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17th Genie Awards

17th Genie Awards
DateNovember 27, 1996
SiteThe Guvernment
Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byRebecca Jenkins, Mark Farrell
Highlights
Best PictureLilies

The 17th Genie Awards were held on November 27, 1996, to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996. They were the second Genie Award ceremony held in that year; the 16th Genie Awards were delayed from the fall of 1995 and took place in January 1996 instead.

Nominees and winners

Winners and nominees were:[1][2]

Motion Picture Direction
  • Blue ribbon Lilies — Robin Cass, Arnie Gelbart, Anna Stratton
  • CrashDavid Cronenberg
  • Hard Core Logo — Brian Dennis, Christine Haebler
  • Long Day's Journey into Night — Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron
  • Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) — Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Jobin, Jean-Pierre St-Michel, Ulrich Felsberg
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
  • Blue ribbon Martha Henry, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Marie Brassard, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
  • Helene Clarkson, Blood & Donuts
  • Brenda Fricker, Swann
  • Louise Portal, Not Me! (Sous-sol)
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
  • Blue ribbon Peter Donaldson, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Alexander Chapman, Lilies
  • James Hyndman, Rowing Through
  • Sean McCann, Swann
  • Ron White, Screamers
  • Blue ribbon Martha Burns, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Marie-Andrée Corneille, Mistaken Identity (Erreur sur la personne)
  • Josée Deschênes, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
  • Maria de Medeiros, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
  • Manon Miclette, Love Me, Love Me Not (J'aime, j'aime pas)
Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay
  • Blue ribbon Pierre Gang, Not Me! (Sous-sol)
  • Gilles Carle, Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur)
  • Donald Martin, Never Too Late
  • Andrew Rai Berzins, Blood and Donuts
  • Peter Wellington and Doug Smith, The Boys Club
Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary
  • Blue ribbon Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper, Bones of the Forest
  • Diane Cailhier and Alain Chartrand, Une vie comme rivière
  • Magnus Isacsson, Power
  • Peter Lynch, Project Grizzly
  • Blue ribbon Daniele Caloz and Paul Carrière, Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève)
  • Brenda Longfellow, A Balkan Journey: Fragments From the Other Side of War
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
  • Blue ribbon Sandra Kybartas, Lilies
  • John Dondertman, Swann
  • Perri Gorrara, Screamers
  • Paola Ridolfi, Never Too Late
  • Taavo Soodor, The Boys Club
  • Blue ribbon Peter Suschitzky, Crash
  • Sylvain Brault, Rowing Through
  • Éric Cayla, A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit)
  • Georges Dufaux, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
  • Daniel Jobin, Lilies
Costume Design Editing
  • Blue ribbon Linda Muir, Lilies
  • Elisbetta Beraldo, Swann
  • Emma England, Blood and Donuts
  • Denis Sperdouklis, Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur)
  • Delphine White, Brain Candy
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blue ribbon Don Cohen, Keith Elliot, Scott Purdy, Scott Shepherd, Don White, Lilies
  • David Appleby, D. Bruce Carwardine, Tim O'Connell, Don White, Brain Candy
  • Jo Caron, Claude Hazanavicius, John Netsorwich, Hans Peter Strobl, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
  • Kelly Cole, Dam Giammarco, Jochen Schlissler, Paul Sharpe, Hard Core Logo
  • Christian Cooke, David Lee, Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko, Crash
  • Blue ribbon Tom Bjelic, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, John Laing, Andy Malcolm, Dale Sheldrake, John Douglas Smith, Crash
  • Fred Brennan, Yann Delpeuch, Paula Fairfield, Virginia Storey, House
  • Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Andy Malcolm, Jane Tattersall, Brain Candy
  • Diane Boucher, Tony Currie, Rich Harkness, Janice Ierulli, Donna Powell, Jane Tattersall, Lilies
  • Jerome Decarie, Serge Fortin, Jean-Pierre Pinard, Mario Rodrigue, Raymond Vermette, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Best Short Film Special Awards
  • Blue ribbon Sandra Kybartas, The Home for Blind Women
  • Mark Morgenstern and Stephanie Morgenstern, Curtains
  • Colleen Murphy, The Feeler

References

  1. ^ Armstrong, Mary Ellen (2 December 1996). "Crash, Lilies top Genies". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ Playback Staff (4 November 1996). "Special Report: The 1996 Genie Awards: Lilies extends men's emotional range". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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