Winners of the 32nd Annual Genie Awards
The winners of the 32nd Annual Genie Awards were announced this afternoon at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Honouring the best of 2011 in Canadian film, Best Picture was awarded to the excellent Monsieur Lazhar, which swept the awards with six wins including Best Director for Philippe Falardeau. The acting awards went to Mohamed Fellag (Monsieur Lazhar), Viggo Mortensen (the wonderfully acted A Dangerous Method), Vanessa Paradis (the incredibly overrated Café de Flore) and the young Sophie Nélisse (Monsieur Lazhar).
Hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos, the hour long broadcast of the show that aired tonight on CBC was predictably underwhelming, with numerous jokes that fell flat and some out of place figure skating performances set to the Best Song nominees. But K’naan’s performance of his new song “Better” was quite good, and I’m glad that Monsieur Lazhar swept the night. With that said, we would like to take this time to say congratulations to all of the nominees and winners. Please see below for a complete list of recipients in all categories, winners are in bold.
-John C.
BEST MOTION PICTURE
A Dangerous Method
Café de Flore
Monsieur Lazhar
Starbuck
The Whistleblower
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Fellag – Monsieur Lazhar
Garret Dillahunt – Oliver Sherman
Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method
Patrick Huard – Starbuck
Scott Speedman – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Antoine Bertrand – Starbuck
Kevin Durand – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
Marin Gerrier – Café de Flore
Taylor Kitsch – The Bang Bang Club
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Catherine de Léan – Nuit #1
Pascale Montpetit – The Girl in the White Coat
Vanessa Paradis – Café de Flore
Rachel Weisz – The Whistleblower
Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Roxana Condurache – The Whistleblower
Hélène Florent – Café de Flore
Julie Lebreton – Starbuck
Sophie Nélisse – Monsieur Lazhar
Sharlotte Sullivan – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
David Cronenberg – A Dangerous Method
Steven Silver – The Bang Bang Club
Jean-Marc Vallée – Café de Flore
Philippe Falardeau – Monsieur Lazhar
Larysa Kondracki – The Whistleblower
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Funkytown
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
A Dangerous Method
Café de Flore
The Bang Bang Club
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Bang Bang Club
Café de Flore
Daydream Nation
Snow & Ashes
Monsieur Lazhar
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
A Dangerous Method
Afghan Luke
Café de Flore
Keyhole
Funkytown
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
In Darkness
Jaloux
Monsieur Lazhar
A Dangerous Method
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Café de Flore
Amazon Falls
BumRush
Snow & Ashes
Take This Waltz
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE
Ramachandra Borcar – Jaloux
Mychael Danna – The Whistleblower
Martin Léon – Monsieur Lazhar
Philip Miller – The Bang Bang Club
Howard Shore – A Dangerous Method
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SONG
Jay Brannan – “My Love My Love” from Cloudburst
Carole Facal – “Quelque part” from Starbuck
Malajube – “Oeil pour Oeil” from Good Neighbours
Steven Page – “A Different Sort of Solitude” from French Immersion
Jean Robitaille, Steve Galluccio – “Waiting for your Touch” from Funkytown
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND
Marécages / Wetlands
Monsieur Lazhar
Café de Flore
The Bang Bang Club
A Dangerous Method
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
You Are Here
Marécages / Wetlands
A Dangerous Method
Café de Flore
In Darkness
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anne Émond – Nuit #1
Eilis Kirwan, Larysa Kondracki – The Whistleblower
Ken Scott, Martin Petit – Starbuck
Jean-Marc Vallée – Café de Flore
Ryan Ward, Matthew Heiti – Son of the Sunshine
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Philippe Falardeau – Monsieur Lazhar
Ryan Redford – Oliver Sherman
David Shamoon – In Darkness
Steven Silver – The Bang Bang Club
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
A Dangerous Method
Snow & Ashes
Café de Flore
BumRush
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Beauty Day
Family Portrait in Black and White
The Guantanamo Trap
La Nuit, Elles Dansent / At Night, They Dance
Wiebo’s War
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
75 Watts
Derailments
Sirmilik
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
Doubles With Slight Pepper
Hope
Ora
La Ronde
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Choke
La Cité Entre Les Murs / Inner City
Muybridge’s Strings
Romance
Wild Life