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

hort 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

pecial awards

Outstanding Contribution to the Canadian Film Industry

* Michael Spencer

Golden Reel Award

(top-grossing Canadian film)

* "Black Robe"