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18th Genie Awards

18th Genie Awards
Date1997
Highlights
Best PictureThe Sweet Hereafter

The 18th Genie Awards were held on 14 December 1997,[1] to honour the best Canadian films of 1997.

Nominees and winners

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text.[1][2]

Motion Picture Direction
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
  • Blue ribbon Seana McKenna, The Hanging Garden
  • France Castel, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
  • Kerry Fox, The Hanging Garden
  • Joan Orenstein, The Hanging Garden
  • France Castel, Karmina
Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary
  • Blue ribbon Anne Claire Poirier, Paul Lapointe and Joanne Carrière, Tu as crié LET ME GO
  • Michael Allder and Tim Southam, Drowning in Dreams
  • Julia Sereny and Maya Gallus, Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
  • Blue ribbon Maureen Judge and Janis Lundman, Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship
  • Loretta Todd, Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater and Jerry Krepakevich, Forgotten Warriors
  • Ali Kazimi, Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Animated Short
  • Blue ribbon Naomi McCormack, The Hangman's Bride
  • Vincenzo Natali, Steven Hoban and Vanessa C. Laufer, Elevated
  • Marcel Giroux and Sylvain Guy, Zie 37 Stagen
  • Scott Smith, Sarah James and Helen Du Toit, Sshhh...
  • Blue ribbon Bernard Lajoie, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet, The Old Lady and the Pigeons (La vieille dame et les pigeons)
  • Tali Prévost, Yves Leduc and Pierre Hébert, Under the Weather (À l'ombre)
  • Barrie McLean and Janet Perlman, Dinner for Two
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
  • Blue ribbon Normand Sarazin, Karmina
  • Phillip Barker and Patricia Cuccia, The Sweet Hereafter
  • Serge Bureau, Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)
  • Claude Paré, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
  • Taavo Soodor and Darlene Sheils, The Hanging Garden
  • Blue ribbon Paul Sarossy, The Sweet Hereafter
  • Eric Cayla, Karmina
  • Serge Ladouceur, Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)
  • Gregory Middleton, Kissed
  • André Turpin, Cosmos
Costume Design Editing
  • Blue ribbon Denis Sperdouklis, Karmina
  • Yveline Bonjean and Liz Vandal, Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)
  • Francesca Chamberland, The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir)
  • Suzanne Harel, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
  • Beth Pasternak, The Sweet Hereafter
  • James A. Worthen, The Hanging Garden
  • Blue ribbon Susan Shanks, The Hanging Garden
  • Pia Di Ciaula, Intimate Relations
  • Gaétan Huot, Karmina
  • Richard Comeau, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
  • Susan Shipton, The Sweet Hereafter
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blue ribbon Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly and Ross Redfern, The Sweet Hereafter
  • Luc Boudrias, Don Cohen, Jo Caron and Bruno Ruffolo, Karmina
  • Dominique Chartrand, Jo Caron and Hans Peter Strobl, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
  • Peter Harper, Philippe Espantoso and Georges Hannan, The Hanging Garden
  • Hans Peter Strobl, Daniel Bisson, Jo Caron and Marcel Chouinard, The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme)
  • Blue ribbon Steve Munro, Sue Conley, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm and David Drainie Taylor, The Sweet Hereafter
  • Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Martin Pinsonnault, Monique Vézina and Alice Wright, Karmina
  • Marcel Pothier, Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie, Guy Pelletier and Myriam Poirier, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
  • Myriam Poirier, Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie and Jacques Plante, The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme)
  • Marcel Pothier, Guy Francoeur, Antoine Morin, Viateur Paiement and Myriam Poirier, The Haven (La Conciergerie)
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
  • Blue ribbon Mychael Danna, The Sweet Hereafter
  • François Dompierre, The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal)
  • Serge LaForest and Gaëtan Gravel, Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)
  • Robert Marcel Lepage, The Human Plant (La Plante humaine)
  • Don McDonald, Kissed
Screenplay Special awards

References

  1. ^ a b Playback Staff (17 November 1997). "The 1997 Genie Awards". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ "The Sweet Hereafter". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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