These two series have each earned 13 nominations for the Gemini Awards, the finalists of which were announced on Wednesday afternoon. Mammoth evening 2021most recent Bye Bye come next with 11 and 10 nominations, followed by series The House of Fools, Raspberry time and All the lifewhich garnered nine mentions each.
The second season of That’s how I love you is in particular in the running in the categories of the best dramatic series as well as the best direction – for Robin Aubert and Jean-François Rivard – and the best text of a dramatic series, for François Létourneau.
Marilyn Castonguay, Steve Laplante and Sophie Desmarais will be vying for Best Female Lead, Male Supporting Role and Female Supporting Role in a Drama Series.
Already awarded at Cannes last April, Audrey came back competes in the categories of Best Comedy, Best Direction of a Comedy and Best Text of a Comedy. Guillaume Lambert and Florence Longpré are nominated for this last prize.
The actress will also compete for the prize for best female lead role with Josée Deschênes, who plays in this series centered around a 34-year-old young woman miraculously waking up after a 16-year coma. Denis Bouchard, Martin-David Peters, Dominic St-Laurent and Joanie Guérin are the other cast members to be up for acting awards.
Florence Longpré could also win, with Suzie Bouchard, in the category of best text in a drama series for their screenplay of raspberry time, directed by Philippe Falardeau. For his first foray into the small screen, the filmmaker received a nomination in the category of best direction in a drama series.
For his farewell season, District 31 gleaned five nominations, including those for the best annual drama series, the best direction of an annual drama series and the best text for this same type of series for the author Luc Dionne.
On the side of series authors, let us underline the nominations of Chantal Cadieux for Another story and Danielle Trottier for writing All the life. Note that Roy Dupuis is in the running for the award for Best Male Lead in an Annual Drama Series for his performance in All the life, which deals with domestic and intimate partner violence.
More applications than last year
Véronique Cloutier and Nicolas Ouellet, who announced the names of the finalists at the Montreal Science Center, indicated that the number of applications increased by 12% to reach the figure of 5064 this year.
In the end, 377 applications were selected for television and 128 for digital production. Among them, 237 people received their first appointment.
The Gémeaux awards will take place on September 15 for the Industry Gala, September 18 for the Opening Gala – both will be hosted by Nicolas Ouellet – and September 18 for the Gala des 37are Gémeaux Prize, which will once again be hosted by Véronique Cloutier.
All of the finalists for the Gémeaux awards this year are available online (New window).
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