Pilote, Sébastien Pilote, Le vendeur (The Salesman)