The contenders

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