Following are the nominees for the 21st Genie Awards as provided by the Academy Of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Best Motion Picture
* Love Come Down – producers: Eric Jordan, Damon D’Oliveira, Clement Virgo
* Maelstrom – producers: Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal
* New Waterford Girl – producers: Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny
* Possible Worlds – producers: Sandra Cunningham, Bruno Jobin
* Stardom – producers: Denise Robert, Robert Lantos
* To Walk With Lions – producers: Pieter Kroonenburg, Julie Allan
Achievement in Direction
* Gary Burns – waydowntown
* Alain DesRochers – La Bouteille
* Robert Favreau – Les Muses Orphelines
* Robert Lepage – Possible Worlds
* Denis Villeneuve – Maelstrom
Best Screenplay
* Denys Arcand, J. Jacob Potashnik – Stardom
* Frank Borg – My Father’s Angel
* Gilles Desjardins, Michel Marc Bouchard – Les Muses Orphelines
* Denis Villeneuve – Maelstrom
* Clement Virgo – Love Come Down
Performance by an Actor
in a Leading Role
* David Cubitt – The Perfect Son
* Colm Feore – The Perfect Son
* Tony Nardi – My Father’s Angel
* Timothy Webber – My Father’s Angel
* James Whitmore – Here’s to Life!
Performance by an Actress
in a Leading Role
* Marie-Josee Croze – Maelstrom
* Kim Hunter – Here’s to Life!
* Ginette Reno – Laura Cadieux…La Suite
* Pierrette Robitaille – Laura Cadieux…La Suite
* Tilda Swinton – Possible Worlds
Performance by an Actor
in a Supporting Role
* Ian Bannen – To Walk With Lions
* Nicholas Campbell – New Waterford Girl
* Martin Cummins – Love Come Down
* Patrick Huard – La vie apres l’amour
* Jean-Nicolas Verreault – Maelstrom
Performance by an Actress
in a Supporting Role
* Annick Bergeron – La Beaute de Pandore
* Celine Bonnier – Les Muses Orphelines
* Helen Shaver – We All Fall Down
* Stacy Smith – New Waterford Girl
* Mary Walsh – New Waterford Girl
* Barbara Williams – Love Come Down
Achievement in Cinematography
* Guy Dufaux – Stardom
* Jonathan Freeman – Possible Worlds
* Pierre Gill – The Art of War
* Jean Lepine – To Walk With Lions
* Andre Turpin – Maelstrom
Achievement in Editing
* Michel Arcand – The Art of War
* Richard Comeau – Maelstrom
* Helene Girard – Les Muses Orphelines
* Susan Maggi – New Waterford Girl
* Susan Shipton – Possible Worlds
Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
* Sylvain Gingras – Maelstrom
* Emmanuel Jannasch, Norma-Jean Sanders – New Waterford Girl
* Anne Pritchard, Ginette Robitaille – The Art of War
* Francois Seguin, Daniele Rouleau – Possible Worlds
* Zoe Sakellaropoulo, Jean Morin – Stardom
Achievement in Costume Design
* Debra Hanson – New Waterford Girl
* Suzanne Harel – Laura Cadieux…La Suite
* Patricia Hargreaves – Here’s to Life!
* Michel Robidas – Stardom
* Denis Sperdouklis – La vie apres l’amour
Achievement in
Music – Original Score
* Patric Caird – Here’s to Life!
* Normand Corbeil – The Art of War
* Aaron Davis, John Lang – Love Come Down
* Francois Dompierre – Laura Cadieux…La Suite
* Alan Reeves – To Walk With Lions
Achievement in
Music – Original Song
* Michael Buble – ‘Dumb ol’ Heart’ – Here’s to Life!
* Michael Buble – ‘I’ve Never Been in Love Before’ – Here’s to Life!
* Deborah Cox, Keith Andes, Lascelles Stephens – ‘Our Love’ – Love Come Down
* Deborah Cox, Keith Andes, Lascelles Stephens – ’29’ – Love Come Down
* Francois Dompierre – ‘Fortuna’ – Laura Cadieux…La Suite
Achievement in Overall Sound
* Gilles Corbeil, Luc Boudrias, Louis Gignac – Maelstrom
* Daniel Pellerin, Paul Adlaf, Peter Kelly, Brad Thornton, Brad Zoern – Love Come Down
* Tom Ronan, Daniel Pellerin, Brad Thornton, Brad Zoern – Violet
* Bill Sheppard, Mark Berger, Ruth Huddleston – Here’s to Life!
* Hans Peter Strobl, Jocelyn Caron, Don Cohen, Bernard Gariepy Strobl – The Art of War
Achievement in Sound Editing
* Mathieu Beaudin, Jerome Decarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin, Francois Senneville – Maelstrom
* Michel B. Bordeleau, Pierre-Jules Audet, Jerome Decarie, Natalie Fleurant, Marc Gagnon – The Art of War
* Dean Giammarco, Maija Burnett, Kris Fenske, John Ludgate, Brendon Ostrander – Here’s to Life!
* David McCallum, Fred Brennan, Susan Conley, Steven Hammond, Garrett Kerr, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol – Love Come Down
* Glenn Tussman, Richard Betanzos, Michael Gurman, Steven Gurman, Paul Hubert, Vincent Regaudie – To Walk With Lions
Best Documentary
* Ron Mann – Grass
* Alanis Obomsawin – Rocks at Whiskey Trench
* Peter Starr, Luis O. Garcia, Bay Weyman – Spirits of Havana
* Adam Symansky, Eric Michel, Peter Wintonick – Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment
* John Walker, Kent Martin – The Fairy Faith
Best Animated Short
* Therese Descary, Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean, Jean-Jacques Leduc – Du Big-Bang a mardi matin/From the Big-Bang to Tuesday Morning
* Therese Descary, Pierre M. Trudeau – Coucou, Monsieur Edgar! Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!
* Michael Scott, Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove, David Verrall – Village of Idiots
Best Live Action Short Drama
* Joel Awerbuck, Michael Downing – Clean Rite Cowboy
* Kate Gillen, Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert – Below the Belt
* Marlene Rodgers, Ines Buchli – Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry
* Andre Theberge, Alain Jacques – Le p’tit varius
* Simone Urdl, Phillip Barker – Soul Cages