11th Genie Awards

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The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989.

For this year, CTV had negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independently produce its show. In the months leading up to the event, CTV extensively promoted the awards, and broadcaster Brian Linehan and a film crew traveled to Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal, shooting vignettes about Canadian films and filmmaking.^[2]

The ceremony was broadcast from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.^[3] There was no overall host, but actor Al Waxman introduced and concluded the show. Linehan hosted his vignettes and each Best Picture nominees was given a two-minute clip.^[4]^[3]

The awards were dominated by Denys Arcand's Jésus de Montréal, which won 13 of the 16 awards for which it was nominated.^[1] However, CTV failed to persuade its regional affiliate stations to broadcast the ceremony.^[5] Ratings plummeted, with only half as many people (460,000) watching, compared to the previous year.^[5] This prompted a complete re-evaluation and restructuring of the Genie Awards.

Award winners and nominees

Motion Picture	Direction
Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal), Roger Frappier and Pierre Gendron Bye Bye Blues, Arvi Liimatainen and Anne Wheeler Cold Comfort, Ray Sager and Ilana Frank Speaking Parts, Atom Egoyan Termini Station, Allan King	Denys Arcand, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Anne Wheeler, Bye Bye Blues François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry, Les Matins infidèles (Unfaithful Mornings) Atom Egoyan, Speaking Parts John N. Smith, Welcome to Canada
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Lothaire Bluteau, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Maury Chaykin, Cold Comfort Michel Côté, Cruising Bar Michael McManus, Speaking Parts Stephen Ouimette, The Top of His Head	Rebecca Jenkins, Bye Bye Blues Colleen Dewhurst, Termini Station Megan Follows, Termini Station Margaret Langrick, Cold Comfort Gabrielle Rose, Speaking Parts Catherine Wilkening, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Rémy Girard, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Michael Ontkean, Bye Bye Blues Wayne Robson, Bye Bye Blues Gilles Pelletier, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Don McKellar, Roadkill	Robyn Stevan, Bye Bye Blues Pauline Martin, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Denys Arcand, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Anne Wheeler, Bye Bye Blues Don McKellar, Roadkill Atom Egoyan, Speaking Parts Colleen Murphy, Termini Station Peter Mettler, The Top of His Head	Elliot L. Sims and Richard Beattie, Cold Comfort Dany Laferrière and Richard Sadler, Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) (How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired) John Varley, Millennium
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Strand: Under the Dark Cloth — John Walker Le Trou du diable (The Devil's Hole) — Richard Lavoie, François Dupuis, and Marc Daigle White Lake — Colin Browne	Stunt People — Lois Siegel Reading Between the Lines — Martha Davis Who Gets In? — Barry Greenwald
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
In Search of the Last Good Man — Peg Campbell and Peggy Thompson The Journey Home — Mary Armstrong Monster in the Coal Bin — Tracy Traeger, Ellen Rutter, and Allen Schinkel Multiple Choice — Debbie McGee Odyssey in August — Leonard Farlinger and Stephen Roscoe	Juke-Bar — Martin Barry The Dingles — William Pettigrew In and Out — Alison Snowden and David Fine
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
François Séguin, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) John Blackie, Bye Bye Blues Reuben Freed, Palais Royale	Guy Dufaux, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Pierre Mignot, Cruising Bar Richard Leiterman, The First Season René Ohashi, Millennium
Costume Design	Editing
Louise Jobin, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Maureen Hiscox, Bye Bye Blues Louise Labrecque, Cruising Bar Martha Wynne Snetsinger, The Last Winter Olga Dimitrov, Millennium Katherine Vieira, Palais Royale	Isabelle Dedieu, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Christopher Tate, Bye Bye Blues Frank Irvine, The First Season
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Patrick Rousseau, Adrian Croll, Hans Peter Strobl, and Jo Caron, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Paul Massey, Peter Kelly, and Garrell Clark, Bye Bye Blues Don White, Marvin Berns, Paul Coombe, and Douglas Ganton, Millennium Sal Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, and Peter Shewchuk, Termini Station	Marcel Pothier, Laurent Lévy, Antoine Morin, and Diane Boucher, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Alan Hardiman, Terry Burke, Barry Backus, Jim Hopkins, and Ingrid Rosen, American Boyfriends Alison Fisher, Penny Hozy, Bruno DeGazio, Peter Thilaye, and Alison Grace, Bye Bye Blues Paul Dion, Dans le ventre du dragon (In the Belly of the Dragon) Alan Hardiman, Robin Leigh, Jim Hopkins, Penny Hozy, and Terry Burke, Millennium Terry Burke, David Templeton, Ralph Brunjes, and Brian Ravok, Termini Station
Original Score	Original Song
Yves Laferrière, Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Milan Kymlicka, Babar: The Movie Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, Cold Comfort Lawrence Shragge, Palais Royale Mychael Danna, Speaking Parts	Bill Henderson, "When I Sing" — Bye Bye Blues^[6] Colin Nairne, Barney Bentall, Gary Fraser, "Restless Dreamer" — American Boyfriends Maribeth Solomon, "The Best We Both Can Be" — Babar: The Movie Maribeth Solomon, "Elephant March" — Babar: The Movie Claude Dubois, Dany Laferrière, "On vit de femmes" — Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) (How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired) Jane Siberry, "This Old Earth" — The Top of His Head
Special awards
Golden Reel Award: Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) Achievement in Make-Up: Jacques Lafleur and Pierre Saindon, Cruising Bar Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: Harold Greenberg

References

^ ^a ^b "Jesus swept". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1990.
^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 117-199.
^ ^a ^b "Puttin' on the glitz for this year's Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 1990.
^ "East meets West in battle for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1990.
^ ^a ^b "Plummeting ratings raise tough questions". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1990.
^ "Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - Genie Award for Best Original Song". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

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Genie Awards 1990 on imdb Archived 2004-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

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