Genie Awards: 1991

Genie

Best Motion Picture


Winner:
	Black Robe (1991) - Robert Lantos; Sue Milliken; Stéphane Reichel
Other Nominees:
	Chaindance (1990) - Richard Davis (I) Perfectly Normal (1991) - Michael Burns (IV) Strangers in Good Company (1990) - David Wilson (I) Une histoire inventée (1990) - Claudio Luca; Robin Spry

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Amoureux fou (1991) - Rémy Girard
Other Nominees:
	Amoureux fou (1991) - Jean Rochefort Chaindance (1990) - Brad Dourif Demoiselle sauvage, La (1991) - Matthias Habich Masala (1991) - Saeed Jaffrey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	H (1990) - Pascale Montpetit
Other Nominees:
	Strangers in Good Company (1990) - Alice Diabo Strangers in Good Company (1990) - Cissy Meddings Vincent et moi (1990) - Nina Petronzio - Nina becomes the youngest actor in Canadian history to receive a Genie nomination. White Room (1990) - Kate Nelligan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Black Robe (1991) - August Schellenberg
Other Nominees:
	Diplomatic Immunity (1991/II) - Michael Hogan (II) Diplomatic Immunity (1991/II) - Michael Riley (I) Falling Over Backwards (1990) - Paul Soles Party, Le (1990) - Julien Poulin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Amoureux fou (1991) - Danielle Proulx
Other Nominees:
	Black Robe (1991) - Sandrine Holt Diplomatic Immunity (1991/II) - Ofelia Medina Strangers in Good Company (1990) - Winifred Holden Strangers in Good Company (1990) - Catherine Roche (II)

Best Achievement in Direction


Winner:
	Black Robe (1991) - Bruce Beresford
Other Nominees:
	Adjuster, The (1991) - Atom Egoyan Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) - Phillip Borsos H (1990) - Darrell Wasyk Une histoire inventée (1990) - André Forcier

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Perfectly Normal (1991) - Eugene Lipinski; Paul Quarrington
Other Nominees:
	Amoureux fou (1991) - Claire Wojas H (1990) - Darrell Wasyk Party, Le (1990) - Pierre Falardeau Une histoire inventée (1990) - Jacques Marcotte; André Forcier

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Black Robe (1991) - Brian Moore (III)
Other Nominees:
	Angel Square (1990) - Anne Wheeler; James Defelice Demoiselle sauvage, La (1991) - Léa Pool; Michel Langlois; Laurent Gagliardi

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Black Robe (1991) - Peter James (II)
Other Nominees:
	Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) - Raoul Coutard; Mike Molloy (I) Cargo (1990) - Daniel Jobin Moody Beach (1990) - Guy Dufaux Nelligan (1991) - Guy Dufaux

Best Achievement in Art Direction


Winner:
	Black Robe (1991) - Gavin Mitchell (II); Herbert Pinter
Other Nominees:
	Beautiful Dreamers (1990) - Seamus Flannery Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) - Michel Proulx; Enrique Alarcón; Ren Huixing; Ronald Fauteux Chaindance (1990) - Phil Schmidt (I) Perfectly Normal (1991) - Anne Pritchard

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) - Olga Dimitrov
Other Nominees:
	Beautiful Dreamers (1990) - Ruth Secord Black Robe (1991) - John Hay (II); Renée April Nelligan (1991) - François Laplante Party, Le (1990) - Andrée Morin

Best Overall Sound


Winner:
	Angel Square (1990) - Garrell Clark; Paul A. Sharpe
Other Nominees:
	Beautiful Dreamers (1990) - Jean-Pierre Joutel; John P. Megill; Adrian Croll Love-moi (1991) - Jocelyn Caron; Yvon Benoît; Michel Descombes Moody Beach (1990) - Michel Descombes; Luc Boudrias; Jocelyn Caron; Richard Besse Showdown at Williams Creek (1991) - Larry Sutton; Bill Sheppard (I); Paul A. Sharpe

Best Achievement in Film Editing


Winner:
	Strangers in Good Company (1990) - David Wilson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Black Robe (1991) - Tim Wellburn Chaindance (1990) - Allan Lee (II) Party, Le (1990) - Michel Arcand Perfectly Normal (1991) - Ronald Sanders (I) Vincent et moi (1990) - André Corriveau

Best Sound Editing


Winner:
	Angel Square (1990) - Alison Grace; Gael MacLean; Anne Bakker; Debra Rurak; Cal Shumiatcher
Other Nominees:
	Beautiful Dreamers (1990) - Terry Burke (III); Jim Hopkins (I); Tony Currie (I); Charles Bowers; Ellen Adams Falling Over Backwards (1990) - Gudrun Christian; Andy Malcolm (I); Michele Cook (III); Abby Jack Neidik; Diane Le Floc'h Moody Beach (1990) - Jérôme Décarie; Marcel Pothier; Antoine Morin (I); Diane Boucher Showdown at Williams Creek (1991) - Gael MacLean; Alison Grace; Mike Keeping; Ingrid Rosen; Anke Bakker

Best Original Song


Winner:
	Angel Square (1990) - George Blondheim; Anne Wheeler - For the song ???
Other Nominees:
	Amoureux fou (1991) - Rémy Girard; Claire Wojas - For the song ??? Fabuleux voyage de l'ange, Le (1991) - Daniel Lavoie; Jean Pierre Lefebvre - For the song ??? White Room (1990) - Patricia Rozema; Mark Korven; Patricia Rozema; Mark Korven - For the song ???

Best Music Score


Winner:
	Demoiselle sauvage, La (1991) - Jean Corriveau
Other Nominees:
	Amoureux fou (1991) - Marie Bernard Black Robe (1991) - Georges Delerue Diplomatic Immunity (1991/II) - Jonathan Goldsmith (II) White Room (1990) - Mark Korven

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Saeed (1990) - Mehra Meh
Other Nominees:
	Edsville (1990) - James O'Regan (I) Man Descending (1990) - Raymond Lorenz; Neil Grieve Nuit du visiteur, La (1990) - René Gueissaz Star Turn, The (1990) - Donald Booth (I)

Best Short Documentary


Winner:
	Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein, The (1992) - Richard Elson (I); Sally Bochner
Other Nominees:
	Actor, The (1990) - John Paskievich Hunters and Bombers (1990) - Rex Tasker; Alan Hayling In Search of the Edge (1990) - Scott Barrie (II) Songololo: Voices of Change (1990) - Marianne Kaplan (II); Cari Green

Best Feature Length Documentary


Winner:
	Famine Within, The (1990) - Katherine Gilday
Other Nominees:
	Au chic resto pop (1990) - Éric Michel (I) Falls, The (1991) - Michael McMahon (I); Brian Dennis (I)


Winner:
	Ding et Dong le film (1990) - Roger Frappier (I)