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Genie Award
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Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. The awards began in 1980 and were created to replace the Canadian Film Awards (also know as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette) which ran from 1949 to 1979. [1]
Genie Award candidates are 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 is distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then vote on these nominations.
The Genie Awards were originally aired on the
CBC from
1979 to
2003, before moving to
CHUM Limited's networks (
Citytv,
Bravo! and
Star!). Since
CTVglobemedia is purchasing CHUM Limited, it is rumoured for
CTV to air the Genies in
2008.
Awards
Special Achievement Genie
The
Special Achievement Genie is an award given irregularly to an individual or individuals in recognition of lifetime achievement or an important career milestone.
