Genie Awards: 1986

Genie

Best Motion Picture


Winner:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Peter O'Brian (I)
Other Nominees:
	90 Days (1985) - David Wilson (I); Giles Walker Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Robert Lantos; Stephen J. Roth (I) Le matou (1985) - Justine H�roux One Magic Christmas (1985) - Peter O'Brian (I)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	My American Cousin (1985) - John Wildman (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bayo (1985) - Ed McNamara (I) Le matou (1985) - Serge Dupire Overnight (1986) - Alan Scarfe (I) Samuel Lount (1985) - R.H. Thomson

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Margaret Langrick
Other Nominees:
	90 Days (1985) - Christine Pak La dame en couleurs (1985) - Charlotte Laurier Le matou (1985) - Monique Spaziani One Magic Christmas (1985) - Mary Steenburgen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Alan Arkin
Other Nominees:
	90 Days (1985) - Sam Grana My American Cousin (1985) - Richard Donat Overnight (1986) - Duncan Fraser (II) The Boy in Blue (1986) - Sean Sullivan (I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Linda Sorenson
Other Nominees:
	90 Days (1985) - Fernanda Tavares (II) Overnight (1986) - Barbara Gordon (II) Separate Vacations (1986) - Lally Cadeau

Best Achievement in Direction


Winner:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Sandy Wilson (I)
Other Nominees:
	90 Days (1985) - Giles Walker Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Ted Kotcheff La dame en couleurs (1985) - Claude Jutra Le matou (1985) - Jean Beaudin

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Sandy Wilson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Mordecai Richler La dame en couleurs (1985) - Louise Rinfret; Claude Jutra Le matou (1985) - Lise Lemay-Rousseau

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Fran�ois Protat
Other Nominees:
	One Magic Christmas (1985) - Frank Tidy Samuel Lount (1985) - Marc Champion

Best Achievement in Art Direction


Winner:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Anne Pritchard
Other Nominees:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Phil Schmidt (I) Night Magic (1985) - Fran�ois S�guin One Magic Christmas (1985) - Bill Brodie The Boy in Blue (1986) - William Beeton

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Louise Jobin
Other Nominees:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Sheila Bingham; Phillip Clarkson One Magic Christmas (1985) - Olga Dimitrov Samuel Lount (1985) - Olga Dimitrov

Best Achievement in Overall Sound


Winner:
	One Magic Christmas (1985) - David Appleby (II); Joe Grimaldi (I); Bruce Nyznik; Bruce Carwardine; Glen Gauthier; Don White (II)
Other Nominees:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Don Cohen (I); Austin Grimaldi; Dino Pigat; Joe Grimaldi (I) My American Cousin (1985) - Garrell Clark; Paul A. Sharpe

Best Achievement in Film Editing


Winner:
	My American Cousin (1985) - Haida Paul
Other Nominees:
	90 Days (1985) - David Wilson (I) Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Ron Wisman Overnight (1986) - Sally Paterson Samuel Lount (1985) - Richard Martin (I)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing


Winner:
	One Magic Christmas (1985) - Robin Leigh; Richard Cadger; Glen Gauthier; Michael O'Farrell (III); Alan Geldart; Alison Clark (I); Peter Thillaye
Other Nominees:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Robin Leigh; David Evans (III); Fred Brennan; Richard Cadger; Penny Hozy; Wayne Griffin (I) La dame en couleurs (1985) - Adrian Croll; Jean-Pierre Joutel; Richard Besse Le matou (1985) - Serge Viau; Paul Dion (I) My American Cousin (1985) - Jacqueline Cristianini; Alison Clark (I); Tony Currie (I); Gord Thompson (I) Samuel Lount (1985) - Michael O'Farrell (III) The Boy in Blue (1986) - Don White (II); David Appleby (II); Dan Latour

Best Original Song


Winner:
	Night Magic (1985) - Leonard Cohen (I); Lewis Furey - For the song "Angel Eyes".
Other Nominees:
	Jacques et novembre (1984) - Michel Rivard - For the song ??? Night Magic (1985) - Lewis Furey; Leonard Cohen (I) - For the song ??? The Care Bears Movie (1985) - John Sebastian (I) - For the song ??? The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) - Judy Richard (II); Eddy Marnay; Howard Forman; Lewis Furey - For the song ???

Best Music Score


Winner:
	Le matou (1985) - Fran�ois Dompierre (I)
Other Nominees:
	Joshua Then and Now (1985) - Philippe Sarde Night Magic (1985) - Lewis Furey The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) - Lewis Furey

Best Animated Short Film


Winner:
	The Big Snit (1985) - Richard Condie; Michael J.F. Scott
Other Nominees:
	Paradise/Paradis (1985) - Ishu Patel Sylvia (1985/II) - Yves Leduc

Best Live Action Short Drama


Winner:
	The Edit (1985) - Paul Caulfield (I)
Other Nominees:
	Pluie d'été (1985) - Louis-Georges T�treault Working Title (1985) - Fred Jones (VI); Ken Scott (VI)

Best Short Documentary


Winner:
	No More Hiroshima (1985) - Jacques Vall�e
Other Nominees:
	Neon, an Electric Memoir (1985) - Rudy Buttignol Skyward (1985) - Roman Kroitor

Best Feature Length Documentary


Winner:
	Final Offer (1985) (TV) - Robert Collison; Sturla Gunnarsson
Other Nominees:
	Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985) - Brigitte Berman Le choix d'un peuple (1985) - Bernard Lalonde Tears Are Not Enough (1985) - John Zaritsky Waterwalker (1984) - Bill Mason (II)

Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry


Winners:
	F.R. Crawley Judith Crawley Graeme Ferguson (I)


Winner:
	The Care Bears Movie (1985) - Michael Hirsh (I); Patrick Loubert; Clive A. Smith