31st Genie Awards -Nominations announced. Awards March 10th, 2011

Barney’s Version Leads the 31st Annual Genie Awards with 11 Nominations including Best Motion Picture.

Barney’s Version Leads the 31st Annual Genie Awards with 11 Nominations including Best Motion Picture.

Robert Santos, Producer Barney’s Version

The nominations for the 31st Annual Genie Awards were announced today by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television at press conferences in Toronto and Montreal. Leading the pack with 11 nominations is Barney’s Version, including nods for Best Motion Picture and Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Giamatti). Following closely behind is Incendies with ten nominations including Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction (Denis Villeneuve).

The 2011 Special Awards were also announced. This year’s Golden Reel Award goes to Resident Evil: Afterlife, which grossed $7,026,559 in 2010.

Surpassing $280 million worldwide this past November, the film is now the most successful production in Canadian feature film history. Brief interview with Don Carmody, Executive Producer:

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