| Name | Value |
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| Date of Issue | June 28, 2023 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Quantity | 780,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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Celebrate the life and career of screenwriter-director Denys Arcand – one of Quebec’s and Canada’s most internationally acclaimed filmmakers – with this booklet of 6 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps.
Denys Arcand, the celebrated Canadian filmmaker, is honoured with this special stamp release. Arcand has written and directed over two dozen films, TV shows, and documentaries. Known for his intellectual curiosity and passion for art, politics, and life, Arcand's movies have made a profound mark on the Canadian entertainment industry. This stamp pays tribute to his influence and achievements.
Denys Arcand was born on June 25, 1941, in Québec and raised in Deschambault, Quebec. Exposed to the arts from an early age, he was educated at a Jesuit school and studied history at the Université de Montréal, where he wrote for the magazine Parti pris. Arcand's passion for film and theatre led him to co-write and co-direct his first film, Seul ou avec d'autres (1962), while attending university.
Joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1963, Arcand worked as a documentary maker until 1965 and later pursued a freelance career until 1982. He initially focused on short documentaries, exploring cultural, religious, and historical themes. His feature-length documentary, On est au coton(1970), focused on Quebec's textile industry and was released after a six-year delay due to its controversial nature. Québec : Duplessis et après… (1972), his second feature-length film, examined Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis and rising nationalism.
Transitioning to fiction films, Arcand directed works such as La maudite galette (1972), Réjeanne Padovani (1973), and Gina (1975), each of which offered distinctive views of Quebec society. He also ventured into television, writing for Radio-Canada's mini-series Duplessis (1978) and directing episodes of Empire, Inc. (1983).
Arcand's films received numerous awards. Both Le déclin de l'empire américain (1986) and Jésus de Montréal (1989) won multiple Genie Awards, as well as the Golden Reel Award – the former taking home the International Film Critics Award at the Festival de Cannes and the latter, the festival’s Prix du Jury.
Les invasions barbares (2003), a sequel to Le déclin de l'empire américain, won Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards (the first for Quebec and Canada), and numerous other international accolades, including Cannes, Genie and César awards.
Arcand also directed the English-language films Love and Human Remains (1993) and Stardom (2000). His most recent works include the comedic thriller La chute de l’empire américain (2018) and Testament, which is scheduled for release in 2023.
Denys Arcand has received many awards and accolades over his career, including the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (Film). He has been inducted into the Order of Canada, Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Ordre national du Québec, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
The stamp, designed by Paprika, features a black-and-white photograph taken by Bertrand Carrière of Denys Arcand behind the camera during the filming of Le déclin de l'empire américain in 1985. The photograph represents Arcand's contributions as a filmmaker to the world of cinema.
Celebrate the life and career of screenwriter-director Denys Arcand – one of Quebec’s and Canada’s most internationally acclaimed filmmakers – with this Official First Day Cover.
Denys Arcand, the celebrated Canadian filmmaker, is honoured with this special stamp release. Arcand has written and directed over two dozen films, TV shows, and documentaries. Known for his intellectual curiosity and passion for art, politics, and life, Arcand's movies have made a profound mark on the Canadian entertainment industry. This stamp pays tribute to his influence and achievements.
The cancel location for this issue is Deschambault, Quebec, where Arcand spent his childhood.
Denys Arcand was born on June 25, 1941, in Québec and raised in Deschambault, Quebec. Exposed to the arts from an early age, he was educated at a Jesuit school and studied history at the Université de Montréal, where he wrote for the magazine Parti pris. Arcand's passion for film and theatre led him to co-write and co-direct his first film, Seul ou avec d'autres (1962), while attending university.
Joining the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1963, Arcand worked as a documentary maker until 1965 and later pursued a freelance career until 1982. He initially focused on short documentaries, exploring cultural, religious, and historical themes. His feature-length documentary, On est au coton(1970), focused on Quebec's textile industry and was released after a six-year delay due to its controversial nature. Québec : Duplessis et après… (1972), his second feature-length film, examined Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis and rising nationalism.
Transitioning to fiction films, Arcand directed works such as La maudite galette (1972), Réjeanne Padovani (1973), and Gina (1975), each of which offered distinctive views of Quebec society. He also ventured into television, writing for Radio-Canada's mini-series Duplessis (1978) and directing episodes of Empire, Inc. (1983).
Arcand's films received numerous awards. Both Le déclin de l'empire américain (1986) and Jésus de Montréal (1989) won multiple Genie Awards, as well as the Golden Reel Award – the former taking home the International Film Critics Award at the Festival de Cannes and the latter, the festival’s Prix du Jury.
Les invasions barbares (2003), a sequel to Le déclin de l'empire américain, won Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards (the first for Quebec and Canada), and numerous other international accolades, including Cannes, Genie and César awards.
Arcand also directed the English-language films Love and Human Remains (1993) and Stardom (2000). His most recent works include the comedic thriller La chute de l’empire américain (2018) and Testament, which is scheduled for release in 2023.
Denys Arcand has received many awards and accolades over his career, including the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (Film). He has been inducted into the Order of Canada, Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Ordre national du Québec, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
The Official First Day Cover features the Denys Arcand stamp and a cancel mark of a director’s chair, set against a black-and-white photographic portrait of him. On the back is a photo at him holding two statuettes at the Genie Awards in 1990.
Canada Post has a long-standing tradition of commemorating Canadians who have made an indelible mark in the entertainment industry – most recently, such acclaimed actors as Monique Mercure and Christopher Plummer. This latest stamp issue shines the spotlight on a talent behind the camera: Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand, c.c. (b. 1941). A celebrated screenwriter and director with more than two dozen films, documentaries and television shows to his credit, Arcand started out as a documentarian for the National Film Board of Canada. Insightful and intellectually curious, he later shifted to fiction, where he found greater freedom to explore the uncomfortable realities of modern life. Arcand achieved box-office success with several multiple-award-winning movies, including Jésus de Montréal (1989) and Les invasions barbares (2003), which took home Quebec’s first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The stamp features a photo of Arcand during the filming of Le déclin de l’empire américain (1986), a biting comedy about sexual mores that garnered eight Genie Awards, was voted Best Foreign Language Film by the New York Film Critics Circle and won the International Film Critics Award at the Festival de Cannes.