29th Genie Awards

29th Genie Awards
Date	April 4, 2009
Site	Canadian Aviation Museum; Ottawa, Ontario
Hosted by	Dave Foley
Highlights
Best Picture	Passchendaele
Most awards	Passchendaele
Most nominations	The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)
Television coverage
Network	Global

The 29th Genie Awards were held on April 4, 2009 to honour films released in 2008. The ceremony was held at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, and was broadcast on Global. The ceremony's host was Dave Foley.^[1]

Nominations were announced on February 10, 2009.^[2]

Awards

Motion Picture	Direction
Passchendaele — Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa Amal — David Miller, Steven Bray The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) — Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier Normal — Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) — Nicole Robert	Benoît Pilon, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Carl Bessai, Normal Lyne Charlebois, Borderline Yves-Christian Fournier, Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Richie Mehta, Amal
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Paul Gross, Passchendaele Rupinder Nagra, Amal Christopher Plummer, Emotional Arithmetic Aaron Poole, This Beautiful City	Ellen Burstyn, The Stone Angel Isabelle Blais, Borderline Marianne Fortier, Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Susan Sarandon, Emotional Arithmetic Preity Zinta, Heaven on Earth
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Callum Keith Rennie, Normal Normand D'Amour, Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Benoît McGinnis, Le Banquet Rade Šerbedžija, Fugitive Pieces Max von Sydow, Emotional Arithmetic	Kristin Booth, Young People Fucking Céline Bonnier, Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Éveline Gélinas, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Anie Pascale, Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Rosamund Pike, Fugitive Pieces
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Bernard Émond, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Randall Cole, Real Time Travis McDonald, Normal Deepa Mehta, Heaven on Earth Guillaume Vigneault, Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)	Marie-Sissi Labrèche and Lyne Charlebois, Borderline Richie Mehta and Shaun Mehta, Amal Jeremy Podeswa, Fugitive Pieces
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
Next Floor, Denis Villeneuve and Phoebe Greenberg The Answer Key, Samir Rehem and Robin Crumley La Battue, Guy Édoin, Pascal Bascaron and Sylvain Corbeil Can You Wave Bye-Bye?, Sarah Galea-Davis and Paul Barbeau Mon nom est Victor Gazon, Patrick Gazé, Antonello Cozzolino, Marie-Josée Laroque and Annie Normandin	Sleeping Betty, Claude Cloutier and Marcel Jean Drux Flux, Theodore Ushev and Marc Bertrand The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow, Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone and Marco Pecota
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Carol Spier and Janice Blackie-Goodine, Passchendaele Patrice Bengle, Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Matthew Davies and Erica Milo, Fugitive Pieces Rob Gray, The Stone Angel Danielle Labrie, The American Trap (Le Piège américain)	Gregory Middleton, Fugitive Pieces Nicolas Bolduc, Le Banquet Bobby Bukowski, The Stone Angel Pierre Gill, The American Trap (Le Piège américain) Sara Mishara, Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)
Costume Design	Editing
Wendy Partridge, Passchendaele Francesca Chamberland, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Marie-Geneviève Cyr, Who Is KK Downey? Michèle Hamel, Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Michèle Hamel, The American Trap (Le Piège américain)	Richard Comeau, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Frédérique Broos, It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) Dominique Fortin, Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Dominique Fortin and Carina Baccanale, Le Banquet Yvann Thibaudeau, Borderline
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Lou Solakofski, Garrell Clark and Steve Foster, Passchendaele Sanjay Mehta, Stephan Carrier and Kirk Lynds, Amal Mario Auclair, Luc Boudrias and François Senneville, Le Banquet Claude La Haye, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Patrick Lalonde, The American Trap (Le Piège américain) David Ottier and Daniel Prado Villar, This Beautiful City	Jane Tattersall, Kevin Banks, Barry Gilmore, Andy Malcolm and David Rose, Passchendaele Robert LaBrosse, France Lévesque, Guy Francoeur, Lucie Fortier and Lori Paquet, La ligne brisée François B. Senneville, Antoine Morin and Carole Gagnon, Le Banquet Jean-François Sauvé, Natalie Fleurant, Jérôme Décarie and Claude Beaugrand, The American Trap (Le Piège américain) Nelson Ferreira, Lee de Lang and Nathan Robitaille, This Beautiful City
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
John McCarthy, The Stone Angel Normand Corbeil, Emotional Arithmetic Laurent Eyquem, Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Nikos Kypourgos, Fugitive Pieces Robert M. Lepage, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)	Dr. Shiva, "Rahi Nagufta" — Amal Loco Locass, "M'Accrocher?" — Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Bry Webb, "Big Smoke" — This Beautiful City
Documentary	Special awards
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, John Christou and Germaine Ying-Gee Wong Infiniment Québec, Jean-Claude Labrecque, Yves Fortin and Christian Medawar My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin, Phyllis Laing and Jody Shapiro	Make-Up: Adrien Morot, Réjean Goderre, Marifrance Guy, Bruno Gatien and Nathalie Trépanier, Cruising Bar 2 Claude Jutra Award: Yves-Christian Fournier, Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)^[3] Golden Reel Award: Passchendaele^[3]

References

↑ "Passchendaele wins big at politically charged Genie Awards". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 2009.
↑ "Genie Award voters anoint The Necessities", The Globe and Mail, February 10, 2009.
1 2 "Pre-Genie Awards Announced" Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine., Northern Stars.

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[1] "Passchendaele wins big at politically charged Genie Awards". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 2009.

[2] "Genie Award voters anoint The Necessities", The Globe and Mail, February 10, 2009.

[northstars-3] 1 2 "Pre-Genie Awards Announced" Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine., Northern Stars.

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