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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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]