Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Articles

Xavier Dolan in I Killed My Mother POLYTECHNIQUE Leads Genie Awards 2010 "This year's nominations reflect a national cinema that is courageous in its storytelling," said Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, referring to this year's nominees for the 2010 Genie Awards, the Canadian Oscars. "They are films created from the wealth of cultures, communities, and historical moments that make [...]

"I'm touched. This has been something — a crazy experience," remarked director Jean-Marc Vallée upon accepting the best director Genie Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Vallée's film, C.R.A.Z.Y., the story of a gay youth coming of age in the Quebec of the 1960s and 1970s, swept the Genies with a total of ten wins out of 12 nominations. In addition to [...]

2006 Genie Awards 2006 Genie Award winners: March 13, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Marc-André Grondin (second from right) in Jean-Marc Vallée's C.R.A.Z.Y.   BEST MOTION PICTURE MEILLEUR FILM * C.R.A.Z.Y. – Pierre Even, Jean-Marc Vallée Familia – Luc Déry It's All Gone Pete Tong – Elizabeth Yake, Allan Niblo, James Richardson Saint Ralph – Michael Souther, Teza Lawrence, Andrea Mann, [...]