10th Gemini Awards

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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 10th Gemini Awards was held on March 3, 1996 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Albert Schultz, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1]

10th Gemini Awards
DateMarch 3, 1996
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted byAlbert Schultz
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
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Awards

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Best Dramatic Series

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Best Short Dramatic Program

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Best TV Movie or Mini-Series

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Best Music Variety Program or Series

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Best Comedy Program or Series

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Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

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Best Documentary Series

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Best Science, Technology, Nature and Environment Documentary Program

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  • Epilepsy: The Centre of Her Storms - TVOntario. Producers: David Way, Wally Longul
  • Cyberwars - Binary Groove - Corvideocom. Producers: Alan White, Eric Calvert
  • Forbidden Places: "Silent Witness" - Television Renaissance. Producer: Aiken Scherberger
  • Forbidden Places: "Zone of Separation" - Television Renaissance. Producer: Aiken Scherberger
  • Whisper In the Air - Archer Films, Arc Films. Producers: Angela Gwynn-John, Tom Perlmutter, Michael Betcherman

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program

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  • The Planets - Rhombus Media. Producer: Niv Fichman
  • Journeys - Cirque du Soleil: Behind the Masks - TVOntario. Producers: Lauren Millar, B. Craig Moffit
  • Have You Heard the Word? - TVOntario. Producers: Leanna Crouch, Stan Lipsey
  • Making Ballet - Cineroute Productions. Producer: Anthony Azzopardi
  • Nellie Gray: Inspired By Pyramids - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Peter Lynch

Best Information Series

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Best Information Segment

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Best Lifestyle Series

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Best Animated Program or Series

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Best Youth Program or Series

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  • Ready or Not - Insight Productions. Producers: Alyse Rosenberg, John Brunton
  • Madison - Forefront Entertainment. Producers: Helena Cynamon, Gillian Lindsay, Mickey Rogers, Teri Woods-McArter
  • Girl Talk - Up Front Entertainment. Producers: Melanie York, Barbara Barde
  • What: Body Part Art - TVOntario. Producers: Christine Gerritse, Janet Thomson, Adrian Callender
  • YTV News - YTV. Producer: Ian Murray

Best Children’s Program or Series

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Best Sports Program or Series

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  • For the Love of the Game - Television Renaissance. Producer: Aiken Scherberger
  • Fresh Paint: Birth of a Franchise - Northern Sky Entertainment. Producers: Wayne Abbott, Chris McCracken, Dave Toms
  • Eye on the Diamond - TV Eye Entertainment. Producers: Ian Davey, Robert MacAskill
  • Paul Tracy: Road Warrior - TVOntario. Producers: B. Craig Moffit, Lauren Millar
  • The 1995 Molson Indy Toronto - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Laurence Kimber, Don Peppin

Best Special Event Coverage

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series

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Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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  • Barbara Willis Sweete - The Planets (Rhombus Media)
  • Jacques Payette - Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco (Telemagik)
  • David Acomba - Brian Orser: Blame It On the Blues (CBC)
  • John Doyle, Michael Willoughby - Lend Me Your Ears (AdVantage Productions)
  • Tim Southam - Satie and Suzanne (Rhombus Media)

Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series

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  • Elliott Halpern - Witness - The Plague Monkeys (CBC)
  • Sylvie Van Brabant - The Last Trip (Maximage Productions)
  • Barry Gray - Beyond Golden Mountain (Beyond Golden Mountain Productions)
  • Susan Dando - The National/CBC Prime Time News (CBC)

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

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Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

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Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series

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Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series

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Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism

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Best Reportage

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  • Ross Rutherford - Behind Closed Doors (CBC)
  • Avis Favaro - CTV News - Palliative Care (CTV)
  • Mark Schneider - CTV News - Supermarket Ethics (CTV)
  • David Halton - The National/CBC Prime Time News - Haiti: Anniversary Violence (CBC)
  • Don Murray - The National/CBC Prime Time News - The Siege of Sarajevo (CBC)

Best Host, Anchor or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series

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Best Host in a Lifestyle, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Sportscaster/Anchor

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Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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  • Nikos Evdemon - The Lust of His Eyes (CBC)
  • Joan Hutton - Married Life - The Wedding (Atlantis Films)
  • Ron Stannett - Making Ballet (Cineroute Productions)
  • Brad Dickson - Brian Orser: Blame It On the Blues (CBC)
  • Paul Sarossy - Satie and Suzanne (Rhombus Media)

Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Kent Nason - The Human Race (Green Lion Productions)
  • Roger Williams - Forbidden Places: "Silent Witness" (Television Renaissance)
  • Gilles Guttadauria - On the Road Again - The Clock Doctor (CBC)
  • Louis deGuise - The National/CBC Prime Time News - Behind the Uniforms (CBC)
  • Hideo Saito - Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life (NFB)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Cathy Gulkin - Cry of the Ancestors: The Art of Manasie Akpaliapik (Breakthrough Entertainment)
  • Reid Denison - Witness - The Plague Monkeys (CBC)
  • Christopher Greaves - Forbidden Places: "Artificial Environments of Man" (Television Renaissance)
  • George Saturnino - Fresh Paint: Birth of a Team (Northern Sky Entertainment)
  • Deborah Palloway, Mike Feheley - A Soldier’s Peace (Screenlife Inc.)
  • Brian Hamilton - Hi-Tech Culture (Omni Film Productions)

Best Visual Effects

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Best Production Design or Art Direction

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Best Costume Design

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Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

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  • Brian Avery, Yann Delpeuch, Allen Oremerod, Keith Elliott, Michael Werth - Due South - Victoria’s Secret (Alliance Communications)
  • Louis Collin, Natalie Fleurant, Raymond Vermette, Alain Roy, Pierre Bourcier - Million Dollar Babies (Bernard Zukerman Productions/Quint Film Productions/Cinar/CBC Television/CBS Productions)
  • Jacqueline Cristianini, Dean Giammarco, Larry Sutton, Paul A. Sharpe, Ken Cade - The Outer Limits - Sandkings (Atlantis Films/Trilogy Entertainment)
  • Wayne Griffin, Lou Solakofski, David Lee, Mark Gingras, Orest Sushko - Harrison Bergeron (Atlantis Films)
  • Dean Giammarco, Paul A. Sharpe, Isaac Stozberg, Daryl Powell, Jacqueline Cristianini - Avalanche (Atlantis Films)

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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  • Daniel Aumais, Bill Szawlowski - Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco (Telemagik)
  • Peter Mann - Brian Orser: Blame It On the Blues (CBC)
  • Jim Rillie - Lend Me Your Ears (AdVantage Productions)
  • Andrew Horrocks, J. Richard Hutt - Listen Up! - Spirit of the West (Listen Up Productions)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Wayne Barlett, Tim Joyce - Angels of Mercy (Sound Venture Productions)
  • Michael Kennedy, Ron Searles, Jacques Milette - Man Alive - An Act of Love (CBC)
  • Larry Kent, Sergio Penhas-Roll, Jacques Milette - *Michael Kennedy, Ron Searles, Jacques Milette - Man Alive - The Magical Mystery School (CBC)
  • Lock Johnston, Joe Grimaldi, Ian Challis - The Nature of Things - The Damned (CBC)
  • Gary Morgan, Hans Fousek, Wesley Lowe - Beyond Golden Mountain (Beyond Golden Mountain Productions)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

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Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

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  • John Lang, Aaron Davis - No Price Too High (Norflicks Productions)
  • Aaron Davis - Witness - The Plague Monkeys (CBC)
  • John Lang, Aaron Davis - Whisper In the Air (Archer Films/Arc Films)
  • David Bradstreet - For the Love of the Game (Television Renaissance)
  • Paul Zaza - A Soldier’s Peace (Screenlife Inc.)

Special Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Special Report: Gemini Nominees". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 9 September 2022.