Canada Media Fund Congratulates Gemini Award Winners
(TORONTO, September 9, 2011) - The Canada Media Fund (CMF) congratulates the winners of the 26th Gemini Awards, which have been recognized for their excellence by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and industry professionals. Of the 84 applicable categories in the genres supported by the CMF (children’s & youth, documentary, drama, and variety & performing arts), 56 Gemini Awards were awarded to CMF funded projects.
Below is a list of CMF funded projects that were awarded a Gemini:
| Project | Number of Gemini Awards Won |
| 18 to Life | 1 |
| Acquainted with the Night | 1 |
| Artzooka | 1 |
| Being Erica | 1 |
| Blackstone | 2 |
| Call Me Fitz | 7 |
| Code Breakers | 2 |
| Conviction Kitchen | 1 |
| DatingGuy.com | 1 |
| Degrassi | 3 |
| Durham County | 1 |
| Fakers | 2 |
| Flashpoint | 3 |
| Heartland | 1 |
| Ice Pilots NWT | 2 |
| League of Superevil | 1 |
| Life With Murder | 1 |
| Living in Your Car | 1 |
| Lost Girl | 1 |
| Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews | 1 |
| Nazi Hunter | 2 |
| Rick Mercer Report | 1 |
| Season of Song: The Canadian Tenors and Friends | 2 |
| Shattered | 1 |
| Sleepyhead | 2 |
| Spliced | 1 |
| Storming June Interactive | 1 |
| The Borgias | 4 |
| The Mighty Jungle | 1 |
| The National Parks Project | 1 |
| The Pig Farm | 1 |
| The Tudors | 2 |
| Todd and the Book of Pure Evil | 1 |
| Village on a Diet | 1 |
| Yonge Street | 1 |
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About the Canada Media Fund
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) champions the creation of successful, innovative, Canadian content and software applications for current and emerging digital platforms through financial support and industry research. Created by Canada’s cable and satellite distributors and the Government of Canada, the CMF aspires to connect Canadians to our creative expressions, to each other, and to the world. www.cmf-fmc.ca
For media inquiries:
Pierre Campeau
Communications Manager
Canada Media Fund
416-214-4402
[email protected]
