Fire Horse blazes to the Genies

Local film Eve & the Fire Horse led the pack for Vancouver-based Genie nominations with five: best art direction, best costume design, best supporting actor (Chan Chit Man Lester), best supporting actress (Vivian Wu), and best sound. Eighteen ’s “In a Heartbeat” by Richard Bell and VSO maestro Bramwell Tovey will compete against Jennifer Kreisberg’s “Have Hope” from the Downtown Eastside drama Unnatural & Accidental for best original song. Local director Matthew Swanson’s short film “Hiro” is up for best short and Vancouverite Jodelle Ferland snagged a best-actress nomination for Tideland . The awards ceremony will take place on February 13 in Toronto.

Craig Takeuchi
Straight.com