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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Background

As of 2012, the Academy’s primary national awards program is the Canadian Screen Awards, which were announced in 2012 as a replacement for the formerly distinct Genie Award and Gemini Award ceremonies. The Prix Gémeaux for French-language television remains a separate awards program.^[3]^[4]

The current chief executive officer is Helga Stephenson,^[5] and the chair of the board is Martin Katz.^[6] Stephenson announced in early 2016 that she will be stepping down.^[7]^[8]

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
2003 - Digital Media Awards are introduced at the 2010 Gemini Awards
2008 - The Prix Gémeaux ceremony is webcast
2012 - Academy announces the merger of its Gemini and Genie Awards programs into the Canadian Screen Awards^[9]

References

^ "Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announces new board".
^ "About the Academy - Academy". www.academy.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
^ "Canadian Screen Awards nominations announced, including Oscar darlings Room and Brooklyn". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
^ McIntosh, Andrew. "Canadian Screen Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
^ http://www.academy.ca/about/about_staff.cfm
^ "Chair of Canadian film/TV academy is sweet on calling awards ‘the Candys’". Toronto Star, March 14, 2016.
^ "Helga Stephenson to step down as head of Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
^ "Helga Stephenson, architect of Canadian Screen Awards, steps down". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
^ http://www.academy.ca/about/about_history.cfm

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[1] "Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announces new board".

[2] "About the Academy - Academy". www.academy.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

[3] "Canadian Screen Awards nominations announced, including Oscar darlings Room and Brooklyn". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

[4] McIntosh, Andrew. "Canadian Screen Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

[5] ttp://www.academy.ca/about/about_staff.cfm

[chair-6] "Chair of Canadian film/TV academy is sweet on calling awards ‘the Candys’". Toronto Star, March 14, 2016.

[7] "Helga Stephenson to step down as head of Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

[8] "Helga Stephenson, architect of Canadian Screen Awards, steps down". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

[9] ttp://www.academy.ca/about/about_history.cfm

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture
Canadian Film Awards 1949–1975: Film of the Year	The Loon's Necklace (1949) Newfoundland Scene (1952) Tit-Coq (1953) The Seasons (1954) The Stratford Adventure (1955) City of Gold (1958) Universe (1961) Lonely Boy (1963) Pour la suite du monde (1964) The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1966) Warrendale (1967) A Place to Stand (1968) The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969) To See or Not to See (1970) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Les Ordres (1975)
Canadian Film Awards 1964–1978: Feature Film	À tout prendre (1964) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1965) Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts (1966) Warrendale (1967) The Ernie Game (1968) No Award (1969) Goin' Down the Road (1970) Mon oncle Antoine (1971) Wedding in White (1972) Slipstream (1973) No Award (1974) Les Ordres (1975) Lies My Father Told Me (1976) J.A. Martin photographe (1977) The Silent Partner (1978)
Genie Awards 1980–2011	The Changeling (1980) Les Bons débarras (1981) Ticket to Heaven (1982) The Grey Fox (1983) The Terry Fox Story (1984) The Bay Boy (1985) My American Cousin (1986) Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1987) Un Zoo la nuit (1988) Dead Ringers (1989) Jésus de Montréal (1990) Black Robe (1991) Naked Lunch (1992) Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) Exotica (1994) Le Confessionnal (1995) Lilies (1996) The Sweet Hereafter (1997) The Red Violin (1998) Sunshine (1999) Maelström (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Ararat (2002) Les Invasions barbares (2003) Les Triplettes de Belleville (2004) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) Away from Her (2007) Passchendaele (2008) Polytechnique (2009) Incendies (2010) Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present	Rebelle (2012) Gabrielle (2013) Mommy (2014) Room (2015) Juste la fin du monde (2016) Maudie (2017) Une colonie (2018) Antigone (2019) Beans (2020) Scarborough (2021) Brother (2022) BlackBerry (2023)