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Article: How a Genie came out of an Etrog: the Academy (of Canadian Cinema and Television) turns 20.
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- Take One
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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The Canadian film scene has changed a lot in 20 years. In 1979, the Academy of Canadian Cinema (later to become the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television) was established. Tax-shelter moviemaking was all the rage and a record 50 Canadian films were made that year. How ironic that no Canadian film awards were given out. The old Canadian Film Awards were retooled by the newly formed Academy and renamed the Genies (a name chosen mostly because of its bilingual nature). The first Best Picture Genie (an Etrog with a prominent bellybutton) went to The Changeling. Another big Genie winner was Meatballs, a huge box-office hit in Canada and the United States. All of this seems ...
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