2008 Genie Awards - Canada

The 28th Genie Awards (Canadian Academy Awards) ceremony was held at Toronto’s Metro Conventional Centre this year.  Winner of Best Picture was Sarah Polly’s “Away From Her”.  It was a close race between two this film and David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises”.  Viggo Mortensen from “Eastern Promises” should have won the Genie (and Oscar) for Best Actor in a leading role.  He had the Russian gangster role done perfect - accent, gait and all.

2008 Genie Award Winners Announced
by the Academy of Canadian Cinema
& Television
Away From Her and Eastern Promises tied
with 7 Awards

(Toronto, ON) March 3, 2008—Another spectacular year for the Canadian film industry was celebrated tonight at the 28th Annual Genie Awards.  The star-studded event was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and broadcast on the E! Television Network and IFC. 

The two big winners of the evening were Away from Her and Eastern Promises.  Away From Her received 7 awards including Best Motion Picture and the Claude Jutra Award (announced previously) while Eastern Promises’ 7 awards included Original Screenplay and Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.

For complete details on the 2008 Genie Award winners (plus photos), please visit http://www.genieawards.ca.

2008 Genie Award Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE
MEILLEUR FILM
AWAY FROM HER - Daniel Iron, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
ROB GRAY, JAMES WILLCOCK - FIDO

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
MEILLEURS COSTUMES
CARLO POGGIOLI, KAZUKO KUROSAWA - Silk

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
MEILLEURES IMAGES
PETER SUSCHITZKY - Eastern Promises

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
SARAH POLLEY - Away From Her

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
MEILLEUR MONTAGE
RONALD SANDERS - Eastern Promises

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
HOWARD SHORE - Eastern Promises

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE
VALANGA KHOZA, DAVID HIRSCHFELDER - Shake Hands With the Devil - Kaya

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
GORDON PINSENT - Away From Her

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL - Eastern Promises

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
JULIE CHRISTIE - Away From Her

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
KRISTEN THOMSON - Away From Her

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND
MEILLEUR SON D’ENSEMBLE
STUART WILSON, CHRISTIAN COOKE, OREST SUSHKO, MARK ZSIFKOVITS - Eastern Promises

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
WAYNE GRIFFIN, ROBERT BERTOLA, TONY CURRIE, GORO KOYAMA, MICHAEL O’FARRELL - Eastern Promises

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO
STEVE KNIGHT - Eastern Promises

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
SARAH POLLEY - Away From Her

BEST DOCUMENTARY
MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
RADIANT CITY - Gary Burns, Jim Brown, Bonnie Thompson, Shirley Vercruysse

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
APRÈS TOUT - Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Élaine Hébert

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D’ANIMATION
MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI - Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Marcy Page

About the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT)
The ACCT is a national, non-profit, professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in the Canadian film and television industries.  Created in 1979, and today unifying almost 4,000 industry professionals across Canada, the Academy is a vital and integral force in the industry.