Blake Corbet picked up the double-face for Elijah, the charming story of MP Elijah Harper, the guy who with one feather, and one word, "No," derailed the Meech Lake Accord. (God, this sounds arcane even to me, but it really was a delightful movie about an important event in recent Canadian history. Shame nobody makes those anymore.)
Nice, also to see the Stargate franchise get some love -- Stargate Atlantis' Brad Wright picked up the trophy for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series. (Beating out a strong field that included my friends Mark & Stephanie for Flashpoint; somehow I sense they'll be back in that category sometime soon.)
Stargate has been chugging along being wildly successful for so long that people take this franchise -- which is completely written & created by Canadians -- for granted. So that was a cool little corrective.
And Stephen Westren won Best Children's/Youth Program Writing for My Friend Rabbit.
My sister Anne, a good friend to Rabbits herself, will undoubtedly be pleased with that award.
Barbara Samuels also picked up the Margaret Collier Award, which recognizes a lifetime body of work.
We'll have a first hand account of the festivities later. Congrats to all the winners and the nominees, too. For all the cynicism about the Geminis, it's nice to be recognized for the lonely discipline of pounding keys into story.
Night XXIV of the Geminis happens in that hotbed of love for Canadian TV, Calgary, sometime next month.
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