Local Producers Nominated for Gemini Awards
Film Nova Scotia is congratulating the local productions recognized with nominations for the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards.
Halifax Film's long-running series This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Trailer Park Productions' children's series Heads Up! lead the local nominations, with three each.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is nominated for: Best Comedy Program or Series, Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series, and Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series. Heads Up! received a nomination for Best Children's/Youth Non-Fiction Program and the series' writer and host, Bob McDonald, received nominations for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, and Best Hosting in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series.
Halifax Film's drama series The Guard, shot in Vancouver, also received three nominations.
CBC Halifax's East Coast Sessions also received multiple nominations, one for Best Music or Variety Program or Series and another for Best Sound in a Comedy Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series.
Other local nominations include Wild East Productions' powerful documentary Forgiveness: Stories for Our Time, which received a nomination for the Donald Britton Award for Best Social or Political Documentary, and Ocean Entertainment's French Food at Home, which was nominated for Best Photography in an Information Program or Series.
The Gemini Awards recognize the year's best in Canadian English-language television. The news, sports and documentary awards, the lifestyle, children's and youth awards, and the drama, comedy and variety awards will be presented in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 20, Tuesday, Oct. 21 and Wednesday, Oct. 22, respectively. The Gemini Awards Broadcast Gala will be held at the John Bassett Theatre in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 28.
Film Nova Scotia is a provincial Crown corporation reporting to the Minister of Economic Development. Film Nova Scotia provides a wide range of programs and services to increase the capacity and competitiveness of the province's film, television and new media industries.