The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 18th Gemini Awards were held on October 20, 2003, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Seán Cullen, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series The Eleventh Hour – Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Anne Marie La Traverse, Brian Dennis Blue Murder – Barna-Alper Productions, Canwest, North Bend Films. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Steve Lucas, Norman Denver Cold Squad – Keatley MacLeod Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Peter Mitchell, Jon Pilatzke, Gigi Boyd, Steve Ord, Matt MacLeod, Julia Keatley, Gary Harvey Da Vinci’s Inquest – Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Lynn Barr, Arvi Liimatainen The Atwood Stories – Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Kim Todd, Francine Zuckerman, Christina Jennings, Lori Spring, Laura Harbin, Scott Garvie
Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie 100 Days in the Jungle – ImagiNation Film and Television Productions, Sextant Entertainment Group. Producers: Nicolette Saina, Sean O’Byrne, Matthew O’Connor, Tom Rowe, Mary Anne Waterhouse The Many Lives of Albert Walker – Alliance Atlantis Communications, BBC, CTV Television Network, Isle of Man Film, Little Bird Productions. Producers: Anne Marie La Traverse, Jonathan Cavendish, Sophie Gardiner, Mike Dormer Chasing Cain: Face – Indian Grove Productions, Muse Entertainment, Salter Street Films. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas The Interrogation of Michael Crowe – Incendo Productions, JB Media, Andrea Baynes Productions, Hearst Entertainment. Producer: Terry Gould The Many Trials of One Jane Doe – Original Pictures, Indian Grove Productions, Studio Eight Productions, Muse Entertainment, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas, Jamie Brown, Kim Todd
Best Short Dramatic Program When I Was Seven – Girls On Film Productions. Producer: Andrea Bastin Interviews with My Next Girlfriend – Fighting Fish Pictures. Producers: Maria Popoff, Cassandra Nicolaou Degrassi: The Next Generation – White Wedding – Bell Media, Epitome Pictures. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler
Best Comedy Program or Series This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Salter Street Films, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jenipher Ritchie, Mark Farrell, Susan MacDonald, Jack Kellum, Geoff D'Eon, Michael Donovan Lord Have Mercy! – Leda Serene Films. Producers: Claire Prieto, Frances-Anne Solomon, Vance Chapman Puppets Who Kill – Eggplant Picture & Sound. Producers: John Pattison, Shawn Thompson, John Leitch, Rob Mills The Gavin Crawford Show – Idle Mind Productions, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Kyle Tingley, Ron Murphy, Virginia Rankin Trailer Park Boys – Showcase, Topsail Entertainment. Producers: Mike Clattenburg, Michael A Volpe, Barrie Dunn
Best Music, Variety Program or Series Juno Awards of 2003 – Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, CTV Television Network. Producers: Louise Wood, Barbara Bowlby, John Brunton, Stephen Stohn East Coast Music Awards – East Coast Music Association, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Halifax. Producers: Jac Gautreau, Michael Lewis, Geoff D'Eon Amanda Marshall – Everybody's Got a Story – Copy Zero. Producers: Campbell Webster, Matt Zimbel Live At The Rehearsal Hall – Bravo!. Producers: John Gunn, Robert Benson Juno Songwriter's Circle – Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Moya Walsh, Brookes Diamond, Jack Kellum
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia – TVOntario. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier Bollywood Bound – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Karen King Joseph Giunta: A Silent Triumph – Films Piché-Ferrari, National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Pepita Ferrari Le Mozart noir – Media Headquarters. Producers: Shari Cohen, Robert Cohen, Robin Neinstein Tucked Into Bedlam – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Natasha Ryan, Geoff Le Boutillier, Susan Levine
Best Talk Series Studio 2 – TVOntario. Producers: Doug Grant, Jane Jankovic Imprint – TVOntario. Producer: Doug Grant Medical Hotseat – Medical Hotseat Productions. Producer: Hedy Korbee Open Mike with Mike Bullard – The Comedy Network. Producers: Mark McInnis, Barbara Bowlby, John Brunton Hot Type – CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Dana Glassman, Janet Thomson
Best Reality Program or Series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within – Ici ARTV, Bravo!, Canadian Television Fund, Créations Musca, Galafilm. Producers: Marie Cote, Vincent Gagné, Arnie Gelbart eLove – Cineflix. Producers: Cesca Eaton, Andre Barro Matchmaker – Tricon Films & Television. Producer: Andrea Gorfolova Popstars: The One – Lone Eagle Entertainment. Producers: Maria Pimentel, Michael Geddes
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Return To Kandahar – Icebreaker Films, Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Producers: David M. Ostriker, Nelofer Pazira, Paul Jay The View from Here – Chinese Daughters – TVOntario). Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Dorlene Lin Salvation – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Kent Martin Seeing Is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News – Necessary Illusions. Producers: Catherine Olsen, Katerina Cizek, Peter Wintonick, Francis Miquet The Tree That Remembers – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Sally Bochner
Best Documentary Series Rough Cuts – CBC Newsworld. Producer: Andrew Johnson A Question of Honour – Breakout Educational Network. Producers: Kitson Vincent, Robert Roy The Passionate Eye – Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Producer: Catherine Olsen The Undefended Border – White Pine Pictures. Producers: Lindalee Tracey, Peter Raymont The View from Here – TVOntario). Producer: Rudy Buttignol
Best History Documentary Program Undying Love – Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, Canadian Television Fund, CTV Television Network, Les Productions La Fête, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, VisionTV. Producer: Ina Fichman Guinea Pig Club – Infinity Films. Producers: Pat O’Brien, Cynthia Chapman, Dan Carriere, Shel Piercy The Boys of Buchenwald – Paperny Films. Producer: David Paperny Chiefs – The Trial of Poundmaker – Galafilm, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Richard Elson
Best Biography Documentary Program Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story – Producers: André Théberge, Anne Frank, Yves Bisaillon, Nicole Lamothe Cecil's Journey – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Peter d'Entremont, Kent Martin Life and Times – Destiny: The Life and Times of Paul Anka – Melbar Entertainment Group, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Benger, Christopher Sumpton The Canadians: Biographies of a Nation – CRB Foundation, History Television. Producer: Patricia Phillips Life and Times – Destiny: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Terence McKenna
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program The Nature of Things – The Investigation of Swissair 111 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Allder, Kurt Schaad, Howard Green The View from Here – Life's a Twitch – National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Sally Blake, Tina Hahn The Baby Human – Oh Baby! To Walk – Ellis Entertainment. Producers: Kip Spidell, Stephen Ellis The Nature of Things – Up Close and Toxic – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood The Surgeons – Dr. Rao – Frantic Films. Producers: Rachel Low, Tim O’Brien, Daniela Battistella
Best News Information Series CBC News: Disclosure – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: F.M. Morrison, Susan Teskey, Cecil Rosner CBC News: Untold Stories – Jonathan Whitten, Lynn Burgess, Cynthia Kinch Venture – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Alan Habbick, Sophia Hadzipetros, Caroline Harvey Marketplace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Tassie Notar, Leslie Peck MediaTelevision – Citytv. Producers: Marcia Martin, David Giddens W5 – CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany, Robert Osborne
Best News Magazine Segment CBC News: Sunday – Searching For Sarah – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Frédéric Zalac, Georges Laszuk, Denis Grenier, Martin Cadotte, Kat Kosiancic 21c – CTV Television Network. Producers: Derek Miller, Dominic Patten, Andrew Yates CBC News: Disclosure – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Lesley Cameron, Harvey Cashore, Kathleen Coughlin The National/CBC News – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Peter Zin, Loretta Hicks, Joan Leishman, Debi Goodwin, Robert Krbavac the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Neil Docherty, Linden MacIntyre, Erin Paul, Andrew Culbert, Oleh Rumak
Best Newscast 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, Margaret Spina, David Hughes, Blair Harley Global National – Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman
Best News Special Event Coverage CBC News: Attack on Iraq – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nancy Kelly, Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker CBC News: Remembering September 11 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker CTV News – Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster – CTV Television Network. Producers: Joanne MacDonald, Devan Kraushur CTV News – Target Iraq – CTV Television Network. Producers: Joanne MacDonald, Tom Haberstroh Global National with Kevin Newman: September 11 – Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman
Best Lifestyle or General Interest Series Taking It Off – Anaid Productions. Producer: Margaret Mardirossian The Great Canadian Food Show – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Knight, Christine Overvelde The Surgeons – Frantic Films. Producers: Rachel Low, Tim O’Brien, Daniela Battistella BookTelevision – The Programme – Bell Media. Producer: Pauline Rentzelos Debbie Travis' Facelift – Whalley-Abbey Media Holdings. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein
Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment On the Road Again – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Roger Lefebvre, Louisa Battistelli, Aldo Columpsi, Malcolm Hamilton CBC News: Country Canada – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Jim MacQuarrie It's a Living – Rally Car Driver – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Manitoba, Life Network. Producers: James Loewen, Noah Erenberg POV Sports – Hat Dance – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Mitch Burman SexTV – Khatoeys, Real Boys (Michelle Melles) – CHUM Television. Producer: Pedro Orrego
Best Practical Information Series The Surreal Gourmet – Salad Daze Productions. Producers: Lon J. Hall, Dale Burshtein Loving Spoonfuls – W Network. Producers: David Gale, Allan Novak Savoir Faire Specials – Primevista Television. Producer: Michael Prini Debbie Travis' Painted House – Whalley-Abbey Media Holdings. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein Holmes on Homes – General Purpose Entertainment. Producer: Scott Clark McNeil
Best Animated Program or Series Doodlez – Cellar Door Productions. Producer: Gretha Rose Henry's World – Cuppa Coffee Studios, Alliance Atlantis Communications, TV-Loonland AG. Producers: Alan Gregg, Adam Shaheen, Suzanne French Olliver's Adventures – Collideascope, Decode Entertainment. Producers: Beth Stevenson, Allison Outhit, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. Comeau Pig City – CinéGroupe, Red Rover Studios, AnimaKids Productions. Producer: Jacques Pettigrew