Genie Award nominations to be revealed
Canada’s version of the Oscars announces its picks for the country’s best films on Monday.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television will reveal nominations for the annual Genie Awards at 11 a.m. ET at a hotel ballroom in downtown Toronto.
On hand will be veteran actor Gordon Pinsent, who voiced the acclaimed animated short The Spine, and newcomer Tatiana Maslany, who starred in the Newfoundland-set coming of age story, Grown-Up Movie Star.
The past year in Canadian film was dominated by Quebec phenom Xavier Dolan and his breakout film, I Killed My Mother.
The French-language family drama, about a constantly bickering mother and son, drew raves on the festival circuit, including three prizes at Cannes last year.
Other standouts included the Quebec box office smash, De pere en flic and Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time, which won a prize at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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