20th Genie Awards
20th Genie Awards | |
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Date | January 30, 2000 |
Site | Metro Toronto Convention Centre |
Hosted by | Patrick McKenna |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Sunshine |
Most nominations | Sunshine |
Television coverage | |
Network | CBC Television |
The20th Genie Awardswere held on January 30, 2000, by theAcademy of Canadian Cinema & Television,to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live onCBC Television,and a post-event highlights show aired onRadio Canada.[1]
Eyebrows were raised when the nominations were dominated by 21 foreign artists; the academy had eliminated an old ruling that prevented foreign talent in minority Canadian co-productions from being eligible for Genie awards. With 152 nominees in total, there was no imbalance, but the fact that the foreign-artist nominations dominated the performance categories bothered many, and raised questions about whether or not the Genies were fulfilling their role of recognizing Canadian achievement and promoting Canadian talent.[1]
This year's awards ceremony, which was hosted by actorPatrick McKenna,was dominated byIstván Szabó'sSunshine,Atom Egoyan'sFelicia's JourneyandJeremy Podeswa'sThe Five Senses.[2][3]
Award winners and nominees
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abMaria Topalovich,And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards.Stoddart Publishing,2000.ISBN0-7737-3238-1.pp. 117-199.
- ^Kelly, Brendan (13 December 1999). "Genies bottle 'Sunshine,' 'Journey' for kudo noms".Variety.Vol. 377, no. 5. p. 8.
- ^"Sunshine, Felicia's Journey top Genie Awards".CBC News.31 January 2000.Retrieved20 March2017.