The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is proud to announce that the 30th Annual Genie Awards will be broadcast live on Canwest-owned Independent Film Channel and via live webcast on CBC.ca on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 9:00pm EDT. Additionally, the show will be re-broadcast on Astral Media’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central at a later date.
“This year’s Genie Awards broadcast will be an unprecedented collaboration among some of Canada’s major broadcasters – a truly amazing way to celebrate the Award’s 30th anniversary,” says Sara Morton, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “Presenting the Genie Awards in partnership with multiple networks, on television and online, will enable us to celebrate with a remarkably broad and diverse audience of movie fans here in Canada and around the world. We are as committed as ever to building audiences for Canadian films and we are thrilled that Canwest, CBC, Astral, and Corus are joining us in this effort.”
In addition, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Genie Awards, a one-hour special paying tribute to three decades of celebrating Canadian filmmaking is also in the works and will air on CBC this fall, as well as CBC’s digital specialty channel, bold.
Additional details, including airdates on TMN and Movie Central, will be announced in the coming weeks.
For the complete list of nominations and information about this year’s awards show, visit www.genieawards.ca.
