The awards this year was anything but boring. Stars from all over attended the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television 31st Annual Genie Awards that took place in Ottawa this year. Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies was the night’s biggest winner, taking home eight awards, including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction (Denis Villeneuve), Adapted Screenplay (Denis Villeneuve), and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Lubna Azabal). Barney’s Version followed closely behind, winning seven Genie Awards including Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Giamatti), Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Dustin Hoffman) and Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Minnie Driver). The Golden Reel Award went to Resident Evil: Afterlife as it collected $7,026,559 in Canadian box office receipts last year.
Genie Awards 2011 Winner line-up
Best Motion Picture
Incendies – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
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 Direction
Denis Villeneuve – Incendies
Adapted Screenplay
Denis Villeneuve – Incendies
Original Screenplay
Jacob Tierney – The Trotsky
Best Documentary
Last Train Home – Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
Achievement in Art Direction
Claude Paré, Elise de Blois – Barney’s Version
Achievement in Cinematography
André Turpin – Incendies
Achievement in Costume Design
Nicoletta Massone – Barney’s Version
Achievement in Editing
Monique Dartonne – Incendies
Achievement in Make-up
Adrien Morot, 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, Jean-Pierre Laforce – Incendies
Achievement in Sound Editing
Sylvain Bellemare, Simon Meilleur, Claire Pochon – Incendies
Best Live Action Short Drama
Savage – Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski
Best Animated Short
Lipsett Diaries – Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
User’s Choice Award
Jay Baruchel
Claude Jutra Award
Jephté Bastien – Sortie 67
Honourable mention: Peter Stebbings – Defendor
Golden Reel Award
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Producers: Don Carmody, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer,
Distributor: Alliance Films
Total Canadian box office in 2010 – $7,026,559
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