National Arts Centre

James Moore Dept: It would be nice to think that they all knew the back-story to the triumph they were gathered to celebrate. Given the country s enduring cultural silos, that s highly unlikely, according to The Star. Over the past three decades, a lot of threads have gone in the making of the red carpets that the production teams and casts of Quebec-made films so routinely march upon these days and mONTREAL Hundreds of real and lesser VIPs including a string of cabinet ministers and MPs converged on the Ottawa s National Arts Centre at the invitation of federal heritage minister James Moore Monday night for a special screening of Monsieur Lazhar , Canada s 2012 Oscar nominee for best foreign film. It s the second year in a row that a Quebec movie puts Canada s name on the Oscar short list. That s anything but a fluke. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.