13th Genie Awards

The 13th annual Genie Awards were held 1992 and honoured Canadian films released in 1991. They were dominated by the Canadian/British/Japanese co-production Naked Lunch.

Nominees and winners

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text.

Best Motion Picture

• Naked Lunch, produced by Gabriella Martinelli and Jeremy Thomas
• Being at Home with Claude, produced by Louise Gendron
• Léolo, produced by Aimée Danis and Lyse Lafontaine
• Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur, produced by Nicole Robert and Lorraine Dufour
• La Sarrasine, produced by Marc Daigle and Lise Abastado

Best Actor

• Tony Nardi, La Sarrasine
• Jacques Godin, Being at Home with Claude
• Don McKellar, Highway 61
• Peter Weller, Naked Lunch
• Gildor Roy, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur

Best Actress

• Janet Wright, Bordertown Café
• Viveca Lindfors, North of Pittsburgh
• Enrica Maria Modugno, La Sarrasine
• Janet-Laine Green, The Shower
• Valerie Pearson, Solitaire

Best Supporting Actor

• Michael Hogan, Solitaire
• Robbie Coltrane, Oh, What a Night
• Andrew Miller, Oh, What a Night
• Jean-Guy Bouchard, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur
• Gaetano Cisco Cimarosa, La Sarrasine

Best Supporting Actress

• Monique Mercure, Naked Lunch
• Tracey Moore, Defy Gravity
• Judy Davis, On My Own
• Johanne-Marie Tremblay, La Sarrasine
• Krista Bridges, The Shower

Best Direction

• David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch
• Jean Beaudin, Being at Home with Claude
• Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léolo
• Eli Cohen, The Quarrel
• Robert Morin, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur

Best Original Screenplay

• Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léolo
• Paul Donovan and William Fleming, Buried on Sunday
• Jeff Schultz, North of Pittsburgh
• Bruno Ramirez and Paul Tana, La Sarrasine
• Francis Damberger, Solitaire

Best Adapted Screenplay

• David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch
• Kelly Rebar, Bordertown Café
• David Brandes, The Quarrel
• Gail Singer, True Confections
• Jacques Leduc and Yvon Rivard, La Vie fantôme

Best Cinematography

• Peter Suschitzky, Naked Lunch
• Thomas Vámos, Being at Home with Claude
• Guy Dufaux, Léolo
• Michel Caron, La Sarrasine
• Pierre Mignot, La Vie fantôme

Best Art Direction

• Carol Spier, Naked Lunch
• François Séguin, Being at Home with Claude
• François Séguin, Léolo
• François Séguin, La Sarrasine
• Andris Hausmanis, True Confections
• Louise Jobin, La Vie fantôme

Best Costume Design

• François Barbeau, Léolo
• Denise Cronenberg, Naked Lunch
• François Barbeau, La Sarrasine
• Alisa Alexander, True Confections
• Michèle Hamel, La vie fantôme

Best Overall Sound

• Peter Maxwell, Bryan Day, David Appleby and Don White, Naked Lunch
• Jocelyn Caron, Michel Descombes, Michel Charron and Luc Boudrias, Being at Home with Claude
• Yvon Benoît, Jocelyn Caron, Jack Jullian and Hans Peter Strobl, Léolo
• Dean Giammarco, Patrick Ramsay, Paul A. Sharpe and Bill Sheppard, North of Pittsburgh
• John Martin, Don White, Lou Solakofski and David Appleby, South of Wawa

Best Film Editing

• Michel Arcand, Léolo
• André Corriveau, Being at Home with Claude
• Lara Mazur, Bordertown Café
• Michael Pacek, Highway 61
• Bruce Lange, North of Pittsburgh

Best Sound Editing

• Richard Cadger, Wayne Griffin, David Evans, Jane Tattersall, Andy Malcolm and Tony Currie, Naked Lunch
• Jérôme Décarie, Mathieu Beaudin, Carole Gagnon and Marcel Pothier, Being at Home with Claude
• Marcel Pothier, Jean-Pierre Lelong, Richard Grégoire, Mathieu Beaudin, Carole Gagnon and Jacques Plante, Léolo
• Charles O'Shea, Shane Shemko, Cal Shumiatcher, Alison Grace and Marti Richa, North of Pittsburgh
• Jane Tattersall, Drew King, Wayne Griffin, Tony Currie and Andy Malcolm, South of Wawa
• Jérôme Décarie, Diane Boucher, Michel Bordeleau, Francine Poirier and Claude Beaugrand, La Vie fantôme

Best Original Song

• Ron Hynes, "The Final Breath", Secret Nation

Best Musical Score

• Richard Grégoire, Being at Home with Claude
• Howard Shore, Naked Lunch
• Graeme Coleman, North of Pittsburgh
• Pierre Desrochers, La Sarrasine
• Michael Becker, Solitaire

Animated Short Film

• Strings, Wendy Tilby
• Blackfly, Christopher Hinton
• The Lump, John Weldon

Live Action Short

• Battle of the Bulge, Arlene Hazzen Green
• Kumar and Mr. Jones, Leonard Farlinger and Paul Brown
• Stroke, Paul Sawers and Gregory Middleton

Short Documentary

• A Song for Tibet, Anne Henderson, Abby Jack Neidek, and Kent Martin
• A Kind of Family, Andrew Koster
• Xénofolies, Michel Moreau

Feature Documentary

• Deadly Currents, Ric Esther Bienstock, Simcha Jacobovici and Elliott Halpern
• Le Steak, Manon Leriche and Pierre Falardeau
• Wisecracks, Gail Singer and Signe Johansson

Special awards

Outstanding Contribution to the Canadian Film Industry

• Michael Spencer

Golden Reel Award

(top-grossing Canadian film)

• Black Robe

External links

• Genie Awards 1992 on imdb