Astral is proud to announce it has supported 21 of the feature-length films and documentaries nominated for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards, including all five nominees in the Best Motion Picture category: A Dangerous Method, Café de Flore, Monsieur Lazhar, Starbuck and The Whistleblower.
Astral-supported films leading the 2024 Genies race include Jean-Marc Vallée's Café de Flore with 13 nominations; David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method with 11 nominations; Monsieur Lazhar with nine nominations; The Bang Bang Club with seven nominations; and Starbuck and The Whistleblower with six nominations each.
Through its English and French pay television services, The Movie Network and Super Écran, as well as its national funding organization Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund/Fonds Harold Greenberg, Astral-backed films and documentaries have received a total of 80 out of 94 Genie nods.
Through story optioning, script development, equity investments, pre-buys and/or acquisitions, Astral and its properties have been involved with the following:
- Afghan Luke
- Amazon Falls
- A Dangerous Method
- The Bang Bang Club
- Beauty Day
- Café de Flore
- Cloudburst
- Daydream Nation
- Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
- Funkytown
- Good Neighbours
- In Darkness
- Jaloux
- Keyhole
- Monsieur Lazhar
- Oliver Sherman
- Snow & Ashes
- Starbuck
- Take This Waltz
- The Whistleblower
- The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
The 32nd annual Genie Awards will be presented on Thursday, March 8, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. Please visit www.genieawards.ca for a complete list of nominees.
