The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on Global.

20th Gemini Awards
DateNovember 19, 2005
VenueJohn Bassett Theatre, Toronto
Television/radio coverage
NetworkGlobal Television Network
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Best Dramatic Series edit

Best Dramatic Mini-Series edit

Best TV Movie edit

Best Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Music, Variety Program or Series edit

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series edit

Best Talk Series edit

Best Reality Program or Series edit

Best General/Human Interest Series edit

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program edit

Best Documentary Series edit

Best History Documentary Program edit

  • Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii - Primitive Entertainment. Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin
  • Turning Points of History - D-Day on Juno Beach - Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
  • Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option - Partners in Motion. Producers: Nova Herman, Ron Goetz
  • To Build a Nation: Vimy Carved in Stone - Nation Building Productions. Producers: Janice Tufford, Laszlo Barna
  • Zero Hour - Massacre at Columbine High - Cineflix. Producers: Andre Barro, Simon Berthon, David Hickman, Dan Korn

Best Biography Documentary Program edit

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program edit

  • The Origins of AIDS - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Galafilm, Channel Four Television Corporation, Frame 2, Les Films de la Passerelle, Multimédia France Productions, Produce+, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Pathé Archives. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Michel Crepon, Christine Le Goff, Christine Pereaux
  • The Nature of Things - Sex Lies and Secrecy: Dissecting Hysterectomy - CBC. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Michael Allder
  • The Nature of Things - Clot Busters - CBC. Producers: David Tucker, Michael Allder
  • A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede. Producers: Lance Mueller, Jean Merriman
  • Diet of Souls - Triad Film Productions. Producer: Peter d'Entremont

Best News Information Series edit

Best News Magazine Segment edit

Best Newscast edit

Best News Special Event Coverage edit

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series edit

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment edit

Best Animated Program or Series edit

Best Pre-School Program or Series edit

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series edit

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series edit

Best Sports Program or Series edit

Best Live Sporting Event edit

Best Interactive edit

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series edit

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Documentary Program edit

Best Direction in a Documentary Series edit

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series edit

  • Henry Less - Made to Order (Mercer St. Films)
  • David Hansen - English Teachers III (WestWind Pictures)
  • Tracie Tighe - Venture - The Big Switcheroo - FedEx, Part 1 (CBC)
  • Mary Lynk - Body of Knowledge (CBC)
  • Linda McEwan - Real Renos (Smashing Pictures)
  • Romano D'Andrea - Style By Jury (Planetworks)

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series edit

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event edit

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series edit

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series edit

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series edit

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series edit

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series edit

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series edit

  • Maria Popistasu - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Martha Henry - H2O - Night 1 (Whizbang Films)
  • Miranda Handford - Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (Galafilm)
  • Layla Alizada - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
  • Alberta Watson - Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Choice Films)

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series edit

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series edit

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series edit

  • Robert Sokolowski, Josianne Levasseur, Karin Delzors, Pierre-Alexandre Dion, Ewelina Fijolek, Yamoussa Bangoura, Lena Reis, Langis Turcotte, Suzanne Soler, Bartlomiej Soroczynski, Andrzej Sokolowski, Josianne Laporte, Stefan Johannes Wepfer, Sonia Painchaud, Éric Saintonge, Guillaume Saladin - Nomade: At Night, the Sky is Endless (Cirque Éloize)
  • George Gao, Sarah Slean - 2004 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (CBC)
  • Evelyn Hart, Rex Harrington - A Pairing of Swans (Marblemedia/CBC)
  • Byron Chief-Moon - Quest (Soaring Heart Pictures)

Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series edit

Best News Anchor edit

Best Reportage edit

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series edit

Best Host or Interviewer in a Lifestyle/General Interest or Talk Program or Series edit

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series edit

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast edit

Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst edit

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series edit

Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series edit

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series edit

  • Ian Hannah - Past Life Investigation (CBC)
  • Paul Seeler - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)
  • Jim Nilson - CBC News: Country Canada - Legacy (CBC)
  • Richard Agecoutay - No Glory (CBC)
  • Aldo Columpsi, Ted Hilbig - Football First: The Roy Shivers Story (CBC)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series edit

Best Visual Effects edit

  • Michelle Comens, Tom Brydon, Jose Burgos, John Gajdecki, Dan Mayer, Jinnie Pak, Wes Sargent, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate Atlantis - Rising (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Paul Furminger, Abel Milanes - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)
  • Michelle Comens, Simon Ager, Jose Burgos, Geoff Anderson, Dan Mayer, Mark Breakspear, Tara Conley, Bruce Woloshyn, Tristam Gieni, Todd Liddiard - Stargate Atlantis - The Eye (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
  • Michelle Comens, James Halverson, Brett Keyes, Krista McLean, Bradley Mullennix, James Rorick, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson - Stargate SG-1 - New Order, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • James Tichenor, Chris Doll, Shannon Gurney, James Halverson, Krista McLean, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Lost City, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
  • Steven Hodgson, Rosemary Conte - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series edit

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series edit

  • Stéphanie Grégoire, Gareth C. Scales - The Tournament (Adjacent 2 Entertainment/CBC)
  • Cathy Gulkin, Jeff Bessner - Opening Night - The Four Seasons Mosaic (CBC)
  • Peter Steel, Jessica McKee - ZeD - Art and Soul (CBC)
  • David New - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
  • Ken Gray, Tharanga Ramanayake - Freedom - Rubberbandance (Sound Venture International)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series edit

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series edit

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series edit

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series edit

Best Costume Design edit

Best Achievement in Make-Up edit

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program edit

  • John Laing, Todd Beckett, Robert Bertola, Keith Elliott, Mark Gingras, Tim O’Connell, Jill Purdy, John J. Thomson, Mark Zsifkovits - Lives of the Saints (Capri Films/PowerCorp/RTI)
  • Leon Johnson, Jean-Raphaël Dedieu, Don Dickson, Peter Hodges, Virginia Storey, Mark Wright - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures, Powercorp)
  • Sylvain Arseneault, Kathy Choi, Sue Conley, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Martin Lee, David McCallum, Ian Rankin, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol - H2O (Whizbang Films)
  • Kathy Choi, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Stephan Carrier, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol, Rod Deogrades, Simon Okin, Jane Porter - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
  • Patrick Haskill, Brad Hillman, Andre Iwanchuk, Nicole Thompson, James Kusan, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series edit

  • Kelly Cole, Rick Bal, Jacqueline Cristianini, Mike Olekshy, Joe Spivak - Cold Squad - And the Fury (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)
  • Brad Hillman, Patrick Haskill, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor, Nicole Thompson, William Skinner - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Before They Twist The Knife (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
  • Justin Drury, Ric Jurgens - Radio Free Roscoe - There Will Be No Encore Tonight (Decode Entertainment)
  • Warren St. Onge, Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Larry McCormick, Evan Rust - renegadepress.com - Dying to Connect (Vérité Films)
  • Mark Hensley, Stephen Cheung, Ian Emberton, Craig Stauffer, Greg Stewart - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series edit

  • Joe Knauer, Jane Tattersall, David Rose, David McCallum, Sanjay Mehta, Martin Lee, Steve Hammond, Lou Solakofski, Brent Pickett, Ronayne Higginson, Jiri Slanina - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
  • Joe Petrella, Jeff Wolpert - The Language of Love
  • Ron Searles, Danny Greenspoon - The Magical Gathering (CBC)
  • Philippe Scultéty, Peter Lopata, Roger Guérin, Stan Sakellaropoulos, Tony Jackson - Fungus the Bogeyman - Episode 2 (BBC/Galafilm/Indie Kids/Powercorp)
  • Ian Dunbar, Doug McClement, Howard Baggley, Marc Laliberté, Simon Bowers, Michael Molineux, Peter Campbell - Juno Awards of 2005 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/CTV)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series edit

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series edit

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series edit

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series edit

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series edit

Special Awards edit

References edit