| Genie Awards | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Awarded for | Best film productions in Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television |
| First awarded | 1980 |
| Last awarded | 2012 |
| Website | genieawards.ca (defunct) |
| Related | Canadian Screen Awards |
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed its statuette.[1]
Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the Genie Rules and Regulations booklet which were distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, met to watch the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then voted on these nominations.
In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for television, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation, the Canadian Screen Awards.[2]
- ^ Genie Awards profile and history Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine at the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's website
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards to replace Genies, Geminis". CBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2012.