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2010 Nominees

Following are the nominees for Category Awards, the Craft Awards, and several special awards. Other special awards do not have designated nominees, but are chosen from all eligible entries and will be announced at this year's Festival.

Please note: the award for Documentary Series will not be presented this year.

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Category Awards

Animation
The SpineProducer(s) Steven Hoban, Marcy Page; Director(s) Chris Landreth; Production Company National Film Board of Canada and Copperheart Entertainment
RunawayProducer(s) Michael Scott, Derek Mazur; Director(s) Cordell Barker; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Vive la RoseProducer(s) Tina Ouellette, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima; Director(s) Bruce Alcock; Production Company Global Mechanics and National Film Board of Canada
How People Got FireProducer(s) Svend-Erik Eriksen, Martin Rose; Director(s) Daniel Janke; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
The Man Who SleptProducer(s) Ron Dyens, Aurélia Prévieu, Marcel Jean, Galile Marion-Gauvin, Marc Bertrand; Director(s) Inés Sedan; Production Company Sacrebleu Productions, Unité Centrale and National Film Board of Canada
 
Children’s and Youth Production
Les Grands Penseurs (The Great Thinkers)Producer(s) John Christou, Karina Garcia Casanova; Director(s) Karina Garcia Casanova, James Braithwaite, Darren Pasemko; Production Company Prospector Films
Wapos Bay: Hardest LessonProducer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Trevor Cameron; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
Wapos Bay: It Came From Out ThereProducer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Dennis Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
Degrassi: The Next Generation - Innocent When You DreamProducer(s) Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Brendon Yorke, David Lowe; Director(s) Eleanore Lindo; Production Company Epitome Pictures Inc.
The White ArcherProducer(s) John Houston, Kirt Ejesiak; Director(s) John Houston; Production Company drumsong communications inc.
 
Comedy
Do I Come On Too Strong?Producer(s) Brenda Kovrig, Jordan McTavish; Director(s) Brenda Kovrig; Production Company Alchemy Films
New Earth Landscaping: GMILFProducer(s) Paul Lowey, Jason Hujber, Mike Ritchie; Director(s) JuMP; Production Company Gloo Studios Inc
22 Minutes: Episode 10Producer(s) Michael Donovan, Mark Farrell, Floyd Kane, Jenipher Ritchie; Director(s) Stephen Reynolds; Production Company Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company
The Pickle & The PatriarchProducer(s) Adam McCloy, Jay Field; Director(s) Jay Field; Production Company Petersburg Films
2009 Winnipeg Comedy Festival: Queer as JokesProducer(s) Jamie Brown, Shawn Watson; Director(s) Michael Watt; Production Company Frantic Films
 
Community Cable Production
Max Magazine: It's Tough but It's Worth ItProducer(s) Thirza Jones; Director(s) Matt Garand, Brandon Jarocki, Lisa Unrau; Production Company Media Group
The Winds of ChangeProducer(s) Dave Mccallum, Volker Thomsen; Director(s) Dave Mccallum; Production Company TVCogeco
York Region DiningProducer(s) Julia Suppa; Director(s)Production Company Rogers TV
The Ottawa 67's Show: Episode 15Producer(s) Iain Murphy, Gavin Lumsden; Director(s) Iain Murphy; Production Company Rogers TV
Molson Senators Overtime: Carkner/FisherProducer(s) Dave Davies; Director(s) Dave Davies; Production Company Rogers TV Ottawa
 
Documentary Arts & Culture
Peggy Baker Four PhrasesProducer(s) Michael Fukushima; Director(s) Howie Shia; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Antonine Maillet: The Possibilities Are EndlessProducer(s) Murielle Rioux-Poirier, Pauline Bourque; Director(s) Ginette Pellerin; Production Company Améri Ka Procuctions and National Film Board of Canada
The Image Mill RevealedProducer(s) Jean-Pierre Vézina; Director(s) Mariano Franco, Marie Belzil; Production Company Les Productions du 8e art and National Film Board of Canada
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn GouldProducer(s) Peter Raymont; Director(s) Michele Hozer; Production Company White Pine Pictures
India Reborn: Manufacturing DreamsProducer(s) Jacqueline Corkery; Director(s) Jacqueline Corkery; Production Company CBC
 
Documentary Biography
Karsh is HistoryProducer(s) Ian McLaren; Director(s) Joseph Hillel; Production Company Productions Grand Nord Québec Inc.
CBC News: the fifth estate: The Fall and Rise of Theo FleuryProducer(s) Sally Reardon, Scott Anderson; Director(s) Scott Anderson; Production Company CBC
Richard Margison: the Folk Singing Opera StarProducer(s) Michael Maitland, Kal Jones, Jim Eidt; Director(s) Michael Maitland; Production Company Harbinger Films/Pan Productions
 
Documentary History
Dark TourismProducer(s) Steven Silver, Laszlo Barna; Director(s) Manfred Becker; Production Company na
Winnipeg BurlesqueProducer(s) Kyle Bornais, Cam Benett; Director(s) John Barnard; Production Company Farpoint Films
HuronieProducer(s) Denis Boivin, Luc Laine; Director(s) Denis Boivin; Production Company K8E K8E
The Experimental EskimosProducer(s) Peter Raymont, Janice Dawe, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Director(s) Barry Greenwald; Production Company White Pine Pictures
DocZone: China's Earthquake- The People in the PicturesProducer(s) Diana Dai; Director(s) Susan Teskey; Production Company CBC
 
Documentary Nature/Environment
Twice Upon a GardenProducer(s) Barry Lazar, Garry Beitel; Director(s) Philippe Baylaucq; Production Company Beitel/Lazar Productions
Never Lose Sight (Pour ne pas perdre le nord)Producer(s) Anne-Marie Rocher; Director(s) Sarah McNair-Landry; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
My Nuclear NeighbourProducer(s) Donna Zuckerbrot, Daniel Zuckerbrot; Director(s) Donna Zuckerbrot; Production Company Reel Time Images Inc.
The Nature of Things: The Suzuki Diaries- Coastal CanadaProducer(s) Michael Allder, Tina Verma; Director(s) Caroline Underwood; Production Company CBC
Who Killed Miracle?Producer(s) Scott Renyard; Director(s) Scott Renyard; Production Company Juggernaut Pictures Inc.
 
Documentary POV (Point of View)
My Toxic BabyProducer(s) Ed Barreveld; Director(s) Min Sook Lee; Production Company Storyline Entertainment
Suck It Up PrincessProducer(s) Nina Beveridge, Susan Nation; Director(s) Nina Beveridge; Production Company Hop To It Productions
Playing The MachinesProducer(s) Barbara Doran, Rob Blackie, Lynn Wilson; Director(s) Barbara Doran; Production Company Morag Loves Company
One Summer at Camp WinstonProducer(s) Karen Shopsowitz, David W. Brady; Director(s) Karen Shopsowitz; Production Company Moviewitz Productions Inc.
Burning RubberProducer(s) Barbara Badessi, Ariella Pahlke; Director(s) Ariella Pahlke; Production Company Flashfire Productions
 
Documentary Science/Medicine
Ganesh, Boy WonderProducer(s) Alfons Adetuyi; Director(s) Srinivas Krishna; Production Company Inner City Films
The Nature of Things: Living City- A Critical GuideProducer(s) Michael Allder, Hadley Obodiac; Director(s) Hadley Obodiac; Production Company Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Lost Adventures of ChildhoodProducer(s) Scott Harper; Director(s) Scott Harper; Production Company Sunday Night Entertainment
Inuit OdysseyProducer(s) Niobe Thompson; Director(s) Tom Radford, Niobe Thompson; Production Company Clearwater Documentary
Feed Your HeadProducer(s) Connie Littlefield, Kyle Cameron, Steven Carter; Director(s) Connie Littlefield; Production Company conceptafilm
 
Documentary Series
 
Documentary Short Subject
TaggedProducer(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay, Lea Marin; Director(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay; Production Company Gallay Hartt Productions and National Film Board of Canada
CBC News: Marketplace - Miracle Makers or Money TakersProducer(s) Tassie Notar, Catherine Clark; Director(s) Catharine Clark; Production Company CBC
Remedy Me!: SnoringProducer(s) Janice Evans, Greg Jones, Wendy Purves; Director(s) Bonny Lou Wagner; Production Company Creative Atlantic Communications Ltd.
Wood IfProducer(s) Elizabeth Levine; Director(s) J.B. Sugar; Production Company No Equal Entertainment
Family on the EdgeProducer(s) Andrée Cazabon; Director(s) Andrée Cazabon; Production Company Productions Cazabon
 
Documentary Social/Political
Pedal PowerProducer(s) Christopher Sumpton, Robin Benger; Director(s) Christopher Sumpton, Robin Benger; Production Company Cogent/Benger Productions Inc.
So Far From HomeProducer(s) Jean Desormeaux, Vladimir Kabelik, Marc Cohen; Director(s) Vladimir Kabelik; Production Company Willing Mind Productions
Silent Bombs: All for the MotherlandProducer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
India Reborn: Myth & MightProducer(s) Susan Teskey; Director(s) Susan Teskey; Production Company CBC
Aaniasiurtik infirmière au NunavikProducer(s) Pauline Voisard; Director(s) Brigitte Lebrasseur; Production Company Vidéo Femmes
 
Drama
How Eunice Got Her BabyProducer(s) Kristin Somborac, Jordan Gross; Director(s) Ana Valine; Production Company Canadian Film Centre
CountdownProducer(s) Jordan Canning, Laura Churchill; Director(s) Jordan Canning; Production Company Get Set Films
The Deaths of Chet BakerProducer(s) Robert Budreau, Thayer Radic; Director(s) Robert Budreau; Production Company Lumanity Productions
M'OuvrirProducer(s) Nancy Grant; Director(s) Albéric Aurtenèche; Production Company Metafilms
 
Experimental
fish in barrelProducer(s) Randall Okita, Darcy Van Poelgeest; Director(s) Randall Okita; Production Company Absitomen Media Inc.
IKWÉProducer(s) Caroline Monnet; Director(s) Caroline Monnet; Production Company
Red ShoesProducer(s) Natalie Galazka; Director(s) Micah Meisner; Production Company Natalie Galaxy Inc.
Impoverished PlacesProducer(s) Karen Pascal; Director(s) Francois Driessen; Production Company Windborne Productions
And the wind blewProducer(s) Dianne Ouellette; Director(s) Dianne Ouellette; Production Company Difilms
 
Lifestyle
Dirty Business: Spruce it UpProducer(s) Michael Prini, Sandra Meret; Director(s) Stephen Milne; Production Company Primevista Television Inc.
The Opener: Twisted LemonProducer(s) Barri Cohen, Cameron Rothery; Director(s) Nadine Schwartz; Production Company Red Apple Productions
Sarah's Cottage: Exterior & Living RoomProducer(s) Michael Prini, Sarah Richardson, Andrea Griffith; Director(s) Andrea Griffith, Kip Spidell; Production Company Primevista Television Inc.
At the End of My Leash: Cajun's Last HopeProducer(s) Jean Merriman, Lisa Cichelly, Matthew Kershaw, Brad Pattison; Director(s) Kelly Peckham; Production Company White Iron Pictures Inc.
Til Debt Do Us Part: Tuned OutProducer(s) Jamie Brown, Jennifer Horvath; Director(s) Michael Sheehan; Production Company Frantic Films
 
Multicultural
In BetweenProducer(s) Brigitte Boucher; Director(s) Nadine Valcin; Production Company In Between Productions
The GardenProducer(s) Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Laura Milliken, Brian Maracle; Director(s) Zoe Leigh Hopkins; Production Company Big Soul Productions Inc.
Growing Up Among StrangersProducer(s) Nina Sudra, Shirley Purves, Courtenay Hick, Candice van der Vliert; Director(s) Nina Sudra; Production Company
SavageProducer(s) Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski; Director(s) Lisa Jackson; Production Company Violator Films
6 Rides to SundayProducer(s) Karen Sveinson, Jean Merriman, Lisa Cichelly; Director(s) Harington Telford; Production Company White Iron Pictures Inc.
 
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Spring to ComeProducer(s) Laura Milliken; Director(s) Charles Officer; Production Company Big Soul Productions Inc.
QuarantaineProducer(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Director(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Production Company Mouvement Perpétuel
NureyevProducer(s) Moze Mossanen, Peter Gentile; Director(s) Moze Mossanen; Production Company Mossanen Productions
Van Go!Producer(s) Trevor Corrigan, Jessica Ransom; Director(s) Trevor Corrigan; Production Company
Time Before the LightProducer(s) Galen Fletcher; Director(s) Ryan Copple; Production Company Full Motion Pictures
 
Student Production
CatechismProducer(s) Jessica Moorhouse; Director(s) Jessica Moorhouse; Production Company Awkward Whale Productions
The Devil Wears a Paper HatProducer(s) Curtis L. Wiebe; Director(s) Curtis L. Wiebe; Production Company University of Manitoba Fine Arts
Easy WaysProducer(s) Rivera Reese, Alexandra Mihill; Director(s) Dustin Clark; Production Company RDC Motion Picture Arts Program
EvolutionProducer(s) Neil Hunter; Director(s) Emily Hann; Production Company Algonquin College
ChargedProducer(s) Neil Hunter; Director(s) Collin Tsandillis; Production Company Algonquin College
 
Special Awards

Emerging Filmmaker
The Big 1-0Producer(s) Vanessa Shrimpton, Lindsey Connell; Director(s) Lindsey Connell; Production Company The Bridge Productions
The Man Who SleptProducer(s) Ron Dyens, Aurélia Prévieu, Marcel Jean, Galile Marion-Gauvin, Marc Bertrand; Director(s) Inés Sedan; Production Company Sacrebleu Productions, Unité Centrale and National Film Board of Canada
Belly Dance Man: From Canada to CairoProducer(s) Josh Miller, Lisa Byrne; Director(s) Sameer Singh; Production Company Panacea Entertainment
Time Before the LightProducer(s) Galen Fletcher; Director(s) Ryan Copple; Production Company Full Motion Pictures
InsideProducer(s) Elena Pilar Nañes, Maurizio Chen, Yaz Rabadi; Director(s) Yaz Rabadi; Production Company Rabid Pictures Inc.
 
Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award
Blood, Sweats & BeersProducer(s) Ron Goetz, Tobi Lampard, Eppo Eerkes; Director(s) Eppo Eerkes; Production Company Partners in Motion
Regina Extreme Home Make-OverProducer(s) Thirza Jones; Director(s) Todd Snider; Production Company Media Group
Silent Bombs: All for the MotherlandProducer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
Wapos Bay: Self ImprovementProducer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Melanie Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
Wapos Bay: It Came From Out ThereProducer(s) Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Dennis Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
 
Best Aboriginal Award
Lost Bones: In Search of Sitting Bull's Grave: Scott Leary, Dave Gaudet, Kyle Bornais, John Barnard; Director(s) John BarnardProduction Company Micro Bus Pictures
Rabbit Fall: Crow Dance: Bob Crowe, Wally Start, Jennifer Podemski; Director(s) Luke HuttonProduction Company Angel Entertainment
Maamuitaau: The Hunters' Sons: Abhish S. Birla, Diane Icebound; Director(s) Abhish S. Birla, Diane IceboundProduction Company CBC
Wapos Bay: Hardest Lesson: Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya; Director(s) Trevor CameronProduction Company Wapos Bay Productions Inc.
Blackstone: Ron E. Scott, Jesse Szymanski, Shivani Saini; Director(s) Ron E. ScottProduction Company Blackstone Productions Ltd.
 
Craft Awards

Best Director (Fiction)
CountdownProducer(s) Jordan Canning, Laura Churchill; Director(s) Jordan Canning; Production Company Get Set Films
fish in barrelProducer(s) Randall Okita, Darcy Van Poelgeest; Director(s) Randall Okita; Production Company Absitomen Media Inc.
SavageProducer(s) Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski; Director(s) Lisa Jackson; Production Company Violator Films
M'OuvrirProducer(s) Nancy Grant; Director(s) Albéric Aurtenèche; Production Company Metafilms
The White ArcherProducer(s) John Houston, Kirt Ejesiak; Director(s) John Houston; Production Company drumsong communications inc.
 
Best Director (Non-Fiction)
TaggedProducer(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay, Lea Marin; Director(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay; Production Company Gallay Hartt Productions and National Film Board of Canada
QuarantaineProducer(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Director(s) Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer; Production Company Mouvement Perpétuel
Silent Bombs: All for the MotherlandProducer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
The Experimental EskimosProducer(s) Peter Raymont, Janice Dawe, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Director(s) Barry Greenwald; Production Company White Pine Pictures
Inuit OdysseyProducer(s) Niobe Thompson; Director(s) Tom Radford, Niobe Thompson; Production Company Clearwater Documentary
 
Best Research
TaggedProducer(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay, Lea Marin; Director(s) Shawny Cohen, Mike Gallay; Production Company Gallay Hartt Productions and National Film Board of Canada
Silent Bombs: All for the MotherlandProducer(s) Gerald B. Sperling; Director(s) Rob King; Production Company 4 Square Entertainment
The Experimental EskimosProducer(s) Peter Raymont, Janice Dawe, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Director(s) Barry Greenwald; Production Company White Pine Pictures
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn GouldProducer(s) Peter Raymont; Director(s) Michele Hozer; Production Company White Pine Pictures
Feed Your HeadProducer(s) Connie Littlefield, Kyle Cameron, Steven Carter; Director(s) Connie Littlefield; Production Company conceptafilm