2009 Genie Playlist
About this playlist
This year, the NFB has five films competing for six awards at the 2009 Genies: Drux Flux (Best Animated Short), Theodore Ushev's depiction of the effects of modern industry; Sleeping Betty (Best Animated Short), an updated take on a classic fairy tale; Up the Yangtze (Best Documentary), a look at what modernization is doing to the population in China; Forever Quebec (Best Documentary), a celebration of Quebec City's 400th anniversary; and Heaven on Earth (Original Screenplay and Performance by a Leading Actress), Deepa Mehta's story of a young immigrant bride who deals with spousal abuse.
In anticipation of the awards ceremony on April 4, enjoy these four trailers along with an interview with Sleeping Betty director, Claude Cloutier.
Selected films
Drux Flux
- Film d'animation illustrant l'écrasement de l'homme moderne par le rouleau compresseur de la ...
- by Theodore Ushev,
- 2008,
- 4 min 57 s
Up the Yangtze
- This award-winning documentary follows the Shiu family as their home is destroyed by the rising waters ...
- by Yung Chang,
- 2007,
- 93 min 29 s
Heaven on Earth
- In Heaven on Earth, acclaimed director Deepa Mehta highlights the isolation and disappointment faced by a ...
- by Deepa Mehta,
- 2008,
- 104 min 55 s
Sleeping Betty
- In this animated short, Sleeping Betty is stuck in bed, victim to a strange bout of ...
- by Claude Cloutier,
- 2007,
- 9 min 13 s
