Genie Awards: 1989

Genie

Best Motion Picture


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - David Cronenberg; Marc Boyman
Other Nominees:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Aerlyn Weissman; John Frizzell (II); Louise Clark (III); Jackie Burroughs (I); John Walker (II) Les portes tournantes (1988) - Francyne Morin; René Malo The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) - Stephen Foster (II) À corps perdu (1988) - Robin Spry; Denise Robert

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Jeremy Irons
Other Nominees:
	Cowboys Don't Cry (1988) - Zachary Ansley Cowboys Don't Cry (1988) - Ron White (I) Malarek (1989) - Elias Koteas Something About Love (1988) - Jan Rubes The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) - Saul Rubinek

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Jackie Burroughs (I)
Other Nominees:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Genevičve Bujold Hitting Home (1987) (TV) - Kerrie Keane Les portes tournantes (1988) - Monique Spaziani Milk and Honey (1988) - Josette Simon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Les portes tournantes (1988) - Rémy Girard
Other Nominees:
	Buying Time (1989) - Michael Rudder (I) Iron Eagle II (1988) - Maury Chaykin Something About Love (1988) - Ron James (I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Hitting Home (1987) (TV) - Colleen Dewhurst
Other Nominees:
	Cowboys Don't Cry (1988) - Janet-Laine Green Les portes tournantes (1988) - Miou-Miou Martha, Ruth & Edie (1988) - Helen Hughes The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) - Susan Douglas Rubes

Best Achievement in Direction


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - David Cronenberg
Other Nominees:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Louise Clark (III); Jackie Burroughs (I); John Walker (II); Aerlyn Weissman; John Frizzell (II) Cowboys Don't Cry (1988) - Anne Wheeler Les portes tournantes (1988) - Francis Mankiewicz Malarek (1989) - Roger Cardinal (I)

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Milk and Honey (1988) - Glen Salzman; Trevor D. Rhone
Other Nominees:
	"Les tisserands du pouvoir" (1988) - Claude Fournier (I); Michel Cournot; Marie-José Raymond La grenouille et la baleine (1987) - André Mélançon; Jacques Bobet Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) - Guy Maddin Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988) - Michael Rubbo

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - David Cronenberg; Norman Snider
Other Nominees:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Jackie Burroughs (I) Hitting Home (1987) (TV) - Douglas Bowie; Robin Spry Les portes tournantes (1988) - Jacques Savoie (I); Francis Mankiewicz The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) - Phil Savath

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Peter Suschitzky
Other Nominees:
	La grenouille et la baleine (1987) - Thomas Burstyn Les portes tournantes (1988) - Thomas Vámos Shadow Dancing (1988) - Rene Ohashi À corps perdu (1988) - Pierre Mignot (I)

Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Carol Spier
Other Nominees:
	Les portes tournantes (1988) - Anne Pritchard À corps perdu (1988) - Vianney Gauthier

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Les portes tournantes (1988) - François Barbeau
Other Nominees:
	"Les tisserands du pouvoir" (1988) - Christine Cost; Michčle Hamel Dead Ringers (1988) - Denise Cronenberg Shadow Dancing (1988) - Maya Mani The Kiss (1988) - Renée April The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) - Charlotte Penner

Best Achievement in Overall Sound


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Don White (II); Andy Nelson (I); Bryan Day (I)
Other Nominees:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Michael Liotta; Don White (II); Aerlyn Weissman Hitting Home (1987) (TV) - Don White (II); Gabor Vadnay; Michael Liotta; Joe Grimaldi (I) Iron Eagle II (1988) - Michael Liotta; Joe Grimaldi (I); Eli Yarkoni; Dino Pigat The Kiss (1988) - Don Cohen (I); Austin Grimaldi; Keith Elliott (I); Dino Pigat

Best Achievement in Film Editing


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Ronald Sanders (I)
Other Nominees:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Susan Martin (I); Allan Lee (II) À corps perdu (1988) - Michel Arcand

Best Achievement in Sound Editing


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Terry Burke (III); Richard Cadger; Dean Giammarco; Wayne Griffin (I); David Evans (III)
Other Nominees:
	A Winter Tan (1987) - Alison Clark (I); Greg Glynn; Alison Grace; Andy Malcolm (I); Denise McCormick Buying Time (1989) - Jane Tattersall; Tony Currie (I); Terry Burke (III); Marta Nielsen Sternberg; Wayne Griffin (I) Iron Eagle II (1988) - David Evans (III); Kenneth Heeley-Ray; Richard Cadger; Robin Leigh; Drew King (I) The Kiss (1988) - Andy Malcolm (I); Alison Grace; Michael O'Farrell (III); Peter Thilaye; Penny Hozy

Best Original Song


Winners:
	Cowboys Don't Cry (1988) - Louis Natale; Anne Wheeler - For the song ??? Dead Ringers (1988) - Andy Nelson (I) - For the song ???
Other Nominees:
	La grenouille et la baleine (1987) - Normand Dubé; Guy Trépanier; Nathalie Carson - For the song ??? Milk and Honey (1988) - Louise Bennett (I) - For the song ??? Shadow Dancing (1988) - Jay Gruska; Marc Jordan (III) - For the song ??? Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988) - Rufus Wainwright

Best Music Score


Winner:
	Dead Ringers (1988) - Howard Shore
Other Nominees:
	Hostile Takeover (1988) - Billy Bryans; Aaron Davis (I) La ligne de chaleur (1987) - Richard Grégoire Les portes tournantes (1988) - François Dompierre (I) Milk and Honey (1988) - Maribeth Solomon; Micky Erbe À corps perdu (1988) - Osvaldo Montes

Best Animated Short Film


Winner:
	The Cat Came Back (1988) - Cordell Barker; Richard Condie
Other Nominees:
	Nocturnes (1988) - Yves Leduc Primiti Too Taa (1988) - Ed Ackerman (I)

Best Live Action Short Drama


Winner:
	The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada (1989) - Bruce McDonald (I); Colin Brunton
Other Nominees:
	Inside/Out (1988) - Lori Spring Le pied tendre (1988) - Roger Boire; Viateur Castonguay The Job (1988) - Donald Scott (II) The Milkman Cometh (1988) - Lorne Bailey

Best Short Documentary


Winner:
	The World Is Watching (1988) - Harold Crooks; Jim Munro (I); Peter Raymont
Other Nominees:
	Dying to be Perfect (1988) - Eileen Hoeter Space Pioneers, a Canadian Story (1988) - Rudy Buttignol

Best Feature Length Documentary


Winner:
	Comic Book Confidential (1988) - Ron Mann (I)
Other Nominees:
	A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution (1988) - Nettie Wild Calling the Shots (1988) - Janis Cole; Holly Dale Growing Up in America (1988) - Morley Markson Witnesses (1988/I) - Martyn Burke; David M. Ostriker


Awarded to:
	National Film Board of Canada


Winner:
	La grenouille et la baleine (1987) - Rock Demers