Genie Award

Infobox award
name = Genie Award
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description = Best film productions in Canada
presenter = Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
country = CAN
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year = 1980
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website = http://www.genieawards.ca

Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. The awards were originally named the Canadian Film Awards (also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette) which ran from 1949 to 1979 but in 1980 were renamed The Genie Awards. [http://www.academy.ca/awards/genie.cfm]

Genie Award candidates are selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the Genie Rules and Regulations booklet which is distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then vote on these nominations.

The Genie Awards were originally aired on the CBC from 1979 to 2003, before moving to CHUM Limited's networks (Citytv, Bravo! and Star!). Since CTVglobemedia purchased CHUM Limited, the Genie Awards have moved to Canwest Global's E and IFC for 2008.

Awards

* Best Motion Picture
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
* Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
* Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
* Best Achievement in Direction
* Best Original Screenplay
* Best Adapted Screenplay
* Best Achievement in Cinematography
* Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
* Best Achievement in Costume Design
* Best Achievement in Editing
* Best Achievement in Overall Sound
* Best Achievement in Sound Editing
* Best Achievement in Music - Original Song
* Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
* Best Animated Short
* Best Live Action Short Drama
* Best Performance by a Foreign Actor
* Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
* Best Achievement in Film Editing
* Best Music Score
* Best Achievement in Sound
* Outstanding TV Drama Under 30 Minutes
* Outstanding Independent Film
* Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature)
* Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Non-Feature)
* Outstanding Art Direction (Non-Feature)
* Outstanding Cinematography in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)
* Outstanding Cinematography in a Documentary (Non-Feature Film)
* Outstanding Editing in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)
* Outstanding Original Music Score (Non-Feature Film)
* Outstanding Non-Dramatic Script
* Outstanding Screenplay
* Outstanding Sound in a Non-Feature Film
* Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Under
* Outstanding Documentary - 30 Minutes and Over
* Outstanding Animation
* Outstanding Theatical Short
* Best Theatrical Documentary
* Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Medium
* Best Feature Length Documentary
* Best Short Documentary
* Best Short Film
* Best Documentary
* Golden Reel

Special Achievement Genie

The Special Achievement Genie is an award given irregularly to an individual or individuals in recognition of lifetime achievement or an important career milestone.

External links

* [http://www.genieawards.ca/ Official Genie Awards website]
* [http://www.academy.ca/ Official Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television website]