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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Genie Nominations

Nominations for the Genies, the awards which honor Canadian films, were announced today. While some things come as little surprise - multiple acting nominations for Emotional Arithmetic and a wide range of nominations for Passchendaele, including Picture - I'm a little disappointed that My Winnipeg only managed to snag 1 nomination and that Fugitive Pieces didn't get a little more love. The awards will be handed out on April 4th, the full list of nominees is under the cut.

Picture
Amal
Everything Is Fine
The Necessities of Life
Normal
Passchendaele

Director
Carl Bessai, Normal
Lyne Charlebois, Borderline
Yves-Christian Fournier, Everything Is Fine
Richie Mehta, Amal
Benoit Pilon, The Necessities of Life

Actor
Paul Gross, Passchendaele
Rupinder Nagra, Amal
Christopher Plummer, Emotional Arithmetic
Aaron Poole, This Beautiful City
Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life

Actress
Isabelle Blais, Borderline
Ellen Burstyn, The Stone Angel
Marianne Fortier, Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
Susan Sarandon, Emotional Arithmetic
Preity Zinta, Heaven on Earth

Supporting Actress
Celine Bonnier, Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
Kristin Booth, Young People Fucking
Eveline Gelinas, The Necessities of Life
Ani Pascale, Everything Is Fine
Rosamund Pike, Fugitive Pieces

Supporting Actor
Normand D'Amour, Everything Is Fine
Benoit McGinnis, Le Banquet
Callum Keith Rennie, Normal
Rade Serbedzija, Fugitive Pieces
Max von Sydow, Emotional Arithmetic

Original Screenplay
Everything Is Fine
Heaven on Earth
The Necessities of Life
Normal
Real Time

Adapted Screenplay
Amal
Borderline
Fugitive Pieces

Editing
Le Banquet
Borderline
It's Not Me, I Swear!
Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
The Necessities of Life

Art Direction
The American Trap
Fugitive Pieces
Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
Passchendaele
The Stone Angel

Costume Design
The American Trap
Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
The Necessities of Life
Passchendaele
Who is KK Downey

Cinematography
The American Trap
Le Banquet
Everything Is Fine
Fugitive Pieces
The Stone Angel

Original Score
Emotional Arithmetic
Fugitive Pieces
Mommy is at the Hairdresser's
The Necessities of Life
The Stone Angel

Original Song
"Big Smoke," This Beautiful City
'M'Accrocher?" Everything is Fine
"Rahi Nagufta," Amal

Sound
Amal
The American Trap
Le Banquet
Passchendaele
This Beautiful City

Sound Editing
The American Trap
Le Banquet
The Broken Line
Passchendaele
This Beautiful City

Documentary
Infiniment Quebec
My Winnipeg
Up The Yangtze

Live Action Short
The Answer Key
La Battue
Can You Wave Bye-Bye
Mon Nom Est Victor Gazon
Next Floor

Animated Short
The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
Drux Flux
Sleeping Betty

1 comment:

Anh Khoi Do said...

I haven't had the time to see most of these nominated movies. However, I have some reservations about seeing Passchendaele nominated for the Genie Award for best picture. In fact, although it's an average movie, it was nothing more than a movie for entertainment. Moreover, I wouldn't compare Passchendaele to movies like Full Metal Jacket, L'ennemi intime, Saving Private Ryan or even Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War in terms of script quality.

Other than that, I just can't wait to see Fugitive Pieces, Ce qu'il faut pour vivre and My Winnipeg.