The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990 and honoured Canadian films released the previous year. For the first time ever the awards were broadcast by CTV, rather than CBC. Despite an extensive advertising campaign the ratings plummeted with only half as many people watching compared to the previous year. In total an average of only 460,000 watched the awards. The awards themselves were dominated by Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal.