The 23rd Annual Gemini Awards, over the course of four gala evenings, honor this year's most prominent productions in 96 craft, program and performance categories in Canadian English-language television.

The four animation categories will be awarded during the Gemini Lifestyle, Children's and Youth Gala on October 21, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Best Animated Program or Series

CHOP SOCKY CHOOKS
Producers: Miles Bullough, Neil Court, Steven DeNure, Pete Lord, Dave Sproxton, Beth Stevenson, Jacqueline White (Decode Ent., 2006 Aardman Animations, CSC Productions)

LEON IN WINTERTIME
Producers:. Emmanuel Bernard, Marie-Josee Corbeil, Christine Cote, Pascal Le Notre (Folimage, National Film Board of Canada)

RUBY GLOOM
Producers: Scott Dyer, Pam Lehn, Doug Murphy, Merle Anne Ridley, Rita Street (Nelvana Limited)

STORM HAWKS
Producers: Asaph Fipke, Ken Faier, Chuck Johnson (Nerd Corps Productions)

TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND
Producers: Tom McGillis, George Elliott, Brian Irving, Jennifer Pertsch (Fresh TV)

Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series

Vadim Kapridov
FUTZ!
"Dancing With The Futz!"

Pierre-Luc Granjon and Pascal Le Notre
LEON IN WINTERTIME

Jason Groh
MY FRIEND RABBIT
"Mouse's Moss/The Sound of Silence"

Rick Marshall
PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD
"The Sounds of Silence Part 1/Part 2"

Robin Budd
RUBY GLOOM
"Hairless the Musical -- Part 1"

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Ian LeFeuvre and Ari Posner
JOHNNY TEST
"Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3/Stinkin' Johnny"

Normand Roger and Denis Chartrand
LEON IN WINTERTIME

Tom Szczesniak, Carolyn Hay and Ray Parker
RUBY GLOOM
"Hairless the Musical -- Part 1"

Bob Buckley
STORM HAWKS
"Storm Warning"

Daniel Scott
TOOPY AND BINOO
"Binoo the Brave"

Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Program or Series

Brooke D'Orsay, Stacey Depass, Megan Fahlenbock, Jess Gibbons, Terry McGurrin and Christian Potenza
6TEEN
"Silent Butt Deadly"

David Bernie and Jonathan Wilson
IGGY ARBUCKLE
"There's Something about Berries/Idle Worship"

Jamie Watson
PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD
"The Sounds of Silence Part 1/Part 2"

Sarah Gadon, David Berni, Stacey DePass, Emily Hampshire, Jeremy Harris, Peter Keleghan, Scott McCord and Adrian Truss
RUBY GLOOM
"Hairless the Musical - part 1"

Gordon Tootoosis, Raven Brass, Trevor Cameron, Lorne Cardinal, Taylor Cook, Eric Jackson, Andrea Menard and DerRic Starlight
WAPOS BAY
"The Guardians"