Nova Scotian Productions Take Home Gemini Awards
Nova Scotia production companies took home top honours for their work when the best and brightest of Canada's television and film industry gathered in Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 19, for the 20th annual Gemini Awards.
"We congratulate all of the award winners from this year's Gemini Awards," said Ann MacKenzie, CEO of the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation. "These companies represent Nova Scotia well on the national stage and are indicative of the incredible talent, abilities, and entrepreneurial spirit that bring these stories to the screen."
Sex Traffic, a two-part miniseries produced by Chester-based Big Motion Pictures took home four awards. The mini-series, which aired on CBC, received top honours for best dramatic mini-series; production design or art direction in a dramatic program or series; costume design; and performance by an actress in a featured supporting role in a dramatic program or mini-series.
The ever-popular and irreverent series Trailer Park Boys won the award for best ensemble performance in a comedy program or series for its season four episode entitled Working Man. The series is a production of Trailer Park Productions Ltd. and Topsail Productions Ltd.
Nova Scotian actress Ellen Page also received an award for the best performance by an actress in a featured supporting role in a dramatic series for her role in the Blackout episode of the series ReGenesis. The long-running CBC series Street Cents, which films in Nova Scotia, won the Gemini for best children's or youth non-fiction program or series.
The Gemini Awards are a presentation of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, a national, non-profit, professional association dedicated to promoting, recognizing and celebrating exceptional achievements in the Canadian film and television industries.
The Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation is a provincial Crown corporation reporting to the minister of Economic Development. The corporation provides a wide range of programs and services to build the capacity and competitiveness of the province's film, television and new media industries. The provincial film industry is the fourth largest in Canada, regularly exceeding $100 million in economic activity annually.