The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on Global.
Best Dramatic Series The Eleventh Hour – Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Daphne Park, Peter R. Simpson Da Vinci’s Inquest – Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Arvi Liimatainen, Laura Lightbown Degrassi: The Next Generation – Bell Media, Epitome Pictures. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler, Aaron Martin This Is Wonderland – Muse Entertainment, Indian Grove Productions. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas, Dani Romain, George F. Walker Godiva's – Keatley Entertainment, CHUM. Producers: Julia Keatley, Gigi Boyd, Michael MacLennan ReGenesis – The Movie Network, Movie Central, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Tom Chehak, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Shane Kinnear, Virginia Rankin
Best Dramatic Mini-Series Sex Traffic – Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, Michele Buck, David MacLeod, Derek Wax H2O – Whizbang Films. Producers: Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa Lives of the Saints – Capri Films, PowerCorp, RTI. Producers: Gabriella Martinelli, Giovanna Arata
Best TV Movie Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery – Galafilm. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Francine Allaire, Anne Marie La Traverse Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying – Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Virginia Rankin, Kim Todd Burn: The Robert Wraight Story – Alberta Filmworks, CTV Television Network, Monkeywrench Productions, Tapestry Pictures. Producers: Heather Haldane, Randy Bradshaw, Doug MacLeod, Mary Young Leckie The Last Casino – Astral Films. Producers: Greg Dummett, Madeline Henrie The Life – CTV Television Network, Haddock Entertainment, Odd Man Out Productions, Sarrazin Couture Entertainment. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laura Lightbown, Lynn Barr, Arvi Liimatainen, Pierre Sarrazin
Best Comedy Program or Series Corner Gas – CTV Television Network, Prairie Pants Productions. Producers: Brent Butt, Mark Farrell, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Paul Mather History Bites – The History Channel. Producers: Rick Green, David C. Smith Puppets Who Kill – Eggplant Picture & Sound. Producers: John Pattison, Marianne Culbert, John Leitch, Shawn Thompson The Newsroom – 100% Film and Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Showcase, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Alliance Atlantis, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Mark Farrell, Jack Kellum, Susan MacDonald, Jenipher Ritchie
Best Music, Variety Program or Series 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards – MuchMusic). Producers: John Kampilis, Dave Russell 2004 Canadian Country Music Awards – Canadian Country Music Association, CBC Television. Producers: Michael Watt, Aidan Cosgrove, Anne Hunter Live at the Rehearsal Hall – Bravo!. Producers: Robert Benson, John Gunn The Chieftains in Canada – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Lewis, Geoff D’Eon Canadian Idol – Insight Productions, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Sue Brophey, Martha Kehoe, Mark Lysakowski
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series Camp Hollywood – Hirsh Markle Films. Producers: Steve Markle, David Julian Hirsh Alter Egos – Copperheart Entertainment, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Adam Symansky Opening Night – The Four Seasons Mosaic – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Neinstein, Robert Cohen, Shari Cohen Drawing Out The Demons: A Film about the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs – Screen Siren Pictures. Producers: Trish Dolman, Stephanie Symns Jean-Pierre Perreault: Giant Steps – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Lisa Cochrane, Yves Bisaillon
Best Talk Series Health on the Line – HOTL Productions. Producers: Linda Boyle, Lesley Birchard, Bonnie Hewitt, Terra Renton, Karen Yarosky, Jennifer Fraser, Hedy Korbee Mansbridge One on One – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Whitten, Jasmin Tuffaha Hot Type – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Janet Thomson, Donna Lee Aprile Medical Hotseat – Medical Hotseat Productions. Producers: Hedy Korbee, Helen Bagshaw, Linda Boyle, Jeanette Diehl, Greg Dennis, Jennifer Fraser Vicki Gabereau – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Ott, Jordan Schwartz, Mark Fuller
Best Reality Program or Series Venture – The Town Doctor – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Tracie Tighe Buy Me – Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein, Jean-Francois Monette Made to Order – Mercer Street Films. Producers: Michael Rubino, Henry Less
Best General/Human Interest Series presents – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Donna Lee Aprile SexTV – CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Cynthia Loyst, Brad Brough, Marcia Martin Body of Knowledge – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charles Bishop, Mary Lynk Heartbeats – Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Kirsten Scollie, Barri Cohen, Peter Williamson, Ron Singer Past Life Investigation – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sarah Kapoor, Catherine May, Tracie Tighe
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Runaway Grooms – Asli Films. Producer: Ali Kazimi Rage Against the Darkness – J.S. Kastner Productions. Producers: Deborah Parks, John Kastner El Contrato – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Karen King No Place Called Home – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Peter Starr One More River: The Deal That Split the Cree – Rezolution Pictures. Producers: Catherine Bainbridge, Ernest Webb The Take – Barna-Alper Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, Klein Lewis Productions. Producers: Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, Laszlo Barna, Silva Basmajian
Best Documentary Series Witness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Marie Natanson, Hilary Armstrong Legendary Sin Cities: Paris, Berlin and Shanghai – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Demi-Monde Productions. Producers: Ted Remerowski, Marrin Canell The Nature of Things – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Michael Allder The Passionate Eye – Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Producers: Catherine Olsen, Charlotte Odele, Diane Rotteau Rough Cuts – CBC Newsworld. Producer: Andrew Johnson
Best History Documentary Program Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii – Primitive Entertainment. Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin Turning Points of History – D-Day on Juno Beach – Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option – Partners in Motion. Producers: Nova Herman, Ron Goetz To Build a Nation: Vimy Carved in Stone – Nation Building Productions. Producers: Janice Tufford, Laszlo Barna Zero Hour – Massacre at Columbine High – Cineflix. Producers: Andre Barro, Simon Berthon, David Hickman, Dan Korn
Best Biography Documentary Program Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin' – Real to Reel Productions. Producer: Anne Pick Life and Times – Lord Black of Crossharbour: The Life and Times of Conrad Black – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Halya Kuchmij, Douglas Arrowsmith, Linda Laughlin, Marie Natanson Life and Times – Madiba: The Life & Times of Nelson Mandela – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Robin Benger Life and Times – The Biographer's Voice: The Life and Times of Peter C. Newman – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Gordon Henderson, Mike Sheerin The Greatest Canadian – The Great Tommy Douglas – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Guy O'Sullivan, Rachel Houlihan The True Intrepid: Sir William Stephenson, Declassified – MidCanada Entertainment, Global Television Network. Producer: Kevin Dunn
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program The Origins of AIDS – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Galafilm, Channel Four Television Corporation, Frame 2, Les Films de la Passerelle, Multimédia France Productions, Produce+, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Pathé Archives. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Michel Crepon, Christine Le Goff, Christine Pereaux The Nature of Things – Sex Lies and Secrecy: Dissecting Hysterectomy – CBC. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Michael Allder The Nature of Things – Clot Busters – CBC. Producers: David Tucker, Michael Allder A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede. Producers: Lance Mueller, Jean Merriman Diet of Souls – Triad Film Productions. Producer: Peter d'Entremont
Best News Information Series W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Sally Reardon Venture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Dianne Buckner Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Tassie Notar, Leslie Peck, Sheilagh D’Arcy McGee Eurohealth – Global Television Network. Producers: David Ingram, Brian Coxford
Best News Magazine Segment The National/CBC News – Strange Destiny – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Brian Kelly, Carmen Merrifield, Gary Akenhead, Andy Hincenbergs, Brian Stewart The National/CBC News – Ray of Light – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Taylor-Noonan, Terry Milewski, Sat Nandlall, Cedric Monteiro The National/CBC News – Healing Hikkaduwa – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ian Kalushner, Adrienne Arsenault, Glen Kugelstadt, Michael Taylor-Noonan CBC News: Sunday Night – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Greg Kelly, Tania White, Eric Foss Studio 2 – (TVOntario). Producers: Elizabeth Payne, Ken Hillier, Paul Colbourne, Horst Mueller, Leora Eisen
Best Newscast CTV National News – CTV Television Network. Producers: Wendy Freeman, Tom Haberstroh, David Hughes The National/CBC News – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Whitten, Mark Harrison, Fred Parker, Lynn Kelly, Bob Waller Global National – Global National with Kevin Newman – Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman, Elaine McKay, Erin Lawrence
Best News Special Event Coverage CBC News: RCMP Memorial – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker The National/CBC News – Road to Recovery – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Whitten, Fred Parker CBC News: Canada Votes – Election Night – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker CBC News: Canada Votes – The 60th Anniversary Of D-Day – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker CTV News – Death of a Pope – CTV Television Network. Producers: Kathleen O'Keefe, Tom Haberstroh, Brian LeBold, Joanne MacDonald
Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series Debbie Travis' Facelift – Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein Chef At Large – Ocean Entertainment. Producers: Johanna Eliot, Gretha Rose Design Inc. – Producers: Sarah Richardson, Michael Prini Holmes on Homes – General Purpose Entertainment. Producer: Scott Clark McNeil The Surreal Gourmet – Salad Daze Productions. Producers: Lon J. Hall, Dale Burshtein, Beth Fanjoy
Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment Canada Now – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Conway Fraser, Ray Bourrier, Catherine McIsaac, David Donnelly, Lani Selick, Allison Crawford, Ron Sloan, Terry Stapleton, Barbara Brunzell, Neil Clarkson, Dale Foster