9th Genie Awards

9th Genie Awards
Date March 22, 1988
Site Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by Megan Follows, Gordon Pinsent
Highlights
Best Picture Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)
Most awards Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) (13)
Most nominations Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) (14)

The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988, and honoured Canadian films released in 1987. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was co-hosted by Megan Follows and Gordon Pinsent. The awards were dominated by Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit), which won a still unmatched thirteen awards.[1] The film garnered 14 nominations overall;[2] the film's only nomination that failed to translate into a win was Gilles Maheu's nod for Best Actor, as he lost to the film's other Best Actor nominee, Roger Lebel. The female acting awards were won by Sheila McCarthy and Paule Baillargeon for the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing; only the Documentary and Short Film awards, in which neither Night Zoo nor I've Heard the Mermaids Singing was even eligible for consideration, were won by any other film.

Winners and nominees

Motion Picture Direction
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
Documentary Best Short Film
  • Blue ribbon God Rides a Harley, Stavros C. Stavrides and Andreas Erne
  • The Canneries, Stephen Insley and Bonni Devlin
  • Dance for Modern Times, Moze Mossanen
  • Elephant Dreams, Martha Davis
  • To Hurt and to Heal, Laura Sky
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blue ribbon Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, and Diane Boucher, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)
  • Robin Leigh, Richard Cadger, Jane Tattersall, Penny Hozy, and Peter McBurnie, The Climb
  • Viateur Paiement, Serge Viau, Alain Clavier, Claude Langlois, and Louise Coté, The Young Magician
  • Diane Boucher, Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, Jocelyn Caron, and Antoine Morin, Brother André (Le Frère André)
  • Peter McBurnie, Marta Nielsen Sternberg, Peter Thilaye, Nick Rotundo, Peter Jermyn, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Screenplay Special awards

References

  1. ↑ "It was Un Zoo's night; Quebec film wins record 13 Genies". Montreal Gazette, March 23, 1988.
  2. ↑ "Night Zoo thriller sets Genie record; Lauzon film wins 14 nominations". Ottawa Citizen, February 17, 1988.
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