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The awards this year was anything but boring. Stars from all over attended the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television 31st Annual Genie Awards that took place in Ottawa this year.  Denis Villeneuve’s  Incendies was the night’s biggest winner, taking home eight awards, including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction (Denis Villeneuve), Adapted Screenplay (Denis Villeneuve), and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Lubna Azabal). Barney’s Version followed closely behind, winning seven Genie Awards including Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Giamatti), Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Dustin Hoffman) and Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Minnie Driver). The Golden Reel Award went to Resident Evil: Afterlife as it collected $7,026,559 in Canadian box office receipts last year.

Genie Awards 2011 Winner line-up

 

Best Motion Picture 
Incendies – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

 

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Paul Giamatti – Barney’s Version

 

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Dustin Hoffman – Barney’s Version

 

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Lubna Azabal – Incendies

 

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Minnie Driver – Barney’s Version

 

Achievement in Direction
Denis Villeneuve – Incendies

Adapted Screenplay
Denis Villeneuve – Incendies

Original Screenplay
Jacob Tierney – The Trotsky

Best Documentary
Last Train Home – Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross

Achievement in Art Direction
Claude Paré, Elise de Blois – Barney’s Version

 

Achievement in Cinematography
André Turpin – Incendies

Achievement in Costume Design
Nicoletta Massone – Barney’s Version

 

Achievement in Editing
Monique Dartonne – Incendies

 

Achievement in Make-up
Adrien Morot, Micheline Trépanier – Barney’s Version

 

Achievement in Music – Original Score
Pasquale Catalano – Barney’s Version

 

Achievement in Music – Original Song
Mary Milne – The Trotsky – “Already Gone”

 

Achievement in Overall Sound
Jean Umansky, Jean-Pierre Laforce – Incendies

 

Achievement in Sound Editing
Sylvain Bellemare, Simon Meilleur, Claire Pochon – Incendies

 

Best Live Action Short Drama
Savage – Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski

 

Best Animated Short 
Lipsett Diaries – Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand

 

User’s Choice Award
Jay Baruchel

 

Claude Jutra Award
Jephté Bastien – Sortie 67
Honourable mention: Peter Stebbings – Defendor

 

Golden Reel Award
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Producers: Don Carmody, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer,
Distributor: Alliance Films
Total Canadian box office in 2010 – $7,026,559

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