30th Genie Awards
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The 30th Genie Awards were on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2010.
and having been selected as Canada's submission for Best Foreign Language film at the 82nd Academy Awards
, Xavier Dolan
's film J'ai tué ma mère
was virtually absent from the ceremony, winning the Claude Jutra Award
for best film by a first-time director but garnering no other nominations in any category at all. Both Kevin Tierney, vice-chairman of cinema for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
, and Martha Burns
, the winner of the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress, openly criticized the shutout, with Tierney likening it to "being sent to the kiddie table".
Motion Picture
Actor in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role
Actress in a leading role
Actress in a supporting role
Direction
Art Direction/Production Design
Cinematography
Costume Design
Editing
Adapted Screenplay
Overall Sound
Achievement in Music: Original Score
Achievement in Music: Original Song
Best Live Action Short Drama
Best Animated Short
Controversy
Despite having won three awards at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival2009 Cannes Film Festival
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival...
and having been selected as Canada's submission for Best Foreign Language film at the 82nd Academy Awards
82nd Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...
, Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan , sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of Geneviève Dolan, a teacher, and Manuel Tadros, a Quebecois actor and singer of Egyptian descent...
's film J'ai tué ma mère
J'ai tué ma mère
J'ai tué ma mère is a French Canadian film, released in 2009. Written and directed by Xavier Dolan, it is an exposé on the complexity of the mother and son bond. The film attracted international press' attention when it won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film...
was virtually absent from the ceremony, winning the Claude Jutra Award
Claude Jutra Award
The Claude Jutra Award is a special Canadian film award, presented at the annual Genie Award ceremony to the year's best feature film by a first-time film director...
for best film by a first-time director but garnering no other nominations in any category at all. Both Kevin Tierney, vice-chairman of cinema for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals...
, and Martha Burns
Martha Burns
Martha Burns is an award-winning Canadian actress known for her stage work and youth outreach in Ontario and her leading role as Ellen Fanshaw in the TV dramedy series Slings and Arrows.Burns was born 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
, the winner of the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress, openly criticized the shutout, with Tierney likening it to "being sent to the kiddie table".
Motion PictureGenie Award for Best Motion PictureThe Genie Award for Best Motion Picture is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian motion picture.-1st Genie Awards:*The Changeling *Cordélia...
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(Maxime Rémillard, Don CarmodyDon CarmodyDon Carmody has been producing films for nearly 40 years. He was vice-president of production for Canada’s Cinepix , where he co-produced David Cronenberg’s early shockers THEY CAME FROM WITHIN and RABID as well as the popular comedy MEATBALLS.Starting his own production company in 1980, Carmody...
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, producer)
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, One WeekOne Week (film)One Week is a 1920 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton, the first film to be released made by Keaton on his own; Keaton had worked with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for a number of years. The film was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline, and runs for 19 minutes. Sybil... - Jean-Carl BoucherJean-Carl BoucherJean-Carl Boucher is a young Québécois actor, best known for his role as Diego Molina on the show Tactik shown on Télé-Québec. He has also starred in Un été sans point ni coup sûr and 1981...
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, Before TomorrowBefore TomorrowBefore Tomorrow is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel For Morgendaggen by Danish writer Jørn Riel... - Karen LeBlanc, Nurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 2008.The film stars Karen LeBlanc as Jude, a widowed single mother undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease. While working as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel Nurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally...
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, Mothers & Daughters
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- Martha BurnsMartha BurnsMartha Burns is an award-winning Canadian actress known for her stage work and youth outreach in Ontario and her leading role as Ellen Fanshaw in the TV dramedy series Slings and Arrows.Burns was born 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba...
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, Les grandes chaleurs - Isabel Richer, Babine
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DirectionGenie Award for Best Achievement in DirectionThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film director.-1st Genie Awards:*Bob Clark, Murder by Decree*Peter Carter, Klondike Fever...
- Denis VilleneuveDenis VilleneuveDenis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...
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Art Direction/Production DesignGenie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production DesignThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film art direction/production design.-16th Genie Awards:* François Laplante, Le Confessionnal...
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- Diana Abbatangelo, Nurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 2008.The film stars Karen LeBlanc as Jude, a widowed single mother undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease. While working as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel Nurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally...
- Susan Avingaq, Before TomorrowBefore TomorrowBefore Tomorrow is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel For Morgendaggen by Danish writer Jørn Riel...
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- Patrice VermettePatrice VermettePatrice Vermette is a Canadian production designer/art director who has won three awards for his work on C.R.A.Z.Y., the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and a Jutra Award for Best Art Direction. His other work includes 1981, La Cité, Café de Flore and The Young...
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- Ronald Plante, Grande ourse: La clé des possibles
- Allen Smith, Les doigts croches
Costume DesignGenie Award for Best Achievement in Costume DesignThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian costume designer.-16th Genie Awards:* Nicolette Massone, Margaret's Museum* Michele Hamel, Eldorado...
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- Sarah Armstrong, Nurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 2008.The film stars Karen LeBlanc as Jude, a widowed single mother undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease. While working as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel Nurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally...
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- Anne-Karine Gauthier, 19811981 (film)1981, longer title 1981: Lannée ou je suis devenue un menteur is a 2009 Canadian French language film from Quebec, a drama comedy written and directed by Ricardo Trogi. It was released on 4 September 2009...
EditingGenie Award for Best Achievement in EditingThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film editor.-1st Genie Awards:* Stan Cole, Murder By Decree* Jean Beaudin, Cordelia* Ron Wisman, Fish Hawk...
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Adapted ScreenplayGenie Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Genie Award for Best Screenplay is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian screenplay.The award's presentation has not always been consistent — in some years, a single award for Best Screenplay has been presented, while in other years separate awards have...
- Kari SkoglandKari SkoglandKari Skogland is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer.-Career:Skogland started directing award-winning television commercials and music videos. She moved on to television shows with 1996's Traders...
, Fifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men Walking is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name... - Tony BurgessTony BurgessTony Burgess is the author of several books including the novel Pontypool Changes Everything. Other works include People Live Still in Cashtown Corners, Ravenna Gets, The Hellmouths of Bewdley, and Caesarea...
, PontypoolPontypool (film)Pontypool is a 2009 Canadian horror film directed by Bruce McDonald and adapted by Tony Burgess from Burgess' novel Pontypool Changes Everything.- Plot :... - Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq and Madeline IvaluMadeline IvaluMadeline Ivalu is a Canadian Inuk filmmaker and actor. One of the cofounders of Arnait Video Productions, a women's video and filmmaking collective in Nunavut, she co-directed, co-wrote and starred in Arnait's first feature film production, Before Tomorrow....
, Before TomorrowBefore TomorrowBefore Tomorrow is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel For Morgendaggen by Danish writer Jørn Riel...
Original Screenplay
- Jacques Davidts, PolytechniquePolytechnique (film)Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness...
- David BezmozgisDavid BezmozgisDavid Bezmozgis is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family when he was six. He graduated with a B.A. in English literature from McGill University. Bezmozgis received an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television....
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, AdorationAdoration (film)Adoration is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman and Devon Bostick. It is Egoyan's first feature film since Where The Truth Lies.... - Émile GaudreaultÉmile GaudreaultÉmile Gaudreault is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, whose credits include the films Louis 19, le roi des ondes, Nuit de noces, Mambo Italiano, Surviving My Mother and De père en flic....
and Ian Lauzon, De père en flic - Charles OfficerCharles OfficerCharles Officer is a Jamaican-Canadian writer, actor, director and former professional hockey player in the United States.-Director:Officer’s directorial debut, When Morning Comes, premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival...
and Ingrid VeningerIngrid VeningerIngrid Veninger is a Canadian actress and director.Her start in show business was in an advertisement for Bell Canada with Megan Follows at age 11...
, Nurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 2008.The film stars Karen LeBlanc as Jude, a widowed single mother undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease. While working as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel Nurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally...
Overall SoundGenie Award for Best Achievement in Overall SoundThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian sound designer.-1st Genie Awards:* Karl Scherer, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, Joe Grimaldi, The Changeling...
- Stéphane Bergeron, Pierre Blain, Jo CaronJo CaronJo Caron is a production sound mixer. She is currently nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for Shake Hands with the Devil .- Recognition :...
and Benoît Leduc, PolytechniquePolytechnique (film)Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness... - Simon Goulet and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, 5150 Elm's Way5150 Elm's Way5150 Elm's Way is a Canadian psychological-drama thriller film directed byÉric Tessier and starring René-Daniel Dubois and Marc-André Grondin. It based on a novel with the same name, written by author Patrick Senécal.-Plot:...
- Richard Lavoie, Arnaud Derimay, Jean-Charles Desjardins and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Before TomorrowBefore TomorrowBefore Tomorrow is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel For Morgendaggen by Danish writer Jørn Riel...
- Mario Auclair, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Jean-Charles Desjardins, Grande ourse: La clé des possibles
- Claude Hazanavicius, Daniel Bisson, Jean-Charles Desjardins and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Love & Savagery
Achievement in Music: Original ScoreGenie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original ScoreThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian original score.-1st Genie Awards:* Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza,Murder By Decree...
- Normand Corbeil, Grande ourse: La clé des possibles
- Benoît CharestBenoît CharestBenoît Charest is a Canadian guitarist and film score composer from Quebec. He is best known for the soundtrack of the animated film Les Triplettes de Belleville , for which he won a César Award for Best Music Written for a Film as well as a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music...
, PolytechniquePolytechnique (film)Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film from Quebec written by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre , the film documents the events of December 6, 1989 through the eyes of two students who witness... - Bertrand Chénier, Love & Savagery
- Christian Clermont, 5150 Elm's Way5150 Elm's Way5150 Elm's Way is a Canadian psychological-drama thriller film directed byÉric Tessier and starring René-Daniel Dubois and Marc-André Grondin. It based on a novel with the same name, written by author Patrick Senécal.-Plot:...
- Ben MinkBen MinkBen Mink is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.Born of Polish parents, Mink was raised in Toronto Ontario. He got his start performing with the rock/country group Mary-Lou Horner, which became the house band at bar and nightclub....
, Fifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men WalkingFifty Dead Men Walking is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography of the same name...
Achievement in Music: Original SongGenie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original SongThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian original song.-17th Genie Awards:* Michael Turner, Swamp Baby, Peter J...
- John WelsmanJohn WelsmanJohn Welsman is a Canadian composer. The grandson of conductor Frank Welsman and the brother of jazz singer Carol Welsman, he studied music composition privately with Samuel Dolin and Milan Kymlicka. He is best known for his film and television scores which he has written for production companies...
and Cherie Camp, "Oh Love" (Nurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.BoyNurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally released in 2008.The film stars Karen LeBlanc as Jude, a widowed single mother undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease. While working as a night-shift nurse to support her son Ciel Nurse.Fighter.Boy is a Canadian drama film, originally...
) - Susan Avingaq, "Pamani" (Before TomorrowBefore TomorrowBefore Tomorrow is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel For Morgendaggen by Danish writer Jørn Riel...
) - Sari Dajani, Iohann Martin, Rudy Toussaint and John Von Aichlinger, "Bon Swa" (Les grandes chaleurs)
Best Feature Length Documentary
- Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon and Alan ZweigAlan ZweigAlan Zweig is a Toronto documentary filmmaker known for often using film to explore his own life.In his 2000 film Vinyl, Zweig explores what drives people to become record collectors...
, A Hard NameA Hard NameA Hard Name is a 2009 documentary film by Alan Zweig that explores the lives of ex-convicts.In the film, Zweig interviews seven ex-convicts about their times in prison and their lives on the outside. The men talk about insights they have gained about their lives, including how childhood abuse led... - Larry Weinstein, Rudolf Biermann and Jessica Daniel, Inside Hana's Suitcase
- Claude Demers, Les dames en bleu
- Patricia Aquino and Paul SaltzmanPaul SaltzmanPaul Saltzman is a two-time Canadian Emmy Award-winning film and television producer-director with more than 300 films to his credit. The 2008 documentary feature, Prom Night in Mississippi, featuring actor Morgan Freeman, was his most recent film and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film...
, Prom Night in MississippiProm Night in MississippiProm Night in Mississippi is a 2009 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Paul Saltzman. The documentary follows a group of 2008 Charleston High School high school seniors in Charleston, Mississippi as they prepare for their senior prom, the first racially integrated prom in Charleston... - Mila Aung-ThwinMila Aung-ThwinMila Aung-Thwin is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He had a multi-disciplinary education in arts, journalism, and photography. In 1998, he met his fellow director/producer Daniel Cross and co-founded with him EyeSteelFilm specilaizing in...
, Kat Baulu, Brett GaylorBrett GaylorBrett Gaylor is a Canadian documentary filmmaker living in Montreal, Quebec. Born in 1977, he grew up on Galiano Island, British Columbia. He is a member director of EyeSteelFilm documentary production company and its Head of New Media....
and Germaine Ying-Gee Wong, RiP: A Remix Manifesto
Best Short Documentary
- Kara Blake and Marie-Josée Saint-PierreMarie-Josee Saint-PierreMarie-Josée Saint-Pierre is a French Canadian documentary filmmaker and film animator based in Montreal, Canada.-History:...
, The Delian Mode - Marie-Josée Saint-PierreMarie-Josee Saint-PierreMarie-Josée Saint-Pierre is a French Canadian documentary filmmaker and film animator based in Montreal, Canada.-History:...
, Passages - Peter MettlerPeter MettlerPeter Mettler is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.-Biography:Peter Mettler was born in 1958 to Swiss parents and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, Sandy Hunter and Laura Severinac, Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Best Live Action Short DramaGenie Award for Best Live Action Short DramaThe Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama is an awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian live action short drama film.-7th Genie Awards:* Paul Caulfield, The Edit...
- Pedro Pires and Catherine Chagnon, Danse Macabre
- Constant Mentzas, Gilles
- Élaine Hébert and Émile Proulx-Cloutier, La vie commence
- Dan Montgomery and Kazik Radwanski, Princess Margaret Blvd.
- Ky Nam Le Duc, Terre des hommes
Best Animated ShortGenie Award for Best Animated ShortThe Genie Award for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian animated short film.-7th Genie Awards:* Michael Scott, Richard Condie, The Big Snit* Ishu Patel, Paradise/Paradis...
- Derek Mazur, Cordell BarkerCordell BarkerCordell Barker is a Canadian animator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He began animating in his late teens after taking on an apprenticeship at Kenn Perkins Animation. He has worked on commercial campaigns for entities such as Coca-Cola, Bell Canada, Lors, Nike, and the Government of Canada...
and Michael Scott, RunawayRunaway (animated short)Runaway is a 2009 animated short by Canadian animator Cordell Barker. The film received a special jury award for short films at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and was named the best animated short film at the 2010 Genie Awards.... - Steven Hoban, Chris LandrethChris LandrethChris Landreth is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film, Ryan. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-90s, including The End, Bingo, The Listener, Caustic Sky: A Portrait of Regional Acid Deposition, and Data Driven The Story Of Franz...
and Marcy Page, The SpineThe Spine (film)The Spine is a 2009 animated short by Chris Landreth about a married dysfunctional couple, created in Landreth's "psycho realist" style, in which characters' mental states are reflected in their physical appearance... - Michael Fukushima, Bruce Alcock, Annette Clarke and Tina Ouellette, Vive la roseVive la roseVive la rose is an 18th century French folk song about unrequited love. "Mon ami me délaisse" is roughly translated as "My boyfriend dumped me". The song goes on to explain that he has found a new girlfriend. Another verse says that rumor has it that she is sick. The narrator says that if she dies,...