Bell Media Congratulates Supported Films and Documentaries Nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards and Announces the Third Inst

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TORONTO (January 14, 2014) – Bell Media is proud to announce it has supported 25 of the feature films and feature documentaries nominated for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, for a total of 82 nominations. As was announced yesterday by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Denis Villeneuve’s Bell Media-supported drama Enemy garnered 10 nominations – the most of any film – including nominations for Achievement in Directing for Villeneuve, Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Jake Gyllenhall, and Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Sara Gadon.

 

 

On the heels of the announcement, The Movie Network confirmed today that the one-hour interview special IN STUDIO returns for a third installment, taped at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre on March 9 during Canadian Screen Week. Directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich. IN STUDIO is a collection of in-depth interviews with leading Canadian talent. IN STUDIO is slated to air on The Movie Network this summer.

 

 

 “Through our pay television networks and national funding organizations, we support Canadian feature films in both official languages through all levels of development, right through to their broadcasts on The Movie Network and Super Écran,” said Corrie Coe, Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. “It is exciting to see so many of these supported projects recognized by the Academy and we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all of the nominees.”

 

 

Through its English and French pay television services, The Movie Network and Super Écran, and its national funding organizations the Harold Greenberg Fund and Fonds Harold Greenberg, Bell Media supports Canadian feature film financing and development through story optioning, script development, equity investment, pre-licensing, and acquisitions.

 

 

 

The following feature films and feature documentaries have been nominated for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards:

 

 

 

Enemy (Pre-buy The Movie Network; 10 Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Kim McCraw, Luc Déry, Miguel A. Faura, Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland)
• Achievement In Art Direction (Patrice Vermette)
• Achievement In Cinematography (Nicolas Bolduc)
• Achievement In Direction (Denis Villeneuve)
• Achievement In Editing (Matthew Hannam)
• Achievement In Music – Original Score (Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans)
• Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role (Jake Gyllenhall)
• Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role (Sarah Gadon)
• Adapted Screenplay (Javier Gullón)
• Achievement In Visual Effects (Laetitia Seguin, Marie-Cecile Dahan, Mathieu Veillette, Matthew Rouleau, Mikael Damant-Sirois, Patrick David, Vincent Poitras)

 

 

Tom À La Ferme / Tom At The Farm (Pre-buy Super Écran; Seven Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Xavier Dolan)
• Achievement In Direction (Xavier Dolan)
• Achievement In Music – Original Score (Gabriel Yared)
• Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role (Pierre-Yves Cardinal)
• Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role (Évelyne Brochu)
• Achievement In Overall Sound (François Grenon, Olivier Goinard, Sevan Koryan, Sylvain Brassard)
• Adapted Screenplay (Michel Marc Bouchard, Xavier Dolan)

 

 

 

Maïna (Pre-buy The Movie Network; Six Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Karine Martin, Michel Poulette, Yves Fortin)
• Achievement In Costume Design (Véronique Marchessault)
• Achievement In Art Direction (Jean Bécotte)
• Achievement In Cinematography (Allen Smith)
• Achievement In Make-up (Brigitte Bilodeau)
• Achievement In Music – Original Score (Kim Gaboury, Michel Cusson)

 

 

Gabrielle (Pre-buy Super Écran; Six Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Kim McCraw, Luc Déry)
• Achievement In Editing (Richard Comeau)
• Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role (Alexandre Landry)
• Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role (Gabrielle Marion-Rivard)
• Achievement In Overall Sound (Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Pierre Bertrand)
• Achievement In Sound Editing (Sylvain Bellemare)

 

 

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Pre-buy The Movie Network; Six Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Art Direction (Anthony Ianni, François Seguin)
• Achievement In Costume Design (Gersha Phillips)
• Achievement In Overall Sound (Peter Persaud)
• Achievement In Sound Editing (Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Stephen Barden, Steve Baine)
• Achievement in Visual Effects (Andy Robinson, Dennis Berardi, Edward J. Taylor IV, James Cooper, Jason Edwardh, Jo Hughes, Leann Harvey, Sean Mills, Stephen Wagner, Trey Harrell)

 

• Achievement in Make-up (Jo-Ann Macneil, Karola Dirnberger, Paul Jones)

 

 

 

Empire of Dirt (Acquisition, The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; Five Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Jennifer Podemski)
• Achievement In Editing (Jorge Weisz )
• Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role (Cara Gee)
• Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role (Jennifer Podemski)
• Original Screenplay (Shannon Masters)

 

 

 

The F-Word (Pre-buy The Movie Network, Five Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (André Rouleau, David Gross, Macdara Kelleher)
• Achievement In Direction (Michael Dowse)
• Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role (Daniel Radcliffe )
• Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role (Mackenzie Davis)
• Adapted Screenplay (Elan Mastai)

 

 

 

Le démantèlement/ The dismantlement (Pre-buy Super Écran, Development and Production Fonds Harold Greenberg; Five Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Bernadette Payeur, Marc Daigle)
• Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design (Mario Hervieux)
• Achievement In Direction (Sébastien Pilote)
• Performance By An Actor In A leading Role (Gabriel Arcand)
• Original Screenplay (Sébastien Pilote)

 

 

 

The Grand Seduction (Pre-buy The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; Four Nominations)

 

• Best Motion Picture (Barbara Doran, Roger Frappier)
• Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role (Brendan Gleeson )
• Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role (Gordon Pinsent)
• Adapted Screenplay (Ken Scott, Michael Dowse)

 

 

 

Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest

 

Man in the World (Pre-buy Super Écran; 4 Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Art Direction (Michel Proulx)
• Achievement In Costume Design (Carmen Alie)
• Achievement In Sound Editing (Antoine Morin, Christian Rivest, Guy Pelletier, Martin Pinsonnault, Mireille Morin, Paul Col)
• Achievement In Visual Effects (Josée Chapdelaine, Louis-Alexandre Lord, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, Sarah Neveu)

 

 

 

Upside Down (AcquisitionThe Movie Network; Two Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Cinematography (Pierre Gill)
• Achievement In Visual Effects (Annie Normandin, Dominic Daigle, François Dumoulin, Marc Morisette, Olivier Goulet)

 

 

 

Mama (Pre-buy The Movie Network; Three Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Cinematography (Antonio Riestra)
• Achievement In Make-up (David Marti, Linda Dowds, Montse Ribe)
• Achievement In Visual Effects (Aaron Weintraub, Ayo Burgess, Dennis Berardi, Edward J. Taylor IV, Jason Gougeon, Kyle Yoneda, Michael Borrett, Michael Rice, Sarah Mcmurdo, Tamara Stone)

 

 

 

Amsterdam (Pre-buy Super Écran; 3 Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Editing (Carina Baccanale)
• Achievement In Overall Sound (Arnaud Derimay, Benoît Leduc, Stéphane Bergeron)
• Achievement In Sound Editing (Claire Pochon, Simon Meilleur, Sylvain Bellemare)

 

 

 

Whitewash (Pre-buy The Movie Network; Two Nominations)

 

• Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role (Marc Labrèche)
• Original Screenplay (Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Marc Tulin)

 

 

 

The Art of the Steal (Pre-buy The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; Two Nominations)

 

• Original Screenplay (Jonathan Sobol)
• Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role (Jay Baruchel)

 

 

 

Molly Maxwell (Pre-buy The Movie Network; Two Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Costume Design (Sarah Millman)
• Achievement In Music – Original Song (Colleen Rennison “Molly”)

 

 

 

The Colony (Pre-buy The Movie Network; Two Nominations)

 

• Achievement In Make-up (Louise Mackintosh, Peggy Kyriakidou, Shauna Llewellyn)
• Achievement In Costume Design (Lea Carlson)

 

 

 

Cas & Dylan (Pre-buy The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; One Nomination)

 

• Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role (Tatiana Maslany)

 

 

 

Rhymes for Young Ghouls (Pre-buy The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; One Nomination)

 

• Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs)

 

 

 

The Right Kind Of Wrong (Pre-buy The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; One Nomination)

 

• Achievement In Music – Original Song (Jimmy Harry, Serena Ryder – “It’s No Mistake”)

 

 

La Légende De Sarila / The Legend Of Sarila (Pre-buy Super Écran, The Movie Network, Harold Greenberg Fund; One Nomination)

 

• Achievement In Music – Original Song (Elisapie Isaac “Far Away”)

 

 

 

Stay (Harold Greenberg Fund; One Nomination)

 

• Achievement In Music – Original Song (Maerin Hunting for “Iva / Moses”)

 

 

 

Cottage Country (Pre-buy The Movie Network and Harold Greenberg Fund; One Nomination)

 

• Achievement In Make-up  (François Dagenais, Traci Loader)

 

 

 

Roche Papier Ciseaux (Super Écran and Fonds Harold Greenberg; One Nomination)

 

• Achievement In Music – Original Score (Ramachandra Borcar)

 

 

L’Autre Maison (Super Écran; One Nomination)

 

• Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role (Florence Blain)

 

 

 

The Canadian Screen Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 9, 2014 in Toronto. Please visit www.academy.ca for a complete list of nominees.

 

 

About Bell Media:

 

With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV, Canada’s #1 television network; 34 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada’s most-watched specialty channels in English and French; four pay TV services, including The Movie Network and Super Écran; and is managing shareholder of premium pay-per-view service Viewers Choice Canada. Bell Media is also Canada’s largest radio broadcaster, with 107 licensed radio stations in 55 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral Out-of-Home, one of Canada’s most dynamic and innovative out-of-home advertising companies with a network of more than 9,500 advertising faces in Québec, Ontario and British Columbia. Bell Media also operates more than 200 websites, delivers TV Everywhere with its innovative GO video streaming services, including CTV GO, TMN GO, and Bravo GO, and owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.

 

 

 

 

 

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For more information please contact:

 

Jessica Charbonneau, The Movie Network, 416.956.8638 or jessica.charbonneau@bellmedia.ca