The 2010 My Cinema HONORARY AWARDS

Introducing the annual My Cinema Honorary Award. This distinction, announced separately from the rest of the winners, is awarded each year to celebrate standout achievement in any given category. We have 2 winners this year, because we simply couldn't choose. Winners aren't nominated in the regular My Cinema Awards. Rather, they're honored separately as the best things that happened in cinema all year (whether they be directors, actors, cinematographers, writers, etc...).  It just so happens that both of this year's winners are actors. Without further ado, this year's winners are...

The My Cinema Award Winners

For the first annual My Cinema Awards our writers got together to honour the best of the best in the 2010 film landscape. Out of the 4 or 5 nominees in each of our 12 categories, these are the ones who stood out the most to us this year. Some are multi-award winners or Oscar shoe-ins, others are lesser known gems that we think made a huge contribution to cinema this year. So without further ado, here are the 2010 My Cinema Award Winners:

Exclusive Interview with "The Trotsky" Writer/Director Jacob Tierney

 One of the best films to come out of Canada last year (actually, just one of the best films period) was The Trotsky, a comedy about a teenage re-incarnation of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, starring Jay Baruchel and Colm Feore. 

If you've seen the film (as all of you should have), you'll remember the lackadaisical 20-something version of Lenin who Leon tracks down at the end of the film. That's actually Jacob Tierney, the film's young writer and director. 

The Trotsky is nominated for a 2010 My Cinema Awards for Best Comedy and Jacob himself is nominated for Best Screenplay. 

Last week I got the chance to speak with the clever and amicable writer/director about The Trotsky, his writing process and current projects. 

Read on for our full interview

The 2010 My Cinema Award Nominees

Today marks the expansion of a tradition at My Entertainment World. Following in the footsteps of My TV, this year My Cinema is giving out our own awards. The following is a list of the 2010 My Cinema Award nominees. The winners will be announced in the New Year. Feel free to comment with your votes and predictions (or complaints about nominees you think we missed!)