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 [...]
by Deborah Arthur | April 4, 2009
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Tags: Amal, Benoit Pilon, Bernard Emond, Carl Bessai, Christopher Plummer, Ellen Burstyn, Everything Is Fine, Film Awards, Genie 2009, Genie Awards, Isabelle Blais, Lyne Charlebois, Marianne Fortier, Max von Sydow, My Winnipeg, Natar Ungalaaq, Normal, Passchendaele, Paul Gross, Preity Zinta, Susan Sarandon, The Necessities of Life, Up the Yangtze
Golden Horse Awards 2008
2008 Golden Horse Awards
2008 Golden Horse Award nominations: Oct. 30, 2008
2008 Golden Horse Award winners: Dec. 6, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro, The Warlords is set in war-torn 19th-century China, where three blood brothers find themselves at odds with one another. In April, The Warriors was the big winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards, taking home eight trophies including best film and best director for Peter Chan. According to Variety, the film has grossed more than US$35 million in China.
Best Feature Film
Cape No.7 — ARS Film Production, Arrow Cinematic Group, Taipei Motion Picture Corp
Orzboyz — 1 Production Film
Assembly — Huayi Brothers Media & Co., Ltd., Media Asia Films [...]
by Andre Soares | December 5, 2008
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Tags: Film Awards, Film Festivals, Golden Horse Awards, Ma Ju-Lung, Mei Fang, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Prudence Liew, The Warlords, Up the Yangtze, Zhang Han-yu
Sundance 2008: World Cinema Documentary Competition
Sundance 2008: World Cinema Documentary Competition
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures by Chris Waitt
Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release
ALONE IN FOUR WALLS (ALLEIN IN VIER WÄNDEN)/ Germany (Director and Screenwriter: Alexandra Westmeier)—Adolescent boys struggle to grow up in a home for delinquents in rural Russia where life behind bars may be better than the release to freedom. North American Premiere
THE ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS/ New Zealand (Director and Screenwriter: Pietra Brettkelly)— Vanessa Beecroft is obsessively determined to adopt Sudanese twin orphans. Her consuming passion drives her marriage to a breaking point and fuels her controversial art, raising troubling questions about exploitation, culture clash, and the imposition of the West on Africa. World [...]
