Awards for 1999

Genie

Best Motion Picture

WINNER

The Red Violin: Niv Fichman
NOMINEES

Last Night: Daniel Iron, Niv Fichman

Behind the Lines: Allan Scott, Peter R. Simpson

Rupert's Land: Bill Thumm, Scott Kennedy

Such a Long Journey: Paul Stephens, Simon MacCorkindale

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Such a Long Journey: Roshan Seth
NOMINEES

Les Boys: Rémy Girard

La déroute: Tony Nardi

Behind the Lines: Jonathan Pryce

Rupert's Land: Samuel West

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Last Night: Sandra Oh
NOMINEES

Nô: Anne-Marie Cadieux

Le coeur au poing: Pascale Montpetit

It's Your Turn, Laura: Ginette Reno

It's Your Turn, Laura: Pierrette Robitaille

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Last Night: Callum Keith Rennie
NOMINEES

Such a Long Journey: Kurush Deboo

Pale Saints: Michael Riley

Pale Saints: Saul Rubinek

Rupert's Land: George Wendt

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Conquest: Monique Mercure
NOMINEES

Last Night: Geneviève Bujold

Pale Saints: Rachael Crawford

The Fishing Trip: Anna Henry

Last Night: Roberta Maxwell

Best New Director (Meilleur Nouveau Réalisateur)

WINNER

Post Mortem: Louis Bélanger (director)

Best Achievement in Direction

WINNER

The Red Violin: François Girard
NOMINEES

Such a Long Journey: Sturla Gunnarsson

Behind the Lines: Gillies MacKinnon

Last Night: Don McKellar

Rupert's Land: Jonathan Tammuz

Pale Saints: J.H. Wyman

Best Screenplay

WINNER

The Red Violin: Don McKellar, François Girard
NOMINEES

Last Night: Don McKellar

Nô: André Morency, Robert Lepage

Behind the Lines: Allan Scott

Such a Long Journey: Sooni Taraporevala

Best Achievement in Cinematography

WINNER

The Red Violin: Alain Dostie
NOMINEES

Such a Long Journey: Jan Kiesser

Last Night: Douglas Koch

Behind the Lines: Glen MacPherson

The Falling: Gregory Middleton

Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design

WINNER

The Red Violin: François Séguin
NOMINEES

Such a Long Journey: Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Last Night: John Dondertman, Patricia Cuccia

Behind the Lines: Andy Harris

Cube: Jasna Stefanovic

Best Achievement in Costume Design

WINNER

The Red Violin: Renée April
NOMINEES

Such a Long Journey: Lovleen Bains

Behind the Lines: Kate Carin

Le coeur au poing: Daniel Lalande

Nô: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt

Pale Saints: Tamara Winston

Best Overall Sound

WINNER

The Red Violin: Claude La Haye, Jocelyn Caron, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Hans Peter Strobl
NOMINEES

Such a Long Journey: Henry Embry, Steph Carrier, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko

Cube: Darcy Kite, Peter Kelly, Steve McNamee, Todd Warren

Behind the Lines: Louis Kramer, Todd Beckett, Tim O'Connell, Scott Purdy

Last Night: John J. Thomson, Dean Giammarco, Miguel Nunes, Paul A. Sharpe

Best Achievement in Editing

WINNER

Such a Long Journey: Jeff Warren
NOMINEES

Behind the Lines: Pia Di Ciaula

Last Night: Reginald Harkema

The Red Violin: Gaétan Huot

Cube: John Sanders

Best Sound Editing

WINNER

Such a Long Journey: David Evans, Richard Cadger, Donna Powell, Paul Shikata, Phong Tran, Clive Turner
NOMINEES

Cube: Sue Conley, Stephen Barden, Craig Henighan, John Laing, Jill Purdy, John Sievert

Rupert's Land: Jacqueline Cristianini, James Fonnyadt, Adam Gejdos, James Genn, Kirby Jinnah, Cam Wagner

Behind the Lines: Tony Currie, Paula Fairfield, Alastair Gray, John Sievert

The Red Violin: Marcel Pothier, Jérôme Décarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin, Jacques Plante

Best Original Song

WINNER

The Fishing Trip: Suzie Ungerlieder
For the song "River Blue".
NOMINEES

It's Your Turn, Laura: François Dompierre, Michel Tremblay
For the song "Laura - La Belle".

Aujourd'hui ou jamais: Claude Gauthier, Daniel Lavoie
For the song "Est-ce si loin Québec".

Best Music Score

WINNER

The Red Violin: John Corigliano
NOMINEES

Behind the Lines: Mychael Danna

Such a Long Journey: Jonathan Goldsmith

Cube: Mark Korven

Last Night: Alex Pauk, Alexina Louie

Best Animated Short Film

WINNER

Bingo: Andy Jones, Chris Landreth, Kevin Tureski
NOMINEE

Frank the Wrabbit: John Weldon, Marcy Page

Best Live Action Short

WINNER

When Ponds Freeze Over: Mary Lewis
NOMINEES

Shoes Off!: Leah Mallen, Mark Sawers

Elimination Dance: Bruce McDonald, Sandy Kaplansky, Don McKellar, Michael Ondaatje

La bombe au chocolat: Sylvie Rosenthal

Claire: Julie Trimingham, Ric Kokotovich

Best Short Documentary

WINNER

Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet: Anita Herczeg, Brenda Longfellow
NOMINEES

BP (Pushing the Boundaries): Brian Nash, Elizabeth Yake

Mémoire moire des souvenirs: Elizabeth Yake, Lara Fitzgerald

Best Feature Length Documentary

WINNER

A Place Called Chiapas: Betsy Carson, Kirk Tougas, Nettie Wild
NOMINEES

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles: Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier

The Herd: Peter Lynch, Peter Starr