8th Genie Awards - Award Winners

Award Winners

Best Motion Picture

Winner: Le Déclin de l'empire américain, Roger Frappier and René Malo

Other nominees:

• Dancing in the Dark, Anthony Kramreither
• John and the Missus, John Hunter and Peter O'Brian
• Loyalties, Ronald Lillie and William Johnston
• Pouvoir intime, Claude Bonin

Best actor

Winner: Gordon Pinsent, John and the Missus

Other nominees:

• Winston Rekert, The Blue Man
• Pierre Curzi, Le Déclin de l'empire américain
• Rémy Girard, Le Déclin de l'empire américain
• Kenneth Welsh, Loyalties

Best actress

Winner: Martha Henry, Dancing in the Dark

Other nominees:

• Dorothée Berryman, Le Déclin de l'empire américain
• Jackie Burroughs, John and the Missus
• Helen Shaver, Lost!
• Tantoo Cardinal, Loyalties
• Marie Tifo, Pouvoir intime

Best supporting actor

Winner: Gabriel Arcand, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Yves Jacques, Le Déclin de l'empire américain
• Roland Hewgill, John and the Missus
• Tom Jackson, Loyalties
• Robert Gravel, Pouvoir intime

Best supporting actress

Winner: Louise Portal, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Lucie Laurier, Anne Trister
• Andrée Pelletier, Bach et bottine
• Geneviève Rioux, Le Déclin de l'empire américain
• Marie Tifo, Les Fous de Bassan

Best director

Winner: Denys Arcand, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Leon Marr, Dancing in the Dark
• Anne Wheeler, Loyalties
• Yves Simoneau, Pouvoir intime
• John N. Smith, Sitting in Limbo

Best original screenplay

Winner: Denys Arcand, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Michael Jones and Andy Jones, The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
• Sharon Riis, Loyalties
• Yves Simoneau and Pierre Curzi, Pouvoir intime
• Richard Nochol, Sitting in Limbo

Best adapted screenplay

Winner: Leon Marr, Dancing in the Dark

Other nominees:

• Gordon Pinsent, John and the Missus
• Peter Rowe, Lost!

Cinematography

Winner: Pierre Mignot, Anne Trister

Other nominees:

• Guy Dufaux, Equinoxe
• Pierre Mignot, Exit
• Alain Dostie, Les Fous de Bassan
• René Verzier, Morning Man
• René Verzier, Toby McTeague

Art direction/production design

Winner: Lillian Sarafinchan, Dancing in the Dark

Other nominees:

• François Séguin, Exit
• Michel Proulx, Les Fous de Bassan
• Michel Proulx, Pouvoir intime

Costume design

Winner: Wendy Partridge, Loyalties

Other nominees:

• Michèle Hamel, Exit
• Nicole Pelletier, Les Fous de Bassan
• Louise Jobin, Pouvoir intime

Sound

Winner: Adrian Croll, Jean-Pierre Joutel, and Richard Besse, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Peter Clements, David Appleby, and Don White, Abducted
• Michael O'Farrell, Gordon Thompson, Don White, and David Appleby, The Pink Chiquitas
• Hans Oomes, Richard Nichol, Shelley Craig, and Jean-Pierre Joutel, Sitting in Limbo

Film editing

Winner: Monique Fortier, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Michael Jones The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
• André Corriveau, Pouvoir intime

Sound editing

Winner: Paul Dion, Diane Boucher, and Andy Malcolm, Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Other nominees:

• Sharon Lackie, Peter McBurnie, and Peter Thilaye, Loyalties
• Peter McBurnie, Alison Grace, Sharon Lackie, Michael O'Farrell, and Alison Clark, The Pink Chiquitas
• Andy Malcolm, Paul Dion, and Jules Le Noir, Pouvoir intime

Musical score

Winner: Michael Conway Baker, John and the Missus

Other nominees:

• Marvin Dolgay, The Blue Man
• Richard Grégoire and Marie Bernard, Exit

Animated short

Winner: Get a Job, Brad Caslor, Michael J.F. Scott, and Derek Mazur

Other nominees:

• Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety, William Pettigrew
• Tables of Content, Wendy Tilby

Live action short

Winner: I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True, Daria Stermac and Kalli Paakspuu

Other nominees:

• It's a Party, Peg Campbell
• Nion in the Kaberet de LaVita, Jeremy Podeswa
• Transit, Jean-Roch Marcotte
• Where's Pete, Michael J.F. Scott

Documentary

Winner: Dads and Kids, Christian Bruyère

Other nominees:

• Ranch: The Alan Wood Ranch Project, Steven DeNure and Chris Lowry
• Return to Departure: The Biography of a Painting or Watching a Pigment Dry and other Realisms, Kirk Tougas
• Les Traces du rêve, Jacques Vallée
• Uot, Zoo!, Philip Hoffman