Incendies burns up Genies with seven awards
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OTTAWA — Incendies, the devastating story of how a terrible secret followed a family of immigrants from the Middle East to their new home in Montreal, was named best picture Thursday at the Genie Awards, which honour the best in Canadian cinema.
In addition, Denis Villeneuve was named best director and Belgian actress Lubna Azabal won the Genie for best actress. In total, Incendies won seven Genies.
Barney’s Version, based on Mordecai Richler’s bestselling book — which had led the pack with 11 nominations — took six Genies, including prizes for its high-profile actors.
Paul Giamatti was named best actor for his performance as Barney Panofsky, the cynical, romantic and unlikely leading man.
GENIE WINNERS:
Best Motion Picture: Incendies
Art Direction: Claude Pare, Elise de Blois, Barney’s Version
Cinematography: Andre Turpin, Incendies
Costume Design: Nicoletta Massone, Barney’s Version
Direction: Denis Villeneuve, Incendies
Editing: Monique Dartonne, Incendies
Makeup: Adrien Morot, Rejean Goderre, Valli O’Reilly, Micheline Trepanier, Barney’s Version
Music — Original Score: Pasquale Catalano, Barney’s Version
Music — Original Song: Already Gone, Mary Milne, The Trotsky
Actor in a leading role: Lubna Azabal, Incendies
Actor in a supporting role: Dustin Hoffman, Barney’s Version
Actor in a leading role: Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Actress in a supporting role: Minnie Driver, Barney’s Version
Overall sound: Jean Umansky, Jocelyn Caron, Jean-Pierre LaForce, Benoid Leduc, Incendies
Sound editing: Sylvain Bellemare, Simon Meilleur, Claire Pochon, Incendies
Adapted screenplay: Denis Villeneuve, Incendies
Original screenplay: Jacob Tierney, The Trotsky
Documentary: Last Train Home, Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
Live-Action Short Drama: Savage, Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski
Animated Short: Lipsett Diaries, Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
Claude Jutra Award (best first feature): Jephte Bastien, Sortie 67 (Honourable mention: Peter Stebbings, Defendor)
Golden Reel Award (highest box office): Resident Evil: Afterlife (total Canadian box office in 2010: $7,026,559)
User’s Choice Award: Jay Baruchel
— Postmedia News