Sanctuary garners 6 Gemini Nominations

[prion]

http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/main.cfm

24th Annual Gemini Awards (Canadian Emmys)

Sanctuary up for six (6) Geminis

Showing 6 nominations for:
Sanctuary

Sanctuary follows the adventures of the beautiful and enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping), her new and somewhat reluctant protégé Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne) and her fearless daughter Ashley (Emilie Ullerup), as they track down, study and protect the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
“Instinct” – Steven Adelson

Best Visual Effects
“The Five” - Lee Wilson, Caleb Ashmore, Matthew Belbin, Sebastien Bergeron, Ken Lee, Lionel Lim, Mladen Miholjcic, Les Quinn, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Philippe Thibault
“Sanctuary for All” Part 1 - Lee Wilson, Caleb Ashmore, Matthew Belbin, Sebastien Bergeron, Ken Lee, Lionel Lim, Mladen Miholjcic, Les Quinn, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Philippe Thibault

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Robin Dunne – “Requiem”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Amanda Tapping – “Requiem”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series
Christopher Heyerdahl – “The Five” “Revelations” part 2

[prion]

From Damian Kindler's twitter (@damiankindler)

Lee & Lisa Wilson / ANTHEM VFX recieve TWO Gemini noms for VFX for #sanctuary! Well deserved!! They are the geniuses who make us look good.
11 minutes ago from TwitterFon

#sanctuary gemini nom deets: Amanda and Robin for "requiem"! Chris Heyerdahl for "five"/"revelations 2"! Steve Adelson for "instinct"! More:
13 minutes ago from TwitterFon

#sanctuary nominated for 6 Geminis!! For those outside the know: those are Canuck Emmys. VFX x 2, direction, plus 3 actor noms. More....

[EH-T]

Thanks for posting the news Prion.

For those who don't know (although Damian mentioned it on his Twitter) the Geminis are the Canadian equivalent of the Emmys so this is a very big deal.

I often lamented the fact that Stargate did not get the recognition it deserved from the Canadian TV industry so especially nice to see that Sanctuary has been recognised.

Huge congrats to all the nominees.

[Samantha.Majka]

Congrats to all nomintions too. I hope and believe that Amanda will win and Robin too.
Episode "Requiem" was awesome. Zhis episode deserves it.

[Colonel Rebel]

I'm glad it got so many nominations. I loved Requiem. Hopefully Amanda and Robin will win. They were great in that.

[RealmOfX]

The Industry Gala Awards part of the Gemini Awards were held Tuesday night and Sanctuary won the Best Visual Effects category.

Lee Wilson, Caleb Ashmore, Matthew Belbin, Sebastien Bergeron, Ken Lee, Lionel Lim, Mladen Miholjcic, Les Quinn, Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Philippe Thibault of Anthem Visual Effects won for the episode Sanctuary For All Part 1.

Christopher Heyerdahl unfortunately didn't win in his category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series.

The rest of the awards will be given at a gala on November 14.