Les Percéides is a film festival, staged annually in Percé, Quebec, Canada.[1] The festival's name blends the town's name with the Perseids meteor shower (perséides in French), reflecting both the event's timing in August right around the time that the Perseids normally appear, and the fact that the festival's centrepiece event is a gala screening under the night sky at the town's public beach.[2]
Other than the outdoor gala, films at the festival are normally screened at the Centre d'art de Percé and the La Vieille Usine arts centre.[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the 2020 festival was staged entirely outdoors, taking place at the Paradiso de Petit-Pabos drive-in theatre in nearby Petit-Pabos,[4] although all films screened at the festival were also made available online from the festival's website for 24 hours after the screening.[5]
The festival was launched in 2009.[6]
Beginning in its second year, the festival presents a number of annual awards.[7] Winners of its grand prize have included Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires) in 2010,[7] Rebecca Zlotowski's Dear Prudence (Belle Épine) in 2011,[8] Simon Lavoie and Mathieu Denis's Laurentia (Laurentie) in 2012, Chloé Zhao's The Rider in 2018,[9] Benedikt Erlingsson's Woman at War in 2019,[10] and Hlynur Pálmason's A White, White Day in 2020.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Le festival Les Perceides s'ouvrira avec «Tu dors Nicole» de Stephane Lafleur". Canadian Press, August 20, 2014.
- ^ "Le reseau Les Arts et la Ville devoile les laureats de ses prix en culture: Laureats des prix du reseau Les Arts et la Ville". Canadian Press, May 30, 2011.
- ^ "Une fin de semaine bien remplie pour la suite du Festival de cinéma et d'art de Percé". Ici Radio-Canada, August 24, 2019.
- ^ Cédric Bélanger, "Du cinéma sous les étoiles filantes en Gaspésie". Le Journal de Québec, August 13, 2020.
- ^ Jennifer Boudreau, "Le 12e Festival international de cinéma Les Percéides est lancé". Ici Radio-Canada, August 15, 2020.
- ^ "Le festival de cinéma d'auteur les Percéides tient sa deuxième". Canadian Press, August 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Xavier Dolan remporte le premier prix du public du festival Les Percéides". Canadian Press, August 23, 2010.
- ^ "'Belle Epine', de Rebecca Zlotowski, primé au Québec". Le Monde, August 26, 2011.
- ^ Émilie Gagné, "Lauréats du Festival Les Percéïdes". CJRG-FM, August 29, 2018.
- ^ Jean-Philippe Thibault, "Vers une édition record pour Les Percéides". Gaspésie Nouvelles, August 28, 2019.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Les Rose obtient le prix du meilleur documentaire au festival Les Percéides". La Presse, August 20, 2020.
