Francouvertes is an annual music festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which spotlights emerging francophone and indigenous musical artists from Quebec. [1]
At the end of each year's festival, three finalists are named, following which a jury presents an award of $10,000 to an artist chosen as the best artist of the festival.
Following are the winners and first and second runners-up of each year's event. [2]
The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
The Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a non-fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for English-to-French translation awarded by the Governor-General of Canada.
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided.
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-language drama. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama was divided.
François (Sunny) Duval is a Québécois rock guitarist and songwriter. He has been associated with the band Les Breastfeeders. He has also performed as "Pierre Rival" in the duo Les Freres Rivaux with Damien Robitaille.
The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text from Sub-Saharan Africa. It was originally endowed with 2,000 french francs.
Monogrenade is a francophone band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bernard Adamus is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Quebec, whose music draws on folk, blues, country and hip-hop influences.
The Prix Iris for Best Film is an annual film award presented Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best film made within the Cinema of Quebec.
Serge Bouchard was a Canadian anthropologist, writer, and media personality. Bouchard studied contemporary life in Canada from an anthropological perspective; his subjects ranged from Innu hunters to Quebec truck drivers. Through his frequent appearances in the media, Bouchard's commentary reached both a popular and scholarly audience. He received the Prix Gérard-Morrisset in 2015 and a Governor-General's Award in 2017.
Patrice Michaud is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Cap-Chat, Quebec. He won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the French division in 2014 for his song "Mécaniques générales", and his 2017 album Almanach was a Juno Award finalist for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018.
Philippe Brach is the stage name of Philippe Bouchard, a Canadian singer-songwriter from Saguenay, Quebec.
Tire le coyote is the stage name of Benoît Pinette, a Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter from Quebec. He is most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019.
Les Louanges is a Canadian indie pop act from Québec, created and performed by Vincent Roberge. He currently has 2 released albums with his label Bonsound.
Émile Bilodeau is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Laurence-Anne Charest Gagné is a Canadian pop singer from Quebec, whose debut album Première apparition was a longlisted nominee for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize.
Ariane Roy is a Canadian pop singer from Quebec City, Quebec, whose debut album Medium plaisir was released in 2022.
Soleil Launière is an Innu writer, actress, performance artist and musician from Canada, who was the first Indigenous Canadian artist ever to win the Francouvertes competition for emerging musicians from Quebec.