MONTREAL 鈥� Acclaimed filmmaker Denys Arcand now has his own stamp.
Canada Post revealed its latest commemorative offering at a ceremony with Arcand and famous friends and collaborators including actor Yves Jacques, screenwriter/director Luc Dionne and composer, conductor and producer Fran莽ois Dompierre.
The stamp features a black and white photograph of Arcand seated behind a camera in 1985, when the Quebec-born auteur shot his Oscar-nominated comedy, 鈥淭he Decline of the American Empire.鈥�
That achievement was followed by another Oscar nomination for 1989鈥檚 鈥淛esus of Montreal,鈥� and a 2004 win in the best foreign film category for 鈥淭he Barbarian Invasions,鈥� Arcand鈥檚 2003 sequel to "Decline of the American Empire."
Canada Post says it is producing 130,000 booklets of six stamps and 7,000 official first-day cover envelopes.
They will be available at canadapost.ca and postal outlets across Canada beginning Wednesday.
The 82-year-old Arcand shows no signs of slowing down. He is currently working on his next feature, 鈥淭estament,鈥� set for release in Quebec later this year.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 27, 2023.
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