Xavier Dolan continued his trophy haul on Sunday afternoon at the Opening Gala of the 38th Gémeaux Awards. His victory portends a prosperous evening for The night Laurier Gaudreault woke up.
After accepting the trophy for best editing (with Stéphane Lafleur) at the Industry Gala on Thursday, Xavier Dolan was crowned best director (drama series). Adapted from a play by Michel Marc Bouchard, The night Laurier Gaudreault woke up marked his first foray into the small screen behind the lens. However, the winner was not present to collect his prize at Complexe Desjardins.
Elsewhere in fiction, directors Myriam Verreault (5th rank) and Danièle Méthot (STAT) triumphed, on the side of annual drama series for one, on the side of dailies for the other. Author Julie Hivon won her first career Gémeaux for Alertes (best text — annual drama series).
More than 40 trophies were awarded during the ceremony. Bye Bye won twice (best comedy special or series, best direction), as did Révolution (best variety series, best direction), 100 Génies (best game, best animation for Pierre-Yves Lord ), I would like someone to erase me (best original series – digital media, best text) and Curieux Bégin (best service or lifestyle magazine, best animation for Christian Bégin).
Tout le monde en talk was named best talk show, L’amour est dans le pré best reality TV, and La a best observational documentary series. This offering from Télé-Quévec offers an immersion behind the scenes of investigative journalism at the daily La Presse.
Enquête was named best public affairs program or series for its investigation into Robert Miller, the Quebec billionaire who paid teenage girls in exchange for sex. On the microphone, the editor-in-chief of the show, Luc Tremblay, notably thanked the women who had agreed to testify for “the extremely difficult things they had experienced when they were 15, 16 and 17 years old”.
In animation, the work of Anne-Marie Dussault (public affairs for En direct du monde) and Marie-Louise Arsenault (cultural or social interest magazine for In the media) was praised.
The Grand Prix de l’Académie was awarded to Mégantic and Pour toi Flora, two fictions which respectively recounted real tragedies: the 2013 railway drama and the horror of residential schools. The host of the gala, Nicolas Ouellet, described these productions as “important duties of memory which should mark our television”.
On the youth side, Lou et Sophie won three golden statuettes: best show or series, best leading role (Jade Charbonneau) and best supporting role (Sophie Cadieux).
The Mammoth 2022 evening, broadcast on Télé-Québec, was voted best show – entertainment or magazine.
On stage to accept the prize for the show having the most success abroad for Audrey returned, which she wrote with Guillaume Lambert, Florence Longpré warned the audience, with her usual humor, that she was going to “make a Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge [of itself], but for a much less confused cause”: that of Mères au front, a collective which wishes to break inaction in the face of climate change. On the microphone, the author and actress notably decried “the alarming situation in Rouyn-Noranda”, where the Horne Foundry operates, which is the subject of numerous controversies concerning its emissions of arsenic into the air.
“It is time to listen to the scientists and activate the political levers,” said Florence Longpré. Our elected officials must assume their most important responsibility: protecting health. »