3/10/2011

Genie Winners!

Denis Villeneuve adds another pair of Genies to last year's haul

Full list of winners for the 31st Annual Genie Award Winners! Incendies is tops with 8!
As expected, Incendies and Barney's Version dominated the awards. Barney took 3 acting honors, while Incendies' Lubna Azabal was a surprise winner for Best Actress. I'm disappointed that Tracy Wright didn't win, but her performance will nonetheless remain a hall mark of Canadian cinema.

BEST MOTION PICTURE: INCENDIES - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION: DENIS VILLENEUVE - Incendies
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: PAUL GIAMATTI - Barney's Version
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: DUSTIN HOFFMAN - Barney's Version
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: LUBNA AZABAL - Incendies
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: MINNIE DRIVER - Barney's Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN: CLAUDE PARÉ, ELISE DE BLOIS - Barney's Version
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN: NICOLETTA MASSONE - Barney's Version
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY: ANDRÉ TURPIN - Incendies
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING: MONIQUE DARTONNE – Incendies
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP:
ADRIEN MOROT, RÉJEAN GODERRE, VALLI O'REILLY, MICHELINE TRÉPANIER -
Barney's Version
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE: PASQUALE CATALANO - Barney's Version
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG: MARY MILNE – The Trotsky – “Already Gone”
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND:
JEAN UMANSKY, JOCELYN CARON, JEAN-PIERRE LAFORCE, BENOIT LEDUC - Incendies
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING: SYLVAIN BELLEMARE, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON - Incendies
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: JACOB TIERNEY - The Trotsky
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: DENIS VILLENEUVE - Incendies
BEST DOCUMENTARY: LAST TRAIN HOME - Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA: SAVAGE - Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: LIPSETT DIARIES / LES JOURNAUX DE LIPSETT - Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand

SPECIAL AWARDS
CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD/ PRIX CLAUDE-JUTRA
JEPHTÉ BASTIEN, Sortie 67
Honourable Mention: PETER STEBBINGS, Defendor
GOLDEN REEL AWARD/ PRIX DE LA BOBINE D’OR
Resident Evil: Afterlife – Don Carmody, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer