Genie Award for Best Sound

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Genie Award film award

The Genie Award for Best Sound was a Canadian film industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design and mixing in Canadian cinema.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Genie Award for Best Sound canonical	4
Genie Award for Best Sound Editing	3
Canadian Film Award for Overall Sound	1
Canadian Film Award for Sound Editing	1
Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound	1
Genie Award for Best Overall Sound	1
Genie Award for Best Overall Sound Editing	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5039248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Genie Award for Best Sound
Context triple: [The Rocket (2005 film), awardReceived, Genie Award for Best Sound]

A. Genie Award for Best Editing
The Genie Award for Best Editing was a Canadian film industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in film editing.
B. Academy Award for Best Sound
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.
C. Saturn Award for Best Sound
The Saturn Award for Best Sound is an annual honor presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films recognizing outstanding sound design and mixing in genre films.
D. AFI Award for Best Achievement in Sound
The AFI Award for Best Achievement in Sound is an Australian film industry accolade presented by the Australian Film Institute to recognize outstanding sound design and audio production in cinema.
E. Genie Award
The Genie Award was a major Canadian film industry honor that recognized excellence in Canadian cinema before being replaced by the Canadian Screen Awards.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Genie Award for Best Sound
Target entity description: The Genie Award for Best Sound was a Canadian film industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design and mixing in Canadian cinema.

A. Genie Award for Best Editing
The Genie Award for Best Editing was a Canadian film industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in film editing.
B. Academy Award for Best Sound
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.
C. Saturn Award for Best Sound
The Saturn Award for Best Sound is an annual honor presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films recognizing outstanding sound design and mixing in genre films.
D. AFI Award for Best Achievement in Sound
The AFI Award for Best Achievement in Sound is an Australian film industry accolade presented by the Australian Film Institute to recognize outstanding sound design and audio production in cinema.
E. Genie Award
The Genie Award was a major Canadian film industry honor that recognized excellence in Canadian cinema before being replaced by the Canadian Screen Awards.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Genie Award ⓘ film award ⓘ
associatedWith	Canadian Screen Awards transition in 2013 ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television film awards ⓘ linked to: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
awardedFor	best sound in a Canadian film ⓘ sound design in Canadian cinema ⓘ sound mixing in Canadian cinema ⓘ
categoryType	technical award ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
endTime	2012 ⓘ
field	sound design ⓘ sound mixing ⓘ
follows	Canadian Film Award for Overall Sound ⓘ linked to: Genie Award for Best Sound Canadian Film Award for Sound Editing ⓘ linked to: Genie Award for Best Sound
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	film ⓘ
inception	1980 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
location	Canada ⓘ
notableRecipient	Claude La Haye ⓘ Craig Berkey ⓘ Daniel Pellerin ⓘ Glenn Hodgins ⓘ Hans Peter Strobl ⓘ
partOf	Genie Awards ⓘ linked to: Genie Award
presentedBy	Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television ⓘ
replacedBy	Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound ⓘ linked to: Genie Award for Best Sound
scope	Canadian cinema ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rocket (2005 film) → awardReceived → Genie Award for Best Sound ⓘ

subject linked to: film "The Rocket" (2005)

The Rocket (2005 film) → awardReceived → Genie Award for Best Overall Sound Editing ⓘ

subject linked to: film "The Rocket" (2005)