Astral’s The Movie Network is pleased to announce its Canadian original programming has garnered a total of 27 nominations for the 25th Annual Gemini Awards, as was announced earlier today by The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Nominations for The Movie Network include: nine nominations for the eight-part limited drama series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, a television adaptation of Vincent Lam’s award-winning book; eight nominations for the half-hour comedy Less Than Kind; seven nominations for the dark drama Durham County; two for miniseries The Phantom; and one nomination for the one-hour drama The Line.
“We extend our heartfelt congratulations to our talented production partners for these well deserved nominations,” said Aubie Greenberg, Director, Original Programming, Movie Services. “We strive to deliver a riveting original production slate for our viewers, and it’s an honour to be recognized by the industry for our efforts.”
Durham County will return for a third and final season, beginning Monday, October 25 at 10 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada, a multiplex channel of The Movie Network. Less Than Kind will return to HBO Canada with new episodes in 2011.
Celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television, the 25th Annual Gemini Awards will be presented on Saturday, November 13 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. For more information and a complete list of nominees, please visit www.geminiawards.ca.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE MOVIE NETWORK ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (Nine Nominations)
· Best Achievement in Casting (Deirdre Bowen)
· Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series (Kristopher Turner)
· Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series (Tatiana Maslany)
· Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series (Debra Lynne McCabe)
· Best Achievement in Main Title Design (Shane Kinnear, Kevin Chandoo, Tim Dormady, Sam Komaromi)
· Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series (Robert Carli)
· Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Vesna Svilanović)
· Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series (Sandra Kybartas)
· Best Sound in a Dramatic Series (John Gare, Richard Calistan, Dan Daniels, Alan deGraaf, Steve Hammond, Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky)
Less Than Kind (Eight Nominations)
· Best Comedy Program or Series (Ira Levy, Phyllis Laing, Peter Williamson)
· Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Benjamin Arthur)
· Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Lisa Durupt)
· Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (Wendel Meldrum)
· Best Achievement in Main Title Design (Trevor Hembrey)
· Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series (James Dunnison)
· Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series (Jenn Engels)
· Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series (Marvin Kaye, Chris Sheasgreen)
Durham County (Seven Nominations)
· Best Dramatic Series (Adrienne Mitchell, Laurie Finstad Knizhnik, Janis Lundman, Michael Prupas)
· Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role (Hélène Joy)
· Best Achievement in Casting (Andrea Kenyon, Wendy O’Brien, Marissa Richmond, Randi Wells)
· Best Achievement in Main Title Design (Kevin Chandoo)
· Best Achievement in Make-Up (Eva Coudouloux, Adrien Morot)
· Best Direction in a Dramatic Series (Adrienne Mitchell)
· Best Sound in a Dramatic Series (Yann Cleary, Keith Elliott, Brad Thornton)
The Phantom (Two Nominations)
· Best Dramatic Mini-Series (Michael Prupas, Robert Halmi Jr., Robert Halmi Sr., Irene Litinsky)
· Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Arthur Tarnowski)
The Line (One Nomination)
· Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series (Clé Bennett)
