28th Genie Awards explained

Number:28
Award:Genie Awards
Date:March 3, 2008
Site:Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Host:Sandra Oh
Best Picture:Away from Her
Most Wins:Away from Her, Eastern Promises
Most Nominations:Eastern Promises, Shake Hands with the Devil
Network:E!
Last:27th
Next:29th

The 28th Genie Awards were held on March 3, 2008 to honour films released in 2007. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was broadcast on E! and Independent Film Channel and hosted by Sandra Oh.

Controversy

The nominations for 2008 faced some controversy when director Jason Reitman issued a statement expressing his disappointment that the hit film Juno, which had a Canadian director, Canadian stars (Elliot Page and Michael Cera) and a Canadian crew, and was filmed in Canada, did not qualify for a nomination. Sara Morton, the head of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, issued a statement indicating that the film — which was produced by an American film studio — had not been submitted for Genie Award consideration.[1]

Top nominations

Nominees

Motion PictureDirection
Actor in a leading roleActress in a leading role
--per wp:GENDERID and consistent with Juno and Freeheld articles--> The Tracey Fragments
Actor in a supporting roleActress in a supporting role
Original ScreenplayAdapted Screenplay
Best Live Action Short DramaBest Animated Short
Art Direction/Production DesignCinematography
Costume DesignEditing
Overall SoundSound Editing
  • Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Goro Koyama and Michael O'Farrell, Eastern Promises
  • Martin Pinsonnault, Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Simon Meilleur and Louis Molinas, Nitro
  • Marie-Claude Gagné, Diane Boucher, Guy Francoeur, Claire Pochon and Jean-Philippe Savard, Gounod's Roméo et Juliette
  • Marcel Pothier, Guy Francoeur, Antoine Morin, Guy Pelletier and François B. Senneville, Shake Hands With the Devil
  • Steve Munro, Paul Shikata, John Sievert and David Drainie Taylor, The Tracey Fragments
Achievement in Music: Original ScoreAchievement in Music: Original Song
DocumentarySpecial awards

Stéphan Dupuis, Eastern Promises

Sarah Polley, Away from Her

The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/02/29/juno-genie.html "Reitman's film Juno never applied for Genie Awards"
  2. News: 2008 Genie Nominees . 2008-01-30 . 2008-01-28 . Toronto Star. https://web.archive.org/web/20080130090947/http://www.thestar.com/Article/298269. 30 January 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: Eastern Promises and Shake hands With The Devil Lead in 2008 Genie Award Nominations . 2008-01-30 . 2008-01-28 . PDF . . 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220004006/http://www.genieawards.ca/Genie28/press/GENIE28NomsRelease.pdf . 2009-02-20 . dead .
  4. News: Polley's Away From Her triumphs at Genie Awards. CBC Arts. 2008-03-04 . 2008-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20080305152046/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/03/03/genie-awards.html. 5 March 2008 . live.