10th Genie Awards

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

Other Nominees:

• The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, Stephen Foster
• Les Portes tournantes, Francyne Morin and René Malo
• A Winter Tan, Aerlyn Weissman and John Frizzell, Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, and John Walker
• À corps perdu, Robin Spry and Denise Robert

Best actor

Winner: Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

• Zachary Ansley, Cowboys Don't Cry
• Ron White, Cowboys Don't Cry
• Elias Koteas, Malarek
• Saul Rubinek, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• Jan Rubes, Something About Love

Best actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs, A Winter Tan

Other nominees:

• Geneviève Bujold, Dead Ringers
• Kerrie Keane, Hitting Home
• Josette Simon, Milk and Honey
• Monique Spaziani, Les Portes tournantes

Best supporting actor

Winner: Rémy Girard, Les Portes tournantes

Other Nominees:

• Michael Rudder, Buying Time
• Maury Chaykin, Iron Eagle II
• Ron James, Something About Love

Best supporting actress

Winner: Colleen Dewhurst, Hitting Home

Other Nominees:

• Janet-Laine Green, Cowboys Don't Cry
• Helen Hughes, Martha, Ruth & Edie
• Susan Douglas Rubes, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• Miou-Miou, Les Portes tournantes

Best direction

Winner: David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

• Anne Wheeler, Cowboys Don't Cry
• Roger Cardinal, Malarek
• Francis Mankiewicz, Les Portes tournantes
• Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, John Walker, Aerlyn Weissman, and John Frizzell, A Winter Tan

Original screenplay

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

Other Nominees:

• Claude Fournier, Michel Cournot, and Marie-José Raymond, Les Tisserands du pouvoir
• André Mélançon and Jacques Bobet, La Grenouille et la baleine
• Guy Maddin, Tales from the Gimli Hospital
• Michael Rubbo, Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

Adapted screenplay

Winner: David Cronenberg and Norman Snider, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

• Douglas Bowie and Robin Spry, Hitting Home
• Phil Savath, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• Jacques Savoie and Francis Mankiewicz, Les Portes tournantes
• Jackie Burroughs, A Winter Tan

Cinematography

Winner: Peter Suschitzky, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

• Thomas Burstyn, La Grenouille et la baleine
• Thomas Vámos, Les Portes tournantes
• René Ohashi, Shadow Dancing
• Pierre Mignot, À corps perdu

• Art direction/production design

Winner: Carol Spier, Dead Ringers

Other Nominees:

• Anne Pritchard, Les Portes tournantes
• Vianney Gauthier, À corps perdu

Costume design

Winner: François Barbeau, Les Portes tournantes

Other Nominees:

• Christine Cost and Michèle Hamel, Les Tisserands du pouvoir
• Denise Cronenberg, Dead Ringers
• Renée April, The Kiss
• Charlotte Penner, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• Maya Mani, Shadow Dancing

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

Other Nominees:

• Susan Martin and Allan Lee, A Winter Tan
• Michel Arcand, À corps perdu

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

Other Nominees:

• Billy Bryans and Aaron Davis, Hostile Takeover
• Richard Grégoire, La Ligne de chaleur
• Maribeth Solomon and Micky Erbe, Milk and Honey
• François Dompierre, Les Portes tournantes
• Osvaldo Montes, À corps perdu

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