Shanghai Film Festival Awards 2009

2009 Shanghai Film Festival Awards
2009 Shanghai Film Festival: June 13-21
 

Antonio Tublén and Alexander Brøndsted’s Original tells the story of Henry (best actor winner Sverrir Gudnason), a man who has always tried to be what others expected of him. However, after being invited by a friend to open a restaurant in Spain, Henry must finally decide to become his own unique, original self.
 

Award for Best Feature Film
ORIGINAL directed by Antonio Tublén / Alexander Brøndsted
Jury Grand Prix
THE SEARCH directed by Pema Tseden
Jury Award
EMPIRE OF SILVER directed by Christina Yao
Award for Best Director
Julius Sevcik for NORMAL
Award for Best Actor
Sverrir Gudnason in ORIGINAL directed by Antonio Tublén / Alexander Brøndsted
Award for Best Actress
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Genie Awards 2009: PASSCHENDAELE Wins Best Picture

In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross‘ flag-waving World War I melodrama about Canadian valor, as the best Canadian film of 2008. I say bizarre because even though Passchendaele was in the running for a best film Genie Award, neither its screenplay nor (writer-)director Gross had even been nominated (though Gross, who didn’t attend the ceremony as he was filming in Los Angeles, managed to get a best actor nod).
Passchendaele won five other awards: best art direction, costume design, sound, sound editing, and a special prize for the most (financially) successful Canadian film of the year.
Passchendaele has been hailed by some as a Canadian blockbuster to rival Hollywood productions, but [...]

Genie Awards 2009

2009 Genie Awards
2009 Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s Genie Award nominations: Feb. 10, 2009
2009 Genie Award winners: Ottawa, April 4, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
Amal – David Miller, Steven Bray
Ce qu’il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life – Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier
Normal – Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai
* Passchendaele – Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa
Tout est Parfait / Everything is Fine – Nicole Robert
BEST DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
INFINIMENT QUÉBEC – Jean-Claude Labrecque, Yves Fortin, Christian Medawar
MY WINNIPEG – Guy Maddin, Phyllis Laing, Jody Shapiro
* UP THE YANGTZE – Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, John Christou, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong
BEST DIRECTION [...]