27th Genie Awards
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The 27th Genie Awards were held on February 13, 2007 to honour films released in 2006. The ceremony was located at the Carlu
theatre in Toronto
.
Maurice Richard (The Rocket) was the most successful film at these awards, winning 9 of its 13 nominated categories. Bon Cop, Bad Cop
won just 2 of its 10 nominations, although it received the highest 2006 box office revenues in Canada to earn the Golden Reel Award.
Films with the most nominations:
; Kevin Tierney
Other nominees:
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
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, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
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, Snow Cake
Other nominees:
. Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
, Gil Courtemanche
, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
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, Congorama
Other nominees:
, Nathalie Morin, Pierre Paquet, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Other nominees:
Other nominees:
, Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron
, Peter Starr
Other nominee:
, Paul Barbeau
Other nominees:
, Torill Kove
, Lise Fearnley, Marcy Page
Other nominee:
Other nominees:
Other nominees:
Winner: Nick Dudman
, Beowulf & Grendel
Winner: Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Winners:
The Carlu (Toronto)
The Carlu is an historic event space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for many years as the "Eaton's Seventh Floor", the Carlu is one of Toronto's best examples of Art Moderne architecture.-History:...
theatre in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
Maurice Richard (The Rocket) was the most successful film at these awards, winning 9 of its 13 nominated categories. Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
won just 2 of its 10 nominations, although it received the highest 2006 box office revenues in Canada to earn the Golden Reel Award.
Nominees
Nominees were announced 9 January 2007. http://www.genieawards.ca/genie27/allnoms.cfmFilms with the most nominations:
- 13: Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
- 10: Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
- 7: Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
- 6: TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
- 5: Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:...
- 5: La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People) - 4: CheechCheech (film)Cheech is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film based on a stage play. It is directed by Patrice Sauvé and written by François Létourneau with assistance from Linus Scheithauer- Plot :...
- 4: Guide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la petite vengeance is a Genie nominated French language Canadian film released in 2006.- Plot :Bernard, an accountant in a jewelry store, plots revenge against his abusive employer, Monsieur Vendôme, with the help of his friend Robert.- Reaction :Guide de la Petite Vengeance earned four...
(The Little Book of Revenge) - 4: Snow CakeSnow CakeSnow Cake is a 2006 independent drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie...
Motion Picture
Winner: Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
; Kevin Tierney
Other nominees:
- Guide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la petite vengeance is a Genie nominated French language Canadian film released in 2006.- Plot :Bernard, an accountant in a jewelry store, plots revenge against his abusive employer, Monsieur Vendôme, with the help of his friend Robert.- Reaction :Guide de la Petite Vengeance earned four...
(The Little Book of Revenge); Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal - Maurice Richard (The Rocket); Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
- Trailer Park Boys: The Movie; Barrie DunnBarrie DunnBarrie Dunn is a Canadian actor, film and television producer best known for his character Ray on the Canadian mockumentary television program Trailer Park Boys....
, Mike ClattenburgMike ClattenburgMike Clattenburg is a Canadian TV and film director best known as creator/director of the TV comedy series Trailer Park Boys , and This Hour Has 22 Minutes...
, Michael Volpe - Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali); Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca
Actor in a leading role
Winner: Roy DupuisRoy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Colm FeoreColm FeoreColm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...
, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French... - Olivier GourmetOlivier GourmetOlivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant....
, CongoramaCongoramaCongorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the... - Patrick HuardPatrick HuardPatrick Huard is a Quebecer actor and comedian.-Feature films:* 1997: J’en suis* 1997: Les Boys* 1998: Les Boys II* 2000: La vie après l’amour* 2000: Stardom* 2001: Les Boys III...
, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French... - Luc PicardLuc PicardLuc Picard is a French Canadian actor and comedian. He was born on September 24, 1961 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. He has played numerous characters in diverse roles....
, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
Actress in a leading role
Winner: Julie LeBretonJulie LeBreton
Julie Le Breton is a French Canadian actress born in Quebec. She predominantly appears in French spoken television series and films.-Biography:...
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Jodelle FerlandJodelle FerlandJodelle Micah Ferland is a Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of Sharon and Alessa in the 2006 horror film Silent Hill, Mary Jensen in the 2004 miniseries Kingdom Hospital and her portrayal of Bree Tanner in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.-Life and career:Ferland was born in Nanaimo,...
, TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004... - Fatou N'Diaye, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
- Ginette RenoGinette RenoGinette Reno, OC, CQ is a French-Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She is known by the nickname .Born as Ginette Reynault in Montreal, Quebec, she played the role of Maria Barberini in the independent film Mambo Italiano and played the mother in Léolo.She has recorded in both...
, Le secret de ma mère - Sigourney WeaverSigourney WeaverSigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...
, Snow CakeSnow CakeSnow Cake is a 2006 independent drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie...
Actor in a supporting role
Winner: Stephen McHattieStephen McHattie
Stephen McHattie is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:McHattie was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia....
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Hugh DillonHugh DillonHugh Dillon is a Canadian musician and actor.-Music career:Dillon was the lead singer for the Kingston hard rock band The Headstones from 1987 until 2003...
, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie - Robert JoyRobert JoyRobert Joy is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Sid Hammerback in CSI: NY and playing Charlie in Land of the Dead.-Early life:...
, Whole New ThingWhole New ThingWhole New Thing is a 2005 Canadian dramatic film which was directed by Amnon Buchbinder. The script is co-written by Amnon Buchbinder and Daniel MacIvor. Filmed entirely on location in Mahone Bay and Halifax, Nova Scotia, during winter and over the course of 15 days, the film is an unconventional... - Chan Chit Man Lester, Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:...
- Michel MullerMichel MullerMichel Muller is a French actor, screenwriter and director. He is most recently known for playing Charles VIII of France in the television series The Borgias.-Biography:...
, Guide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la petite vengeance is a Genie nominated French language Canadian film released in 2006.- Plot :Bernard, an accountant in a jewelry store, plots revenge against his abusive employer, Monsieur Vendôme, with the help of his friend Robert.- Reaction :Guide de la Petite Vengeance earned four...
(The Little Book of Revenge)
Actress in a supporting role
Winner: Carrie-Anne MossCarrie-Anne Moss
-External links:...
, Snow Cake
Snow Cake
Snow Cake is a 2006 independent drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie...
Other nominees:
- Caroline DhavernasCaroline DhavernasCaroline Dhavernas is a Canadian actress. Dhavernas is best known in the United States as "Jaye" from the short-lived television series Wonderfalls on Fox. She starred as Dr. Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama Off the Map.-Life and career:...
, Niagara MotelNiagara MotelNiagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas.- Plot :... - Marie GignacMarie GignacMarie Gignac is a two-time Genie Award–nominated actress. Gignac has been nominated twice in the category of Best Supporting Actress each for Le Confessional and La Vie secrète des gens heureux....
, La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People) - Emily HampshireEmily HampshireEmily Hampshire is a Canadian film and television actress.She is most widely known to international audiences for her role as Angelina to Sean Astin's Michael in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl, and Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake, in which she starred opposite Sigourney Weaver and...
, Snow CakeSnow CakeSnow Cake is a 2006 independent drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie... - Vivian WuVivian WuVivian Wu , is a Chinese actress, known for her roles in The Last Emperor , Heaven & Earth , The Joy Luck Club , and The Pillow Book and as the historical figure of Soong May-ling, commonly referred to as Madam Chiang Kai-shek, in two major Chinese motion pictures The Soong Sisters and The...
, Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:...
Direction
Winner: Charles BinaméCharles Binamé
Charles Binamé is a Quebec director. He was born in Belgium and came to Montreal with his family at a young age. In 1971, he began work as an assistant director with the National Film Board of Canada. During the 1980s, he directed commercials in England...
. Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Érik Canuel, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
- Robert FavreauRobert FavreauRobert Favreau is a French Canadian film director and film editor.His film Les muses orphelines earned him Genie Award and Jutra Award nominations for Best Director...
, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali) - Stéphane Lapointe, La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People) - Jean-François PouliotJean-François PouliotJean-François Pouliot is a Quebec film director.He was born in Montreal and studied at Concordia University. He worked as an assistant cameraman, while also writing and directing short animated films for the National Film Board...
, Guide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la petite vengeance is a Genie nominated French language Canadian film released in 2006.- Plot :Bernard, an accountant in a jewelry store, plots revenge against his abusive employer, Monsieur Vendôme, with the help of his friend Robert.- Reaction :Guide de la Petite Vengeance earned four...
(The Little Book of Revenge)
Art direction/production design
Winner: Michel ProulxMichel Proulx
Michel Proulx is a Genie Award winning production designer and art director. He earned a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for The Rocket. He was previously nominated five times for Genie Awards, among other nominations....
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Jean Bécotte, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
- Mary-Ann Liu, Athena Wong, Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:...
- François SéguinFrançois SéguinFrançois Séguin is a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator.- Recognition :* 1986 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Night Magic - Nominated...
, La Rage de l'angeLa Rage de l'angeLa Rage de l'ange is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Dan Bigras. The film earned two Genie Award nominations in the categories of Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and Best Achievement in Music - Original Song for the song L'Astronaute....
(Angel's Rage) - Jasna Stefanovic, TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
Cinematography
Winner: Pierre GillPierre Gill
Pierre Gill is a Canadian cinematographer. He has won multiple awards for his work, including 2 Genie Awards, 1 Gémeaux Award and 1 Jutra Award. He has worked on such films as The Covenant, The Rocket, Polytechnique, Lost and Delirious, The Art of War, XChange and Eldorado.He has also directed the...
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Bruce ChunBruce ChunBruce Chun is a Canadian cinematographer.Chun is born to a Chinese-Mexican family. He won Bruce Chun (born February 6, 1963 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Canadian cinematographer.Chun is born to a Chinese-Mexican family. He won Bruce Chun (born February 6, 1963 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Canadian...
, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French... - Steve Cosens, Snow CakeSnow CakeSnow Cake is a 2006 independent drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie...
- Jan KiesserJan KiesserJan Kiesser won a Leo Award for the 2006 film Fido and many other nominations including Primetime Emmy Award.-References:...
, Beowulf & GrendelBeowulf & GrendelBeowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma... - Nicola PecoriniNicola PecoriniNicola Pecorini is an Italian-born cinematographer.Pecorini was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He founded, with Garrett Brown, inventor of the steadicam, the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. , in 1988. Pecorini moved to the States in 1993...
, TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
Costume design
Winner: Francesca ChamberlandFrancesca Chamberland
Francesca Chamberland is an award-winning physicist. She won the 2007 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design for her work in the film The Rocket: The Maurice Richard Story. She previously was nominated four times in the same category . She has also earned two Jutra Award nominations.-...
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Michelline Amaaq, The Journals of Knud RasmussenThe Journals of Knud RasmussenThe Journals of Knud Rasmussen is a 2006 Canadian-Danish film about the pressures on the traditional Inuit culture when explorer Knud Rasmussen introduces European cultural influences. Produced by Isuma, the film was directed by Zacharias Kunuk, who also directed the award-winning Inuit film...
- Sandy Buck, Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:...
- Mario Davignon, TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
- Annie Dufort, La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People)
Editing
Winner: Michel ArcandMichel Arcand
Michel Arcand is a Canadian film editor.Born in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Arcand has won three Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Editing for the films The Rocket, Léolo and Un zoo la nuit and five nominations in the same category as well as other nominations for a Jutra Award and from the Directors...
, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Other nominees:
- Jean-François BergeronJean-François Bergeron (editor)Jean-François Bergeron is a Canadian film editor. He was nominated for a 2008, 28th Genie Awards Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing for Les 3 P'tits Cochons .- Recognition :...
, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French... - Frédérique Broos, CongoramaCongoramaCongorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...
- Michel Grou, CheechCheech (film)Cheech is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film based on a stage play. It is directed by Patrice Sauvé and written by François Létourneau with assistance from Linus Scheithauer- Plot :...
- Lesley WalkerLesley WalkerLesley Walker is a BAFTA Award-nominated film editor. She is a constant collaborator with directors Terry Gilliam and Richard Attenborough.-Selected filmography:Filmography based on the listing at the Internet Movie Database.*The Tempest...
, TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
Adapted screenplay
Winner: Robert FavreauRobert Favreau
Robert Favreau is a French Canadian film director and film editor.His film Les muses orphelines earned him Genie Award and Jutra Award nominations for Best Director...
, Gil Courtemanche
Gil Courtemanche
Gil Courtemanche was a Canadian progressive journalist and novelist in third-world and international politics. He wrote for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir.Courtemanche was born in Montreal, Quebec...
, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
Other nominees:
- Mike ClattenburgMike ClattenburgMike Clattenburg is a Canadian TV and film director best known as creator/director of the TV comedy series Trailer Park Boys , and This Hour Has 22 Minutes...
, Robb WellsRobb WellsRobb Wells is a Canadian actor and screenwriter who portrayed Ricky on Trailer Park Boys.-Early life:Wells was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and moved to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia when he was eight years old...
, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie - François LétourneauFrançois LetourneauFrançois Letourneau is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished eighth in the C-2 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:*...
, CheechCheech (film)Cheech is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film based on a stage play. It is directed by Patrice Sauvé and written by François Létourneau with assistance from Linus Scheithauer- Plot :...
Original screenplay
Winner: Philippe FalardeauPhilippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.His first feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards...
, Congorama
Congorama
Congorama is a Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006.- Synopsis :Michel is a Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an interracial child whom he reassures as to his parentage. He discovers at the...
Other nominees:
- Martin Girard, Ghyslaine Côté, Le secret de ma mère
- Stéphane Lapointe, La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People) - Ken Scott, Guide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la Petite VengeanceGuide de la petite vengeance is a Genie nominated French language Canadian film released in 2006.- Plot :Bernard, an accountant in a jewelry store, plots revenge against his abusive employer, Monsieur Vendôme, with the help of his friend Robert.- Reaction :Guide de la Petite Vengeance earned four...
(The Little Book of Revenge) - Ken Scott, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
Overall sound
Winner: Dominique Chartrand, Gavin FernandesGavin Fernandes
Gavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Cinema Audio Society .- Recognition :...
, Nathalie Morin, Pierre Paquet, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
Other nominees:
- Marie-Claude Gagné, Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Hans Peter Strobl, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
- Claude Hazanavicius, Claude Beaugrand, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
- David Lee, Douglas Cooper, Robert Farr, TidelandTideland (film)Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
- Daniel Pellerin, Gashtaseb Ariana, Jeff Carter, Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:...
Sound Editing
Winner: Claude Beaugrand, Olivier Calvert, Jérôme Décarie, Natalie Fleurant, Francine Poirier, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)Other nominees:
- Pierre-Jules Audet, Guy Francoeur, Guy Pelletier, CheechCheech (film)Cheech is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film based on a stage play. It is directed by Patrice Sauvé and written by François Létourneau with assistance from Linus Scheithauer- Plot :...
- Marie-Claude Gagné, Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
- Christian Rivest, Valéry Dufort-Boucher, Tchae Measroch, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
- Jane Tattersall, Barry Gilmore, David McCallum, Donna Powell, Dave Rose, Beowulf & GrendelBeowulf & GrendelBeowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma...
Documentary
Winner: Manufactured LandscapesManufactured Landscapes
Manufactured Landscapes is a 2006 documentary film about the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky. It was directed by Jennifer Baichwal and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films.- Subject matter :...
, Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron
Daniel Iron
- Recognition :* 2008 Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Away From Her - Won * 2007 Genie Award for Best Documentary - Manufactured Landscapes - Won * 2007 Gemini Award for Best TV movie - Last Exit - Nominated * 2006 Gemini Award...
, Peter Starr
Other nominee:
- La Planète BlancheThe White PlanetThe White Planet or in French, La Planète Blanche, is a 2006 documentary about the wildlife of the Arctic.It shows interactions between marine animals, birds and land animals, especially the polar bear, over a one year period. The fragility of the Arctic is hinted at as a reason to prevent climate...
, (The White Planet), Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert
Live action short drama
Winner: Le rouge au sol (Red), Maxime GirouxMaxime Giroux
Maxime Giroux is a film director from Quebec, Canada. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos...
, Paul Barbeau
Paul Barbeau
- Biographie :Paul Barbeau has produced approximately 700 music videos for various international artists with his production company Nùfilms which was founded in 2000...
Other nominees:
- Big GirlBig Girl (film)Big Girl is a short film about a girl and her mom's new boyfriend. It was nominated for a Genie Award for best live action short drama....
, Renuka Jeyapalan, Anneli Ekborn, Michael GelfandMichael GelfandProfessor Michael Gelfand OBE, CBE, Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester, MD , FRCP, DPH , DMR, Hon. LLD , Hon. DLitt , was one of Rhodesia's/Zimbabwe's most distinguished medical practitioners, who received a Papal Order of the Knighthood of St... - HiroHiro (film)Hiro is a short film about a Japanese insect collector who is forced outof his shell by a series of strange events. As funny as it is touching, Hiro drawsinspiration from disparate sources to weave a unified tale of obsession, love, loss, and...
, Matthew Swanson, Oliver-Barnet Lindsay - Jack et Jacques, Marie-Hélène Copti
- Snapshots for Henry, Teresa HanniganTeresa HanniganTeresa Hannigan is a Canadian film editor.Hannigan recently edited the Toronto International Film Festival’s “Best Canadian Feature Film” Cairo Time , directed by Ruba Nadda. In 2008, Hannigan won the Directors Guild of Canada “Best Picture Editing” Award for Television Movie/Mini-Series for her...
, Charlotte Disher
Animated short
Winner: The Danish PoetThe Danish Poet
The Danish Poet is a 2006 animated short film written, directed, and animated by Torill Kove and narrated by Liv Ullmann. A co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and Mikrofilm AS of Norway, it has won both the Academy Award and Genie Award for best animated short film.-Synopsis:The...
, Torill Kove
Torill Kove
Torill Kove is a Norwegian born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film The Danish Poet, co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Canada....
, Lise Fearnley, Marcy Page
Other nominee:
- Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse (Tragic Story with Happy Ending), Regina PessoaRegina PessoaRegina Maria Póvoa Pessoa Martins is a Portuguese animator.- Biography :Regina Pessoa was born in Coimbra, but lived in a village near the city until she was seventeen...
, Patrick Eveno, Abi Feijò, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Marcel Jean
Music - original score
Winner: Jean Robitaille, Sans elle (Without Her)Other nominees:
- Normand Corbeil, CheechCheech (film)Cheech is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film based on a stage play. It is directed by Patrice Sauvé and written by François Létourneau with assistance from Linus Scheithauer- Plot :...
- Michel Cusson, Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
- Pierre Desrochers, La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People) - Hilmar Orn HilmarssonHilmar Örn HilmarssonHilmar Örn Hilmarsson , also known as HÖH , is a musician, an art director, and allsherjargoði of Ásatrúarfélagið ....
, Beowulf & GrendelBeowulf & GrendelBeowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma...
Music - original song
Winner: "Have Hope", Jennifer Kreisberg, Unnatural & AccidentalUnnatural & Accidental
Unnatural & Accidental is a 2006 award-winning Canadian film directed by Carl Bessai and adapted from a Marie Clements play The Unnatural and Accidental Women.- Plot :...
Other nominees:
- "L'Astronaute", Dan BigrasDan BigrasDan Bigras is a francophone rock singer and actor from Canada. He was discovered by Gerry Boulet in 1983, and his first album Ange Animal was released in 1990....
, La Rage de l'angeLa Rage de l'angeLa Rage de l'ange is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Dan Bigras. The film earned two Genie Award nominations in the categories of Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and Best Achievement in Music - Original Song for the song L'Astronaute....
(Angel's Rage) - "In a Heartbeat", Bramwell ToveyBramwell ToveyBramwell Tovey, OM is an English-born Grammy Award winning conductor and composer. His musical roots are in The Salvation Army. He was educated at Ilford County High School, the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London. His formal music education was as a pianist and composer...
, Richard BellRichard Bell (Canadian musician)Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with The Band during the 1990s.-Early life and career:...
, EighteenEighteen (film)Eighteen is a Canadian 2005 dramatic feature film written and directed by Richard Bell.-Plot:The film follows Pip, a street kid who's meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday he receives his grandfather's Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the... - "Tattoo", Éric LapointeÉric Lapointe (singer)Éric Lapointe is one of Québec's most popular francophone lead rock singers. His signature sound is characterized by very strong emotional lyrics, a rich, deep gravelly voice and the virtuoso guitar work by Stéphane Dufour...
, Stéphane Dufour, JamilJamilJamil is a given name in Arabic and in many other languages. Latin spelling variants include Gamil , Cemil , Djemil and Djamil...
, Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French... - "Trace-Moi", Patrick WatsonPatrick Watson (musician)Patrick Watson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and the name of the band which he fronts, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for their experimental musicianship.-...
, Caroline DhavernasCaroline DhavernasCaroline Dhavernas is a Canadian actress. Dhavernas is best known in the United States as "Jaye" from the short-lived television series Wonderfalls on Fox. She starred as Dr. Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama Off the Map.-Life and career:...
, La belle bêteLa Belle BêteLa Belle Bête is a French Canadian novel by Marie-Claire Blais, published in 1959. The novel exploded upon the Quebec literary scene when Marie-Claire Blais was only twenty years old...
(The Beautiful Beast)
Make-up design
This is an occasional honour which was last presented in 1997.Winner: Nick Dudman
Nick Dudman
Nick Dudman is a British make-up effects and creature designer for motion pictures.Dudman and his team have created the make-up effects and the magical animatronic creatures in the Harry Potter films, garnering BAFTA Award nominations for the first four of the series to date.Dudman got his start...
, Beowulf & Grendel
Beowulf & Grendel
Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma...
Golden Reel Award
This award is presented to the film which attained the highest box office receipts in 2006.Winner: Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
Claude Jutra Award
This prize is a special director-based presentation. Until this year, there was no more than one recipient of the Claude Jutra Award.Winners:
- Julia KwanJulia KwanJulia Kwan is a Vancouver-based filmmaker who studied film and minored in psychology at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto. She was also a director resident at Norman Jewison's prestigious Canadian Film Centre, where she made her award-winning short, Three Sisters on Moon Lake...
, Eve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire HorseEve and the Fire Horse is a 2005 Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.-Plot:... - Stéphane Lapointe, La Vie secrète des gens heureuxLa Vie secrète des gens heureux-Plot:Thomas Dufresne is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey who changes his life...
(The Secret Life of Happy People)