The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor Sorel Etrog , who designed its statuette.
5-548: Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the Genie Rules and Regulations booklet which were distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, met to watch the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then voted on these nominations. In 2012,
10-725: The Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom . First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award , the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. The awards' name
15-709: The Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for television, the Gemini Awards , to form a new award presentation, the Canadian Screen Awards . The Genie Awards were aired by CBC from 1980 to 2003, before moving to CHUM Limited 's networks ( Citytv , Bravo! and Star! ). After CTVglobemedia purchased CHUM Limited, the Genie Awards moved to Canwest Global 's E and IFC for 2008. The last two Genie Awards (2011–2012) were broadcast by
20-572: The CBC. Listing of all Genie Awards ceremonies: The Special Achievement Genie is an award occasionally given to an individual or individuals in recognition of lifetime achievement or an important career milestone. Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada 's English-language television industry . The Gemini Awards are analogous to
25-470: Was an allusion to Castor and Pollux , a mythological pair of twins ; this was in reference to Canada's linguistic duality of English and French, with the Academy's separate awards presentation for French-language television production named the Gémeaux Awards . The statuette, designed by Toronto artist Scott Thornley, evoked twins through a design that essentially created two faces at the front and back of
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