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Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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n. — Entertainment
the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, a non-profit organization advocating for the Canadian film and television industry.
Type: 1. Origin — This organization was created in 1979 as the Academy of Canadian Cinema. Forerunner groups created the Canadian Film Awards, first awarded in 1949, which were renamed the Genie Awards in 1980. In 1985, the academy was renamed the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television when it took on the Canadian television industry from ACTRA. The Gemini Awards (for English-language television) and les Prix Gémeaux replaced the ACTRA Awards in 1986 and 1987, respectively.
In 2012, the ACCT combined both the Canadian English-language awards from film (Genies) and television (Geminis) into one award and one ceremony, the Canadian Screen Awards, which were first presented in 2013. See also the ACCT and Canadian Encyclopedia references.
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1979
The formation of an Academy of Canadian Cinema - based roughly on the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which bestows the Oscars - was announced in Toronto yesterday.
The new organization (ACC) will absorb the Canadian Film Awards Committee, which for about 30 years has overseen the presentation of the so-called Canadian Oscars (known as Etrogs).
1985
The Academy of Canadian Cinema said yesterday it is expanding its scope to include television. The newly named Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television will oversee the awards show, which is expected to include some 50 categories and up to 500 eligible nominees.
1993
"For all intents and purposes, we are the 51st state for the Americans when it comes to film revenue and distribution... The majority of the enormous profits generated in this country by American studio releases do not stay here," said Posner, who was addressing about 50 members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at a recent breakfast meeting.
2004
Frulla, in town for a speech to members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, confirmed that the Heritage Ministry has asked cultural agencies, including CBC, Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board, to come up with scenarios to implement cuts of up to five per cent.
2012
Say goodbye to the Genies and the Geminis, and get ready for a sleek and elegant new statuette that will honour Canada's outstanding achievements on screens everywhere: in the cinema, on TV screens or on your laptop.
Helga Stephenson, CEO of the recently revamped Academy of Canadian Cinema, introduced the new award at a media conference on Tuesday. Her timing is apt in announcing the marriage of the Genies and the Geminis. This week last year, the Geminis were handed out the night before the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival.
No doubt a nickname will come later, but for now the official name for the new prize is the Canadian Screen Awards. The first batch of them will be handed out on Sunday, March 3, 2013 during a two-hour live telecast in prime time on CBC's main network.