''Toby McTeague'' is a 1986 Canadian children's

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Jean-Claude Lord Jean-Claude Lord (6 June 1943 – 15 January 2022) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He was one of the most commercial of the Québécois directors in the 1970s, aiming his feature films at a mass audience and dealing with political ...

. It stars

Yannick Bisson Yannick Denis Bisson (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director. He is famous for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series ''Murdoch Mysteries'' for over 15 years, since 2008. Early life Bisson was born in ...

as Toby McTeague, a teenager training to compete in a

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. The film was shot primarily in the small town of

Sainte-Rose-du-Nord Sainte-Rose-du-Nord () is a village on the north shore of the Saguenay River in Quebec, Canada. The site was known, from 1801 to 1933, as La Descente-des-Femmes. Amerindian women awaited the return of the men from fishing, and would meet them b ...

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. The film received two

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nominations at the

8th Genie Awards The 8th Annual Genie Awards were held on March 18, 1987, to honour Canadian films made the previous year. The show was again held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was co-hosted by actors Helen Shaver, Linda Sorensen and Jean LeClerc. I ...

in 1987, for

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(

René Verzier René Verzier (1934 – January 1, 2024) was a Canadian cinematographer, who worked predominantly in the cinema of Quebec.Charles-Henri Ramond"René Verzier nous a quittés" ''Films du Québec'', January 12, 2024. He was most noted as a Genie Awa ...

) and

Best Original Song The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best ...

("Cold As Ice" by Peter Pringle and Kevin Hunter). A minor controversy resulted when the

Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize the achievements of the over 4,000 Canadian cinema of Canada, film industry and television in Canada, television industry professionals ...

mistakenly omitted "Cold As Ice" from the first ballots sent out to Academy voters."Toby McTeague movie song left off Genie Awards ballot". ''

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'', February 17, 1987.

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* * 1986 films 1986 action films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Jean-Claude Lord Canadian children's adventure films 1980s children's adventure films Canadian action adventure films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films English-language action adventure films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub