10th Genie Awards

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The 10th annual Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989. This was in the middle of a strike at the CBC that caused the ceremony to be scaled down and several nominees to boycott the awards in sympathy. The awards were dominated by David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers which won ten awards. The event was held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto and was hosted by Dave Thomas.

Best Motion Picture

Winner: Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg and Marc Boyman

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Best actor

Winner: Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers

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Best actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs, A Winter Tan

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Best supporting actor

Winner: Rémy Girard, Les Portes tournantes

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Best supporting actress

Winner: Colleen Dewhurst, Hitting Home

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Best direction

Winner: David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers

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Original screenplay

Winner: Glen Salzman, Trevor D. Rhone, Milk and Honey

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Adapted screenplay

Winner: David Cronenberg and Norman Snider, Dead Ringers

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Cinematography

Winner: Peter Suschitzky, Dead Ringers

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  • Art direction/production design

Winner: Carol Spier, Dead Ringers

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Costume design

Winner: François Barbeau, Les Portes tournantes

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Sound

Winner: Don White, Andy Nelson, and Bryan Day, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

  • Don White, Gabor Vadnay, Michael Liotta, and Joe Grimaldi, Hitting Home
  • Michael Liotta, Joe Grimaldi, Eli Yarkoni, and Dino Pigat, Iron Eagle II
  • Don Cohen, Austin Grimaldi, Keith Elliott, and Dino Pigat, The Kiss
  • Michael Liotta, Don White, and Aerlyn Weissman, A Winter Tan

Film editing

Winner: Ronald Sanders, Dead Ringers

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Sound editing

Winner: Terry Burke, Richard Cadger, David Giammarco, Wayne Griffin, and David Evans, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

  • Jane Tattersall, Tony Currie, Terry Burke, Marta Nielsen Sternberg, and Wayne Griffin, Buying Time
  • David Evans, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Richard Cadger, Robin Leigh, Drew King, Iron Eagle II
  • Andy Malcolm, Alison Grace, Michael O'Farrell, Peter Thilaye, and Penny Hozy, The Kiss
  • Alison Clark, Greg Glynn, Alison Grace, Andy Malcolm, and Denise McCormick, A Winter Tan

Musical score

Winner: Howard Shore, Dead Ringers

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Animated short

Winner: The Cat Came Back, Cordell Barker and Richard Condie

Other Nominees:

  • Nocturnes, Yves Leduc
  • Primiti Too Taa, Ed Ackerman

Live action short

Winner: The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada, Bruce McDonald and Colin Brunton

Other Nominees:

  • Inside/Out, Lori Spring
  • The Job, Donald Scott
  • The Milkman Cometh, Lorne Bailey
  • Le Pied tendre, Roger Boire and Viateur Castonguay

Short documentary

Winner: The World Is Watching, Harold Crooks, Jim Munro, Peter Raymont

Other Nominees:

  • Dying to be Perfect, Eileen Hoeter
  • Space Pioneers, a Canadian Story, Rudy Buttignol

Feature length documentary

Winner: Comic Book Confidential, Ron Mann

Other Nominees:

  • Calling the Shots, Janis Cole and Holly Dale
  • Growing Up in America, Morley Markson
  • A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution, Nettie Wild
  • Témoins, Martyn Burke and David M. Ostriker