Barney’s Version earns 11 Genie nominations

The nominations for the 31st Annual Genie Awards were announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Leading the pack with 11 nominations is Barney’s Version, including nods for Best Motion Picture and Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Giamatti, who’s already won a Golden Globe for his performance). Following closely behind is Incendies with 10 nominations including Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction (Denis Villeneuve). Incendies is also in the running for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. This year’s Golden Reel Award goes to Resident Evil: Afterlife. Surpassing $280 million worldwide this past November, the film is now the most successful production in Canadian feature film history. The 31st Annual Genie Awards will be broadcast live from the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Thursday, March 10, 2011 on CBC.

And the nominees are…

BEST MOTION PICTURE
Heartbeats
Barney’s Version
Incendies
Splice
10 1/2

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jay Baruchel – The Trotsky
Paul Giamatti – Barney’s Version
Timothy Olyphant – High Life
François Papineau – Route 132
Robert Naylor – 10 1/2

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Martin Dubreuil – 10 1/2
Dustin Hoffman – Barney’s Version
Alexis Martin – Route 132
Callum Keith Rennie – Gunless
Rossif Sutherland – High Life

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Lubna Azabal – Incendies
Tatiana Maslany – Grown Up Movie Star
Molly Parker – Trigger
Rosamund Pike – Barney’s Version
Tracy Wright- Trigger

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sonja Bennett – Cole
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé – Heartbeats
Minnie Driver – Barney’s Version
Terra Hazelton – Fubar II
Mary Walsh – Crackie

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
10 ½
Piché: The Landing of a Man
The Wild Hunt
Incendies
Heattbeats

ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN
10 ½
Incendies
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Fubar II
Barney’s Version

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Resident Evil: Afterlife
The Trotsky
Barney’s Version
The Wild Hunt
Gunless

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Heartbeats
Barney’s Version
Splice
10 1/2
Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Splice
Incendies
Trigger
10 1/2
Piché: The Landing of a Man

MAKE-UP
Incendies
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Barney’s Version
The Wild Hunt
7 Days

MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE
Trigger
Barney’s Version
High Life
At Home, By Myself… With You
Year of the Carnivore

MUSIC – ORIGINAL SONG
Year of the Carnivore – What’s Wrong With That ?
The Trotsky – Already Gone
Crackie – Tender Steps
Grown Up Movie Star – West En d Sky
Fubar II – There’s No Place Like Christmas

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND
Defendor
High Life
7 Days
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Incendies

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
7 Days
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Incendies
Defendor
Splice

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Barney’s Version
High Life
A Shine of Rainbows
7 Days
Incendies

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Route 132
10 1/2
Grown Up Movie Star
Defendor
The Trotsky

BEST DOCUMENTARY
JOURNEY’S END
IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY
LAST TRAIN HOME
LEAVE THEM LAUGHING
YOU DON’T LIKE THE TRUTH, 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTÁNAMO

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS
MARIUS BORODINE
OUT IN THAT DEEP BLUE SEA
SAVAGE
VAPOR

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
LIPSETT DIARIES
THE TRENCHES

CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD
JEPHTÉ BASTIEN – Sortie 67

GOLDEN REEL AWARD
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE