Genie Awards Articles

I Killed My Mother Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval POLYTECHNIQUE: Genie Awards 2010 At the other extreme, Xavier Dolan probably can’t believe he won nothing. Or almost. As previously reported, Dolan’s acclaimed J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother – winner of three of Quebec’s Jutra Awards two weeks ago, including Best Picture (Polytechnique had also been in the running) – was totally shut [...]

Maxim Gaudette Polytechnique (top); Joshua Jackson One Week (bottom) Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique, about a lone gunman’s 1989 massacre of 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, swept the Genie Awards, Canada’s Oscars, on Monday night at Toronto’s Guvernment/Kool Haus Entertainment complex. Shot in black and white and with sparse use of dialogue, Polytechnique won nine of its 11 nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Karine [...]

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 [...]

Maxim Gaudette in Polytechnique (top); Jim Sturgess in Fifty Dead Men Walking (middle); Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu in Before Tomorrow (bottom) The top Genie 2010 nominees were announced by Away from Her star Gordon Pinsent and Sundance 2010 Special Jury Prize winner Tatiana Maslany. They are Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique (11 nominations), Charles Officer’s Nurse.Fighter.Boy (ten nominations), Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu’s Before Tomorrow [...]