The Genie Awards were given out annually by the

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to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the

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s (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed its statuette. Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the ''Genie Rules and Regulations'' booklet which were distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, met to watch the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then voted on these nominations. In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for television, the

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, to form a new award presentation, the Canadian Screen Awards.

Broadcasting

The Genie Awards were aired by

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from 1980 to 2003, before moving to

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's networks (

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, Bravo! and Star!). After

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purchased CHUM Limited, the Genie Awards moved to

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's E and IFC for 2008. The last two Genie Awards (2011–2012) were broadcast by the CBC.

Awards ceremonies

Listing of all Genie Awards ceremonies:Topalovich, Maria. ''And the Genie Goes To...''. Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, 2000.

Awards presented until 2012

* Best Motion Picture * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Director *

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* Best Adapted Screenplay * Best Cinematography * Best Art Direction/Production Design * Best Costume Design * Best Editing * Best Overall Sound * Best Sound Editing * Best Visual Effects * Best Make-Up * Best Original Song * Best Original Score * Best Feature Length Documentary * Best Short Documentary * Best Live Action Short Drama * Best Animated Short * Golden Reel

Awards retired before 2012

Special Achievement Genie

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at the Genie Awards.

List of past recipients

*(1981) Micheline Lanctôt For displaying her award-winning talents in both the French and English languages, as an actress, a writer, an animator and (most recently) as a director. *(1984)

Norman McLaren William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).Rosenthal, Alan. ''The new documentary in action: a caseb ...

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and

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winning short film maker. Winner of 10 Canadian Film Awards (The predecessor to the Genie Awards) In recognition of his long, successful and internationally acclaimed career in the world of animation filmmaking. *(1985) Paul LeBlanc For his impressive body of work in film and television hairstyling *(1985)

Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman (; October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022) was a Canadian film director and producer. He was known for his comedy films, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. ...

For his outstanding success with some of the biggest comedy hits of our generation. The Academy singled out the films ''

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'', '' Meatballs'', '' Stripes'' and ''

Ghostbusters ''Ghostbusters'' is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric ...

''. *(1986) Graeme Ferguson For his work with

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*(1987) Emil Radok, Paul Kravicky For the film Taming of the Demons which played primarily at Vancouver's Expo '86 *(1988)

Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2024) was a Canadian filmmaker. He was known for directing films which addressed topical Social issue, social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects acces ...

- 7 time

nominated filmmaker. This award is given to Norman Jewison for founding and establishing the new Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies. *(1989) Presented to The National Film Board of Canada *(1991) John Kemeny

Notes

External links

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{{National Cinema Awards Awards established in 1980