{{Short description|2009 Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 29 | award = Genie Awards | date = April 4, 2009 | site = [[Canadian Aviation Museum]]<br>[[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Dave Foley]] | best_picture = ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]'' | most_wins = ''Passchendaele'' (5) | most_nominations = ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' (8) | network = [[Global Television Network|Global]], [[IFC (Canadian TV channel)|IFC]] | last = 28th | next = 30th }}
The '''29th Genie Awards''' were held on April 4, 2009, to honour Canadian films released in 2008. The ceremony was held at the [[Canadian Aviation Museum]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and was broadcast on [[Global Television Network|Global]] and [[IFC (Canadian TV channel)|IFC]]. The ceremony was hosted by [[Dave Foley]].<ref name="TaberPasschendaele"/>
Nominations were announced on February 10, 2009,<ref name="DixonGenie"/> and were led by Quebec films. ''[[The Necessities of Life]]'' ({{langx|fr|Ce qu'il faut pour vivre}}) received eight nominations followed by ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]]'' ({{langx|fr|Tout est parfait |link=no}}) with seven.<ref name="TakeuchiQuebec"/><ref name="CanadianFoley"/> Historical epic ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]'' had the most wins at five Genies and was also recognized with the Golden Reel as the highest-grossing Canadian film.<ref name="StoneGross"/>
==Host city and venue==
The 29th Genie Awards were held in [[Ottawa]], Canada's capital, in a move suggested by the [[National Capital Commission]] (NCC). The awards had previously only been held in Toronto, aside from two ceremonies in Montreal in the mid-1990s.<ref name="GlassmanGenies"/> The Ontario provincial government invested $150,000 to help the NCC host the Genie Awards and Genie Week, to bring national attention to tourist attractions in the capital region.<ref name="OntarioNewsroom"/>
The venue chosen for the awards ceremony was the [[Canadian Aviation Museum]] (now the Canada Aviation and Space Museum). [[Gordon Pinsent]] and [[Caroline Neron]] announced the nominations at the museum on February 10, 2009.<ref name="CanadianNecessities"/> On March 30, [[Dave Foley]] was named to host the ceremony.<ref name="CanadianFoley"/>
==Genie Week==
A new feature of this year's awards was Genie Week<ref name="GlassmanGenies"/> of 20 events over 8 days, leading up to the awards ceremony on April 4.<ref name="TongBuff"/> Events were arranged by the Genie Host Organizing Committee, the NCC and the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television]] (ACCT).<ref name="WingsGenies"/>
The [[Canadian War Museum]] presented a free screening of ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]'', followed by a question and answer session and a tour of trench warfare exhibits.<ref name="CWMPasschendaele"/> The Canadian Aviation Museum was transformed into a drive-in theatre for a screening of ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]''.<ref name="WingsGenies"/> Screenings of other best-picture nominees were held at [[Centrepointe Theatre]], [[Arts Court]], the [[Canadian Museum of Civilization]], and the [[Canadian Museum of Nature]],<ref name="TongBuff"/> along with talks and cultural events.
[[Library and Archives Canada]] (LAC) hosted lunchtime screenings of Best Animated Short and Best Live Action Short nominees throughout the week, and offered tours of its film preservation centre and extensive film collections.<ref name="LACGenie"/>
Specially designated [[Via Rail]] Genie trains brought nominees, industry members and special guests from Toronto and Montreal, with a red carpet reception on their arrival in Ottawa on April 3.<ref name="GlassmanGenies"/><ref name="TongBuff"/>
==Ceremony==
While lacking the extravagance of the Toronto events,<ref name="BullerActra"/><ref name="TaberPasschendaele"/> the Ottawa ceremony was considered a smart and stylish event. Guy Buller, president of ACTRA's Ottawa chapter, wrote that the museum's collection of vintage aircraft lent a sense of "history, endeavour and pride" to the ceremony.<ref name="BullerActra"/>
The awards ceremony was followed by a gala at the Canadian War Museum.<ref name="TongBuff"/>
On the red carpet, one presenter suggested that they had dressed down in response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election comment that his constituents didn't care about fancy art galas.<ref name="TaberPasschendaele"/>
===Advocacy===
The venue was located minutes from [[Parliament Hill]],<ref name="WingsGenies"/> and there were calls from presenters and other celebrities for Harper's Conservative government to increase support for Canadian film and other cultural industries, particularly for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC). On the red carpet, Foley advocated that Canadian theatres be required to show a proportion of domestic films, as is the case in France and Great Britain.<ref name="StarSupport"/>
Presenter Wendy Crewson joked that the after party would be held at the Prime Minister's residence, where she would be on a barricade with a bullhorn.<ref name="TaberPasschendaele"/>
[[Minister of Canadian Heritage|Heritage Minister]] [[James Moore (Canadian politician)|James Moore]] received an invitation but declined to attend. A writer for ''The Globe and Mail'' noted no Conservative politicians at the event, though Liberal MPs [[Pablo Rodríguez (Canadian politician)|Pablo Rodríguez]] and [[Martha Hall Findlay]] were at the ceremony.<ref name="TaberPasschendaele"/> Rodriguez was a vocal critic of Heritage policy.<ref name="StarSupport"/>
Jay Stone of ''[[The National Post]]'' wrote that Kristin Booth's supporting actress win was a "vindication" for ''[[Young People Fucking]]'', a film which was at the centre of the [[Income Tax Amendments Act, 2006|Bill C-10]] controversy of the previous year.<ref name="StoneGross"/> During the previous year's ceremony, several speakers had criticized the bill.<ref name="CBCTriumphs"/>
==Awards== Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:<ref name="CanadianNecessities"/><!--reference 'CanadianNecessities' covers nominees in the first 7 categories: best picture, direction, actor/actress leading/supporting, and original screenplay--><ref name="GazetteWinners">{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/29th-genie-award-winners|title=29th Genie Award Winners|date=April 6, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2019|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]}}</ref><!--Gazette lists all winners, no nominees--> {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Motion Picture]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Director|Direction]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]'' — [[Niv Fichman]], [[Francis Damberger]], [[Paul Gross]], Frank Siracusa''' * ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]'' — David Miller, Steven Bray * ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' — [[Bernadette Payeur]], [[René Chénier]] * ''[[Normal (2008 film)|Normal]]'' — Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai * ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' — [[Nicole Robert (producer)|Nicole Robert]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Benoît Pilon]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> *[[Carl Bessai]], ''[[Normal (2008 film)|Normal]]'' *[[Lyne Charlebois]], ''[[Borderline (2008 film)|Borderline]]'' *[[Yves-Christian Fournier]], ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' *[[Richie Mehta]], ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Actor in a leading role]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress|Actress in a leading role]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Natar Ungalaaq]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> * [[Paul Gross]], ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]'' * [[Rupinder Nagra]], ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]'' * [[Christopher Plummer]], ''[[Emotional Arithmetic]]'' * [[Aaron Poole]], ''[[This Beautiful City]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ellen Burstyn]], ''[[The Stone Angel (film)|The Stone Angel]]'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> * [[Isabelle Blais]], ''[[Borderline (2008 film)|Borderline]]'' * [[Marianne Fortier]], ''[[Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's]] (Maman est chez le coiffeur)'' * [[Susan Sarandon]], ''[[Emotional Arithmetic]]'' * [[Preity Zinta]], ''[[Heaven on Earth (2008 film)|Heaven on Earth]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Actor in a supporting role]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Actress in a supporting role]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Callum Keith Rennie]], ''[[Normal (2008 film)|Normal]]'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> * [[Normand D'Amour]], ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' * [[Benoît McGinnis]], ''[[Le Banquet]]'' * [[Rade Šerbedžija]], ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'' * [[Max von Sydow]], ''[[Emotional Arithmetic]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kristin Booth]], ''[[Young People Fucking]]'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> *[[Céline Bonnier]], ''[[Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's]] (Maman est chez le coiffeur)'' *[[Éveline Gélinas]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' *[[Anie Pascale]], ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' *[[Rosamund Pike]], ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Original Screenplay]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Adapted Screenplay]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Bernard Émond]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> *[[Randall Cole]], ''[[Real Time (film)|Real Time]]'' *[[Travis McDonald]], ''[[Normal (2008 film)|Normal]]'' *[[Deepa Mehta]], ''[[Heaven on Earth (2008 film)|Heaven on Earth]]'' *[[Guillaume Vigneault]], ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marie-Sissi Labrèche]] and [[Lyne Charlebois]], ''[[Borderline (2008 film)|Borderline]]''''' *[[Richie Mehta]] and [[Shaun Mehta]], ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]'' *[[Jeremy Podeswa]], ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short|Best Animated Short]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Next Floor]]'' — [[Denis Villeneuve]], [[Phoebe Greenberg]]''' *''[[The Answer Key]]'' — [[Samir Rehem]], [[Robin Crumley]] *''[[Beyond the Walls (2008 film)|Beyond the Walls]] (La Battue)'' — [[Guy Édoin]], [[Pascal Bascaron]], [[Sylvain Corbeil]] *''[[Can You Wave Bye-Bye?]]'' — [[Sarah Galea-Davis]], [[Paul Barbeau]] *''[[My Name Is Victor Gazon]] (Mon nom est Victor Gazon)'' — [[Patrick Gazé]], [[Antonello Cozzolino]], [[Marie-Josée Laroque]], [[Annie Normandin]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Sleeping Betty]]'' — [[Claude Cloutier]], Marcel Jean'''<ref name="NFB"/> *''[[Drux Flux]]'' — [[Theodore Ushev]], [[Marc Bertrand]]<ref name="NFB"/> *''[[The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow]]'' — [[Rodrigo Gudiño]], [[Vincent Marcone]], [[Marco Pecota]] |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Art Direction/Production Design]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Cinematography]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Carol Spier]] and [[Janice Blackie-Goodine]], ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]'''''<ref name="TakeuchiQuebec"/><!--ref for nomination only--> *[[Patrice Bengle]], ''[[Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's]] (Maman est chez le coiffeur)'' *[[Matthew Davies (art director)|Matthew Davies]] and [[Erica Milo]], ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'' *[[Rob Gray (art director)|Rob Gray]], ''[[The Stone Angel (film)|The Stone Angel]]'' *[[Danielle Labrie]], ''[[The American Trap]] (Le Piège américain)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gregory Middleton]], ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'''''<ref name="TakeuchiQuebec"/> *[[Nicolas Bolduc]], ''[[Le Banquet]]'' *[[Bobby Bukowski]], ''[[The Stone Angel (film)|The Stone Angel]]'' *[[Pierre Gill]], ''[[The American Trap]] (Le Piège américain)'' *[[Sara Mishara]], ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design|Costume Design]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing|Editing]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Wendy Partridge]], ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]''''' *[[Francesca Chamberland]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' *[[Marie-Geneviève Cyr]], ''[[Who Is KK Downey?]]'' *[[Michèle Hamel]], ''[[Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's]] (Maman est chez le coiffeur)'' *[[Michèle Hamel]], ''[[The American Trap]] (Le Piège américain)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Richard Comeau]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'''''<ref name="StoneGross"/> *[[Frédérique Broos]], ''[[It's Not Me, I Swear!]] (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)'' *[[Dominique Fortin]], ''[[Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's]] (Maman est chez le coiffeur)'' *[[Dominique Fortin]] and [[Carina Baccanale]], ''[[Le Banquet]]'' *[[Yvann Thibaudeau]], ''[[Borderline (2008 film)|Borderline]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Overall Sound|Overall Sound]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing|Sound Editing]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Lou Solakofski, Garrell Clark and Steve Foster, ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]''''' *Sanjay Mehta, Stephan Carrier and Kirk Lynds, ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]'' *Mario Auclair, [[Luc Boudrias]] and François Senneville, ''[[Le Banquet]]'' *[[Claude La Haye]], Daniel Bisson, [[Luc Boudrias]] and Patrick Lalonde, ''[[The American Trap]] (Le Piège américain)'' *David Ottier and Daniel Prado Villar, ''[[This Beautiful City]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jane Tattersall]], [[Kevin Banks]], Barry Gilmore, Andy Malcolm and David Rose, ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]''''' *Robert LaBrosse, France Lévesque, Guy Francoeur, Lucie Fortier and Lori Paquet, ''[[The Broken Line]] (La ligne brisée)'' *François B. Senneville, Antoine Morin and Carole Gagnon, ''[[Le Banquet]]'' *Jean-François Sauvé, Natalie Fleurant, Jérôme Décarie and Claude Beaugrand, ''[[The American Trap]] (Le Piège américain)'' *[[Nelson Ferreira (sound editor)|Nelson Ferreira]], Lee de Lang and Nathan Robitaille, ''[[This Beautiful City]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score|Achievement in Music: Original Score]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Achievement in Music: Original Song]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[John McCarthy (composer)|John McCarthy]], ''[[The Stone Angel (film)|The Stone Angel]]''''' *[[Normand Corbeil]], ''[[Emotional Arithmetic]]'' *[[Laurent Eyquem]], ''[[Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's]] (Maman est chez le coiffeur)'' *[[Nikos Kypourgos]], ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'' *[[Robert M. Lepage]], ''[[The Necessities of Life]] (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dr. Shiva]], "Rahi Nagufta" — ''[[Amal (2007 film)|Amal]]''''' *[[Loco Locass]], "M'Accrocher?" — ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)'' *[[Bry Webb]], "Big Smoke" — ''[[This Beautiful City]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Documentary]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special awards |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Up the Yangtze]]'' — [[Yung Chang]], [[Mila Aung-Thwin]], [[John Christou (producer)|John Christou]], [[Germaine Ying-Gee Wong]]'''<ref name="NFB"/><ref name="StoneGross"/> *''[[Forever Quebec]] (Infiniment Québec)'' — [[Jean-Claude Labrecque]], [[Yves Fortin]], [[Christian Medawar]]<ref name="NFB"/> *''[[My Winnipeg]]'' — [[Guy Maddin]], [[Phyllis Laing]], [[Jody Shapiro]]<ref name="StoneGross"/> | valign="top" | *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup|Achievement in Make-Up]]: [[Adrien Morot]], [[Réjean Goderre]], [[Marie-France Guy]], [[Bruno Gatien]] and [[Nathalie Trépanier]], ''[[Cruising Bar 2]]'' *[[Claude Jutra Award]]: [[Yves-Christian Fournier]], ''[[Everything Is Fine (film)|Everything Is Fine]] (Tout est parfait)''<ref name=northstars>[http://www.northernstars.ca/News/0317111801_acct.html "Pre-Genie Awards Announced"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601175502/http://www.northernstars.ca/News/0317111801_acct.html |date=2009-06-01 }}, Northern Stars.</ref> *[[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel Award]]: ''[[Passchendaele (film)|Passchendaele]]''<ref name=northstars /> |}
== Telecast ==
The awards were broadcast on [[Global Television Network|Global]] and [[IFC (Canadian TV channel)|IFC]] on April 4 at 9 pm (ET).<ref name="CanadianFoley"/> The broadcast was lengthened to ninety minutes, compared to the previous year's one-hour show.<ref name="GlassmanGenies"/>
==References== {{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="TaberPasschendaele">{{cite web |last= Taber |first= Jane|date= 4 April 2009 |title= Passchendaele wins big at politically charged Genie Awards |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/passchendaele-wins-big-at-politically-charged-genie-awards/article22509515/ |work= [[The Globe and Mail]] |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc. |access-date=11 December 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="DixonGenie">{{cite web |last=Dixon |first=Guy |date=11 February 2009 |title=Genie Award voters anoint The Necessities |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/genie-award-voters-anoint-the-necessities/article20444424/ |work=The Globe and Mail |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |location=Ottawa |access-date=11 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="WingsGenies">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 26 March 2009 |title= Movie Genies to visit The Canada Aviation Museum |url= https://www.wingsmagazine.com/operations/movie-genies-to-visit-the-canada-aviation-museum-2629 |work= Wings |location= Ottawa |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="LACGenie">{{cite web |last= Deneault |first= Jean-Philippe (media relations officer) |date= 13 March 2009 |title= Library and Archives Canada invites the public to celebrate Canadian film during Genie week |url= http://www.collectionscanada.ca/whats-new/013-386-e.html |work= Library and Archives Canada |publisher= Government of Canada |location= Ottawa |access-date= 24 October 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref name="CanadianFoley">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 30 March 2009 |title= Dave Foley announced as host of Saturday's Genie Awards |url= https://www.cp24.com/dave-foley-announced-as-host-of-saturday-s-genie-awards-1.384275 |work= CP24.com |publisher=Bell Media |agency= [[The Canadian Press]] |location= Toronto |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="BullerActra">{{cite web |first=Guy |last=Buller |year=2009 |title=ACTRA Ottawa News |url=http://www.actraottawa.ca/wp-content/uploads/ACTRAnews-Spring09.pdf |publisher=ACTRA Ottawa |volume=Spring 2009 |location=Ottawa |access-date=2018-12-29 |archive-date=2018-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220357/http://www.actraottawa.ca/wp-content/uploads/ACTRAnews-Spring09.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="StarSupport">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 4 April 2009 |title= Arts support urged at Genies red carpet |url= https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/04/04/arts_support_urged_at_genies_red_carpet.html |work= The Toronto Star |publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Limited |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="TakeuchiQuebec">{{cite web |last= Takeuchi |first= Craig |date= 10 February 2009 |title= Quebec films lead Genie nominations |url= https://www.straight.com/article-200777/quebec-films-lead-genie-nominations |work= Georgia Straight |publisher=Vancouver Free Press |location= Vancouver, British Columbia |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="CanadianNecessities">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 10 February 2009 |title= 'Necessities of Life' grabs 8 Genie nominations |url= https://www.ctvnews.ca/necessities-of-life-grabs-8-genie-nominations-1.369014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220516/https://www.ctvnews.ca/necessities-of-life-grabs-8-genie-nominations-1.369014 |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 29, 2018 |work= CTV News |publisher=Bell Media |agency= [[The Canadian Press]] |location= Ottawa |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="StoneGross">{{cite web |last= Stone |first= Jay |date= 6 April 2009 |title= Gross captures biggest tally at Genies |url= https://nationalpost.com/news/gross-captures-biggest-tally-at-genies |work= National Post |publisher=Postmedia Network Inc. |agency=Canwest News Service |location= Toronto |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="OntarioNewsroom">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 10 March 2009 |title= Newsroom : Ontario Helps Attract Genies To Ottawa |url= https://news.ontario.ca/archive/en/2009/03/10/Ontario-Helps-Attract-Genies-To-Ottawa.html |publisher=Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Government of Ontario |location= Toronto |access-date=11 December 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="CWMPasschendaele">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 20 March 2009 |title= Free Screening of Passchendaele and visit of Trench Life: A Survival Guide Exhibition |url= https://www.warmuseum.ca/media/free-screening-of-passchendaele-and-visit-of-trench-life-a-survival-guide-exhibition/ |publisher=Canadian War Museum |location= Ottawa }}</ref>
<ref name="GlassmanGenies">{{cite web |last= Glassman |first= Marc |date= 30 March 2009 |title= Genies' red-carpet ride to Parliament Hill |url= http://playbackonline.ca/2009/03/30/ottawa-20090330/ |work= Playback |access-date=11 December 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="TongBuff">{{cite web |last= Tong |first= Tracey |date= 23 March 2009 |title= Genie events a film buff's fantasy |url= https://www.metro.us/news/genie-events-a-film-buff-s-fantasy/tmWicw---a7uqWkg8LCr6 |work= Metro Ottawa |publisher=Metro Media US |access-date=11 December 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="CBCTriumphs">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 3 March 2008 |title= Polley's Away From Her triumphs at Genie Awards |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/polley-s-away-from-her-triumphs-at-genie-awards-1.752581 |work= CBC Arts |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |location= Toronto |access-date=11 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="NFB">{{cite web |last= Matlin |first= Julie |date= 10 February 2009 |title= The NFB garners 6 nominations for the 2009 Genie Awards |url= https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2009/02/10/the-nfb-garners-6-nominations-for-the-2009-genie-awards/ |work= NFB.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 October 2018 }}</ref>
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