'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