21st Gemini Awards

21st Gemini Awards
DateNovember 4, 2006
VenueRiver Rock Casino Resort, Richmond, BC
Television/radio coverage
NetworkGlobal Television Network
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 21st Gemini Awards were held on November 4, 2006, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia and was broadcast on Global.

Awards

Best Dramatic Series

  • Slings & Arrows - Rhombus Media. Producers: Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
  • ReGenesis - The Movie Network, Movie Central, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Tom Chehak, Scott Garvie, Laurie Mclarty, Shane Kinnear, Jamie Paul Rock, Avrum Jacobson
  • This Is Wonderland - Muse Entertainment, Indian Grove Productions. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas, Dani Romain, George F. Walker, Thom J. Pretak
  • Moccasin Flats - Stephen Onda Productions, Big Soul Productions. Producers: Laura Milliken, Jennifer Podemski
  • Terminal City - Crescent Entertainment, Big Dog Productions. Producers: Jayme Pfahl, Angus Fraser, Gordon Mark

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

Best TV Movie

  • Hunt for Justice: The Louise Arbour Story - Galafilm, TATfilm. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Francine Allaire, Randy Holleschau, Anne Marie La Traverse, Christine Ruppert
  • Heyday! - Pope Productions, Triptych Media. Producers: Anna Stratton, Robin Cass, Paul Pope
  • Intelligence: The Movie - Haddock Entertainment. Producers: Chris Haddock, Carwyn Jones, Laura Lightbown, Arvi Liimatainen, Stephen Surjik
  • One Dead Indian - Sienna Films. Producers: Brent Barclay, Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Kevin Tierney
  • Terry - Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Shawn Ashmore, Scott Garvie, Laurie Mclarty, Shane Kinnear, Julie Lacey, Gail Harvey, Patrick Cassavetti, Paul Nicholls

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series

  • Prisoners of Age - The Eyes Project Development Corp. Producer: Stan Feingold
  • A Long Journey Home - Greenspace Production. Producers: Gail McIntyre, Amélie Blanchard
  • Danser Perreault - Les Films de l'Isle. Producer: Ian Boyd
  • Comedy Gold: The Hilarious Story of Canadian Comedy - Insight Productions. Producers: Barbara Bowlby, Martha Kehoe, John Brunton
  • Freedom - Freedom II - Sound Venture International. Producers: Bob Barrett, Ric Randmaa, Neil Bregman

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series

Best General/Human Interest Series

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best History Documentary Program

Best Biography Documentary Program

  • Braindamadj'd...Take II - Apartment 11 Productions. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Allan Joli-Coeur
  • Generations: A Century on the Siksika Reserve - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Noah Erenberg, Renée Pellerin
  • Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit - Flying Bandit Productions. Producer: Jamie Brown
  • The Fires That Burn: The Life and Work of Sister Elaine MacInnes - May Street Productions. Producers: Hilary Pryor, Garfield Miller
  • The Velvet Revolution - Barna-Alper Productions. Producers: Alan Mendelsohn, Laszlo Barna

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

Best News Information Series

Best News Magazine Segment

Best Newscast

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

Best Animated Program or Series

Best Pre-School Program or Series

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

  • Street Cents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Barbara Kennedy, Wendy Purves
  • Heads Up! - Look Back Productions. Producer: Nick Orchard
  • If The World Were a Village - 9 Story Media Group. Producers: Steve Jarosz, Vince Commisso, Peter Moss
  • Prank Patrol - Apartment 11 Productions. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Stacey Tenenbaum, David Hansen
  • Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo - War Child Canada. Producers: Barbara Harmer, Eric Hoskins, Samantha Nutt, Adrian Callender

Best Sports Program or Series

  • Hockey Brawl: Battle on Thin Ice - Nüman Films. Producers: Jeff Newman, Robert Sauvey, Shawn Watson
  • the fifth estate - On the Edge of Glory - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Caroline Harvey, Jane Mingay, Jim Williamson
  • Girl Racers - Screen Siren Pictures. Producers: Trish Dolman, Stephanie Symns
  • Girls Don't Fight - Infinity Films. Producers: Shel Piercy, Ken Craw
  • Ice Storm: The Salé and Pelletier Affair - DocuTainment Plus Productions, Windchill Entertainment 1. Producers: Howard Bernstein, Richard Martyn, Mark Shekter, Garry Blye

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Cross-Platform Project

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

  • Michael Gruzuk - Marketplace - Chasing the Cancer Answer (CBC)
  • Marijka Hurko - CBC News: Correspondent - Uganda's Haunted Children : The Hard Road Home (CBC)
  • Cynthia Banks - the fifth estate - A Hail of Bullets (CBC)
  • Harvey Cashore - the fifth estate - Money, Truth and Spin (CBC)
  • Douglas Arrowsmith, Stuart Coxe - the fifth estate - Tsunami: Untold Stories (CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

  • David Rabinovitch - Secret Files of the Inquisition - Tears of Spain (Insight Film Studios)
  • Michael McNamara - Shrines and Homemade Holy Places - Highways to Heaven (Markham Street Films)
  • Michelle Metivier - The Nature of Things - Fighting Fire With Fire (CBC)
  • Robin Bicknell - The World's Strangest UFO Stories - Roswell: The Truth (Mentorn, Proper Television)
  • Ziad Touma, Joshua Dorsey - Webdreams - Episode 1009 (Galafilm)

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

  • Trevor Grant - Chef at Home - Hors d'Oeuvres Party (Ocean Entertainment)
  • John Dolin - Handyman Superstar Challenge - Pitch and Play (HSSC Productions)
  • Shannon Mckinnon - Opening Soon - Century (Red Apple Entertainment)
  • Edi Osghian - The Next Great Chef - Ontario (Next Entertainment)
  • Karen Pinker - Valerie Pringle Has Left The Building (CTV)
  • Leslie Merklinger - Opening Soon: By Design - Got Style (Red Apple Entertainment)

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

  • k.d. lang - Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2006 - Hallelujah (Cansong Productions)
  • Jully Black, Charmaine Allen, Nadia Goode, Andrea Hall, Camille Harrison, Jean Lawrence, Lloyd Lawrence, Kaisha Lee, Ermine Lewis, Shenelle Morgan, Teena Riley, Sharon Riley, Nevon Sinclair, Oneil Watson, Sarah Brown, Stephen Lewis - Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2006 - Put Your Hand in the Hand (Cansong Productions)
  • Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells - 2006 East Coast Music Awards (East Coast Music Association/CBC Halifax)
  • Brent Butt - Comic Genius (Vérité Films)
  • Derek Miller - The TO Variety Show - Toronto Jams (Insight Productions)

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

  • Amanda Green, Sarah Murphy-Dyson, Zhang Wei-Qiang, Jesus Corrales, Johnny Wright, Tara Birtwhistle, Chelsey Lindsay, Cindy Marie Small, Jo-Ann Sundermeier, Janet Sartore, Dmitri Dorgoselets, Vanessa Lawson - The Tale of the Magic Flute (Vonnie Von Helmolt Film)
  • Brianna Lombardo, Michelle Rhode, Simon Alarie, Melanie Demers, Patrick Lamothe, Maurice Fraga, Audrey Thibodeau, Robert Meilleur, Marie-Eve Nadeau - Wire Frame
  • Isabel Bayrakdarian - A Long Journey Home (Greenspace Production)
  • Andrea Menard - The Velvet Devil
  • Sarah Slean - Black Widow (Enigmatico Films/Holland Park Productions)

Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series

Best Achievement in Casting

Best News Anchor

Best Reportage

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

  • David Franco - Burnt Toast (Rhombus Media/Marblemedia)
  • Paul Sarossy - Black Widow (Enigmatico Films/Holland Park Productions)
  • Brian Johnson - The Score (Screen Siren Pictures)
  • Milan Podsedly - The Tale of the Magic Flute (Vonnie Von Helmolt Film)
  • Walter Corbett - Yours, Al (Real to Reel Productions)

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

  • Damir I. Chytil, J.P. Locherer - Forensic Factor - Betrayed (Exploration Production)
  • John Badcock - the fifth estate - Hail of Bullets (CBC)
  • Jim Nilson, Don Scott, Jaison Empson - CBC News: Country Canada - Legacy: The Will to Survive (CBC)
  • Ian Kerr - The Next Great Chef - Ontario (Next Entertainment)
  • Ben Matilainen - Marketplace - Chasing the Cancer Answer (CBC)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

  • François Dagenais - POV - No More Tears Sister (NFB)
  • John Minh Tran - Cheating Death (Creative Differences)
  • Claudine Sauvé - Lifelike
  • Pieter Stathis - Secret Files of the Inquisition (Insight Film Studios)
  • Alberto Feio - Their Brothers' Keepers: Orphaned by AIDS (Bullfrog Films)

Best Visual Effects

  • Mary Holding, Matt Hansen, Thomas Turnbull, Ariel Joson, Graham Cunningham, Robert Crowther, Ian Britton - Terry (Shaftesbury Films)
  • Michelle Comens, Erica Henderson, Stephen Bahr, Krista McLean, Jeremy Hampton, Christopher Stewart, Robin Hackl, James Kawano - Stargate SG-1 - Camelot (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Brendon Morfitt, Mark Savela, Vinay Mehta, Anuk Patil, James Rorick, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson, Kyle Winkleman - Stargate SG-1 - Beachhead (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • François Vachon, Christian Garcia, Michel Lemire, Stéphane Landry - Charlie Jade (CinéGroupe/CHUM/IDC South Africa)
  • Jason Sharpe, Sonya Amin, Eddy Xuab - ReGenesis - Escape Mutant (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

Best Costume Design

  • Mariane Carter - Human Trafficking (Muse Entertainment)
  • Alex Reda - Black Widow (Enigmatico Films/Holland Park Productions)
  • Lea Carlson - Heyday! (Pope Productions/Triptych Media)
  • Anne Duceppe - Il Duce Canadese (Ciné Télé Action)
  • Jennifer Haffenden - Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (Accent Entertainment/Alberta Filmworks)

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

  • Martin Lee, Lou Solakofski, Sid Lieberman, Garrett Kerr, Yvon Benoît, David McCallum - One Dead Indian (Sienna Films)
  • Louis Gignac, Michel B. Bordeleau, Natalie Fleurant, Hans Peter Strobl - Human Trafficking (Muse Entertainment)
  • Claude Beaugrand, Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl - Hunt for Justice: The Louise Arbour Story (Galafilm/TATfilm)
  • Al Sherbin, Evan Rust, Steve Hasiak, Warren St. Onge, Rob Bryanton - Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (CBC
  • Allan Fung, Mark Gingras, John Douglas Smith, Martin Lee, Tom Bjelic, Tim O’Connell, John Laing, Ian Rankin - Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (Barna-Alper Productions)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • Sylvain Bourgault, Éric Ladouceur - Charlie Jade - Spin (CinéGroupe/CHUM/IDC South Africa)
  • Nicole Thompson, Brad Hillman, James Fonnyadt, Gina Mueller, Miguel Nunes, Chris Duesterdiek - Da Vinci's City Hall - Gotta Press the Flesh (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions)
  • Gord Hillier, Kirby Jinnah, Kevin Sands, Steve Smith, David Hibbert - Stargate Atlantis - The Hive (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Gord Hillier, Kirby Jinnah, Devan Kraushar, Wayne Finucan, David Hibbert - Stargate SG-1 - Camelot (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Chris Duesterdiek, Dean Giammarco, Bill Sheppard - Terminal City - Episode 6 (Crescent Entertainment/Big Dog Productions)

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

  • David Rose, Michael LaCroix, Lou Solakofski, Donna G. Powell, Kirk Lynds - Burnt Toast (Rhombus Media/Marblemedia)
  • Danny Greenspoon, Mark Radu, John Lacina, Ian Dunbar - 2006 Canadian Country Music Awards - (Canadian Country Music Association/CBC Television)
  • Ryan Araki, Simon Berry, Stefan Fraticelli, Stephen Muir, Peter Thillaye - Jane and the Dragon - A Dragon's Tail (Nelvana/Wētā Workshop)
  • Steve Cupani, Karndeep Jassal - Jimmy MacDonald's Canada: The Lost Episodes - The Canadian Sexplosion (CBC)
  • John J. Thomson, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Kirk Lynds, David McCallum, David Rose, Lou Solakofski - Black Widow (Enigmatico Films/Holland Park Productions)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Steve Cupani - Extreme Weather - Wind and Water
  • Stuart French, Lou Solakofski, Doug Doctor, Jane Tattersall, Ao Loo, David Rose - Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra (Rhombus Media)
  • Ric Jurgens, John Martin - A Town in Africa
  • Jason Milligan, Michael Bonini - Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (TVOntario)
  • Alex Salter, Serge Boivin - Silent Messengers (Picture Plant)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Miniseries

  • Jonathan Goldsmith - Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Jonathan Goldsmith - Black Widow (Enigmatico Films/Holland Park Productions)
  • Robert Carli - Terry (Shaftesbury Films)
  • Christopher Dedrick - The Man Who Lost Himself (Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
  • Peter Allen - The Score (Screen Siren Pictures)

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

  • Bertrand Chénier - Danser Perreault (Les Films de l'Isle)
  • Geoff Bennett, Longo Hai, Ben Johannesen - Kim Cattrall: Sexual Intelligence (Optix Digital Pictures)
  • Freeworm - Black Coffee - Gold in Your Cup (NFB)
  • Alexina Louie, Alex Pauk - The Face of Victory
  • Donald Quan - The In between World of M.G. Vassanji (Clearview Productions/Cogent/Benger Productions)

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Special Awards

References

External links

  • 21st Gemini Awards - press release
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