Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals. The Academy’s national awards programs include the Genie Awards, honouring the best in Canadian cinema as well as the Gemini Awards and Prix Gémeaux, honouring the best English and French-language television, respectively. The current Chief Executive Officer is Helga Stephenson (interim).

The mandate of the Academy is:

• To honour outstanding achievements
• To heighten public awareness and increase audience attendance and appreciation of Canadian film and television productions
• To provide critically needed high-quality professional development programs, conferences and publications

Milestones

• 1979 - The Academy of Canadian Cinema is established
• 1980 - The Etrog is renamed the Genie Award
• 1980 - The 1st Genie Awards ceremony is held
• 1985 - The organization is renamed the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
• 1986 - The Gemini Award statuette is unveiled
• 1987 - The 1st Prix Gémeaux ceremony is held
• 1993 - The Claude Jutra Award is established to recognize first time directors
• 1995 - The Academy's official website, academy.ca, goes online
• 2008 - The Prix Gémeaux ceremony is webcast
• 2010 - Digital Media Awards are introduced at the 2010 Gemini Awards

External links

• Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television website
• Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's channel on YouTube
• CBC Digital Archives - Bright Lights, Political Fights: The Canadian Film Industry

References

• ^ http://www.academy.ca/about/about_history.cfm