Awards for 1991

Genie

Best Motion Picture

WINNER

Black Robe: Robert Lantos, Sue Milliken, Stéphane Reichel
NOMINEES

Chaindance: Richard Davis

Perfectly Normal: Michael Burns

Strangers in Good Company: David Wilson

Une histoire inventée: Claudio Luca, Robin Spry

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Amoureux fou: Rémy Girard
NOMINEES

Amoureux fou: Jean Rochefort

Chaindance: Brad Dourif

La demoiselle sauvage: Matthias Habich

Masala: Saeed Jaffrey

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

H: Pascale Montpetit
NOMINEES

Strangers in Good Company: Cissy Meddings

Strangers in Good Company: Alice Diabo

Vincent et moi: Nina Petronzio
Nina becomes the youngest actor in Canadian history to receive a Genie nomination.

White Room: Kate Nelligan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Black Robe: August Schellenberg
NOMINEES

Diplomatic Immunity: Michael Hogan

Diplomatic Immunity: Michael Riley

Falling Over Backwards: Paul Soles

Le party: Julien Poulin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Amoureux fou: Danielle Proulx
NOMINEES

Black Robe: Sandrine Holt

Diplomatic Immunity: Ofelia Medina

Strangers in Good Company: Catherine Roche

Strangers in Good Company: Winifred Holden

Best Achievement in Direction

WINNER

Black Robe: Bruce Beresford
NOMINEES

Bethune: The Making of a Hero: Phillip Borsos

H: Darrell Wasyk

The Adjuster: Atom Egoyan

Une histoire inventée: André Forcier

Best Screenplay, Original

WINNER

Perfectly Normal: Eugene Lipinski, Paul Quarrington
NOMINEES

Amoureux fou: Claire Wojas

H: Darrell Wasyk

Le party: Pierre Falardeau

Une histoire inventée: Jacques Marcotte, André Forcier

Best Screenplay, Adapted

WINNER

Black Robe: Brian Moore
NOMINEES

The Comic Book Christmas Caper: Anne Wheeler, James Defelice

La demoiselle sauvage: Léa Pool, Michel Langlois, Laurent Gagliardi

Best Achievement in Cinematography

WINNER

Black Robe: Peter James
NOMINEES

Bethune: The Making of a Hero: Raoul Coutard, Mike Molloy

Cargo: Daniel Jobin

Moody Beach: Guy Dufaux

Nelligan: Guy Dufaux

Best Achievement in Art Direction

WINNER

Black Robe: Gavin Mitchell, Herbert Pinter
NOMINEES

Beautiful Dreamers: Seamus Flannery

Bethune: The Making of a Hero: Michel Proulx, Enrique Alarcón, Ren Huixing, Ronald Fauteux

Chaindance: Phil Schmidt

Perfectly Normal: Anne Pritchard

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER

Bethune: The Making of a Hero: Olga Dimitrov
NOMINEES

Beautiful Dreamers: Ruth Secord

Black Robe: John Hay, Renée April

Le party: Andrée Morin

Nelligan: François Laplante

Best Overall Sound

WINNER

The Comic Book Christmas Caper: Garrell Clark, Paul A. Sharpe
NOMINEES

Beautiful Dreamers: Jean-Pierre Joutel, John P. Megill, Adrian Croll

Showdown at Williams Creek: Larry Sutton, Bill Sheppard, Paul A. Sharpe

Love-moi: Jocelyn Caron, Yvon Benoît, Michel Descombes

Moody Beach: Michel Descombes, Luc Boudrias, Jocelyn Caron, Richard Besse

Best Achievement in Film Editing

WINNER

Strangers in Good Company: David Wilson
NOMINEES

Black Robe: Tim Wellburn

Chaindance: Allan Lee

Le party: Michel Arcand

Perfectly Normal: Ronald Sanders

Vincent et moi: André Corriveau

Best Sound Editing

WINNER

The Comic Book Christmas Caper: Alison Grace, Gael MacLean, Anne Bakker, Debra Rurak, Cal Shumiatcher
NOMINEES

Beautiful Dreamers: Terry Burke, Jim Hopkins, Tony Currie, Charles Bowers, Ellen Adams

Falling Over Backwards: Gudrun Christian, Andy Malcolm, Michele Cook, Abby Jack Neidik, Diane Le Floc'h

Showdown at Williams Creek: Gael MacLean, Alison Grace, Mike Keeping, Ingrid Rosen, Anke Bakker

Moody Beach: Jérôme Décarie, Marcel Pothier, Antoine Morin, Diane Boucher

Best Original Song

WINNER

The Comic Book Christmas Caper: George Blondheim, Anne Wheeler
For the song ???
NOMINEES

Amoureux fou: Rémy Girard, Claire Wojas
For the song ???

Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange: Daniel Lavoie, Jean Pierre Lefebvre
For the song ???

White Room: Patricia Rozema, Mark Korven, Patricia Rozema, Mark Korven
For the song ???

Best Music Score

WINNER

La demoiselle sauvage: Jean Corriveau
NOMINEES

Amoureux fou: Marie Bernard

Black Robe: Georges Delerue

Diplomatic Immunity: Jonathan Goldsmith

White Room: Mark Korven

Best Short Film

WINNER

Saeed: Mehra Meh
NOMINEES

Edsville: James O'Regan

La nuit du visiteur: René Gueissaz

Man Descending: Raymond Lorenz, Neil Grieve

The Star Turn: Donald Booth

Best Short Documentary

WINNER

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein: Richard Elson, Sally Bochner
NOMINEES

Hunters and Bombers: Rex Tasker, Alan Hayling

In Search of the Edge: Scott Barrie

Songololo: Voices of Change: Marianne Kaplan, Cari Green

The Actor: John Paskievich

Best Feature Length Documentary

WINNER

The Famine Within: Katherine Gilday
NOMINEES

Au chic resto pop: Éric Michel

The Falls: Michael McMahon, Brian Dennis