The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 19th Gemini Awards were held on December 13, 2004, 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 CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series Da Vinci’s Inquest – Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Arvi Liimatainen Bliss – Galafilm, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Janis Lundman, Ian Whitehead, Adrienne Mitchell The Eleventh Hour – Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Seaton McLean Slings & Arrows – Rhombus Media. Producers: Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron Snakes and Ladders – Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod The Shields Stories – Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Kim Todd, Laura Harbin, Lori Spring
Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie Human Cargo – Force Four Entertainment. Producers: Hugh Beard, Debra Beard, Brian Mckeown, Linda Svendsen Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story – High Definition Pictures, The Film Works, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Eric Jordan, Jeremy Torrie Elizabeth Rex – Rhombus Media. Producers: Jennifer Jonas, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron Open Heart – Barna-Alper/Dreamsmith Entertainment, Movie Central, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Phyllis Platt, Tim Hogan, Brian Dennis The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie – Showtime Networks, Nomadic Pictures. Producers: Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev
Best Comedy Program or Series Trailer Park Boys – Showcase, Topsail Entertainment. Producers: Mike Clattenburg, Michael A. Volpe, Barrie Dunn Puppets Who Kill – Eggplant Picture & Sound. Producers: John Pattison, Marianne Culbert, John Leitch, Shawn Thompson This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Mark Farrell, Jack Kellum, Susan MacDonald, Jenipher Ritchie The Newsroom – 100% Film and Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Showcase, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom Corner Gas – CTV Television Network, Prairie Pants Productions. Producers: Brent Butt, Mark Farrell, David Storey, Virginia Thompson The Red Green Show – Red Green Productions. Producers: David C. Smith, Steve Smith
Best Music, Variety Program or Series Juno Awards of 2004 – Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, CTV Television Network. Producers: John Brunton, Melanie Berry, Barbara Bowlby, Lindsay Cox, Stephen Stohn, Louise Wood Live at the Rehearsal Hall – Bravo!. Producers: Robert Benson, John Gunn 2003 Much Music Video Music Awards – MuchMusic. Producers: John Kampilis, Sheila Sullivan ZeD – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves, Sudha Krishna, Jennifer Ouano Painting Daisies – The Dream Team – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Peter Mann, Steve Glassman, Jack Bond
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series Men of the Deeps – CTV Television Network, John Walker Productions, Picture Plant, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: John Walker, Terry Greenlaw, Kent Martin Amelia – Amérimage-Spectra, Media Principia, Echo Media. Producers: Pierre Touchette, Luc Châtelain, Bob Krupinski, Daniel Langlois, Alain Simard Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock Royalty – Handel Productions. Producer: Alan Handel Naked in the House – Fashion Television. Producers: Marcia Martin, Jay Levine, Adrienne Reid The Planets – Amérimage-Spectra, Echo Media. Producers: Pierre Touchette, Luc Châtelain, Alain Simard
Best Talk Series Vicki Gabereau – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Ott, Jordan Schwartz Studio 2 – TVOntario. Producers: Doug Grant, Jane Jankovic Imprint – TVOntario. Producers: Doug Grant, Linda Dunlop Hot Type – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Dana Glassman, Janet Thomson, Donna Lee Aprile CBC News: Sunday – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Stuart Coxe, Carolyn Jack
Best Reality Program or Series CBC News: Disclosure – The Making of a Political Animal – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Catherine Legge, Jane Mingay, Cecil Rosner, Jim Williamson Venture – Back to the Floor – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Chad Paulin, Tracie Tighe Hooked Up – Lone Eagle Entertainment. Producers: Michael Geddes, Michael Frislev, Chad Oakes, Maria Pimentel, Tom Powers Kenny vs. Spenny – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Cinefornia, Blueprint Entertainment, Eggplant Picture & Sound, KVS Productions. Producers: Abby Finer, Noreen Halpern, Kenny Hotz, Ira Levy, John Morayniss, Spencer Rice, Kirsten Scollie, Peter Williamson Zoo Diaries – DocuTainment Productions, Microtainment Plus International, Infinite Monkeys Productions, Atlantic 16 Productions. Producers: Garry Blue, Howard Bernstein, Mark Shekter Buy Me – Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Nikila Cole, Hans Rosenstein
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Dying at Grace – TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Allan King CBC News: Sunday – Deadline Iraq: Uncensored – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Aaron Williams, Eric Foss, Douglas Arrowsmith, Greg Kelly, Stuart Coxe Dying To Be Free – Zimbabwe's Struggle For Change. Producer: David Belluz Short Infinity – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Yves Bisaillon, Jean Lemire The Man Who Could Be King – Nomad Films. Producers: Nancy Ing-Duclos, Edith Champagne, Mark Johnston
Best Documentary Series The Nature of Things – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Michael Allder Rough Cuts – CBC Newsworld. Producer: Andrew Johnson The View from Here – TVOntario). Producer: Rudy Buttignol The Passionate Eye – The Passionate Eye Canadian Showcase – Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Producers: Catherine Olsen, Charlotte Odele, Diane Rotteau Turning Points of History – Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
Best History Documentary Program Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 – Markham Street Films. Producers: Judy Holm, Michael McNamara City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Starowicz, Alan Mendelsohn, Sally Reardon Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Karen King, Silva Basmajian From a Place Called War 1939–1945: Dawn of Deliverance – Northern Sky Entertainment. Producer: Wayne Abbott Notman's Canada – TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Murray Battle, Andrea Nemtin
Best Biography Documentary Program Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest Stories of the War of Vilhjalmur Stefansson – National Film Board of Canada, White Pine Pictures. Producers: Lindalee Tracey, Peter Raymont. Helen's War: Portrait of a Dissident – Sonja Armstrong Productions. Producer: Sonja Armstrong, Anne Pick Turning Points of History – Neighbours: Freud and Hitler in Vienna – Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Alan Mendelsohn, Laszlo Barna The Canadian Experience: Sisters in the Wilderness – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CineNorth. Producers: Lisa Ellenwood, Susan Dando. The Spirit of Annie Mae – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Kent Martin
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program Suzuki Speaks – Avanti Pictures. Producers: Cathy Chilco, Tony Papa Sex, Drugs and Middle Age – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Ann Marie Redmond The Nature of Things – Corporate Agriculture: The Hollow Men – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Allder, Ray Burley The Eye of the Son – TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Jason Rodi, Robbie Hart Garden Mimics – Bullfrog Films. Producer: Susan Fleming
Best News Information Series the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Sally Reardon W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany CTV National News – Question Period – CTV Television Network. Producers: Jana Juginovic, Joanne MacDonald Foreign Assignment – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Eric Rankin, Jet Belgraver The Docket – CBC News. Producers: Lisa Taylor, Susan Rogers
Best News Magazine Segment The National/CBC News – Hana's Suitcase – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Joe Schlesinger, Jet Belgraver, Avi Lev CBC News: Sunday – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Eric Foss, Evan Solomon, Katie MacGuire, Aaron Williams CBC News: Disclosure – Dead Silence – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Harvey Cashore, Scott Anderson, Vera-Lynn Kubinec W5 – 419 Fraud – CTV Television Network. Producers: Tom Clark, Elizabeth Cook, Robert Osborne, Denis Langlois The National/CBC News – Uganda's Forgotten War – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Melanie Verhaeghe, Jamie Hopkins, Tania White
Best Newscast CityNews: CityPulse at Six – Citytv. Producers: Katia Del Col, Dan Comi, Tina Cortese, Stephen Hurlbut The National/CBC News – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bob Waller, Fred Parker, Mark Harrison, Lynn Kelly, Jonathan Whitten CTV National News – CTV Television Network. Producers: Wendy Freeman, Tom Haberstroh, David Hughes
Best News Special Event Coverage CBC News: The 2010 Olympic Decision – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker, Tom Dinsmore Global National – Kelowna Fires – Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman, Elaine McKay, Erin Lawrence CBC News: The Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker CTV News – Power Blackout – CTV Television Network. Producers: Kenton Boston, Tom Haberstroh, Brian LeBold Toronto Tonight: The Cecilia Tragedy – Producers: Mike Karapita, Zev Shalev
Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series SexTV – CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Pedro Orrego, Marcia Martin Debbie Travis' Facelift – Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Nikila Cole, Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein Recreating Eden – Merit Motion Pictures. Producer: Merit Jensen-Carr Saturday Night at the Movies – The Interviews – TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Risa Shuman, Murray Battle English Teachers, Part 2 – WestWind Pictures. Producers: David C. Hansen, Clark Donnelly, Michael Snook, Maria Spinarski FashionTelevision – Citytv. Producers: Marcia Martin, Jay Levine, Howard Brull
Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment ZeD – More Than Skin Deep – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Grant Greschuk, Scott Winlaw, David Ozier Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Krista Erickson, Andreas Wesley, Don Chung, Aileen McBride, Blair Clark POV Sports – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Andrea Griffith Planet Parent – Telefactory. Producers: Derek Miller, Vanessa Huang, Jessy Tse, Jerry Vienneau, Denis Langlois
Best Practical Information Series The Surreal Gourmet – Salad Daze Productions. Producers: Lon J. Hall, Dale Burshtein, Beth Fanjoy Holmes on Homes – General Purpose Entertainment. Producer: Scott Clark McNeil Licence to Grill – Knight Enterprises. Producers: Chris Knight, Kathy Doherty Me, My House & I – Mountain Road Productions. Producers: Tim Alp, Brigitte Gall Stylin' Gypsies – W Network. Producers: Michelle Metivier, Paula Butorac, Mary Benadiba
Best Animated Program or Series Doodlez – Cellar Door Productions. Producer: Gretha Rose Fair Phyllis – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Jennifer Torrance, Jerry Krepakevich King – Decode Entertainment, Funbag Animation Studios. Producers: Steve Denure, Gordon Coulthart, Beth Stevenson, Frank Taylor