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8th Genie Awards
The 8th Annual Genie Awards were held on March 18, 1987 to honour Canadian films made the previous year.Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". ''Toronto Star'', February 5, 1987. The awards were dominated by Denys Arcand's ''The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)''. The show was again held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and co-hosted by Helen Shaver, Linda Sorensen and Jean LeClerc. Nominees and winners References {{Canadian Screen Awards Genie Genie Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ... 08 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (originally and still colloquially Metro Convention Centre, and sometimes MTCC), is a convention complex located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada along Front Street (Toronto), Front Street West in the former Railway Lands in downtown Toronto. The property is today owned by Oxford Properties. The centre is operated by the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre Corporation, an independent agency of the Government of Ontario. Description The MTCC has of space, and is home to the 1232-seat John Bassett Theatre. To the east end of the complex is the 586-room InterContinental Toronto Centre hotel (formerly Canadian National Railway's ''L'Hotel CN''). At the west end of the complex is a 265,000 square foot Class-B office building. Within the office building is the Pint restaurant, which was formerly a Baton Rouge (restaurant), Baton Rouge from 2006 to 2017 and a Planet Hollywood from 1996 to 2006. A south building containing exhibition space is located south o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hunter (producer)
John Hunter may refer to: Politics * John Hunter (British politician) (1724–1802), British Member of Parliament for Leominster *John Hunter (Canadian politician) (1909–1993), Canadian Liberal MP for Parkdale, 1949–1957 *Sir John Hunter (consul-general) (died 1816), British consul-general in Spain *John Hunter (Northern Ireland politician), Ulster unionist member of the Northern Ireland Forum *John Hunter (Royal Navy officer) (1737–1821), Governor of New South Wales *John Hunter (South Carolina politician) (c. 1750–1802), American politician * John Hunter (Westchester County, New York) (1778–1852), New York politician * John F. Hunter (1896–1957), U.S. Representative from Ohio * John W. Hunter (1807–1900), US Congressman from New York *Jon Blair Hunter (fl. 1990s–2000s), West Virginia politician *John Dunn Hunter (1796–1827), leader of the Fredonian Rebellion *John McEwan Hunter (1863–1940), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Sports Soccer *John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Actress
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role to the best performance by a lead actress in a Canadian film. The award was first presented in 1968 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1969, when no eligible feature films were submitted for award consideration, and 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. From 1980 to 1983, only Canadian actresses were eligible for the award; non-Canadian actresses appearing in Canadian films were instead considered for the separate Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress. After 1983, the latter award was discontinued, and from 1986 both Canadian and foreign actresses were eligible for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. In August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Actor
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to the best performance by a lead actor in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The award was first presented in 1968 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1969, when no eligible feature films were submitted for award consideration, and 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the new Canadian Screen Awards. From 1980 to 1983, only Canadian actors were eligible for the award; non-Canadian actors appearing in Canadian films were instead considered for the separate Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor. After 1983, the latter award was discontinued, and bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director. Biography Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, ''A War Story'' (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films '' Bye Bye Blues'' (1989) and ''The War Between Us'' (1995). Her first non-NFB film was '' Loyalties'' in 1986. In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of ''Anne with an E'', ''Private Eyes'', ''Strange Empire'', ''The Romeo Section'', ''The Guard'', '' This Is Wonderland'', ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', and ''Cold Squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting In Limbo (1986 Film)
''Sitting in Limbo'' is a 1986 Canadian docudrama film directed by John N. Smith."It looks like a banner year for NFB entries". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 22, 1986. Developed through interviews and improvisational work with a group of Black Canadian youth in Montreal, the film stars Pat Dillon as Pat, a young woman who moves in with her boyfriend Fabian (Fabian Gibbs) after getting pregnant. The film was produced by the National Film Board, through its Alternative Drama program. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 1986. The film's soundtrack consisted primarily of reggae recordings by Jimmy Cliff. Awards At the Montreal World Film Festival, the film won the award for best Canadian film shown outside the competitive program. At the 1986 Festival of Festivals, the film received a special citation from the Canadian film award jury. The film was also a shortlisted finalist for the Quebec Association of Film Critics award for the best film made in Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John N
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Simoneau
Yves Simoneau (; born October 28, 1955) is a Canadian film and television director. Simoneau was born in Quebec City, Quebec. Recognition His acclaimed 1986 crime drama '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' garnered multiple Genie Awards nominations including best direction at the 8th Genie Awards. His 1987 film '' Les fous de bassan'' was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2007 he directed the Movie ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee''. It received 17 Emmy Award nominations, the most of any show at The 59th Emmy Awards held in September 2007. It went on to win five awards including the Emmy for Outstanding Made For Television Movie. Filmography Features *''Les tailleurs de pierre'' (Short film, 1978) *''Commission d'enquête'' (Short film, 1978) *''Québec on the Sunny Side'' (Short film, 1978) *''Les célébrations'' (1979) *''Dernier voyage'' (Short film, 1980) *''Bonjour le Québec'' (Documentary short, 1980) *''Le phénomène des guérisseurs au Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Marr
Leon Marr (May 26, 1948 – July 22, 2019) was a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, who won a Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for '' Dancing in the Dark''. He was also a nominee, but did not win, for Best Director. Early life Marr was born in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a Jewish Polish father and a Catholic mother. The family name, before emigration to Canada, had been Marijinsky. Before becoming a notable film director, Marr attended both the University of Toronto and the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.Jay Scott, "Canadian film dances darkly into spotlight". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 16, 1986. Career Marr directed several short films, including ''Flowers In The Sand'', the theme music for which was composed and performed by Dan Hill. He wrote several unproduced screenplays and worked as an assistant to Norman Jewison on the 1982 film '' Best Friends''. The first longer film Marr worked on was known as ''Flya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Bonin , a form of brainstem stroke syndrome
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Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher traditionally called just "Claude" in English * Madame Claude, French brothel keeper Fernande Grudet (1923–2015) Places * Claude, Texas, a city * Claude, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Other uses * Allied reporting name of the Mitsubishi A5M Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft * Claude (alligator), an albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences See also * Claude's syndrome Claude's syndrome is a form of brainstem stroke syndrome characterized by the presence of an ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy, contralateral hemiparesis, contralateral ataxia, and contralateral hemiplegia of the lower face, tongue, and shoulder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intimate Power (1986 Film)
''Intimate Power'' (french: Pouvoir intime) is a 1986 Canadian thriller film. Plot A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy figure, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armoured truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who is being released in exchange for information about Montreal's underworld. Théo agrees to steal the bag for money and safe passage to the United States for himself and his son Robin. Théo brings in two helpers, Gilder, ex- con and set designer, and Roxanne, Gilder's friend, a tough-minded petty thief. Their elaborate plan blows up when a guard, Martial, takes his responsibilities too seriously. Recognition * 1986 ** Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Michel Proulx - Nominated ** Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Louise Jobin - Nominated ** Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction - Yves Simoneau - Nominated * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnston (producer)
William Johnston may refer to: Military *William Henry Johnston (1879–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *William J. Johnston (1918–1990), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *William Preston Johnston (1831–1899), lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier * Willie Johnston (Medal of Honor) (1850–?), drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry *William Johnston (British Army officer) * William Wallace Stewart Johnston (1887–1962), Australian soldier and medical doctor * William Johnston Jr. (1861–1933), American military officer * William P. Johnston, American sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor Politics *William Johnston (Australian politician) (1829–1894), one of the Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877 *William Johnston (Canadian politician) (1876–1925), Labour MLA for Medicine Hat, 1921–1926 * William Johnston (congressman) (1819–1866), U.S. Representative from Ohio *William Johnston (Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |