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04.03.10 — Polytechnique tops the Genies while Charles Officer was surprised by his film picking up 10 nominations.
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Polytechnique,the controversial Denis Villeneuve film about the 1989 Montreal massacre, has earned a leading 11 nominations for the Genie Awards, Canada’s top honour for film.
Following closely behind is Nurse.Fighter.Boy, the feature debut of Toronto filmmaker Charles Office. It picked up 10 nominations after premiering at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and released theatrically about a year ago. The $500,000 film — an urban love-and-family story revolving around a faded boxer, a devoted nurse and her son — has since been released on DVD.
“If I can come out of here with even one of those actors getting recognized, I [would be] so happy. Someone might have to bail me out of prison today because I’ll go streak in the streets naked,” Charles quipped to reporters shortly after the nominations were announced.
Charles Officer discusses his Genie-nominated film Nurse.Fighter.Boy with CBC:
To view the full list of nominations please visit The Genie Awards Nomination Page: http://bit.ly/aeuzQq