The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 25th Gemini Awards were held on November 15, 2010, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Cory Monteith, took place at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre and was broadcast on Showcase and Global.
Best Dramatic Series The Tudors – Peace Arch Entertainment, Reveille Productions, Working Title Films, Showtime Networks. Producers: Sheila Hockin, Morgan O’Sullivan, John Weber Durham County – Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik, Michael Prupas Flashpoint – Pink Sky Entertainment, Avamar Entertainment. Producers: Anne Marie La Traverse, Bill Mustos Republic of Doyle – Fireworks Entertainment, Take the Shot Productions. Producers: Allan Hawco, Rob Blackie, John Vatcher, Michael Levine Stargate Universe – Acme Shark Productions, MGM Television. Producers: Brad Wright, Carl Binder, Robert C. Cooper, John G. Lenic, N. John Smith
Best Dramatic Mini-Series The Summit – Shaftesbury Films, Media Headquarters. Producers: Christina Jennings, Justin Bodle, Robert Cohen, Shari Cohen, Scott Garvie, Adam Haight, Robin Neinstein, Ewa Radwanska Alice – Reunion Pictures, Studio Eight Productions, RHI Entertainment. Producers: Matthew O'Connor, Alex Brown, Jamie Brown, Robert Halmi Sr., Robert Halmi, Jr., Michael O'Connor, Lisa Richardson The Phantom – Muse Entertainment, RHI Entertainment. Producers: Michael Prupas, Robert Halmi Jr., Robert Halmi Sr., Irene Litinsky
Best TV Movie She Drives Me Crazy – Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Julian Grant, Rob Green, Graham Ludlow, Laurie McLarty, Sam Okun, Kelly Rowan Abroad – Capture Entertainment, Big Tree Productions. Producers: Meredith Caplan, Leah McLaren, Julia Stannard, Simon Wright Deadliest Sea – Original Productions, Working On The Edge Productions. Producers: Karen Wookey, Thom Beers, Philip Segal The Good Times Are Killing Me – Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Patrick Cassavetti, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Noel Hedges, Julie Lacey, Graham Ludlow, Jan Peter Meyboom, Kelly Rowan
Best Comedy Program or Series Less Than Kind – Breakthrough Entertainment, Buffalo Gal Pictures. Producers: Phyllis Laing, Marvin Kaye, Ira Levy, Mark McKinney, Paula Smith, Garry Campbell, Chris Sheasgreen, Peter Williamson Dan for Mayor – Sad Glasses Productions, QVF, The Comedy Network. Producers: Kevin White, Mark Farrell, Paul Mather, Susan Murdoch Little Mosque on the Prairie – WestWind Pictures. Producers: Clark Donnelly, Colin Brunton, Mary Darling, Michael Snook, Al Magee Pure Pwnage – TV For Noobs Productions, ROFLMAO Productions, Sphinx Productions, Duopoly. Producers: Geoff Lapaire, Jarett Cale, Derek Harvie, Ron Mann, Catherine Tait Rick Mercer Report – CBC, Island Edge. Producers: Gerald Lunz, Rick Mercer
Best Music or Variety Program or Series 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards – CTVglobemedia. Producers: John Kampilis, Bob Pagrach, Sheila Sullivan Juno Awards of 2010 – Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Melanie Berry, Barbara Bowlby, Lindsay Cox, Ed Robinson, Louise Wood Battle of the Blades – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Kevin Albrecht, Sandra Bezic, Barbara Bowlby, Sue Brophey Canadian Country Music Awards 2009 – Canadian Country Music Association, Corkscrew Media. Producers: Scott Henuset, Morris Abraham, Susan Edwards So You Think You Can Dance Canada – Danse TV Productions. Producers: Sandra Faire, Milan Curry-Sharples, Trisa Dayot, Janet Lavack, Bronwyn Warren, Allan Manson
Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series Fire Jammers – Yap Films. Producers: Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy *Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary – National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Michelle Van Beusekom Live At... – Live Music Special Productions. Producers: Joel Stewart, Warren Sulatycky Nureyev – Mossanen Productions. Producers: Moze Mossanen, Peter Gentile Star Portraits – PTV Productions. Producers: Andrea Nemtin, Ian Dunbar, Theresa Kowall-Ship
Best Talk Series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... – Prospero Pictures, Reinvention Entertainment, Rocket Pictures, Tri-Fi Productions, Chatting Glasses, SpyBox Pictures. Producers: Elvis Costello, David Furnish, Steve Hamilton-Shaw, Jordan Jacobs, Elton John, Martin Katz, Steve Warden The After Show – MTV. Producers: Darcy MacNeil, Pam de Montmorency, Alex Sopinka, Garrett Wintrip The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Susan Taylor, George Stroumboulopoulos, David Freeman, Claire Adams MTV Live – MTV. Producers: Daryn Jones, Pam de Montmorency, Alex Sopinka
Best Reality Program or Series The Cupcake Girls – Force Four Entertainment. Producers: John Ritchie, Rob Bromley, Gillian Lowrey, Peter Waal, Grant Gresch Canada's Next Top Model – Temple Street Productions. Producers: Sheila Hockin, Brad Brough, Lena Cordina, David Fortier, Jay Manuel, Ivan Schneeberg Dragons' Den – 2waytraffic, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Tracie Tighe, Mike Armitage, Lisa Gabriele Love It or List It – Big Coat Productions. Producers: Maria Armstrong, Catherine Fogarty
Best General/Human Interest Series Tosca: Flexing at 49 – Wiwa Productions. Producers: Linda Stregger, Barbara Barde Family Renovation – Ocean Entertainment. Producer: Johanna Eliot Hell on Hooves – Juxtapose Productions. Producers: Dennis Hrapchak, Doug Hudema Remedy Me! – Creative Atlantic Communications. Producers: Janice Evans, Greg Jones, Wendy Purves X-Weighted: Families – Anaid Productions. Producers: Margaret Mardirossian, David Way, Candice Tipton, Helen Schmidt, Roger Larry
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Broke – ID Productions. Producer: Rosvita Dransfeld A Dream For Kabul – InformAction, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Nathalie Barton, Patricia Bergeron, Yves Bisaillon Reel Injun – Rezolution Pictures, National Film Board of Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Ravida Din, Linda Ludwick, Catherine Olsen, Adam Symansky, Ernest Webb Up Against The Wall – Stormy Nights Productions. Producers: Eileen Thalenberg, Gail McIntyre Water On The Table – LizMars Productions. Producer: Liz Marshall
Best Documentary Series Licence to Drill – Pixcom. Producers: Nicola Merola, Jacquelin Bouchard, Emmanuelle Wiecha Aftermath – Cream Productions. Producers: David W. Brady, Larry Bambrick, Christopher Rowley Down The Mighty River – Rezolution Pictures. Producers: Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick, Ernest Webb The View from Here – TVOntario. Producer: Jane Jankovic Word Travels- Omnifilm Entertainment. Producers: Deborah Wainwright, Michael Chechik, Brian Hamilton, Heather Hawthorn-Doyle
Best History Documentary Program Paris 1919 – National Film Board of Canada, 13 Productions, Galafilm, Arte. Producers: Gerry Flahive, Silva Basmajian, Arnie Gelbart, Paul Saadoun Dive Detectives: Edmund Fitzgerald – Yap Films. Producers: Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy Manson – Cineflix. Producers: Simon Lloyd, Nick Godwin, Tom Parkhouse, John Vandervelde Passage – National Film Board of Canada, PTV Productions, John Walker Productions. Producers: John Walker, Andrea Nemtin, Kent Martin, Bill Nemtin
Best Biography Documentary Program Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould – White Pine Pictures. Producer: Peter Raymont Karsh Is History – Productions Grand Nord. Producer: Ian McLaren Prokofiev: The Unfinished Diary – Take 3 Productions, 13 Productions. Producers: Barbara Barde, Yosif Feyginberg, Paul Saadoun, Virginie Guibbaud, Linda Stregger
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program The Great Sperm Race – Cream Productions, Blink Entertainment. Producers: David W. Brady, Christopher Rowley A Murder Of Crows – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Arte. Producer: Susan Fleming One Ocean: Mysteries of the Deep – Merit Motion Pictures. Producers: Merit Jensen Carr, Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood The Plastic Fantastic Brain: Total Recall and the Spotless Mind – Stornoway Communications. Producers: Paul Kemp, Brian Cotter The Quantum Tamers: Revealing our Weird and Wired Future – Title Entertainment. Producers: John Matlock, Derek Diorio, Frank Taylor
Best News Information Series Global National – Everyday Hero Special – Global News. Producers: Bryan Mullan, Mark Blanchard, Bryan Grahn, Kevin O'Neill, Trevor Owens Marketplace – CBC. Producer: Tassie Notar the fifth estate – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Sally Reardon
Best News Information Segment The National/CBC News – The Boy in the Moon – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Carmen Merrifield, Sheldon Beldick, Andy Hincenbergs The National/CBC News – Playing for Peace – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Adrienne Arsenault, Erin Boudreau, Richard Devey The National/CBC News – Canada's Ugly Secret – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mellissa Fung, Sheldon Beldick, Lynn Burgess, Paul Seeler CBC News: Sunday – Iran's Young Rebels – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Kearns, Manmeet Ahluwalia, Bahman Kalbasi, Ed Middleton, Evan Solomon Canadian Cold Case: The Bomb That Killed Wayne Greavette – CBC News. Producers: David Ridgen, Stephanie Kampf
Best Local Newscast, Large Market Global News Hour at 6 – Global BC. Producers: Ian Haysom, Clive Jackson, Oliver Lum, Randy McHale, Tim Perry CBC News: Toronto at 6:00 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sophia Hadzipetros, Alan Habbick, Austin Webb CBC News: Winnipeg – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Melanie Verhaeghe, Chris Armstrong, Kevin Cox, Brad Lillies
Best Local Newscast, Small Market CBC News: Ottawa – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Paula Waddell, Lynn Douris CBC News: Saskatchewan – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Paul Dederick, Heather Avery, Jonathan Shanks, Costa Maragos CBC News: Nova Scotia at 6:00 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nancy Waugh, Jamie Lipsit, Tom Murphy, David Pate, Ken Publicover
Best Breaking News Coverage CityNews Vaughan Tornado (Citytv). Producers: Tina Cortese, Katia Del Col, Ramneek Gill, Kathleen O'Keefe, Amar Sodhi Global National – Catastrophe In Haiti – Global News. Producers: Kenton Boston, Mark Blanchard, Neill Fitzpatrick, Bryan Grahn, Rosa Hwang, Kam Razavi, Doriana Temolo
Best News Special Event Coverage CBC News: Remembrance Day Special – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Tom Dinsmore, Fred Parker Global National – Canada Remembers – Global News. Producers: Neill Fitzpatrick, Rosa Hwang, Pam McKenzie, Bryan Mullan, Maureen Richardson
Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series How to Look Good Naked Canada – Insight Productions. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Andrea Gabourie Agent Vs Agent – Proper Television. Producers: Guy O'Sullivan, Lesia Capone, Robert Scott Chuck's Day Off – Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein Holmes Inspection – The Holmes Group. Producers: Mike Holmes, Pete Kettlewell, Michael Quast Til Debt Do Us Part – Frantic Films. Producers: Jamie Brown, Jennifer Horvath
Best Animated Program or Series Glenn Martin, DDS – Cuppa Coffee Studios, Tornante Animation, Rogers Communications. Producer: Adam Shaheen Guess with Jess – Nelvana, Classic Media. Producers: Tracey Dodokin, Ceri Barnes, Scott Dyer, Jocelyn Hamilton, Doug Murphy, Jane Smith, Annika Bluhm Johnny Test – Cookie Jar Group. Producers: Michael Hirsh, Toper Taylor Kid vs. Kat – Studio B Productions, YTV, Disney XD. Producers: Blair Peters, Chris Bartleman, Jamie Turner Wapos Bay (Karma Film). Producers: Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya
Best Pre-School Program or Series