Best of MTL 2015: Film & Arts

Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Xavier Dolan and Antoine-Olivier Pilon at Cannes 2014 It won’t come as a surprise to anyone who saw Mommy and/or watches award shows that Xavier Dolan and his crew of actors (Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine-Olivier Pilon) almost swept the film categories — almost because Jay Baruchel sits atop the Best […]

Dolan & co.
Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Xavier Dolan and Antoine-Olivier Pilon at Cannes 2014

It won’t come as a surprise to anyone who saw Mommy and/or watches award shows that Xavier Dolan and his crew of actors (Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine-Olivier Pilon) almost swept the film categories — almost because Jay Baruchel sits atop the Best Actor category, presumably on the strength of his absurd magic-realist sitcom Man Seeking Woman (and probably This Is the End, a contemporary classic). And even Dolan’s other 2014 film, the very different but just as rad Tom à la Ferme, made the Best Film list, an extension of the sweep. Boo to everyone who voted for American films in that category — come on guys, this is the Best of MTL! It’s 514 or nothing (except 438, if you must). And as predictable as the Best Museum list is, congrats to Fresh Paint for topping the Best Gallery list and making the Best Art Exhibit Top 5, too.

Best Actor
1 Jay Baruchel
2 Xavier Dolan
3 Claude Legault
4 Antoine Olivier-Pilon
5 Chris Bell
6 Sugar Sammy
7 William Shatner
8 Ivan Peric
9 Marc-André Grondin
10 Eloi Archambaudoin

Best Actress
1 Anne Dorval
2 Jessica Paré
3 Suzanne Clément
4 Alison Louder
5 Lucinda Davis
6 Sophie Desmarais
7 Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
8 Évelyne Brochu
9 Anna Hopkins
10 Laurence Leboeuf

Best Filmmaker
1 Xavier Dolan
2 Denis Villeneuve
3 Jean-Marc Vallée
4 Denys Arcand
5 Pat Kiely
6 Danny Belair
7 Eric Mockus
8 Mark Slutsky
9 Ivan Peric
10 Adam Reider

Best Film of 2014-2015
1 Mommy
2 Tu Dors Nicole
3 Felix et Meira
4 Tom à la ferme
5 Three Night Stand

Best Theatre Company
1 Centaur
2 Mainline
3 Studio Porte Bleue
4 Segal Centre
5 Black Theatre Workshop
6 Glam Gam
7 Montreal Improv
8 Geordie
9 West Island Student Theatre Association
10 Théâtre Sainte Catherine

Best Play
1 While Rats Eat Pie
2 Hosanna
3 Turning Tricks
4 Johnny Legdick
5 Dépflies
6 Trout Stanley
7 Venus in Fur
8 Playday Mayday
9 Les Belles-Soeurs
10 Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

Best Dance Company
1 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
2 Amy Blackmore
3 Marie Chouinard
4 La La La Human Steps
5 Sasha Kleinplatz
6 Body and Light
7 Glam Gam
8 Andrew Tay

Best Museum
1 Museum of Fine Arts
2 Musée d’art contemporain (MAC)
3 McCord Museum
4 Canadian Centre for Architecture
5 Redpath
6 Montreal Science Centre

Best Gallery
1 Fresh Paint
2 DHC
3 Station 16
4 BBAM!
5 Parisian Laundry
6 Yves Laroche
7 Arsenal
8 La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse
9 Art Mûr
10 Rats 9

Best Art Exhibit
1 Van Gogh to Kandinsky, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2 Warhol Mania, MMFA
3 For the Last and First Time (Sophie Calle), Musée des Arts Contemporain
4 Saints of Soul (Miss Me), Fresh Paint Gallery
5 Come and See (Jake & Dinos Chapman), DHC/ART
6 Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, MMFA
7 Pissing, Schmoozing and Looking Away (Chloe Wise), Division Gallery
8 The Enclave (Richard Mosse), DHC/ART
9 #NYCMeetsMTL, Station 16

Best Living Author
1 Leonard Cohen
2 Heather O’Neill
3 Sean Michaels
4 Michel Tremblay
5 Anna Leventhal
6 Guillaume Morrissette
7 David McGimpsey
8 Gern F.
9 Jacob Wren

Best Cartoonist / Comic Artist
1 Aislin
2 Walter Scott
3 Serge Chapleau
4 Meags Fitzgerald
5 Rick Trembles
6 Michel Rabagliati
7 Julie Doucet
8 Guy Delisle
9 Dan Buller

Best Video Game Company
1 Ubisoft
2 Bioware
3 Eidos
4 WB Games
5 Gameloft
6 Electronic Arts

Best Fashion Designer
1 Denis Gagnon
2 Ovate
3 Pedram Karimi
4 Jennifer Glasgow
5 Eve Gravel
6 Betina Lou
7 Lustre
8 UNTTLD
9 Travis Taddeo
10 Rad Hourani

Best Graffiti Artist / Crew
1 En Masse
2 A-Shop
3 Omen
4 Mr. Wunk
5 Starchild Stela
6 K6A
7 Waxhead
8 Stikki Peaches
9 WZRDS Gang
10 Whatisadam (WIA)

Best Festival
1 Jazz Festival
2 Osheaga
3 POP Montreal
4 Just for Laughs
5 Fringe Festival
6 Fantasia
7 Mural
8 Mutek
9 Suoni per il Popolo
10 Under Pressure

 

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