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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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]