The nominees for this year’s Genie Awards were announced in Toronto today. We really do have a remarkable amount of talent in this country. But I have a pressing question for you: take a look at the list and tell me, do you know any of them?
BEST MOTION PICTURE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 A
N ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
PHILIPPE FALARDEAU – Monsieur Lazhar
RYAN REDFORD – Oliver Sherman
DAVID SHAMOON – In Darkness
STEVEN SILVER – The Bang Bang Club
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
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
BEAUTY DAY – Jay Cheel, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Roman Pizzacalla
FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE – Julia Ivanova, Boris Ivanov
By the way, the images are of performers Charlotte Sullivan and Kevin Durand who are both nominated for their work in Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster.
Sadly…haven’t heard of too many! But my god – I want to see the Year Dolly Parton was my mom!!! Love. And I’ll do anything for Scott Speedman…i’m just saying!
Because we don’t have a star system in English Canada, people don’t get excited, let alone the media. It’s a vicious circle. If we made stars, we’d have the attention, but we can’t have stars unless we can get the attention in the first place.
And the sad thing is, there are some really great films in there.
That being said, I don’t know if you remember me writing about the Canadian film makers during TIFF. They were so blase, so bored really, about having to be on a panel, I literally wanted to shake them by the shoulders & remind them that this is the place to show off and be proud, not to sulk.
I adore Kevin too. Just wait till you see the interview I did with him! We talked about everything from theatre school, to handling media, to playing baddies to scrambling eggs on “Lost”.
i’ve always had a soft spot for kevin durand…i think he’s my canadian willem dafoe…can be creepy, can be extremely hot! 😉
Hardly a one… with the exception of “Funkytown” which I’ve seen, and my friend, Kim Richardson co-wrote the lyrics for “Waiting For Your Touch.” Tres cool! Nice to see so much French talent in the lineup… but I haven’t seen a single other of the films listed here. I don’t know what that says about me. Or about the Canadian film industry. Hmmmm…