Number: | 20 |
Award: | Genie Awards |
Date: | January 30, 2000 |
Site: | Metro Toronto Convention Centre |
Host: | Patrick McKenna |
Best Picture: | Sunshine |
Most Nominations: | Sunshine |
Network: | CBC Television |
Last: | 19th |
Next: | 21st |
The 20th Genie Awards were held on January 30, 2000, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.[1]
Eyebrows were raised when the nominations were dominated by 21 foreign artists; the academy had eliminated an old ruling that prevented foreign talent in minority Canadian co-productions from being eligible for Genie awards. With 152 nominees in total, there was no imbalance, but the fact that the foreign-artist nominations dominated the performance categories bothered many, and raised questions about whether or not the Genies were fulfilling their role of recognizing Canadian achievement and promoting Canadian talent.[2]
This year's awards ceremony, which was hosted by actor Patrick McKenna, was dominated by István Szabó's Sunshine, Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey and Jeremy Podeswa's The Five Senses.[3] [4]
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