Awards & Winners

Claude Jutra Award

Genie Awards

The Claude Jutra Award is a special Canadian film award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the year's best feature film by a first-time film director. It should not be confused with the Prix Jutra, a separate awards ceremony conducted by the Quebec film industry. Formerly part of the Genie Awards ceremonies, the Claude Jutra Award is now presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. The Claude Jutra Award is a juried prize whose winner is announced in advance, although the prize is formally presented to the winner at the ceremony. To date three films, Le Confessional, Atanarjuat and Away from Her, have won both the Claude Jutra Award and the Best Picture Genie in the same year; all three films' directors also won the award for Best Director for the same films.

Check all the winners of Claude Jutra Award presented under Genie Awards since 1993 .


Anne Émond

Honored for : Nuit #1

Jephté Bastien

Honored for : Sortie 67

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jephté Bastien Sortie 67
Peter Stebbings Defendor
Awarded \"Honourable Mention\"

Xavier Dolan

Honored for : I Killed My Mother

Yves-Christian Fournier

Honored for : Tout est parfait

Sarah Polley

Honored for : Away from Her

Julia Kwan

Honored for : Eve & the Fire Horse
(Tie with La Vie secrète des gens heureux)

Stéphane Lapointe

Honored for : The Secret Life of Happy People
(Tie with Eve and The Fire Horse)

Louise Archambault

Honored for : Familia

Daniel Roby

Honored for : White Skin

Sébastien Rose

Honored for : How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause

Keith Behrman

Honored for : Flower & Garnet

Zacharias Kunuk

Honored for : Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Philippe Falardeau

Honored for : The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge

Louis Bélanger

Honored for : Post Mortem

Don McKellar

Honored for : Last Night

Thom Fitzgerald

Honored for : The Hanging Garden

Peter Wellington

Honored for : Joe's So Mean To Josephine
(17th Annual Genie Awards)

Robert Lepage

Honored for : The Confessional
(16th Annual Genie Awards)

Michel Poulette

Honored for : King of the Airways

John Pozer

Honored for : The Grocer's Wife