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The Genie Awards Les Prix Gémeaux
March 8th, 2012

Launched by the ACCT in 1986, the Gemini Awards and les Prix Gémeaux honour outstanding achievements in Canadian English- and French-language television. The Awards bring together Canada's most gifted stars, presenters, VIPs, key industry and government players as well as professionals of all stripes over several evenings of special events. The final evening’s award presentation is broadcast nationally.

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NEWS

 

Café de Flore leads Genie32 race with A Dangerous Method in hot pursuit

TORONTO/MONTREAL, January 17, 2012 — The nominations for the 32^nd Annual Genie Awards were announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television today at simultaneous news conferences in Toronto and Montreal.

Director Jean-Marc Vallée’s Café de Flore received 13 nominations and David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method received 11 nominations—both films are nominated for Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction.

Rounding out the Best Motion Picture category are the award-winning Monsieur Lazhar; the suspenseful The Whistleblower and the crowd-pleaser Starbuck.

 “2011 was a vintage year for Canadian films,” said Helga Stephenson, Interim CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “Academy Members have a major challenge ahead of them.”

The 32^nd ANNUAL GENIE AWARDS will be broadcast on Thursday, March 8 at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Television.

 Genie32 will be held at The Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.

And the nominees are…

BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM

Sponsor / Commanditaire : TELEFILM CANADA 

A DANGEROUS METHOD - Martin Katz, Marco Mehlitz, Jeremy Thomas

CAFÉ DE FLORE - Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Jean-Marc Vallée

MONSIEUR LAZHAR - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

STARBUCK - André Rouleau

THE WHISTLEBLOWER - Christina Piovesan, Celine Rattray

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE

 

JEAN BÉCOTTE - Funkytown

AIDAN LEROUX, ROB HEPBURN - Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

JAMES MCATEER - A Dangerous Method

PATRICE VERMETTE - Café de Flore

EMELIA WEAVIND - The Bang Bang Club

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES

Sponsor  / Commanditaire : Kodak Entertainment Imaging 

 

MIROSLAW BASZAK, C.S.C. - The Bang Bang Club

PIERRE COTTEREAU - Café de Flore

JON JOFFIN - Daydream Nation

JEAN-FRANÇOIS LORD - Snow & Ashes

RONALD PLANTE - Monsieur Lazhar

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES

 

DENISE CRONENBERG - A Dangerous Method

FARNAZ KHAKI-SADIGH - Afghan Luke

GINETTE MAGNY, EMMANUELLE YOUCHNOVSKI - Café de Flore

HEATHER NEALE - Keyhole

MARIE-CHANTALE VAILLANCOURT - Funkytown

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION

Sponsor / Commanditaire : Pinewood Toronto Studios 

 

DAVID CRONENBERG - A Dangerous Method

STEVEN SILVER - The Bang Bang Club

JEAN-MARC VALLÉE - Café de Flore

PHILIPPE FALARDEAU - Monsieur Lazhar

LARYSA KONDRACKI - The Whistleblower

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE

 

JEAN-FRANÇOIS BERGERON - The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom

MICHAEL CZARNECKI - In Darkness

PATRICK DEMERS - Jaloux

STÉPHANE LAFLEUR - Monsieur Lazhar

RONALD SANDERS, C.C.E. A.C.E. - A Dangerous Method

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES

Sponsor / Commanditaire : M-A-C 

 

CHRISTIANE FATTORI, FRÉDÉRIC MARIN - Café de Flore

AMBER MAKAR - Amazon Falls

VIRGINIE PARÉ - BumRush

TAMMY LOU PATE - Snow & Ashes

LESLIE ANN SEBERT, DAVID R. BEECROFT - Take This Waltz

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE

Sponsor / Commanditaire : SOCAN 

 

RAMACHANDRA BORCAR - Jaloux

MYCHAEL DANNA - The Whistleblower

MARTIN LÉON - Monsieur Lazhar

PHILIP MILLER - The Bang Bang Club

HOWARD SHORE - A Dangerous Method

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE

Sponsor / Commanditaire : Slaight Music 

 

JAY BRANNAN - Cloudburst - My Love My Love

CAROLE FACAL - Starbuck - Quelque part

MALAJUBE - Good Neighbours - Oeil pour Oeil

STEVEN PAGE - French Immersion - A Different Sort of Solitude

JEAN ROBITAILLE, STEVE GALLUCCIO - Funkytown - Waiting for your Touch

 

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE

 

FELLAG - Monsieur Lazhar

GARRET DILLAHUNT - Oliver Sherman

MICHAEL FASSBENDER - A Dangerous Method

PATRICK HUARD - Starbuck

SCOTT SPEEDMAN - Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

 

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN

 

ANTOINE BERTRAND - Starbuck

KEVIN DURAND - Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

MARIN GERRIER - Café de Flore

TAYLOR KITSCH - The Bang Bang Club

VIGGO MORTENSEN - A Dangerous Method

 

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE

 

CATHERINE DE LÉAN - Nuit #1

PASCALE MONTPETIT - The Girl in the White Coat

VANESSA PARADIS - Café de Flore

RACHEL WEISZ - The Whistleblower

MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Take This Waltz

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN

 

ROXANA CONDURACHE - The Whistleblower

HÉLÈNE FLORENT - Café de Flore

JULIE LEBRETON - Starbuck

SOPHIE NÉLISSE - Monsieur Lazhar

CHARLOTTE SULLIVAN - Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE

 

STÉPHANE BERGERON, YANN CLEARY, LISE WEDLOCK - Marécages / Wetlands

PIERRE BERTRAND, SHAUN NICHOLAS GALLAGHER, BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL - Monsieur Lazhar

JEAN MINONDO, JOCELYN CARON, GAVIN FERNANDES, LOUIS GIGNAC - Café de Flore

LOU SOLAKOFSKI, STEPHAN CARRIER, KIRK LYNDS - The Bang Bang Club

OREST SUSHKO, CHRISTIAN COOKE - A Dangerous Method

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE

 

FRED BRENNAN, JAMES BASTABLE, GABE KNOX, JOHN SIEVERT - You Are Here

CLAUDE BEAUGRAND, OLIVIER CALVERT, NATALIE FLEURANT, FRANCINE POIRIER - Marécages / Wetlands

WAYNE GRIFFIN, ROB BERTOLA, TONY CURRIE, ANDY MALCOLM, MICHAEL O'FARRELL - A Dangerous Method

MARTIN PINSONNAULT, BLAISE BLANCHIER, SIMON MEILLEUR, MIREILLE MORIN, LUC RAYMOND - Café de Flore

JEREMY MACLAVERTY, DANIEL PELLERIN, GEOFF RAFFAN, JAN RUDY, JOHN SIEVERT, JAMES MARK STEWART - In Darkness

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO

Sponsor / Commanditaire : Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund

 

ANNE ÉMOND - Nuit #1

EILIS KIRWAN, LARYSA KONDRACKI - The Whistleblower

KEN SCOTT, MARTIN PETIT - Starbuck

JEAN-MARC VALLÉE - Café de Flore

RYAN WARD, MATTHEW HEITI - Son of the Sunshine

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION

 

PHILIPPE FALARDEAU - Monsieur Lazhar

RYAN REDFORD - Oliver Sherman

DAVID SHAMOON - In Darkness

STEVEN SILVER - The Bang Bang Club

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS

 

DENNIS BERARDI, MATHEW BORNETT, MIKE BORRETT, WILSON CAMERON, OVI CINAZIN, JASON EDWARDH, OLIVER HEARSEY, JIM PRICE, MILAN SCHERE, WOLCIECH ZIELINSKI - A Dangerous Method

ÉVE BRUNET, JACQUES LÉVESQUE, PHILIPPE ROBERGE - Snow & Ashes

MARC CÔTÉ, STÉPHANIE BROUSSAUD, GARY CHUNTZ, VINCENT DUDOUET, CYNTHIA MOUROU, ERIC NORMANDIN, MARTIN PENSA, LUC SANFAÇON, SYLVAIN THÉROUX, NATHALIE TREMBLAY - Café de Flore

GEOFFROY LAUZON – BumRush

TOM TURNBULL, IAN BRITTON, ROBERT CROWTHER, TONY CYBULSKI - Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

 

BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR LONG MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE

BEAUTY DAY - Jay Cheel, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Roman Pizzacalla

FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE - Julia Ivanova, Boris Ivanov

THE GUANTANAMO TRAP - Thomas Wallner, Amit Breuer, Patrick Crowe

LA NUIT, ELLES DANSENT / AT NIGHT, THEY DANCE - Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault, Lucie Lambert

WIEBO'S WAR - David York, Nick Hector, C.C.E., Bryn Hughes, Bonnie Thompson

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE

Sponsor / Commanditaire : Hot Docs 

75 WATTS - John Cullen

DERAILMENTS - Chelsea McMullan

SIRMILIK - Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth

 

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE

DOUBLES WITH SLIGHT PEPPER - Ian Harnarine

HOPE - Pedro Pires, Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso

ORA - René Chénier, Philippe Baylaucq

LA RONDE - Élaine Hébert, Sophie Goyette

 

BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D'ANIMATION

CHOKE - Michelle Latimer

LA CITÉ ENTRE LES MURS / INNER CITY - Alain Fournier

MUYBRIDGE'S STRINGS - Koji Yamamura, Michael Fukushima, Shuzo John Shiota, Keisuke Tsuchihashi

ROMANCE - Georges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand

WILD LIFE - Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, Marcy Page, Bonnie Thompson

 

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32nd Genie Awards Nominating Committee

 

The Nominees for the 32^nd Annual Genie Awards are selected by the Nominating Committee Members. Each year, Academy Members, filmmakers, critics, and other industry professionals are invited to sit on Nominating Committees. The votes are then tallied by PricewaterhouseCoopers to ensure the legitimacy of the Genie Awards. The categories chosen by the three Committees are as follows:

Nominating Committee (Chair: Érik Canuel)

Best Motion Picture
Achievement in Direction
Claude Jutra Award
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

CRAFT Nominating Committee (Chair: Steve Gravestock)

Best Motion Picture
Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
Achievement in Cinematography

Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Editing
Achievement in Make-Up
Achievement in Music - Original Score

Achievement in Music - Original Song
Achievement in Overall Sound
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Visual Effects

SHORTS and DOCS Nominating Committee (Chair: Jennifer Baichwal)

Best Feature Length Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Live Action Short Drama
Best Animated Short

The Academy thanks its Nominating Committee Members for their invaluable contribution to the 32^nd Annual Genie Awards.