Tuesday, March 04, 2008

28th Gennie Awards Winners


Recently the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) announced the nominations for the Genie Awards and here are the main categories.

BEST MOTION PICTURE
L'ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES / DAYS OF DARKNESS - Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
AWAY FROM HER - Daniel Iron, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
CONTINENTAL, UN FILM SANS FUSIL / CONTINENTAL, A FILM WITHOUT GUNS - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
EASTERN PROMISES - Robert Lantos, Paul Webster
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL - Laszlo Barna, Michael Donovan

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
DENYS ARCAND - L'Âge des ténèbres / Days of Darkness
SARAH POLLEY - Away From Her
DAVID CRONENBERG - Eastern Promises
ROGER SPOTTISWOODE - Shake Hands With the Devil
BRUCE MCDONALD - The Tracey Fragments

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ROY DUPUIS - Shake Hands With the Devil
MARC LABRÈCHE - L'Âge des ténèbres / Days of Darkness
CLAUDE LEGAULT - Les 3 P'tits Cochons / The 3 Little Pigs
VIGGO MORTENSEN - Eastern Promises
GORDON PINSENT - Away From Her

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
DANNY GLOVER - Poor Boy's Game
GUILLAUME LEMAY-THIVIERGE - Les 3 P'tits Cochons / The 3 Little Pigs
ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL - Eastern Promises
MICHEL ANGE NZOJIBWAMI - Shake Hands With the Devil
GILBERT SICOTTE - Continental, un film sans fusil / Continental, a Film Without Guns

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ANNE-MARIE CADIEUX - Toi / You
JULIE CHRISTIE - Away From Her
ELLEN PAGE - The Tracey Fragments
MOLLY PARKER - Who Loves the Sun
BÉATRICE PICARD - Ma tante Aline / My Aunt Aline

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MARIE-GINETTE GUAY - Continental, un film sans fusil / Continental, a Film Without Guns
VÉRONIQUE LE FLAGUAIS - Surviving My Mother / Comment survivre à sa mère
LAURENCE LEBOEUF - Ma fille mon ange
FANNY MALLETTE - Continental, un film sans fusil / Continental, a Film Without Guns
KRISTEN THOMPSON - Away From Her

To check all the categories go here. The Awards show will be on March 3rd and will be telecasted by E! Television Network and IFC. Have to check this Ellen Page movie: The Tracey Fragments.

Yesterday they had the awards ceremony and winners are posted in RED and to check all the winners you can go to their site link in the above paragraph. I'm very glad that Away From Her is the big winner and that Sarah Polley got her well deserved award.

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