Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Québec based in Montréal. It was spelled Quebecor in both English and French until May 2012, when shareholders voted to add the acute accent, Québecor, in French only.
Mitsou Annie Marie Gélinas is a Canadian pop singer, businesswoman, television and radio host, and actress. She is credited as Mitsou Gélinas when acting, but records simply as Mitsou.
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra, but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication of Yves Lever's biography of Jutra, which alleged that he had sexually abused children.
Wise Stores was a department store chain located in Eastern Canada. It was founded in 1930 in Montreal by Alex Wise and constituted on March 31, 1949 as Wise Stores inc. It expanded outside of Quebec by opening its first stores in the Maritimes provinces in 1986 and eventually Ontario in 1988.
The Dog Who Stopped the War is a French Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by André Melançon. The film was the first in the Tales for All series of children's movies created by Les Productions la Fête.
Rock Demers, was a Canadian film producer. He was the founder of the film company Les Productions la Fête and produced the Tales for All film series for children.
Tales for All is a series of children and family films produced by the company Les Productions la Fête. These films were also published as books.
Michel Brault, OQ was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s. Brault was a pioneer of the hand-held camera aesthetic.
Stéphane Demers is a Canadian actor best known for having portrayed Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the television mini-series Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making. He also appeared in the television series Trauma, Sophie and Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin, and in the films The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge , The Orphan Muses and Maman Last Call.
Gilles Carle, was a French Canadian director, screenwriter and painter.
Noveko International (TSX: EKO) was a Canadian corporation based in Boucherville, Quebec. It made antimicrobial air filters, antimicrobial surgical masks and respirators, hand sanitizers, and portable ultrasound machines. It has a patent for the antimicrobial technology used in their air filters and face masks. The company was involved in a dispute with five former employees who left to set up Industrie Orkan, accusing the former employees of disloyal competition while the employees claimed that the company still owed unpaid salaries and commissions.
Montebello Rock, formerly known as Amnesia Rockfest and Montebello Rockfest, is an annual outdoor Rock festival that takes place each June in Montebello, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2005 by then 17-year-old local resident Alex Martel, it became the largest rock music festival in Canada and one of the largest in North America.
Marquise Lepage, is a Canadian (Québécoise) producer, screenwriter, and film and television director. She is best known for her 1987 feature Marie in the City , for which she received a nomination for Best Director at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988. She was also a nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Dans ton pays. She was hired by the National Film Board (NFB) as a filmmaker in 1991. One of her first major projects for the NFB was The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché, a documentary about female cinema pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché.
France Castel, née Bégin is a Canadian singer, actress and broadcaster.
Léa Clermont-Dion is a Canadian author, feminist, television and radio host, and body image advocate. She was a co-facilitator, with Jacinthe Veillette, and spokesperson of the Québec Charter for a Healthy and Diverse Body Image. Clermont-Dion came to public attention during an appearance on the television programme Tout le monde en parle in October 2009. She is a doctoral student in political science at Laval University and the author of La revanche des moches (2014) and Les Superbes (2016).
La grande traversée is a 2003 Canada-France short documentary film written and directed by Jean Lemire and Thierry Piantanida, as well as co-produced and co-narrated by Jean Lemire, made to foster awareness of global warming as seriously jeopardizing a fragile Arctic ecosystem, the first installment of the documentary series Mission Arctique, encompassing a five-month 2002 scientific expedition aboard the Sedna IV on a voyage from Montreal to Vancouver through the Northwest Passage, with the "beauty and fragility" of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago on full display.
Kid Sentiment is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1968. Mixing fiction with documentary in the direct cinema style and working with a cast of non-professional actors, the film depicts 1960s youth culture through a narrative fiction story about four teenagers in Quebec City mixed with segments in which Godbout directly interviews the actors about their goals, values and philosophies of life.
Pegas Productions is a Canadian adult film studio based in Quebec City. The company is a major player in the Canadian adult film industry.
Aimée Danis was a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec. She produced the films Léolo and My Friend Max , both of which were Genie Award nominees for Best Motion Picture.
