2006 Genie Award Winners
"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 the best director trophy, other awards that went C.R.A.Z.Y. include best film, best actor (Michel Côté, who beat his young co-star Marc-André Grondin, above), and best original screenplay (Vallée and François Boulay).
C.R.A.Z.Y. has also become one of the most commercially successful Canadian films ever.
Deepa Mehta’s controversial Water — which caused a major political [...]
by Andre Soares | March 13, 2006
| Subscribe / Syndicate
Tags: Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Alison Lohman, Atom Egoyan, C.R.A.Z.Y., Colin Firth, Deepa Mehta, Film Awards, François Boulay, Gay Interest, Genie Awards, Genie Awards 2006, Jean-Marc Vallée, Kevin Bacon, Marc-André Grondin, Michel Cote, Rupert Holmes, Seema Biswas, Water, Where the Truth Lies
Genie Awards 2006
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, Seaton McLean
Water – David Hamilton
BEST DOCUMENTARY
MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
* Scaredsacred – Velcrow Ripper, Tracey Friesen, Cari Green, Harry Sutherland
Les Voleurs d’enfance / Thieves of Innocence – Paul Arcand, Denise Robert
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
LUC PICARD – L’Audition
* JEAN-MARC VALLÉE – C.R.A.Z.Y.
LOUISE ARCHAMBAULT – Familia
MICHAEL DOWSE – It’s All Gone Pete Tong
DEEPA MEHTA – Water
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
LUC PICARD – L’Audition
* [...]
by Andre Soares | March 13, 2006
| Subscribe / Syndicate
Tags: Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Adam Butcher, André Turpin, Arsiné Khanjian, Atom Egoyan, Aurore, Babz Chula, Balazs Bolygo, Bernard Couture, Bernard Starlight, Byron Wong, C.R.A.Z.Y., Campbell Scott, Carl Laudan, Colin Monie, Danielle Proulx, David Christensen, David Hamilton, Deepa Mehta, Denis Bernard, Denise Robert, Diane Cailhier, Familia, Film Awards, François Boulay, Genie Awards, Genie Awards 2006, Giles Nuttgens, Gina Chiarelli, Gordon Pinsent, Hank Williams First Nation, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Jean-Marc Vallée, L'Audition, Le Survenant, Lie with Me, Louise Archambault, Luc Déry, Luc Dionne, Luc Picard, Macha Grenon, Maman Last Call, Manners of Dying, Marc-André Grondin, Marianne Fortier, Michael Dowse, Michel Cote, Nathalie Petrowski, Paul Arcand, Paul Kaye, Pierre Even, Pierre Mignot, René Girard, Sabah A Love Story, Saint Ralph, ScaredSacred, See Grace Fly, Seema Biswas, Six Figures, Susan Shipton, Suzanne Clement, Sylvie Moreau, The Big Thing, Thieves of Innocence, Water, Where the Truth Lies
