TORONTO, Oct. 29 /CNW/ - The Canadian Television Fund (CTF), Canada's
largest direct funder of television production, congratulates the winners of
the 22nd Annual Gemini Awards. CTF-funded shows from across Canada received
182 nominations, resulting in 41 wins for their creators, casts and crews. The
CTF funds programming in the genres of Children's and Youth, Documentary,
Drama, and Variety and Performing Arts.
"We're proud to sponsor the Gemini Awards and join the Academy of
Canadian Cinema and Television in recognizing the extraordinary talent that
makes up our television industry," said CTF President Valerie Creighton.
"CTF-funded shows, such as Slings and Arrows, Degrassi: The Next Generation,
and the Canada Award-winning Little Mosque on the Prairie, as well as
outstanding documentaries like the Donald Brittain Award-winning Fatherland,
are just some examples of critically acclaimed programming embraced by
Canadian audiences. We congratulate them on their success."
CTF-funded shows that received 2007 Gemini Awards are as follows:1. Best Biography Documentary Program
Dangerous When Provoked: The Life & Times of Terry Mosher
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(Kaos Productions Inc.)
John Curtin
2. Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series
Michael Grippo csc - Martyr Street
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3. Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary
Program
Gamer Revolution
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(Red Apple Entertainment Corp)
Rachel Low, Marc De Guerre
4. Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn - Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
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5. Best Writing in an Information Program or Series
Donna Gall - Recreating Eden - Season 3 - Gardens in the Sky
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6. Best Animated Program or Series
Skyland
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(Skyland Canada Productions Ltd., 9 Story Entertainment, Method Films)
Vince Commisso, Steven Jarosz, Marilyn McAuley
7. Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series
Paul Intson - Skyland - Mogura
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8. Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Wapos Bay
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(Wapos Bay Productions, National Film Board of Canada)
Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Derek Mazur, Anand Ramayya
9. Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
Make Some Noise
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(Omni Film Productions)
Heather Hawthorn-Doyle, Michael Chechik, Brian Hamilton
10. Best Performance in a Childrens or Youth Program or Series
Shenae Grimes - Degrassi: The Next Generation - Season 6 - Eyes Without
A Face Pt. 2 ----------------------------------------
11. Best Writing in a Childrens or Youth Program or Series
Sara Snow - renegadepress.com Season Four - Blackout
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12. Best Achievement in Casting
Lynne Carrow, Melissa Perry - Intelligence - Dante's Inferno
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13. Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
Miguel Nunes, Gina Mueller, Harley Paul, Jeff Shannon, Craig Stauffer -
Intelligence - Down But Not Out
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14. Best Costume Design
Debra Hanson - Roxana
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15. Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or
Series
Michael Spicer - Roxana
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16. Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
Henry Sarwer-Foner - Rick Mercer Report - Episode 5
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17. Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
David Sutherland - Doomstown
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18. Best TV Movie
Doomstown
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(Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
Pierre Sarrazin, Suzette Couture, Susan Murdoch
19. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a
Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Yanna McIntosh - Doomstown
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20. Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series
Seth-Adrian Harris - When Moses Woke
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21. Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series
Rafael Ouellet - Avril Lavigne: Exclusive
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22. Best Dramatic Mini-Series
Dragon Boys
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(Anchor Point Pictures Inc)
Michael Chechik, Howard Dancyger, Ian Weir
23. Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Ian Weir - Dragon Boys
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24. Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series
Robert Carli - Ghostly Encounters - Violent in Life, Violent in Death
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25. Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series
Christopher Dedrick - The Great Canadian Polar Bear Adventure
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26. Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a
Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Jonathan Scarfe - Above and Beyond
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27. Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a
Dramatic Series
Stephen Ouimette - Slings & Arrows Season Three - That Way Madness Lies
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28. Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series
Stephen Amell - ReGenesis Season Three - Sleepers
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29. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a
Dramatic Series
Wendy Crewson - ReGenesis Season Three - Let It Burn
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30. Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series
Ingrid Kavelaars - ReGenesis Season Three - Phantoms
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31. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program
or Mini-Series
Shawn Doyle - The Robber Bride
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32. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic
Program or Mini-Series
Mary-Louise Parker - The Robber Bride
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33. Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series
Guillaume Côté - Moving To His Music: The Two Muses of Guillaume Côté
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34. Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program
or Series
Philippe Ralet - Naked Josh - Footprints
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35. Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Chris Haddock - Intelligence - Down But Not Out
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36. Best Dramatic Series
Slings & Arrows Season Three
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(Rhombus Media Inc.)
Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland
37. Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Paul Gross - Slings & Arrows Season Three - The Promised End
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38. Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Martha Burns - Slings & Arrows Season Three - All Blessed Secrets
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39. Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, Mark McKinney - Slings & Arrows Season Three -
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40. Canada Award
Little Mosque on the Prairie
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(WestWind Pictures Ltd.)
Zarqa Nawaz, Mary Darling, Clark Donnelly, Susan Flanders-Alexander,
Michael Snook
41. Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Fatherland
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(Barna-Alper Productions Inc.)
Laszlo Barna, Manfred BeckerOver the past eleven years, the CTF has contributed 2.5 billion dollars
to support over 4,900 productions. This has resulted in more than 25,000 hours
of high-quality television for Canadians and has triggered more than
8.3 billion dollars in production volume across the country.
For further information: please contact Tina Novotny, Communications
Officer, tnovotny@canadiantelevisionfund.ca, or call (416) 214-4401
