'Lazhar' tops Canada's Genie Honours

Author-helmer Philippe Falardeau's "Monsieur Lazhar," which emerged short within the foreign-lingo category in the Academy awards, worked out better in the Genie Honours, ruling the Canadian film honours in Toronto on Thursday evening."Monsieur Lazhar" won six Genies, including best picture, director and modified script (also Falardeau). Algerian thesp and stand-up comic Fellag won best actor for his role like a teacher while 11-year-old Sophie Nelisse, who plays a grade-school kid, nabbed supporting actress honors. Pic also required best editor (Stephane Lafleur).Modified in the abide by Evelyne p la Cheneliere, pic is definitely an intimate drama a good Algerian refugee who gets control a sixth-grade class inside a Montreal school following the teacher commits suicide within the class.The film won numerous honours formerly, including best Canadian feature in the Toronto Film Festival. It had been named Canadian film of the season through the Toronto Film Experts Assn.Viggo Mortensen required supporting actor for his role as Sigmund Freud in David Cronenberg's "A Harmful Method," which won five Genies but mostly in craft groups: original score (Howard Shoreline), art direction (James McAteer), overall seem and seem editing.Montreal filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee's "Coffee shop p Flore" had probably the most noms moving in -- 13 -- and came away having a statuette for Vanessa Paradis as well as actress on her portrayal of the mother of the boy with down's syndrome in sixties Paris, and the other for the best makeup.Quebec comedy "Starbuck" nabbed Genies for original script (helmer Ken Scott and co-author Martin Petit), original song (Carole Facal's "Quelque part") and, as formerly introduced, the Cineplex Golden Reel Award because the top homegrown B.O. artist of the season.Another formerly introduced award visited Montreal author-director Anne Emond's sexually explicit "Nuit #1," which won the Claude Jutra jerk for fulfillment with a first-time feature filmmaker.Stephane Thibault and Isabelle Lavigne's "During The Night, They Dance" won for that feature docu jerk.The Genie Honours ceremony was broadcast on pubcaster CBC, inside a show located by CBC personality George Stroumboulopoulos. Actress and comedienne Andrea Martin was set to co-host but dropped out in the last second due to a piece committment. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Byrne, Faris join 'I Give a Year' cast

Faris Byrne Top comediennes Rose Byrne ("Bridesmaids") and Anna Faris ("The Dictator") are likely to join Rafe Spall and Simon Baker in Working Title's romantic comedy "Provided yearly.InchSerta Mazer is writing and pointing the pic, which follows a mismatched couple simply because they find it hard to survive their newbie of marriage. Byrne and Spall ("Prometheus") may have the couple within the center in the story, while Faris and Baker ("Margin Call") may have strong supporting figures.Working Title principals Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce with Kris Thykier, while Liza Chasin and Debra Hayward will professional produce. Canal Plus is fully financing the film, that's skedded to start shooting this spring london.Byrne is coming initially from off key supporting roles in three of last year's finest moneymakers -- Universal's comeyd "Bridesmaids," last century Fox's superhero pic "X-Males: Top ClassInch and Film District's horror hit "Insidious." Aussie thesp next stars as Bradley Cooper's wife in Derek Cianfrance's crime drama "The Region Beyond the Pines."Faris is coming initially from off starring roles by 50 percent 2011 comedies "Take Me Home Tonight" and "What's Your Number?," the 2nd which she also professional produced. Thesp will rapidly be seen alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in Paramount's laffer "The Dictator," too just like Relativity Media's omnibus comedy "Movie 43."CAA reps both Byrne and Faris, who's also repped by Anonymous Content and attorney Robert Offer. Byrne is repped australia wide by RGM Artist Group. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

Get Ready For Errol Morris's Full JFK Analysis

Can remember the short documentary that Errol Morris released a year ago in commemoration in the 48th anniversary of JFK's murder? Not free of charge, there's however plenty more where that came from from - plus it sounds... interesting: "I wondered why [he drove] because we decided to fly him in. So Im ending up in him. He'll wake up. He walks off. He returns. Which he features a Mannlicher-Carcano, like the one Oswald used. [...] He preferred to show personally the enormous impracticality of firing people shots in rapid succession. [Smithsonian]