12th Gemini Awards

12th Gemini Awards
DateMarch 1, 1998.
VenueMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted byCathy Jones, Steve Smith
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBC Television
← 1997 · Gemini Awards · 1998 →

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 12th Gemini Awards were held on March 1, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. There were two awards ceremonies in 1998; the 13th was held on October 4, 1998. The 12th awards ceremony was hosted by Cathy Jones and Steve Smith. It took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.[1]

Awards

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Best Dramatic Series

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Best Short Dramatic Program

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  • Nan's Taxi – Charles Bishop Productions, Global Television Network. Producers: Jonathan Torrens, Charles Bishop
  • Dirty Money – Partners in Motion. Producer: Chris Triffo
  • Gamine – Swirling Storm Productions. Producer: Terry Steyn

Best Dramatic TV Movie or Mini-Series

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Best Music, Variety Program or Series

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Best Comedy Program or Series

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Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program

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  • The Selling of Innocents – Associated Producers, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: William Cobban, Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern
  • My Russian Campaign: From Montreal To Moscow – Kaos Films Worldwide. Producer: John Curtin
  • Mystics, Mechanics and MindbombsOmnifilm Entertainment, Raincoast Storylines. Producers: Michael Chechik, Jerry Thompson
  • Nowhere Else To Live – Handel Productions. Producer: Alan Handel
  • Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit PhotographerNational Film Board of Canada, Nutaaq Media. Producers: Sally Bochner, George Hargrave

Best Documentary Series

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Best Science, Technology, Nature and Environment Documentary Program

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Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series

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Best Information Series

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Best Lifestyle Series

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Best Animated Program or Series

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Best Preschool Program or Series

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Best Children's or Youth Program or Series

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Best Sports Program or Series

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Best Live Sporting Event

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Best Special Event Coverage

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

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Best Direction in a Variety, Comedy or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Direction in an Information Program or Series

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Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

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Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

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Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

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Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series

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Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series

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Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

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Best Reportage

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Best Information Segment

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Best Host, Anchor or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series

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Best Host in a Lifestyle or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Sportscaster/Anchor

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Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

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  • Joan HuttonThe Newsroom (CBC)
  • Gilray Densham – Hot Off The Dock (CBC Manitoba)
  • Jean-Pierre Lachapelle – Lodela (NFB)
  • David Greene – Maxim Vengerov: Meditation From Thaïs (Paulus Productions)
  • Brad Dickson – Elvis Incognito (CBC)

Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Michael EllisLife and Times – Karen Kain: Just Little Ol' Me From Hamilton (CBC)
  • Fred Macdonald – Life On The Internet – Finding Things (Cochran Productions)
  • Rénald Bellemare – Rainmakers – New York (Adobe Productions)
  • Michael Grippo – Rape: A Crime of War (Bishari Films)
  • Gary Elmer – Out of Bounds (OGD Pictures)

Best Visual Effects

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Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

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  • Matthew ShermanTSN Sunday – Bulldog Time, Painting The Corners, Centre Of Controversy (TSN)
  • Fred Gauthier, Leslie Steven Onody – the fifth estate – Murder, Money and Mexico (CBC)
  • Steve Tonon – Venture – A New Suit For Harry (CBC)
  • Jean Coulombe – Kratts' Creatures (Paragon Entertainment)
  • Bob Hilscher – CBC News Toronto – Unfinished Business (CBC)

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

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  • Nick HectorChronicle of a Genocide Foretold – Part 1: Blood Was Flowing Like a River (NFB)
  • David Battistella, Christa Schadt – The Dancing Game (Associated Producers/NFB)
  • Deborah Palloway – Everyman – Kim's Story: The Road From Vietnam (BBC/Forge Productions)
  • Babalou Hamelin – Referendum – Take 2/Prise deux (NFB)
  • Mike MunnTime On Earth (Enigmatico Films/NFB)

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

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Best Costume Design

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Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

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  • Michael Baskerville, Jamie Sulek, Dan Sexton, Jonas Kuhnemann, Leon Johnson, Steve BaineThe Arrow (The Film Works/Tapestry Pictures)
  • David Evans, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko, Daniel Latour, Tony Currie, David Rose, Steve Baine, David Yonson, John Douglas Smith, Clive Turner – Dead Silence (Alliance Atlantis Communications/Interscope Communications)
  • Viateur Paiement, Mathiew Beaudin, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias, Jo Caron, Louis Collin, Jérôme Décarie, Michel Descombes, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin, Guy Pelletier, Jacques Plante, Claire Pochon, Myriam Poirier, François B. Senneville – Hiroshima (Telescene Film Group Productions)
  • Jim Folk, Steve Hasiak, Rob Bryanton, Warren St. Onge – Lyddie (CBC/BBC/Mind's Eye Entertainment/The Film Works)
  • Bill Bridges, Daniel Pellerin, Darcy Kite, Barry Gilmore, Todd B. Warren, John Sievert, Jeremy Maclaverty – Promise the Moon (Four Arrows Productions)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

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  • Jacques Comtois, Hubert Macé de GastinesThe Empty Net (Imageries p.b.)
  • Yuri Gorbachow – The Selling of Innocents (Associated Producers/CBC)
  • David Drainie Taylor, Steve Munro, Andy McBrearty, Todd B. Warren, Daniel Pellerin – The View from Here – Invisible Nation (TVOntario)
  • Dino Pigat, Peter Sawade, Craig Henighan, Stephen Barden, Randy Wilson – Everyman – Kim's Story: The Road From Vietnam (BBC/Forge Productions)
  • Floyd Burrell, Martin Lee, Jody Ellis – Dawn of the Eye – Born Among Clowns (CBC/BBC)

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

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Best Original Music for a Program or Miniseries

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Best Original Music for a Dramatic Series

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Best Original Music for a Documentary Program or Series

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  • Christopher DedrickGreat Adventures of the 20th Century (Cinenova Productions)
  • Joe SealyThe View from HereThe Road Taken (TVOntario)
  • Tom Thorney, Tim Thorney, Carl Lenox, Brent Barkman – Forever Rivals (TV Eye Entertainment)
  • Kevan Staples – Everyman – Kim's Story: The Road From Vietnam (BBC/Forge Productions)
  • Roland Merz – The Enduring Enigma of Susanna Moodie (Upper Canada Moving Picture Company)

Special Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Special Report on the Geminis". playbackonline.ca. Playback. Retrieved 21 August 2022.