Best of MTL 2018: Film & Arts

“A big massive heartfelt Stikki hug and thank you to the amazing people of the city I love, while doing what I love! It’s always touching and humbling to know you continue to enjoy my work. You motivate me every day. Montreal je vous adore!”—Stikki Peaches, #2 Best Graffiti Crew/Artist (work pictured is “Freedom Frida”)

The Best Film category was a little clearer to poll participants this year as we inserted the word “Local” along with the years 2017/2018, but that didn’t stop many of you from voting for Hollywood films and (in fairly large numbers) a film that came out in 2016 — but we kept Arrival in there anyway for the purely subjective reason that we like it (and, truth be told, there were few films that qualified). As for Denis Villeneuve’s more recent film, Blade Runner 2049 doesn’t meet Can-con criteria, let alone qualify as local, but with Villeneuve and some of his crew being Québécois, we’re happy to claim it as our own — and again, not many films qualified here.

Alongside many old favourites across the cultural scene are a number of artists that are new to this section, namely actor Adam Capriolo, filmmakers AJ Brossoit and James Watts, poet Asa Boxer, cartoonist Alex Lévesque (who technically lives in Baie Comeau, but whatever) and video game company Bethesda.

Best Actor/Actress
1 Evelyne Brochu
2 Marc-André Grondin
3 Adam Capriolo
4 Jay Baruchel
5 Anne Dorval
6 Claude Legault
7 Karine Vanasse
8 Xavier Dolan
9 Antonio Bavaro
10 Alex Petrachuk

Best Director
1 Xavier Dolan
2 Denis Villeneuve
3 Jean-Marc Vallée
4 AJ Brossoit
5 James Watts
6 Darren Curtis
7 Adam Reider
8 Frederic Bohbot
9 Stéphane Lafleur
10 Robin Aubert

Best Film
1 Boost
2 Blade Runner 2049
3 Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
4 Les affamés
5 Arrival
6 Juste la fin du monde
7 Chien de garde
8 1:54

Best Theatre Company
1 Centaur Theatre
2 Black Theatre Workshop
3 Mainline Theatre
4 Segal Centre
5 Glam Gam
6 Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
7 Geordie Productions
8 The Brunch Club
9 Chocolate Moose
10 House of Laureen

Best Play
1 J’aime Hydro
2 Peter Pansexual
3 Autobiography of Red
4 The Mountaintop
5 Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, Gahd

Best Dance Troupe
1 Les grands ballets canadiens
2 Cult of Yes
3 Variations Mile End
4 Marie Chouinard
5 Helen Simard Dance

Best Museum
1 Musée des arts contemporain
2 Museum of Fine Arts
3 McCord Museum
4 Canadian Centre for Architecture
5 Pointe-à-Callière
6 Grévin

Best Art Gallery
1 Station 16
2 DHC/ART
3 Arsenal
4 Never Apart
5 BBAM! Gallery
6 Usine 106U
7 Glass Door
8 Mainline Gallery

Best Living Author
1 Heather O’Neill
2 Michel Tremblay
3 Sean Michaels
4 Anna Leventhal
5 Asa Boxer
6 Kim Thuy
7 Dany Laferrière
8 Patrick Sénécal
9 Rawi Hage
10 Robyn Maynard

Best Cartoonist
1 Aislin
2 Walter Scott
3 Sophie Labelle
4 Alex Lévesque (Dessine Bandé)
5 Pascal Girard
6 Serge Chapleau
7 Julie Doucet
8 Michel Rabagliati
9 Rick Trembles
10 Tania Mignacca

Best Videogame Company
1 Ubisoft
2 EA
3 Tribute Games
4 Bethesda
5 Warner Brothers

Best Fashion Designer
1 Jennifer Glasgow
2 Denis Gagnon
3 Frank & Oak
4 Rad Hourani
5 Yasmine Wasfy
6 Betina Lou
7 Guillaume Chaigne
8 Ramonalisa
9 Renata Morales
10 Marie St. Pierre

Best Graffiti Crew/Artist
1 Miss Me
2 Stikki Peaches
3 En Masse
4 Mr. Wunk
5 Omen
6 K6A
7 Scaner (RIP)
8 Monk-e
9 A Shop
10 Under Pressure

Best Festival
1 Jazz Fest
2 Osheaga
3 POP Montreal
4 Just for Laughs
5 Mural
6 Fringe
7 MUTEK
8 Pouzza
9 Slut Island
10 Fantasia

Best Wrestler
1 Green Phantom
2 Kevin Owens
3 Sexxxy Eddy
4 Princess Ula
5 James “Twiggy” McGee
6 Benjamin Tull
7 Big Magic

Best Wrestling Federation or Event
1 International Wrestling Syndicate
2 Earthbound
3 Battlewar

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