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Barney’s Version has been nominated for 11 Genie Awards, 4 Prix Jutras and an Oscar for Best Makeup.
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addition to the Golden Globe Award Barney’ Version won for best actor in a comedy or musical (Giamatti) and Oscar nomination for best makeup. Incendies received 10 nominations, including best picture, best director (Denis Villeneuve), best adapted screenplay and best actress (Lubna Azabal). It has been nominated for best foreign-language film at the Oscars.
Denny Clairmont Honoured by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Denny Clairmont, one of the industry’s premier motion picture camera technologists, received the John A. Bonner Medal from the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The medal of commendation was presented at the Scientific and Technical (Sci-Tech) Awards on, February 12 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles Denny and Terry founded Clairmont Camera in 1976. Today, it is one of the largest camera rental companies in the world. Clairmont Camera innovated, designed, and developed essential new products and accessories. In addition, Denny has been a mentor to several generations of cinematographers.
2011 Genie Award & Prix Jutra Nominations Barney’s Version received 11 nominations from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for its annual Genie Awards, including best picture, best director (Richard J. Lewis), best adapted screenplay, best actor (Paul Gamatti), best supporting actor (Dustin Hoffman), best actress (Rosamund Pike) and best supporting actress (Minnie Driver). These nominations are in
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In the category of best cinematography, nominated for a Genie Award are Bernard Couture csc for 10½, Ronald Plante csc for Piché, entre ciel et terre, Claudine Sauvé for The Wild Hunt, André Turpin for Incendies and Stéphanie Weber-Biron for Les Amours imaginaires. Best picture nominees include 10½, Barney’s Version, Les Amours imaginaires, Splice and Incendies, and best director nominees are Richard J. Lewis for Barney’s Version, Denis Villeneuve for Incendies, Xavier Dolan for Les Amours imaginaires, Vincenzo Natali for Splice and Podz for 10½. The winner of the Claude Jutra Award for best first-time feature is Jephté Bastien for Sortie 67, and producers Don Carmody, Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer are to receive the Golden Reel Award for Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, which, at $7.02 million, was the highest-grossing Canadian film at the domestic box office in 2010. With a worldwide gross of over $296 million, it is now the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time. The Genie Awards will be broadcast live on CBC on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The annual celebration of Canadian film will take place this year in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre. In Quebec, veteran actor and former Senator Jean Lapointe is set to receive the Prix Jutra-Hommage, a lifetime-achievement award, at this year’s Jutra Awards. La Soirée des Jutra, the Quebec film awards, will take place March 13 and will be broadcast live on Radio-Canada. Lapointe has starred in many highprofile films, including Les Ordres, J.A. Martin photographe, Le Dernier tunnel and, most recently, À l’origine d’un cri. Nominations for best cinematography include Bernard Couture csc for Les 7
