The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989. For this year, CTV had negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independently produce its show. In the months leading up to the event, CTV extensively promoted the awards, and broadcaster

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and a film crew traveled to Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal, shooting vignettes about Canadian films and filmmaking.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 117-199. The ceremony was broadcast from the

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."Puttin' on the glitz for this year's Genies". ''

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'', March 17, 1990. There was no overall host, but actor

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introduced and concluded the show. Linehan hosted his vignettes and each Best Picture nominees was given a two-minute clip."East meets West in battle for Genies". ''

'', February 14, 1990. The awards were dominated by

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's ''Jésus de Montréal'', which won 13 of the 16 awards for which it was nominated. However, CTV failed to persuade its regional affiliate stations to broadcast the ceremony. Ratings plummeted, with only half as many people (460,000) watching, compared to the previous year."Plummeting ratings raise tough questions". ''

'', April 6, 1990. This prompted a complete re-evaluation and restructuring of the Genie Awards.

Award winners and nominees

References

External links

Genie Awards 1990 on imdb
{{Canadian Screen Awards 11

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