OscarGuy wrote:I don't think Pinsent will win. I'm pretty sure Viggo Mortensen's going to take the prize.
You forget--or maybe you didn't know, Pinsent has been a star in Canada for years, and this is the first time he has been nominated for a Genie in a very long time. I would not be surprised in the least to see him win.
And I agree about Page, AB. Juno was filmed entriely in Vancouver,Burnaby and White Rock, and could have been nominated for a Genie or two or three. Would like to have seen Michael Cera in the nominations.
For films like Eastern Promises or Water, which were filmed mostly outside Canada, I think it may have depended on cast and crew being primarily Canadian. Perhaps financing factors in as well.
I agree that it is nice to see Pinsent and Mueller-Stahl get some recognition. Danny Glover is also good in Poor Boys Game, a boxing drama.
It's unfortunate that Shark Water has not shown up anywhere else before the Genies. It is a very powerful documentary.
The creators of The Tracey Fragments (for which Ellen Page received her nomination) are kicking themselves, I'm sure, because the film was released here (for more than just a qualification run) a month or two ago. And like most English-language Canadian films it played for a week or so and vanished. With the success of Juno they could have had a decent marketing plan for TTF if it could have been delayed until after the Oscars.
Gordon will win this one. Was Eastern Promises shot in Canada? I do not know. Interesting to see the film pop up in nominations in other countries--far more than the leading US ones.
Nice to see Gordon Pinsent finally get a nomination somewhere. Too bad Michael Murphy couldn't manage a nomination, though, for his amazingly touching performance in the film. With almost no lines, he creates such a complex performance, and exudes more with just his eyes and face than most actors can do with a soliloquy. He is on my shortlist of the year.
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The nominees for the 2008 Genie Awards honouring the best in Canadian film:
BEST MOTION PICTURE
"L'Age des tenebres" ("Days of Darkness") - Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
"Away From Her" - Daniel Iron, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss
"Continental, un film sans fusil" ("Continental, a Film Without Guns")-Luc Dery, Kim McCraw
"Eastern Promises" - Robert Lantos, Paul Webster
"Shake Hands With The Devil" - Laszlo Barna, Michael Donovan
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Andre Line Beauparlant, "Continental, un film sans fusil" ("Continental, a Film Without Guns")
Lindsey Hermer-Bell, Justin S.B. Craig, "Shake Hands With The Devil"
Rob Gray, James Willcock, "Fido"
Francois Seguin, "Silk"
Carol Spier, "Eastern Promises"
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Dolly Ahluwallia, "Partition"
Denise Cronenberg, "Eastern Promises"
Carlo Poggioli, Kazuko Kurosawa, "Silk"
Mary E. McLeod, "Fido"
Joyce Schure, "Shake Hands With The Devil"
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Miroslaw Baszak, "Shake Hands With the Devil"
Bruce Chun, "Nitro"
Alain Dostie, "Silk"
Vic Sarin, "Partition"
Peter Suschitzky, "Eastern Promises"
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Denys Arcand, "Days of Darkness"
Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"
David Cronenberg, "Eastern Promises"
Roger Spottiswoode, "Shake Hands With the Devil"
Bruce McDonald, "The Tracey Fragments"
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Jean-Francois Bergeron, "Les 3 P'tits Cochons" ("The 3 Little Pigs")
Susan Maggi, "Poor Boy's Game"
Jeremiah Munce, Gareth C. Scales, "The Tracey Fragments"
Ronald Sanders, "Eastern Promises"
David Wharnsby, "Away From Her"
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
David Hirschfelder, "Shake Hands With the Devil"
Steve London, "That Beautiful Somewhere"
Don MacDonald, "Fido"
Ryuichi Sakamoto, "Silk"
Howard Shore, "Eastern Promises"
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
Alan Doyle, "Young Triffie's Been Made Away With" - "Young Triffie's Been Made Away With"
Valanga Khoza, David Hirschfelder - "Shake Hands With the Devil" - "Kaya"
Byron Wong, Luke Nicholson - "Poor Boy's Game" - "Breathe"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Roy Dupuis, "Shake Hands With The Devil"
Marc LaBreche, "L'Age des tenebres" ("Days of Darkness") - Denise Robert, Daniel Louis
Claude Legault, "Les 3 P'tits Cochons" ("The 3 Little Pigs")
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Gordon Pinsent, "Away From Her"
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Danny Glover, "Poor Boy's Game"
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, "Les 3 P'tits Cochons" ("The 3 Little Pigs")
Armin Mueller-Stahl, "Eastern Promises"
Michel Ange Nzojibwami, "Shake Hands With the Devil"
Gilbert Sicotte, "Continental, un film sans fusil" ("Continental, a Film Without Guns")
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne-Marie Cadieux, "Toi," ("You")
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Ellen Page, "The Tracey Fragments"
Molly Parker, "Who Loves the Sun"
Beatrice Picard, "Ma tante Aline" ("My Aunt Aline")
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Marie-Ginette Guay, "Continental, un film sans fusil" ("Continental, a Film Without Guns")
Veronique Le Flaguais, "Comment survivre a sa mere" ("Surviving My Mother")
Laurence LeBoeuf, "Ma fille mon ange"
Fanny Mallette, "Continental, un film sans fusil" ("Continental, a Film Without Guns")
Kristen Thompson, "Away From Her"
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND
Claude La Haye, Olivier Calvert, Hans Peter Strobl, Bernard Gariepy Strob - "Silk"
Eric Fitz, Jo Caron, Gavin Fernandes, Benoit Leduc - "Shake Hands With the Devil"
John J. Thomson, Stephan Carrier, Martin Lee - "Citizen Duane"
John Hazen, Matt Chan, Brad Dawe - "The Tracey Fragments"
Stuart Wilson, Christian Cooke, Orest Sushko, Mark Zsifkovits - "Eastern Promises"
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Martin Pinsonnault, Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Simon Meilleur, Louis Molinas - "Nitro"
Wayne Griffin, Robert Bertola, Tony Currie, Andy Malcolm, Michael O'Farrell - "Eastern Promises"
Marie-Claude Gagne, Diane Boucher, Guy Francoeur, Claire Pochon, Jean-Philippe Savard - "Romeo et Juliette"
Marcel Pothier, Guy Francoeur, Antoine Morin, Guy Pelletier, Francois Senneville - "Shake Hands With the Devil"
Steven Munro, John Sievert, David Drainie Taylor, "The Tracey Fragments"
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Pierre Lamothe, Claude Lalonde, "Les 3 P'tits Cochons" ("The 3 Little Pigs")
Denys Arcand, "L'Age des tenebres" ("Days of Darkness")
Marc-Andre Lavoie, Simon Olivier Fecteau, David Gauthier, "Bluff"
Steve Knight, "Eastern Promises"
Douglas Coupland, "Everything's Gone Green"
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"
Michael Donovan, "Shake Hands With the Devil"
Maureen Medved, "The Tracey Fragments"
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Panache/Antlers - Andre-Line Beauparlant, Danielle Leblanc
Radiant City - Gary Burns, Jim Brown, Bonnie Thompson, Shirley Vercruysse
Sharkwater - Robert Stewart
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
"Apres Tout," Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Elaine Hebert
"Faire Chaluim Mhic Leid" ("The Wake Of Calum Macleod") - Marc Almon, Nona MacDermid
"Regarding Sarah," Michelle Porter, Amy Belling
"Screening," Anthony Green, Philip Svoboda
"The Tragic Story Of Nling," Jeffrey St. Jules, Larissa Giroux
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
"Here And There," Diane Obomsawin, Marc Bertrand
"Jeu," Georges Schwizgebel, Michele Belanger, Marcel Jean
"Madame Tutli-Putli," Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Marcy Page
