‘Polytechnique’ dominates at Genies
A movie some didnít want to see made ó about the Montreal Massacre at LíEcole Polytechnique ó took home the lionís share of the hardware at Monday nightís Genie Awards in Toronto.
Denis Villeneuveís multi-layered and acclaimed Polytechnique was named best picture at the 30th edition of the awards given out by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, a.k.a. ìCanadaís Oscars.î
In addition, the film won a best-director nod for Villeneuve, as well as best actress for Karine Vanasse and best supporting actor for Maxim Gaudette, who played the women-hating mass-murderer Marc Lepine.
Polytechnique also won awards for original screenplay (Jacque Davidts), editing (Richard Comeau) and cinematography (Pierre Gill).
The most popular English-Canadian movie of 2009, One Week, won the best-actor award for its star Joshua Jackson.
Martha Burns won as best supporting actress for her role as Mother Superior in the drama Love & Savagery, about a convent-bound young woman who falls in love.
Kari Skogland won best adapted screenplay for the IRA thriller 50 Dead Men Walking, which she also directed.
The awards ceremony will be broadcast on Sunday, May 9 ó on TMNís MFEST channel and on Movie Central.
The awards show will be broadcast Monday night starting at 9 p.m. EDT on the Independent Film Channel, and webcast at 9 p.m. EDT on CBC.ca.
30th Annual Genie Award Winners:
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Polytechnique
BEST DIRECTOR
DENIS VILLENEUVE, Polytechnique
BEST ACTOR
JOSHUA JACKSON, One Week
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
MAXIM GAUDETTE, Polytechnique
BEST ACTRESS
KARINE VANASSE, Polytechnique
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARTHA BURNS, Love & Savagery
BEST EDITING
RICHARD COMEAU, Polytechnique
CINEMATOGRAPHY
PIERRE GILL, Polytechnique
MAKE-UP
DJINA CARON, ANDR… DUVAL, The Master Key
MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE
NORMAND CORBEIL, The Master Key
MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG
JOHN WELSMAN, CHERIE CAMP, Oh Love from NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY
SOUND
ST…PHANE BERGERON, PIERRE BLAIN, JO CARON, BENOŒT LEDUC, Polytechnique
SOUND EDITING
CLAUDE BEAUGRAND, GUY FRANCOEUR, CAROLE GAGNON, CHRISTIAN RIVEST, Polytechnique
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
JACQUES DAVIDTS, Polytechnique
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
KARI SKOGLAND, Fifty Dead Men Walking
BEST FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
A Hard Name
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Delian Mode
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
Danse Macabre
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Runaway
SPECIAL AWARDS
ACADEMY SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mel Hoppenheim
CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD
XAVIER DOLAN, Jíai tuÈ ma mËre / I Killed My Mother
GOLDEN REEL AWARD
Father and Guns, Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
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