In the news: Canadian indie award nominees

From a media release (so please don’t ask me what makes these Canadian TV shows independent):

Association announces CFTPA Indie Awards nominees

The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) is extremely pleased to announce the nominees of the CFTPA Indie Awards.

The awards were created by the CFTPA in order to recognize and honour the outstanding achievements of Canadian independent producers. The Awards will be presented at a special reception and ceremony in Ottawa on February 20th, 2008.

“There is an incredible number of talented independent producers across Canada, and this is a reality that is not celebrated nearly as often as it ought to be,” said Guy Mayson, President and CEO, CFTPA “On behalf of the members of the CFTPA and the Board of Directors, we are proud to showcase such excellence and we congratulate all the nominees.”

BEST CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH PROGRAMME OR SERIES

• The Great Canadian Polar Bear Adventure
  Producer(s): Shari Cohen, Robert Cohen, Robin Neinstein
• Mystery Hunters
  Producer(s): Jonathan Finkelstein, Jason Levy, Stacey Tenenbaum
• Generation XXL
  Producer(s): Lesley Ann Patten
• Life With Derek
  Producer(s): Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Daphne Ballon, Suzanne French
• Storm Hawks
  Producer(s): Asaph Fipke, Ken Faier, Chuck Johnson

BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME OR SERIES

• Corner Gas
  Producer(s): Virginia Thompson , Brent Butt, David Storey
• Rent-a-Goalie
  Producer(s): Chris Szarka, Christopher Bolton, Nicholas Gray
• Little Mosque on the Prairie
  Producer(s): Michael Snook, Susan Flanders-Alexander, Clark Donnelly, Mary Darling, Zarqa Nawaz
• The Jane Show
  Producer(s): Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Teresa Pavlinek, Ralph Chapman
• Moose TV
  Producer(s): Catherine Bainbridge, Ernest Webb, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick

BEST CONVERGENT NEW MEDIA

• Etoiles.tv
  Producer(s): Marleen Beaulieu, André Provencher, Marie-Elaine Nadeau
• TotalDrama Island 8 – Totally Interactive
  Producer(s): Keith Clarkson, Jay Bennett, Thomas Wallner, Patrick Crowe
• Uh Oh! Flamingo
  Producer(s): Kevin Gillis, Ira Levy, Peter Williamson, Michael McGuigan, Dorothy Vreeker
• Life with Derek
  Producer(s): Shane Kinnear, Suzanne French, Jarrett Sherman
• www.oddjobjack.com
  Producer(s): Adrian Carter, Denny Silverthorne, Jeremy Diamond

BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME OR SERIES

• Jonestown: Paradise Lost
  Producer(s): Greg Lanning, Bernard Vaillot, Katherine Buck, Stephen Hunter, Michel Rager
• Radiant City
  Producer(s): Shirley Vercruysse, Bonnie Thompson
• Flight from Darkness
  Producer(s): Don Copeman, Lynne Beck Copeman
• The Bodybuilder and I
  Producer(s): Julia Rosenberg, Anita Lee, Silva Basmajian, Tyler Levine
• Saving Luna
  Producer(s): Suzanne Chisholm

BEST FEATURE FILM

• Eastern Promises
  Producer(s): Robert Lantos
• The Tracey Fragments
  Producer(s): Sarah Timmins, Paul Barkin, Bruce McDonald
• Congorama
  Producer(s): Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
• Continental, Un Film Sans Fusil
  Producer(s): Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
• Away From Her
  Producer(s): Daniel Iron, Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl

Best Lifestyle or Reality Programme or Series

• Recreating Eden IV
  Producer(s): Merit Jensen Carr
• Designer Guys
  Producer(s): Clark Donnelly, Theresa Kowall-Shipp, Mary Darling, Susan Flanders-Alexander
• Chris & John to the Rescue
  Producer(s): John Simpson, Chris Carter
• Vanity Insanity
  Producer(s): Barry Gray, Kirk Shaw, Wendy McKernan, Laura Amelse Watson
• Triple Sensation
  Producer(s): Garth Drabinsky, Sandy Pearl, Sandra Cunningham, Sari Friedland

BEST MINI-SERIES

• “October 1970”
  Producer(s): Laszlo Barna, Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod
• Redemption SK
  Producer(s): Sandhya Padmanabh
• Dragon Boys
  Producer(s): Michael Chechik, Ian Weir, Howard Dancyger
• St. Urbain’s Horsemen
  Producer(s): Arnie Gelbart, Peter Moss, Michael A. Levine, Ian Whitehead
• Above and Beyond
  Producer(s): Paul Pope, Scott Garvie

BEST PRIME TIME DRAMA SERIES

• Blood Ties
  Producer(s): Paul McConvey, Randy Zalken, Marshall Kesten, Kirk Shaw, Peter Mohan
• Durham County
  Producer(s): Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchel, Michael Prupas
• Intelligence
  Producer(s): Chris Haddock, Laura Lightbown, Arvi Liimatainen
• Race To Mars
  Producer(s): Arnie Gelbart, Phyllis Platt, Pia Maria Marquard
• ReGenesis III
  Producer(s): Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Tom Chehak

BEST TV MOVIE

• Luna: Spirit of the Whale
  Producer(s): Trish Dolman
• Abducted
  Producer(s): Jean Bureau, Stephen Greenberg, Josée Mauffette
• A Life Interrupted
  Producer(s): Jean Bureau, Stephen Greenberg, Josée Mauffette, Serge Denis
• In God’s Country
  Producer(s): Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Kelly Rowan, Graham Ludlow
• The Robber Bride
  Producer(s): Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Laurie McLarty, Julie Lacey

The CFTPA is a non-profit trade organization that works on behalf of
almost 400 companies engaged in the production and distribution of
English-language television programs, feature films, and interactive media
products in all regions of Canada.