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20th Gemini Awards

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20th Gemini Awards
DateNovember 19, 2005
VenueJohn Bassett Theatre, Toronto
Television/radio coverage
NetworkGlobal Television Network
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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on Global.

Best Dramatic Series

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Best Dramatic Mini-Series

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Best TV Movie

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Best Comedy Program or Series

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Best Music, Variety Program or Series

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

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Best Talk Series

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Best Reality Program or Series

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Best General/Human Interest Series

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Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

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Best Documentary Series

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Best History Documentary Program

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  • Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii - Primitive Entertainment. Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin
  • Turning Points of History - D-Day on Juno Beach - Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
  • Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option - Partners in Motion. Producers: Nova Herman, Ron Goetz
  • To Build a Nation: Vimy Carved in Stone - Nation Building Productions. Producers: Janice Tufford, Laszlo Barna
  • Zero Hour - Massacre at Columbine High - Cineflix. Producers: Andre Barro, Simon Berthon, David Hickman, Dan Korn

Best Biography Documentary Program

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

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  • The Origins of AIDS - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Galafilm, Channel Four Television Corporation, Frame 2, Les Films de la Passerelle, Multimédia France Productions, Produce+, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Pathé Archives. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Michel Crepon, Christine Le Goff, Christine Pereaux
  • The Nature of Things - Sex Lies and Secrecy: Dissecting Hysterectomy - CBC. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Michael Allder
  • The Nature of Things - Clot Busters - CBC. Producers: David Tucker, Michael Allder
  • A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede. Producers: Lance Mueller, Jean Merriman
  • Diet of Souls - Triad Film Productions. Producer: Peter d'Entremont

Best News Information Series

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Best News Magazine Segment

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Best Newscast

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Best News Special Event Coverage

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Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series

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Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

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Best Animated Program or Series

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Best Pre-School Program or Series

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Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

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

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Best Sports Program or Series

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Best Live Sporting Event

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Best Interactive

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

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Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Documentary Program

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Best Direction in a Documentary Series

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Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

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  • Henry Less - Made to Order (Mercer St. Films)
  • David Hansen - English Teachers III (WestWind Pictures)
  • Tracie Tighe - Venture - The Big Switcheroo - FedEx, Part 1 (CBC)
  • Mary Lynk - Body of Knowledge (CBC)
  • Linda McEwan - Real Renos (Smashing Pictures)
  • Romano D'Andrea - Style By Jury (Planetworks)

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

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Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

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Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

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Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

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

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

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

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

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  • Maria Popistasu - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Martha Henry - H2O - Night 1 (Whizbang Films)
  • Miranda Handford - Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (Galafilm)
  • Layla Alizada - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
  • Alberta Watson - Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Choice Films)

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

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  • Robert Sokolowski, Josianne Levasseur, Karin Delzors, Pierre-Alexandre Dion, Ewelina Fijolek, Yamoussa Bangoura, Lena Reis, Langis Turcotte, Suzanne Soler, Bartlomiej Soroczynski, Andrzej Sokolowski, Josianne Laporte, Stefan Johannes Wepfer, Sonia Painchaud, Éric Saintonge, Guillaume Saladin - Nomade: At Night, the Sky is Endless (Cirque Éloize)
  • George Gao, Sarah Slean - 2004 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (CBC)
  • Evelyn Hart, Rex Harrington - A Pairing of Swans (Marblemedia/CBC)
  • Byron Chief-Moon - Quest (Soaring Heart Pictures)

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

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Best News Anchor

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Best Reportage

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Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

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

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

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Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

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Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst

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Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

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Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

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  • Ian Hannah - Past Life Investigation (CBC)
  • Paul Seeler - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)
  • Jim Nilson - CBC News: Country Canada - Legacy (CBC)
  • Richard Agecoutay - No Glory (CBC)
  • Aldo Columpsi, Ted Hilbig - Football First: The Roy Shivers Story (CBC)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

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Best Visual Effects

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  • Michelle Comens, Tom Brydon, Jose Burgos, John Gajdecki, Dan Mayer, Jinnie Pak, Wes Sargent, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate Atlantis - Rising (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Paul Furminger, Abel Milanes - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)
  • Michelle Comens, Simon Ager, Jose Burgos, Geoff Anderson, Dan Mayer, Mark Breakspear, Tara Conley, Bruce Woloshyn, Tristam Gieni, Todd Liddiard - Stargate Atlantis - The Eye (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Michelle Comens, James Halverson, Brett Keyes, Krista McLean, Bradley Mullennix, James Rorick, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson - Stargate SG-1 - New Order, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • James Tichenor, Chris Doll, Shannon Gurney, James Halverson, Krista McLean, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Lost City, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Steven Hodgson, Rosemary Conte - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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

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  • Stéphanie Grégoire, Gareth C. Scales - The Tournament (Adjacent 2 Entertainment/CBC)
  • Cathy Gulkin, Jeff Bessner - Opening Night - The Four Seasons Mosaic (CBC)
  • Peter Steel, Jessica McKee - ZeD - Art and Soul (CBC)
  • David New - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
  • Ken Gray, Tharanga Ramanayake - Freedom - Rubberbandance (Sound Venture International)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

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

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

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Best Costume Design

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Best Achievement in Make-Up

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Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

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  • John Laing, Todd Beckett, Robert Bertola, Keith Elliott, Mark Gingras, Tim O’Connell, Jill Purdy, John J. Thomson, Mark Zsifkovits - Lives of the Saints (Capri Films/PowerCorp/RTI)
  • Leon Johnson, Jean-Raphaël Dedieu, Don Dickson, Peter Hodges, Virginia Storey, Mark Wright - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures, Powercorp)
  • Sylvain Arseneault, Kathy Choi, Sue Conley, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Martin Lee, David McCallum, Ian Rankin, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol - H2O (Whizbang Films)
  • Kathy Choi, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Stephan Carrier, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol, Rod Deogrades, Simon Okin, Jane Porter - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Patrick Haskill, Brad Hillman, Andre Iwanchuk, Nicole Thompson, James Kusan, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

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  • Kelly Cole, Rick Bal, Jacqueline Cristianini, Mike Olekshy, Joe Spivak - Cold Squad - And the Fury (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)
  • Brad Hillman, Patrick Haskill, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor, Nicole Thompson, William Skinner - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Before They Twist The Knife (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
  • Justin Drury, Ric Jurgens - Radio Free Roscoe - There Will Be No Encore Tonight (Decode Entertainment)
  • Warren St. Onge, Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Larry McCormick, Evan Rust - renegadepress.com - Dying to Connect (Vérité Films)
  • Mark Hensley, Stephen Cheung, Ian Emberton, Craig Stauffer, Greg Stewart - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

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

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Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

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Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

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Special Awards

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References

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