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The history of Canadian Screen Awards for animation can be said to go back to the Canadian Film Awards established by the Canadian Association For Adult Education in 1949. They were “Film of the Year” honours. 13.

This arrangement didn’t satisfy many in the industry and so the Academy of Canadian Cinema was organized in 1979 and the Genie Awards were established in 1980. A category for animated films was established during the years there were not enough animated films to fill it, live action short films were included. It was then called “Best Theatrical Short Film”

In 1985, the Academy of Canadian Cinema was expanded to include television. Its name was changed to the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. In 1986, the Gemini Award was added to cover the television part of the industry. The animated category was titled “The Gemini Award for Best Animated Program or Series”.

In 2012 the Genie and Gemini Awards were combined to create the Canadian Screen Awards with a category for “Best Animated Short” but no category for “Program or Series”. . As of 2019, Genie/Canadian Screen Awards, multiple winners have been, Marcy Page, 8; Michael Scott, 3; Chris Landreth, 3; Marc Bernard, 3; John Weldon 3. Interestingly, all have worked with the National Film Board.

Canadian Film Award

1949, 1^st Special Award	Chantons Noël In recognition of his experimental work	Jean-Paul Ladouceur Norman McLaren
1950, 2^nd	Special Award: Begone Dull Care	Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
1951, 3rd	Special Award: Family Tree	George Dunning, Evelyn Lambart
1952, 4^th	Special Award: Around Is Around, Now Is The Time	Norman McLaren for experiments in 3d film making,
1953, 5^th	Special Award: Neighbours & A Phantasy	Norman McLaren
1955, 7^th	One Little Indian	Grant Munroe
1956, 8^th	Special Mention: Experiment in Animation	Donna Mortinez
1958, 10^th	A Chairy Tale	Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart, Claude Jutra
1961	Universe Lines Horizontal	Colin Low, Roman Kroitor Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
1966, 18^th	Syrinx	Ryan Larkin
1968, 20^th	Un enfant du pays (Honourable Mention)	Pierre Moretti
1969, 21^st	Walking	Ryan Larkin
1970, 22^nd	To See Or Not To See (Psychocratie)	Břetislav Pojar
1971, 23^rd	Evolution	Michael Mills
1972, 24^th	Dans la vie	Pierre Veilleux
1973, 25^th	The Family That Dwelt Apart	Yvon Mallette
1975, 26^th	The Owl Who Married a Goose	Caroline Leaf
1976, 27^th	The Street	Caroline Leaf
1977, 28^th	Spinnollo	John Weldon
1978, 29^th	Afterlife	I Ishu Patel

Genie Award

1980, 1^st	Every Child	Eugene Fedorenko
1986, 7^th	The Big Snit	Michael Scott, Richard Condie
1987, 8^th	Get A Job	Brad Castor, Michael Scott, Derek Mazur
1989, 10^th	The Cat Came Back	Richard Condie, Cordell Barker
1990, 11^th	Juke-Bar	Martin Barry
1992, 13^th	Strings	Wendy Tilby
1993, 14^th	Pearl’s Dinner	Lynn Smith
1997, 18^th	La vieille dame et les pigeons	Sylvain Chomet, Bernard Lajoie, Didier Brunner
1998, 19^th	Bingo	Andy Jones, Kevin Tureski, Chris Landreth
1999 20^th	When Day Breaks	Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis, David Verrall
2000m 21^st	Village of Idiots	Rose Newlove, Michael Scott, David Verrall, Eugene Fedorenko
2001m 22^nd	The Boy Who Saw The Iceberg	Marcy Page, Paul Driessen
2002m 23^rd	The Hungry Squid	Marcy Page, John Weldon
2003, 24^th	Falling In Love Again	Munro Ferguson, Marcy Page
2004, 25^th	Ryan	Marcy Page, Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Chris Landreth
2005, 26^th	cNote	Michael Fukushima, Christopher Hinton
2006, 27^th	The Danish Poet	Torill Kove, Lisa Fearniey, Marcy Page
2007, 28^th	Madame Tutil-Putli	Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Marcy Page
2008, 29^th	Isabelle au bois dormant	Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean
2009, 30^th	Runaway	Derek Mazur, Cordell Barker, Michael Scott
2010, 31^st	Lipsett Diaries	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
2011, 32^nd	Romance	George Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand

Gemini Award

1986, 1^st	For Better Or For Worse: The Bestest Present	W.H. Stevens Jr.
1987, 2^nd	Babar and Father Christmas	Merilyn Read, Alison Clayton
1988, 3^rd	The Raccoons	Kevin Gillis, Sheldon S. Wiseman
1989, 4^th	Babar	Patrick Loubert, Leona Hume, Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh
1990, 5^th	Babar Series Series II	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, , C. A. Smith
1991	No awards
1992, 6^th	Babar	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, , C. A. Smith
1993, 7^th	The Adventures of Tin Tin	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, , C. A. Smith
1994, 8^th	Dog City	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert,, C. A. Smith
1995, 9^th	Reboot	Ian Pearson, Christopher J. Brough, Jay Firestone
1996, 10^th	Reboot	I. Pearson, C. J. Brough, Stéphane Reichel, Steve Barron
1997, 11^th	Reboot	I. Pearson, C. J. Brough, S. Reichel
1998, 12^th(March)	Stickin’ Around	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert
1998, 13^th(October)	Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, C. A. Smith, Stephen Hodgins, Robert Ross, J.D. Smith, Gwenn Saunders Eckel
1999, 14^th	Rolie Polie Olie	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, C. A. Smith, Fabrice Giger, William Joyce
2000, 15^th	Angela Anaconda	Beth Stevenson, Neil Court, John Mariella, Steve Denure, Joanne Ferrone, Sue Rose,
2001, 16^th	Oliver’s Adventures	Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Jessica Andrews, Steven J. P. Comeau
2002, 17^th	Aaagh! It’s the Mr. Hell Show!	J. Falconer, Christopher J. Bough
2003, 18^th	Doodlez	Gretha Rose
2004, 19^th	Doodlez	Gretha Rose
2005 18^th	Dragon Booster	Asaph Fipke, Ken Faier, Kevin Mowrer
2006, 19^th	Bromwell High	Cheryl Taylor, Mario Stylianides, Beth Stevenson, Jimmy Mulville, Anil Gupta, Neil Court, Steve Denure
2007 20^th	Skyland	Vince Commisso, Steve Jarosz, Marilyn McAuley
2008, 21^st	Chop Stocky Chooks	Miles Bullough, Neil Court, Steve Denure, Peter Lord, Beth Stevenson, Jacqueline White
2009, 22^nd	Life’s a Zoo	Adam Shaheen
2010, 23^rd	Glenn Martin DDS	Adam Shaheen
2011, 24^th	Hot Wheels Battle Force 5	Doug Murphy, Tina Chow, Ira Singerman, Irene Weibel, Audu Paden, Chuck Johnson, Barry Waldo, Ken Faier, Ace Fipke, Pam Lehn,

Canadian Screen Awards

2012, 1^st	Paula	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
2013, 2^nd	Subconscious Password	George Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand
2014, 3^rd	Me and My Moulton	Lisa Fearniey, Torill Kove, Marcy Page
2015, 4^th	The Ballad of Immortal Joe	Hector Herrera, Pazit Cahlon
2016, 5^th	Blind Vaysha	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
2017, 6^th	The Tesla World Light	Matthew Rankin, Julie Roy
2018, 7^th	Animal Behaviour	Alison Snowden, David Fine, Michael Fukushima
2019, 8^th	Giant Bear	Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies, Emily Page

SOURCES:

Book:

The Canadian Film Awards: A Pictorial History. Writ., Maria Topalovich. Stoddart Publishing/Academy of Canadian Cinema, 1984.

Internet:

“Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_%26_Television. Accessed 28 April 2021.

“Genie Awards.” https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/genie-awards Accessed 28 April 2021.

“Genie Awards.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Awards. Accessed 28 April 2021.

“Gemini Awards.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Awards. Accessed 28 April 2021.

“Canadian Film Awards.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Film_Awards Accessed 28 April 2021.

“Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Animated_Short Accessed 28 April 2021.

“Gemini Award for Best Animated Program or Series.” https://awardsandwinners.com/category/gemini-awards/gemini-award-for-best-animated-program-or-series/ Accessed 28 April 2021.

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