Gemini Awards
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox award 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 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 was an allusion to Castor and Pollux, a mythological pair of twins;<ref>"Nellie award is reborn under the sign of Gemini". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 1986.</ref> 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 the statuette.<ref>Sid Adilman, "Canada's new TV award makes debut". Toronto Star, April 22, 1986.</ref>
In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media, dubbed the "Canadian Screen Awards".<ref name=screen-merger>Template:Cite web</ref> The inaugural Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013.<ref name=cbc-csa>Template:Cite web</ref>
Award categories
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Special awards
- Academy Achievement Award - general lifetime honour, inaugurated in 1996
- Donald Brittain Award - for the best political or social documentary
- Canada Award - began in 1988 as the Multiculturalism Award, this is award "honours excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada."
- Margaret Collier Award - lifetime writing honour
- John Drainie Award - broadcasting, not necessarily awarded every year
- Humanitarian Award - inaugurated in 2001, recipients to date:
- (2001) Donald Martin
- (2002) Wendy Crewson
- (2003) Max Keeping
- (2004) George R. Robertson
- (2005) Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism - for television journalists who make outstanding contributions
Dates and locations
See also
References
External links
- Official website (archived): Template:Cite web
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