Following is the complete list of nominees for the 16th annual Genie Awards.
Best motion picture
– Le Confessionnal – Denise Robert
– Liste Noire – Marcel Giroux
– Magic in the Water – Matthew O’Connor, Rick Stevenson
– Margaret’s Museum – Claudio Luca, Mort Ransen, Chris Zimmer, Steve Clark-Hall
– Rude – Karen King, Damon D’Oliveira
Best performance by an actor in a leading role
– Lothaire Bluteau – Le Confessionnal
– Matthew Ferguson – Eclipse
– David La Haye – L’enfant d’eau
– Clive Russell – Margaret’s Museum
– Peter Williams – Soul Survivor
Best performance by an actress in a leading role
– Helena Bonham Carter – Margaret’s Museum
– Pacale Bussieres – Eldorado
– Pacale Bussieres – When Night is Falling
– Pascale Montpetit – Eldorado
– Isabel Richer – Eldorado
Best performance by an actor in a supporting role
– Robert Brouillette – Eldorado
– David Fox – When Night is Falling
– Clark Johnson – Rude
– Aubert Pallascio – Liste Noire
– Kenneth Welsh – Margaret’s Museum
Best performance by an actress in a supporting role
– Anne Marie Cadieux – Le Confessionnal
– Rachael Crawford – Rude
– Marie Gignac – Le Confessionnal
– Pascale Montpetit – Eclipse
– Kate Nelligan – Margaret’s Museum
Best achievement in art direction
– Andre Guimond – Eldorado
– Nilo Rodis Jamero – Johnny Mnemonic
– Francois Laplante – Le Confessionnal
– Clyde Klotz, Michael O’Connor – Magic in the Water
– William Fleming, David McHenry – Margaret’s Museum
Best achievement in costume design
– Michele Hamel – Eldorado
– Barbara Kidd – Le Confessionnal
– Nicolette Massone – Margaret’s Museum
– Crystine Booth – Once in a Blue Moon
– Linda Muir – When Night is Falling
Best achievement in cinematography
– Alain Dostie – Le Confessionnal
– Pierre Gill – Liste Noire
– Tom Burstyn – Magic in the Water
– Vic Sarin – Margaret’s Museum
– Barry Stone – Rude
Best achievement in direction
– Charles Biname – Eldorado
– Robert Lepage – Le Confessionnal
– Mort Ransen – Margaret’s Museum
– Jean-Marc Vallee – Liste Noire
– Clement Virgo – Rude
Best achievement in editing
– Michel Arcand – Eldorado
– Emmanuelle Castro – Le Confessionnal
– Susan Maggi – Rude
– Michael Pacek – Dance Me Outside
– Jean-Marc Vallee – Liste Noire
Achievement in music
– Serge Arcuri, Luc Aubry – Liste Noire
– Aaron Davis, John Lang – Rude
– Richard Gregoire – L’enfant d’eau
– Mark Korven – The Michelle Apartments
– Milan Kymlicka – Margaret’s Museum
Best screenplay
– Sylvain Guy – Liste Noire
– Robert Lepage – Le Confessionnal
– Mort Ransen, Gerry Wexler – Margaret’s Museum
– Clement Virgo – Rude
– Stephen Williams – Soul Survivor
Best achievement in overall sound
– Doug Ganton, Leslie Shatz, Don White, Scott Purdy – Johnny Mnemonic
– Jean-Claude Laureux, Hans Peter Strobl, Brigitte Taillandier, Nick Berry – Le Confessionnal
– Daniel Masse, Luc Boudrias, Michel Descombes, Gavin Fernandes – Liste Noire
– Michael McGee, Paul Sharpe, Dean Giammarco, Kelly Cole – Magic in the Water
– Ross Redfren, Daniel Pellerin, Peter Kelly, Keith Elliot – Dance Me Outside
Best achievement in sound editing
– Steve Munro, Michael Werth, Andy Malcolm, Peter Winninger, Michael Pacek – Dance Me Outside
– Jocelyn Caron, Diane Boucher, Jacques Plante, Jerome Decarie, Antoine Morin – Le Confessionnal
– Louise Dupire, Martin Pinsonneault, Alice Wright, Diane Boucher, Francois Dupire – Liste Noire
– Jacqueline Cristianini, Anke Bakker, Marc Chiasson, Irving Mulch, Sean Kelly – Magic in the Water
– Steve Munro, Tim Roberts, Paul Germann, Andy Malcolm, Paul Shikata – The Michelle Apartments
Best feature-length documentary
– Signe Johansson, Helene Klodawsky – Motherland: Tales of Wonder
– Ali Kazimi – Narmada: A Valley Rises
– Christine York, Harriet Wichin – Silent Witness
– George Ungar – The Champagne Safari
– Kent Martin, Terre Nash – Who’s Counting?
Best short documentary
– Lindalee Tracey, Pater Raymont – Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya
– Patricia Fogliato, David Mortin – Enigmatico
– Rina Fraticelli, Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman – Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule
– Bill Sheppard, Martin Schliessler – The Shaper
– Jacques Hollender – Time is On My Side
Best short film
– Jean-Marc Vallee – Les Fleurs Magiques
– Wayne Traudt – Movements of the Body
– Wade Ferley, Karethe Linnae – Off Key
– Marcy Page, Paul Driessen – The End of the World in Four Seasons
– Myra Freid, Rosamund Owen – You Love Me, I Hate You
Claude Jutra Award
– Randy Bradshaw – Song Spinner
– Robert Longo – Johnny Mnemonic
– Robert Lepage – Le Confessionnal
– Jeremy Podeswa – Eclipse
– Louis Saia – Le Sphinx
– Philip Spink – Once in a Blue Moon
– Rick Stevenson – Magic in the Water
– Andre Turpin – Zigrail
– Jean-Marc Vallee – Liste Noire
– Clement Virgo – Rude
– Stephen Williams – Soul Survivor