25th Gemini Awards


The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 25th Gemini Awards were held on November 15, 2010, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Cory Monteith, took place at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre and was broadcast on Showcase and Global.

Best Dramatic Series

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

Best TV Movie

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Music or Variety Program or Series

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series

  • Fire Jammers - Yap Films. Producers: Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy *Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Michelle Van Beusekom
  • Live At... - Live Music Special Productions. Producers: Joel Stewart, Warren Sulatycky
  • Nureyev - Mossanen Productions. Producers: Moze Mossanen, Peter Gentile
  • Star Portraits - PTV Productions. Producers: Andrea Nemtin, Ian Dunbar, Theresa Kowall-Ship

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series

Best General/Human Interest Series

  • Tosca: Flexing at 49 - Wiwa Productions. Producers: Linda Stregger, Barbara Barde
  • Family Renovation - Ocean Entertainment. Producer: Johanna Eliot
  • Hell on Hooves - Juxtapose Productions. Producers: Dennis Hrapchak, Doug Hudema
  • Remedy Me! - Creative Atlantic Communications. Producers: Janice Evans, Greg Jones, Wendy Purves
  • X-Weighted: Families - Anaid Productions. Producers: Margaret Mardirossian, David Way, Candice Tipton, Helen Schmidt, Roger Larry

[Donald Brittain] Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

Best Documentary Series

Best History Documentary Program

  • Paris 1919 - National Film Board of Canada, 13 Productions, Galafilm, Arte. Producers: Gerry Flahive, Silva Basmajian, Arnie Gelbart, Paul Saadoun
  • Dive Detectives: Edmund Fitzgerald - Yap Films. Producers: Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy
  • Manson - Cineflix. Producers: Simon Lloyd, Nick Godwin, Tom Parkhouse, John Vandervelde
  • Passage - National Film Board of Canada, PTV Productions, John Walker Productions. Producers: John Walker, Andrea Nemtin, Kent Martin, Bill Nemtin

Best Biography Documentary Program

  • Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould - White Pine Pictures. Producer: Peter Raymont
  • Karsh Is History - Productions Grand Nord. Producer: Ian McLaren
  • Prokofiev: The Unfinished Diary - Take 3 Productions, 13 Productions. Producers: Barbara Barde, Yosif Feyginberg, Paul Saadoun, Virginie Guibbaud, Linda Stregger

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

  • The Great Sperm Race - Cream Productions, Blink Entertainment. Producers: David W. Brady, Christopher Rowley
  • A Murder Of Crows - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Arte. Producer: Susan Fleming
  • One Ocean: Mysteries of the Deep - Merit Motion Pictures. Producers: Merit Jensen Carr, Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood
  • The Plastic Fantastic Brain: Total Recall and the Spotless Mind - Stornoway Communications. Producers: Paul Kemp, Brian Cotter
  • The Quantum Tamers: Revealing our Weird and Wired Future - Title Entertainment. Producers: John Matlock, Derek Diorio, Frank Taylor

Best News Information Series

Best News Information Segment

Best Local Newscast, Large Market

Best Local Newscast, Small Market

Best Breaking News Coverage

  • CityNews Vaughan Tornado. Producers: Tina Cortese, Katia Del Col, Ramneek Gill, Kathleen O'Keefe, Amar Sodhi
  • Global National - Catastrophe In Haiti - Global News. Producers: Kenton Boston, Mark Blanchard, Neill Fitzpatrick, Bryan Grahn, Rosa Hwang, Kam Razavi, Doriana Temolo

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series

Best Animated Program or Series

Best Pre-School Program or Series

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

Best Sports Analysis or Commentary Program, Series or Segment

  • Superbodies - CTV. Producers: Don Young, Les Tomlin
  • On Home Ice - Aquila Productions. Producers: Dave Toms, D.H. Metz, Gord Redel, Don Young
  • TSN: The Reporters with Dave Hodge - TSN. Producers: Ken Volden, David Stiff

Best Sports Feature Segment

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction

Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction

Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction

  • Kraft Hockeyville 2010 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Lauren Pare, Dayton Pereira, Dan Tavares, Mike Yokota
  • One Ocean - Merit Motion Pictures, Tactica Communications. Producers: Kevin Glasier, Merit Jensen Carr, Vergil Kanne, Alexandra Rosentreter, Annette Bradford
  • TotallyADD.com - Big Brain Productions. Producers: Rick Green, Ava Green, James Milward
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games - CTV. Producers: Alon Marcovici, Marc Dinsdale, Mark Silver, Alyson Walker
  • Licence to Drill - Pixcom. Producers: Nicola Merola, Jacquelin Bouchard, Emmanuelle Wiecha

Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction

  • Being Erica Webisodes - Temple Street Productions. Producers: Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, Jessie Gabe, Jason Lorr, Eva Riintze, Thom Ryder
  • Sanctuary - My Plastic Badger Productions. Producers: Jim Bogusz, Andrea Gorfolova, Patrick Crowe
  • Cra$h & Burn - Investigation Productions, Whizbang Films. Producers: Frank Siracusa, Penny McDonald, Peter Miskimmin

Best Cross-Platform Project - Children’s and Youth

  • Taste Buds - Marblemedia. Producers: Mark J.W. Bishop, Sasha Boersma, Ted Brunt, Matthew Hornburg, Johnny Kalangis
  • Stoked - Fresh TV, Marblemedia. Producers: Mark J.W. Bishop, Sasha Boersma, Ted Brunt, Matthew Hornburg, Tom McGillis
  • RollBots Online - Xenophile Media. Producers: Patrick Crowe, Keith Clarkson, Thomas Wallner
  • Overruled! - You Rule! - Shaftesbury Films, Smokebomb Entertainment. Producers: Shane Kinnear, Jay Bennett, Jérémie Bernard, Nicole Mickelow, Jarrett Sherman

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

  • Joan Tosoni - Battle of the Blades - Canadian Hits & Pairs Best
  • Morris Abraham - Canadian Country Music Awards 2009
  • John Keffer - Live in the Lot with Billy Talent
  • John Keffer - 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards
  • Joel Stewart - ''Johnny Reid: Live at the Jubilee''

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

  • Moze Mossanen - Nureyev
  • Brent Fidler, Eric Goldstein - Poe: Last Days of the Raven
  • Michael Morrow - ''Fire Jammers''

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

  • William Morrison - Glutton for Punishment - Gumbo Cook-Off
  • Patricia Harris Seeley - X-Weighted: Families - Daniel
  • Lara Leavoy - How to Look Good Naked Canada - Lo & Mo
  • Brian Rice - Cold Blood - Making a Killing
  • Jessica Wright - ''Family Renovation - Working Without Windows''

Best Direction in a Reality Program or Series

Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Eric Bednarski, Barry Cowling - The Strangest Dream
  • Scott Harper - Philanthropy Inc.
  • Vladimir Kabelik - So Far From Home
  • Susan Teskey - Love, Hate and Propaganda - Selling the War
  • John Walker - ''Passage''

Best Editorial Research

  • Lynette Fortune - the fifth estate - Out Of Control
  • Claude Berrardelli - Love, Hate and Propaganda - Truth and Total War
  • Lisa Ellenwood - Love, Hate and Propaganda - Hiding the Horrors
  • David Ridgen - Canadian Cold Case: The Bomb That Killed Wayne Greavette
  • Daniel Thomson, Nancy Carter - ''Hangman's Graveyard''

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)

Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series

Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series

Best Achievement in Casting

Best News Anchor

Best Breaking News Reportage, Local

Best Breaking News Reportage, National

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

Best Sportscaster/Anchor

Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer

Best Sports Analyst

Best Sports Reporting

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Photography in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

  • Henry Less - French Food at Home - Confidence Builders
  • Andre Dupuis - Departures - Ethiopia: Saints and Snakes
  • Ihor Macijiwsky, Kurt Carpenter, Lawrence Foster, Mike Schaffel - Mantracker - Jessica & Lauren
  • Stefan Randström - Which Way To...Arviat
  • Steven Tsushima - ''Holmes Inspection - A Hole Lot of History''

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Matt Phillips - Silent Bombs: All For the Motherland
  • Jeremy Benning - Manson
  • Jeremy Benning - The Great Sperm Race
  • Geoff Lackner - The Plastic Fantastic Brain: Total Recall and the Spotless Mind
  • Ian Toews - ''Saskatchewan River Delta''

Best Visual Effects

  • Mario Rachiele, Marie-Ève Bédard-Tremblay, Benoît Brière, Raphaël Hubert, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput - Ben Hur
  • Laurence Cymet, George Levai, Paul Moyer, Ila Soleimani - Dino Dan - Copy Dino, He Shoots, He Roars
  • Robert Munroe, Bret Culp, Maria Gordon, Bill Halliday, Adam Jewett, Kyle Menzies, Bo Mosley, Patrik Witzmann - The Tudors, Episode 303
  • Mario Rachiele, Marie-Ève Bédard-Tremblay, Benoît Brière, Raphaël Hubert, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Benjamin Ribière, Philippe Sylvain - Carny
  • Mark Savela, Brenda Campbell, Shannon Gurney, Vivian Jim, Andrew Karr, Michael Lowes, Kodie MacKenzie, Krista McLean, Alec McClymont, Craig Vandenbiggelaar - ''Stargate Universe - Air Part 1''

Best Visual Research

  • Elizabeth Klinck, Laura Blaney - Reel Injun
  • Zoë Barraclough, Mia Webster - Love, Hate and Propaganda - Truth and Total War
  • Gina Cali - One Ocean - Birth of an Ocean
  • Ron Krant, Darren Yearsley - Love, Hate and Propaganda - Selling the War
  • Suzan Yum - ''The Naked Archaeologist - Biblical Beauty Secrets''

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

  • Sharon Zupancic - Mayday - Lockerbie Disaster
  • Pavel Chichagov, Chris Mullington - The Quantum Tamers: Revealing our Weird and Wired Future
  • Barry McMann - Convoy: War For The Atlantic
  • Deanna Scriver, Marco Porsia - The Plastic Fantastic Brain: Total Recall and the Spotless Mind
  • Steve Weslak - ''Empire of the Word - Forbidden Reading''

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series

Best Achievement in Main Title Design

Best Costume Design

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

  • John Gare, Rob Bertola, Alan deGraaf, Steve Hammond, Bill McMillan, Jill Purdy, Richard Calistan - The Good Times Are Killing Me
  • Steven Gurman, Matthew Cerantola, Scott Donald, Jean-Philippe Espantoso, David Gertsman, Paul Hubert, Eric Lagacé, Stan Sakellaropoulos - Ben Hur
  • Kirby Jinnah, David Cyr, James Fonnyadt, Graeme Hughes, Iain Pattison, Paul Sharpe, James Wallace, Rich Walters - ''Riverworld''

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

  • John Douglas Smith, Tom Bjelic, Christian Cooke, Dale Lennon, Steve Moore, Tim O’Connell - Being Erica - The Unkindest Cut
  • Yann Cleary, Keith Elliott, Brad Thornton, Jill Purdy, Stephen Barden, Steve Baine - Durham County - Ray Loves
  • Sadie True, Kelly Cole, Jacqueline Cristianini, Kris Fenske, Bill Mellow, Steve Smith, Kevin Townshend, Joe Watts, Matt Wilson - The Guard - At Sea
  • Kelly Cole, Jay Cheetham, Kirby Jinnah, Bill Mellow, Patrick Ramsay, Steve Smith, Joe Watts, Matt Wilson - Stargate Universe - Air Part 1
  • Hugo de la Cerda, Kevin Belen, Kirby Jinnah, Ryan Nowak, Mike Paprocki, Jean Tejkel, Kevin Townshend, Kevin Sands - Sanctuary - End of Nights
  • John Gare, Richard Calistan, Dan Daniels, Alan deGraaf, Steve Hammond, Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky - ''Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures - Unhappy Endings''

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

  • Simon Bowers, Howard Baggley, Marc Laliberté, Doug McClement, Michael Molineux - Juno Awards of 2010
  • Roberto Capretta, Rob Turi, Colin Van Hattem - Hotbox
  • Anthony Montano, Steven Budd, Phil Hay, Bob Rock - At The Concert Hall - Michael Bublé at the Concert Hall
  • Francesco Russo, Dave Harrison - Johnny Reid: Live at the Jubilee
  • Lou Solakofski, Steve Baine, Barry Gilmore, Michael Lacroix, Robert Warchol - ''The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town - Death Checks In''

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

  • Jo Rossi - Ice Pilots NWT - The Crash
  • Steph Carrier, Brian Hanish, Steve Medeiros - Clubland
  • Cary Ciesielski, Lucas Hart, David J. Taylor - Saskatchewan River Delta
  • Edward Krupa, Shaun Firth - Empire of the Word - The Future of Reading
  • Ron Searles, Rodrigue Amyot, Alan Geldart - Love, Hate and Propaganda - Selling the War
  • J. Martin Taylor, Jamie Mahaffey - ''Darwin's Brave New World - Publish and Be Damned''

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series

Best Original Music for a Dramatic Program, Mini-Series or TV Movie

  • Tom Third - The Summit
  • Christopher Dedrick - The Good Times Are Killing Me
  • Kenny Neal Jr., Mischa Chillak - Guns -
  • Lawrence Shragge - ''Iron Road''

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

  • Philip Strong - Cat Ladies
  • Ramachandra Borcar - Karsh Is History
  • Claude Castonguay, Mona Laviolette - Reel Injun
  • Jim McGrath - Empire of the Word - The Magic of Reading
  • Shawn Pierce - ''The Secret World of Shoplifting''

Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

The Gemini Top 25

The Gemini Awards asked the public to vote for their favourite programs that aired during the Gemini Awards’ 25 years of existence. The results were:

Special Awards