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Changes in store for Genie 24
There are many subplots to the 24th Annual Genie Awards, May 1 in Toronto, and they may add up to the most interesting Canadian film awards show in years, not least of all because of the eclectic list of nominees.
Nominees for performance by an actor in a leading role
Raymond Bouchard – La Grande seduction
Nominees for performance by an actress in a leading role
Rebecca Jenkins – Marion Bridge
Nominees for achievement in cinematography
Stefan Ivanov – A Problem with Fear
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Quebec’s three top-grossing homegrown features of 2003 will face off in this year’s supporting actor category. As was so common at the 2004 Prix Jutra, La Grande seduction is up against Les Invasions barbares, but throw in Seraphin: Un homme et son peche and you have a full-blown French-Canadian battle royale.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
WIith roles ranging from a dying Inuit girl to a grieving mother, a heroin addict and a topless boxer, nominees for best supporting actress portray women at all ends of the emotional spectrum.
Nominees for achievement in direction
Denys Arcand – Les Invasions barbares
‘Reluctant’ writer Belanger snags second nom
Following a healthy box-office run and several awards, Montreal writer/director Louis Belanger’s Gaz Bar Blues now also finds itself in contention for an original screenplay award, one of the drama’s pair of Genie noms. A win would mean a second such prize for Belanger, a self-proclaimed reluctant writer who won a 1999 Genie for the script for his feature debut Post Mortem.
Chauvet attracted to Mahowny’s ‘single-mindedness’
A writer always has an edge when he can relate to his lead character. Such was the case for Maurice Chauvet, nominated for an adapted screenplay Genie for Owning Mahowny.
Do not adjust your set – the Genies come to CHUM
Dan Hughes is producer of Startv and The 2004 Genie Awards
Genie countdown: Who will get the nod?
Following are the 2004 Genie nominees as provided by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Pratley takes aim at English cinema
There are many theories as to why English-Canadian movies languish at the box office: cash-strapped or indifferent marketing, greedy exhibitors, and/or the insurmountable competition of Hollywood product. Some say you can’t compare the situation to that in Quebec, where the French language gives films a built-in audience.
But Gerald Pratley, Canada’s longest-serving film critic, lays the blame elsewhere. ‘Clearly, it’s in the films themselves,’ he says.
Specs enjoy stellar growth
Analog specialty television services in Canada continue to grow and cover the substantial operating losses of the new digital channels, says a new revenue survey of Canadian specialty, pay and pay-per-view television services published by the CRTC on March 2.
Eleventh Hour greenlit as nets place orders
The bullets keep coming but The Eleventh Hour keeps dodging. Despite some ratings dips and awkward scheduling by the network, the newsy drama has been greenlit for a third season on CTV, proving yet again that reports of its death had been greatly exaggerated.
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