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

Genie Award

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

Gemini Award

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1986, 1st	For Better Or For Worse: The Bestest Present	W.H. Stevens Jr.
1987, 2nd	Babar and Father Christmas	Merilyn Read, Alison Clayton
1988, 3rd	The Raccoons	Kevin Gillis, Sheldon S. Wiseman
1989, 4th	Babar	Patrick Loubert, Leona Hume, Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsh
1990, 5th	Babar Series Series II	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, , C. A. Smith
1991	No awards
1992, 6th	Babar	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, , C. A. Smith
1993, 7th	The Adventures of Tin Tin	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, , C. A. Smith
1994, 8th	Dog City	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert,, C. A. Smith
1995, 9th	Reboot	Ian Pearson, Christopher J. Brough, Jay Firestone
1996, 10th	Reboot	I. Pearson, C. J. Brough, Stéphane Reichel, Steve Barron
1997, 11th	Reboot	I. Pearson, C. J. Brough, S. Reichel
1998, 12th         (March)	Stickin’ Around	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert
1998, 13th         (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, 14th	Rolie Polie Olie	M. Hirsh, P. Loubert, C. A. Smith, Fabrice Giger, William Joyce
2000, 15th	Angela Anaconda	Beth Stevenson, Neil Court, John Mariella, Steve Denure, Joanne Ferrone, Sue Rose,
2001, 16th	Oliver’s Adventures	Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Jessica Andrews, Steven J. P. Comeau
2002, 17th	Aaagh! It’s the Mr. Hell Show!	J. Falconer, Christopher J. Bough
2003, 18th	Doodlez	Gretha Rose
2004, 19th	Doodlez	Gretha Rose
2005 18th	Dragon Booster	Asaph Fipke, Ken Faier, Kevin Mowrer
2006, 19th	Bromwell High	Cheryl Taylor, Mario Stylianides, Beth Stevenson, Jimmy Mulville, Anil Gupta, Neil Court, Steve Denure
2007 20th	Skyland	Vince Commisso, Steve Jarosz, Marilyn McAuley
2008, 21st	Chop Stocky Chooks	Miles Bullough, Neil Court, Steve Denure, Peter Lord, Beth Stevenson, Jacqueline White
2009, 22nd	Life’s a Zoo	Adam Shaheen
2010, 23rd	Glenn Martin DDS	Adam Shaheen
2011, 24th	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, 1st	Paula	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
2013, 2nd	Subconscious Password	George Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand
2014, 3rd	Me and My Moulton	Lisa Fearniey, Torill Kove, Marcy Page
2015, 4th	The Ballad of Immortal Joe	Hector Herrera, Pazit Cahlon
2016, 5th	Blind Vaysha	Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand
2017, 6th	The Tesla World Light	Matthew Rankin, Julie Roy
2018, 7th	Animal Behaviour	Alison Snowden, David Fine, Michael Fukushima
2019, 8th	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.

 

AWARD CANADIAN FILM

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OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL

This Festival is the oldest and largest festival of its kind in North America. It was founded in 1975 as a biennial event by the Canadian Film Institute with the co-operation of the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation/International Animated Film Association of France. The first festival was August 10-15, 1976. In addition to the Canadian Film Institute prominent figures in Canadian animation like Bill Kuhns, Fredrick Manter, Prescott J. Wright AND  Kelly O’Brian as well as institutions like the National Film Board, Radio Canada, CBC Television and Cinémathèque Québécoise played important roles. Ottawa was chosen because at that time it was home to the National Film Board as well many of Canada’s first animation studios. It probably didn’t hurt that Ottawa was also at the time home to Canada’s most prominent animator and film maker Norman McLaren who was later made the Festival’s first Honourary President.

In 1984 the Festival was moved to Toronto, then to Hamilton in 1996, before returning to Ottawa in 1990. In 1997 the Ottawa International Student Animation Festival was organized and held during alternate years to the O.I.A.F. events. In 2005 the two festivals were merged and the O.I.A.F. became an annual affair held in September.

The current (2020) award categories are: Feature Film, Independent Short Film, Student Animation, Commercial Animation, Animation Made For Young People, Virtual Reality, Animated Series (not intended for children).

Canadian Grand Prize Winners have been:

1976, The Street, Caroline Leaf. 1982, Crac, Fredric Back. 1988, The Man Who Planted Trees, F. Back 1992, Two Sisters, Caroline Leaf.

2004, Best Short, Ryan, Chris Landreth. 2014, Best Feature, Seth’s Dominion, Luc Chamberland. 2016, Best Short, J’aime les filles, Diane Obamsawin.

SOURCES

Internet:

https://www.animationfestival.ca/ Accessed 25 April 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_International_Animation_Festival Accessed 25 April 2021.

https://www.facebook.com/OttawaAnimationFestival/ Accessed 25 April 2021.

 

AWARD OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL

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DELIĆ Goran

Born in Yugoslavia. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb Croatia.

From 1984 to 1987, he cartooned the graphic novel Smoggy Boy which was published in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Spain. In 1984, he illustrated “Bucky O’Hare” for issues 1 to 4 for the periodical Echo of Future Past published by U.S. company Continuity. In 1987 he created “Sarrat” for the same series.

From 1992 to 2003, he worked as Senior Concept and Production Designer on a number of animated television series for Nelvana. At the same time, he did editorial work 1992 through 2003 for newspapers like the Toronto Star, Eye, Toronto Computes, New York Times. For a short time in 1994, he illustrated “Mighty Mites” for Owl magazine .In 1998. He was Senior Concept and Production Designer on Sam & Max Freelance Police which won a Gemini Best Animated Series Award.

In June 2007, he founded Square Pupils Studio and has worked as a production designer on feature films Company and Dead Silence (2007), Outlander (2008), Tales of the Black Freighter (2009). He was a concept artist for Star Trek Discovery (2017-2018) and in 2018 the live action television series Shadow Hunters, Umbrella Academy and television movie Playing Dead.

From 2008 to 2013, he was Art Director at ToonBox Entertainment Toronto where he was involved in animated feature films like Bolts & Blip: Battles of the Lunar League (2010). Nut Job, (2014) and Spark. Over 2006 to 2007, he was Production Designer at Red Rover Inc. Toronto. From 2007 to 2008 he was an instructor at The Mutt Animation School

WORK:

CO-CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL TEXT & GRAPHIC:

Content information & adventure:

Owl …: “Mighty Mites…” Co-car., Goran Delić & Harold Eastman. Colour.

19-1, January 1994: “… Caterpillar Pop”: 18-21. Caterpillar & ant help each other. 19-3, March 1994: “… A Little Egg-stra Warmth”: 18-21. Encounter with Penguins. 19-4, April 1994: “… Three’s A Crowd”: 24-227. Encounter with Lemmings. 19-5, May 1994: “… Sand Sampler”: 24-24. Encounter with Mallee Fowl eggs. 19-6, Summer 1994: “… Glider Trouble”: 24-27. Encounter with Sugar Glider, New Guinea.

ILLUSTRATOR:

NEWSPAPER:

Content essay:

Toronto Star, 13 November 1994: “Treating Voters as victims”. Writ., Unknown: E1.

SOURCE:

Internet:

https://www.gorandelic.com/ Accessed, 15 April 2021.

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/delic_goran.htm Accessed, 15 April 2021.

GALLERY:

Toronto Star, 13 November 1994: E1.

HAPPY DAZE

It is possible that Hy Moyer created this cartoon feature specifically for Bell Features & Publishing Co. It is more likely it appeared in an earlier magazine and was reprinted by Bell.

This cartoon reflects a prejudice against Blacks that was commonly expressed at least throughout North America in the twentieth century. The fact that “Happy Daze” made the cut from black & white to the colour feature “Java Bean” in Super Duper Comics published by F.E. Howard Publications suggests the popularity of such humour in this period.

MEDUIM:

PERIODICAL:

Content humor:

Active Comics, 27, no date: “Happy Daze”: 23-27. Black & white. (“Happy Daze.” Became “Java Bean.” In Super Duper Comics

Super Duper Comics 3, May 1947: “Java Bean”: 30-34 F.E. Howard Publications. Colour.

GALLERY:

Active Comics, 27: 23-27.

Super Duper Comics 3, May 1947: 30.

 

DIBS & DABS

It is possible Hy Moyer created this feature especially for Bell Features & Publishing Co. It is also possible it is a reprint of a feature he earlier created for another periodical.

MEDUIM:

PERIODICAL:

Content humor:

Active Comics, 26, no date: “Dibs & Dabs.”40-41. Black & white.

GALLERY:

      Active Comics, 26: 40-41.

 

 

CANADIAN CAPERS

A feature created by Hy Moyer. Whether it was created for Bell Features & Publishing Co. or it first appeared in other magazines and was reprinted in Bell is not known.

MEDUIM:

PERIODICAL:

Content humor:

Active Comics, 23, no date: “Canadian Capers”: 8-9.

GALLERY:

Active Comics, 23: 8-9.

 

THE NORTH WING: Selections from the Lost Library of CanLit Graphic Novels

The idea for the project came from Alex Good and editor at the time at Canadian Notes & Queries. He approached Gregory Gallant about it and Gregory took over the job of finding the cartoonists, establishing deadlines etc. Gregory will approach the cartoonist and suggest that they choose a book, story or poem they would like to adapt. Generally the artists have something in mind but if they haven’t Gregory will ask the editor to suggest something.

Gregory himself has provided a few works, an introduction and a short account of the construction and location of a new archive.

Introduction:

Canadian Notes & Queries, 80, Summer/Fall 2010: Introduction “Selections From The North Wing”. Car., Gregory Gallant: 61.

An account of the construction of a new building to house the archive :

Canadian Notes & Queries, 86, Winter 2012: “From The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists”. Car., Gregory Gallant: 63.

Works from the archive:

Canadian Notes & Queries, …: “The North Wing: Selections from the Lost Library of CanLit Graphic Novels: Episode … as adapted by …”: ….

080, Summer/Fall 2010: “…One, Marion Engel’s Bear… Joe Ollman”: 62-63.

81, Win./Spr. 2011: “Two, M. Atwood’s, The Handmaiden’s Tale … James Turner”:      36-37.

82, Spring/Summer 2011: “Three, Sheila Watson’s, The Double Hook … Zach Worton”: 70-71.

83, Summer/Fall 2011: “Four, Alice Munroe’s Some Women … Rebecca Kraatz”: 68-69.

84, Winter/Spring 2012: “Five, Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business … John Martz”: 70-71.

85, Spring/Fall 2012: “Six, Norman Levine’s Canada Made Me … Ethan Rilly”: 68-69.

86, Winter 2012: “Seven, Leon Rooke’s ‘Adolpho’s ‘Disappeared and We Haven’t a Clue Where to Find Him’… Aaron Costain”: 78-79.

87, Spring 2013: “Eight, Paul Quarrington’s, Whale Music, as adapted by Michael Deforge”: 60-61.

88, Summer/Fall 2013: “ Nine, Michael Metcalf’s, Going Down Slow … David Collier”: 26-27.

89, Win./Spr. 2014: “Ten, Alistair MacLeod’s, No Great Mischief”… Kate Beaton”: 62-63.

90, Summer 2014: “Eleven, Barbara Gowdy’s, Flesh Of My Flesh … Diana Tamblyn”: 48-49.

91, Fall/Winter 2014: “Twelve, Michael Crummey’s, Galore … Jesse Jacobs”: 42-43.

92, Spring 2015: “Thirteen, Stephen Leacock’s, Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town … Nick Maandag”: 26-27.

93, Summer 2015: “Fourteen,* Jim Munroe’s, Angry Young Spaceman … Marc Bell”:  70-71.

94, Winter 2016: “Fourteen,* Danny Laferrière’s, A Drifting Year … Michael Cho”: 50-51.

95, Spring 2016: “Fifteen, Charlie and Jesse Huisken Take A Walk In Toronto.” 44-47. Excerpted from a 20 metre long 18 panel work.

96, Summer 2016: “Sixteen, Leonard Cohen’s, The Favourite Game … Jason Kieffer”: 32-33.

97, Fall 2016: “Seventeen Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel, as adapted by Diane Obomsawin”: 32- 33.

98, Winter 2017: “Eighteen, Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz … Pascal Girard”: 32-33.

099, Spring 2017: “…Nineteen: Dennis Lee’s Alligator Pie …Matt Forsyth”: 32-33.

100, Fall 2017: “… Twenty, Andre Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs, … Patrick Kyle”: 40-41.

101, Winter 2018: “…Twenty-One, Sheila Hetl’s How Should A Person Be? … Dakota McFadzean”: 40- 41.

102, Summer 2018: “… Twenty-Two, Margaret Atwood’s ‘Oryx and Crake’… Jay Stephens.” 32-33.

103, Fall 2018: “…Twenty-Three, Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The Collected Works of Billy The Kid’, …Scott Chantler”: 40-41.

104, Spring 2019: “… Twenty-Four, Marie-Claire Blias’ Mad Shadows’’… Fiona Smyth”: 32-33.

105, Fall 2019: “Twenty-Five: William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition … Ray Fawkes.”: 32-33.

106, Winter 2020: “… Twenty-Six: Al Purdy’s ‘Questions’ … Seth.”: 32-33.

107, Spring/Summer 2020: “… Twenty-Seven: Alice Munroe’s “Runaway”… Meags Fitzgerald: 32-33.

108, Fall 2020: “… Twenty-Eight, Nalo Hopkinson’s’ Brown Girl In The Ring’’… Ho Che  Anderson.” 44-45.

*Note there are two “Fourteen’s”.

GALLERY:

Canadian Notes & Queries, 80: Intrduction “Selections From The north Wing” Car., Gregory Gallant: 61.

Canadian Notes & Queries, 86, Winter 2012: “From The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists”: 63. A new home for the North Wing Project?