 It made the shortlist on 19 January 2011, one of nine films and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film on 25 January 2011.It won eight awards at the 31st Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Actress for Azabal and Best Director for Villeneuve.Along with "Incendies", Villeneuve won the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award in 2009 for the film "Polytechnique", the first Canadian filmmaker to win it twice in a row. "