The Hollywood Reporter explained that Genie rules define Canadian films as financed at least in part by Canadian sources, and because American companies Mandate Pictures and Fox Searchlight were the sole funders, Juno was ineligible.
The Hollywood Reporter je objasnio da pravila Genieja definiraju kanadske filmove kao one koji su barem dijelom financirani iz kanadskih izvora, a budući da su američke tvrtke Mandate Pictures i Fox Searchlight bile jedini financijeri filma, Juno nije mogao biti nominiran.