Four NFB Films Nominated for 2008 Gemeaux Awards

Four NFB productions and coproductions pick up seven 2008 Gemeaux Award nominations

The names of this year’s finalists for the 23rd Gemeaux Awards were announced at a press conference held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Montreal last week.

LIST OF FINALISTS

Best Biography or Portrait
• CITIZEN LAMBERT – JOAN OF ARCHITECTURE - Amélie Blanchard, Paul Cadieux, Teri Wehn-Damish (Philia Films/Les Films de la Perrine/National Film Board of Canada)

Best Documentary: Society
• THE INVISIBLE NATION - Richard Desjardins, Colette Loumède, Robert Monderie (National Film Board of Canada)

Best Documentary: Nature and Science
• MYSTICAL BRAIN - Colette Loumède, Isabelle Raynauld (National Film Board of Canada)

Best Animation Series or Program
• LÉON IN WINTERTIME - Laurence Bégeot, Emmanuel Bernard, Marc Bertrand, Marie-Josée Corbeil, Christine Côté, François Deplanck, Pascal le Nôtre (Folimage/TPS Jeunesse/Divertissement Subséquence/ National Film Board of Canada)

Best Script: Documentary
• Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie – THE INVISIBLE NATION (NFB)

Best Editing: public affairs, documentary - program
• Myriam Poirier - CITIZEN LAMBERT – JOAN OF ARCHITECTURE (Philia Films/Les Films de la Perrine/ National Film Board of Canada)

Best Original Music Score: Documentary
• Claude Fradette - THE INVISIBLE NATION (National Film Board of Canada)