ACT Awards Best of French-Canadian Kids’ Programming

MONTREAL: The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) has presented seven Awards of Excellence for the best Canadian French-language children’s and youth programming, with the grand prize going to Le printemps de Mélie.

Le printemps de Mélie aired on Radio-Canada and TFO. The show is from Folimage, PIWI, Subsequence Entertainment, the NFB and Radio-Canada.

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Six awards were given out by the juries to programs in recognition of their excellence: Walter (“Les déchets des tourists” episode) from Image Entertainment; Sam Chicotte (“Je ne veux pas choisir!” episode) from Les Productions Point de mire; Léon (“La montgolfière” episode) from Sardine Productions; Tactik (“La vie en rose” episode) from Vivavision; Blaise le blasé (“Blaise TV” episode) from Spectra Animation; and Les pieds dans la marge (“L’importance de voir du pays” episode) from Pixcom Productions.

The Award of Excellence for best original multiplatform content tied into a children’s program went to Tactik from Vivavision and Turbulent. ACT also granted the Special Jury Award to C’est parti mon tipi! (“Les Loco Locass” episode) by Wabanok. This year, ACT introduced the Kids’ Choice Award. French-speaking kids aged 9 to 12 were asked to vote for programs submitted to the Awards of Excellence in their age groups. Their favorite program is Une grenade avec ça? (“T-shirt et camisole” episode) by Zone3.

ACT also acknowledged the work of two Canadian professionals. The Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Cécile Bellemare for her contribution to the field, leadership, and ability to innovate and inspire others, as well as her career-long commitment to young Canadians. The website designer and television program developer Jean-François Grenier took home ACT’s Emerging Talent Award.

“The 2010 winners illustrate the outstanding quality of homegrown productions, as we have also seen in the first phase of our national study of Canadian youth programming conducted by Université de Montréal’s Centre for Youth and Media Studies,” said Caroline Fortier, ACT’s executive director.