12th Genie Awards

The 12th annual Genie Awards were held November 26, 1991 and honoured Canadian films released in 1990. The awards were moved from their previous March date after the disastrous ratings of the previous awards. The format was also changed and the eligible voters reduced to 130. The ceremony was hosted by Leslie Nielsen and was held at the Pantages Theatre in Toronto. They were dominated by the Canadian/Australian co-production Black Robe which won six awards.

Best picutre

Winner: Black Robe, Robert Lantos, Sue Milliken, and Stéphane Reichel

Other Nominees:

• Chaindance, Richard Davis
• Perfectly Normal, Michael Burns
• Strangers in Good Company, David Wilson
• Une histoire inventée, Claudio Luca and Robin Spry

Best actor

Winner: Rémy Girard, Amoureux fou

Other Nominees:

• Jean Rochefort, Amoureux fou
• Brad Dourif, Chaindance
• Matthias Habich, La Demoiselle sauvage
• Saeed Jaffrey, Masala

Best actress

Winner: Pascale Montpetit, H

Other Nominees:

• Alice Diabo, Strangers in Good Company
• Cissy Meddings, Strangers in Good Company
• Nina Petronzio, Vincent et moi
• Kate Nelligan, White Room

Best supporting actor

Winner: August Schellenberg, Black Robe

Other Nominees:

• Michael Hogan, Diplomatic Immunity
• Michael Riley, Diplomatic Immunity
• Paul Soles, Falling Over Backwards
• Julien Poulin, Le Party

Best suporting actress

Winner: Danielle Proulx, Amoureux fou

Other Nominees:

• Sandrine Holt, Black Robe
• Ofelia Medina, Diplomatic Immunity
• Winifred Holden, Strangers in Good Company
• Catherine Roche, Strangers in Good Company

Best direction

Winner: Bruce Beresford, Black Robe

Other Nominees:

• Atom Egoyan, The Adjuster
• Phillip Borsos, Bethune: The Making of a Hero
• Darrell Wasyk, H
• André Forcier, Une histoire inventée

Original screenplay

Winner: Eugene Lipinski and Paul Quarrington, Perfectly Normal

Other Nominees:

• Claire Wojas, Amoureux fou
• Darrell Wasyk, H
• Pierre Falardeau, Le Party
• Une histoire inventée (1990) – Jacques Marcotte; André Forcier, Une histoire inventée

Adapted screenplay

Winner: Brian Moore, Black Robe

Other Nominees:

• Anne Wheeler and James Defelice, Angel Square
• Léa Pool, Michel Langlois, and Laurent Gagliardi, Demoiselle sauvage

Cinematography

Winner: Peter James, Black Robe

Other Nominees:

• Raoul Coutard and Mike Molloy, Bethune: The Making of a Hero
• Daniel Jobin, Cargo
• Guy Dufaux, Moody Beach
• Guy Dufaux, Nelligan

Art Direction

Winner: Gavin Mitchell and Herbert Pinter, Black Robe

Other Nominees:

• Seamus Flannery, Beautiful Dreamers
• Michel Proulx, Enrique Alarcón, Ren Huixing, and Ronald Fauteux, Bethune: The Making of a Hero
• Phil Schmidt, Chaindance
• Anne Pritchard, Perfectly Normal

Costume design

Winner: Olga Dimitrov, Bethune: The Making of a Hero

Other Nominees:

• Ruth Secord, Beautiful Dreamers
• John Hay and Renée April, Black Robe
• François Laplante, Nelligan
• Andrée Morin, Le Party

Sound

Winner: Garrell Clark and Paul A. Sharpe, Angel Square

Other Nominees:

• Jean-Pierre Joutel, John P. Megill, and Adrian Croll, Beautiful Dreamers
• Jocelyn Caron, Yvon Benoît, and Michel Descombes, Love-moi
• Michel Descombes, Luc Boudrias, Jocelyn Caron, and Richard Besse, Moody Beach
• Larry Sutton, Bill Sheppard, and Paul A. Sharpe, Showdown at Williams Creek

Film editing

Winner: David Wilson, Strangers in Good Company

Other Nominees:

• Tim Wellburn, Black Robe
• Allan Lee, Chaindance
• Michel Arcand, Le Party
• Ronald Sanders, Perfectly Normal
• André Corriveau, Vincent et moi

Sound editing

Winner: Alison Grace, Gael MacLean, Anne Bakker, Debra Rurak, and Cal Shumiatcher, Angel Square

Other Nominees:

• Terry Burke, Jim Hopkins, Tony Currie, Charles Bowers, and Ellen Adams, Beautiful Dreamers
• Gudrun Christian, Andy Malcolm, Michelle Cooke, Abby Jack Neidik, and Diane Le Floch, Falling Over Backwards
• Jérôme Décarie, Marcel Pothier, Antoine Morin, and Diane Boucher, Moody Beach
• Gael MacLean, Alison Grace, Mike Keeping, Ingrid Rosen, and Anke Bakker, Showdown at Williams Creek

Musical score

Winner: Jean Corriveau, La Demoiselle sauvage

Other Nominees:

• Marie Bernard, Amoureux fou
• Georges Delerue, Black Robe
• Jonathan Goldsmith, Diplomatic Immunity
• Mark Korven, White Room

Short film

Winner: Saeed, Mehra Meh

Other Nominees:

• Edsville, James O'Regan
• Man Descending, Raymond Lorenz and Neil Grieve
• La Nuit du visiteur, René Gueissaz
• The Star Turn, Donald Booth

Short documentary

Winner: The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein, Richard Elson and Sally Bochner

Other Nominees:

• The Actor, John Paskievich
• Hunters and Bombers, Rex Tasker and Alan Hayling
• In Search of the Edge, Scott Barrie
• Songololo: Voices of Change, Marianne Kaplan and Cari Green

Feature documentary

Winner: The Famine Within, Katherine Gilday

Other Nominees:

• Au chic resto pop, Éric Michel
• The Falls, Michael McMahon and Brian Dennis