Politics and Winners of Canadian Genie Awards

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on April 5, 2009 under Awards, Foreign Film | Comments are off for this article

Paul Gross’ war film “Passchendaele” winner of six Canadian Genie Awards including best film.

Paul Gross’ war film “Passchendaele” was the big winner at last nights Canadian Genie Awards picking up up six Genies, including best film. Benoit Pilon’s “The Necessities of Life”/”Ce qu’il faut pour vivre,” Canada’s selection for Oscar best foreign film, won four awards.

The night was not without controversy however, when Kristin Booth, of the controversial film Young People Fucking ( YPF), won for best performance in a supporting role.

The film had prompted the government to introduce a bill that would have allowed the government to deny tax credits from productions determined to be “contrary to public policy.”

Ms. Booth reportedly joked in an interview before the show that if she won she would say the movie’s title as many times as she possibly could. She however, only said the profanity once in her acceptance speech: “I am so fucking excited.”

2009 Genie Award Winners

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
CAROL SPIER, JANICE BLACKIE-GOODINE
Passchendaele

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
MEILLEURES IMAGES
GREGORY MIDDLETON CSC
Fugitive Pieces

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
MEILLEURS COSTUMES
WENDY PARTRIDGE
Passchendaele

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
BENOIT PILON
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
MEILLEUR MONTAGE
RICHARD COMEAU
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE
MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
JOHN MCCARTHY
The Stone Angel

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SONG
MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE
DR. SHIVA
Amal
Rahi Nagufta (song title)

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND
MEILLEUR SON D’ENSEMBLE
LOU SOLAKOFSKI, GARRELL CLARK, STEVE FOSTER, DON WHITE
Passchendaele

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
JANE TATTERSALL, KEVIN BANKS, BARRY GILMORE, ANDY MALCOLM, DAVE ROSE
Passchendaele

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
MARIE-SISSI LABRÈCHE, LYNE CHARLEBOIS
Borderline

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D’ANIMATION
SLEEPING BETTY
Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean

BEST DOCUMENTARY
MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
UP THE YANGTZE
Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, John Christou, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
NEXT FLOOR
Denis Villeneuve, Phoebe Greenberg

BEST MOTION PICTURE
MEILLEUR FILM
PASSCHENDAELE
Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO
BERNARD ÉMOND
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
NATAR UNGALAAQ
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
CALLUM KEITH RENNIE
Normal

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
ELLEN BURSTYN
The Stone Angel

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
KRISTIN BOOTH
Young People Fucking

SPECIAL AWARDS
PRIX SPÉCIAUX

THE GOLDEN REEL AWARD
PRIX BOBINE D’OR
PASSCHENDAELE
Producers: Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa
Distributor: Alliance Films

CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD
PRIX CLAUDE-JUTRA
Yves-Christian Fournier
Tout est parfait / Everything Is Fine

SPECIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP DESIGN
PRIX SPÉCIALE EN MAQUILLAGE
Adrien Morot, Réjean Goderre, Marie-France Guy, Bruno Gatien, Nathalie Trépanier
Cruising Bar 2

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