3rd Genie Awards

The 3rd Genie Awards were awarded March, 1982 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and honoured Canadian films released in 1981. It was again hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting.

Best Motion Picture

Winner: "Ticket to Heaven" - Ronald I. Cohen and Vivienne Leebosh

Other Nominees:
*"The Amateur" - Garth Drabinsky and Joel B. Michaels
*"Heartaches" - David Patterson and Jerry Raibourn
*"Les Plouffe" - Justine Héroux and Denis Héroux
*"Scanners" - Victor Solnicki, Pierre David, and Claude Héroux

Best actress

Winner: Margot Kidder, "Heartaches"

Other Nominees:
*Ronalda Jones, "Alligator Shoes"
*Monique Spaziani, "Les Beaux Souvenirs"
*Lesleh Donaldson, "Funeral Home"
*Kim Cattrall, "Ticket to Heaven"

Best actor

Winner: Nick Mancuso, "Ticket to Heaven"

Other Nominees:
*Christopher Plummer, "The Amateur"
*Winston Rekert, "Heartaches"
*Gabriel Arcand, "Les Plouffe"
*Gordon Pinsent, "Silence of the North"

Best foreign actor'

Winner: Alan Arkin, "Improper Channels"

Other Nominees:
*John Savage, "The Amateur"
*Robert Carradine, "Heartaches"
*Rémi Laurent, "Les Plouffe"
*Tom Skerritt, "Silence of the North"
*Guy Boyd, "Ticket to Heaven"

Best foreign actress

Winner: Annie Potts, "Heartaches"

Other Nominees:
*Marthe Keller, "The Amateur"
*Mariette Hartley, "Improper Channels"
*Ellen Burstyn, "Silence of the North"
*Meg Foster, "Ticket to Heaven"

Best supporting actor

Winner: Saul Rubinek, "Ticket to Heaven"

Other Nominees:
*Nicholas Campbell, "The Amateur"
*Émile Genest, "Les Plouffe"
*Michael Ironside, "Scanners"
*R.H. Thomson, "Ticket to Heaven"

Best supporting actress

Winner: Denise Filiatrault, "Les Plouffe"

Other Nominees:
*Chapelle Jaffe, "The Amateur"
*Juliette Huot, "Les Plouffe"
*Anne Létourneau, "Les Plouffe"
*Dixie Seatle, "Ticket to Heaven"

Best director

Winner: Gilles Carle, "Les Plouffe"

Other Nominees:
*Donald Shebib, "Heartaches"
*David Cronenberg, "Scanners"
*Allan King, "Silence of the North"
*Ralph L. Thomas, "Ticket to Heaven"

Best original screenplay

Winner: Terence Heffernan, "Heartaches"

Other Nominees:
*Clay Borris, "Alligator Shoes"
*Réjean Ducharme, "Les Beaux Souvenirs"
*James Sanderson and Paul Illidge, "Head On"
*Adam Arkin, Morrie Ruvinsky, and Ian Sutherland, "Improper Channels"
*David Cronenberg, "Scanners"

Best adapted screenplay

Winner:
*Roger Lemelin and Gilles Carle, "Les Plouffe"

Other Nominees:
*Diana Maddox, "The Amateur"
*Ralph L. Thomas and Anne Cameron, "Ticket to Heaven"

Cinematography

Winner: Richard Leiterman, "Silence of the North"

Other Nominees:
*John F. Phillips, "Alligator Shoes"
*Vic Sarin, "Heartaches"

Art direction

Winner: William McCrow, "Les Plouffe"

Other Nominees:
*Trevor Williams, "The Amateur"
*Ninkey Dalton and Charles Dunlop, "Improper Channels"
*Carol Spier, "Scanners"
*Bill Brodie, "Silence of the North"
*Claude Bonniere, "Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid"

Costume design

Winner: Nicole Pelletier, "Les Plouffe"

Other Nominees:
*Huguette Gagné, "Happy Birthday to Me"
*Julie Ganton, "Heartaches"
*Delphine White, "Scanners"
*Olga Dimitrov, "Silence of the North"

Sound

Winner: Daniel Goldberg, Gordon Thompson, Austin Grimaldi, and Joe Grimaldi, "Heavy Metal"

Other Nominees:
*Dennis Drummond, Wayne Griffin, and Michael O'Farrell, "The Amateur"
*Robin Leigh, Paul Dion, Claude Langlois, and Marcel Pothier, "Heartaches"
*Peter Burgess, "Scanners"
*Marc Chiasson, Bruce Carwardine, and Glen Gauthier, "Ticket to Heaven"

Film editing

Winner: Ron Wisman, "Ticket to Heaven"

Other Nominees:
*Gordon McClellan, "Alligator Shoes"
*Ralph Brunjes, "Funeral Home"
*Gary Oppenheimer, "Head On"
*Ronald Sanders, "Scanners"
*Arla Saare, "Silence of the North"

Sound editing

Winner: Peter Thilaye, Andy Malcolm, and Peter Jermyn, "Heavy Metal"

Other Nominees:
*Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Peter Shewchuk, and Dino Pigat, "The Amateur"
*Joe Grimaldi, David Appleby, Gary C. Bourgeois, Austin Grimaldi, Ian Hendry, and Andy Herman, "Funeral Home"
*Don Cohen and Michel Descombes, "Heartaches"
*Michel Descombes and Patrick Rousseau, "Les Plouffe"
*Marc Chiasson, Glen Gauthier, Don White, David Appleby, and Bruce Carwardine, "Ticket to Heaven"

Music score

Winner: Claude Denjean and Stéphane Venne, "Les Plouffe"

Other Nominees:
*Jean Cousineau, "Les Beaux Souvenirs"
*Bo Harwood and Lance Rubin, "Happy Birthday to Me"
*Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, "Ticket to Heaven"

Theatrical short

Winner: "Zea" - André Leduc, Robert Forget, and Jean-Jacques Leduc

Other Nominees:
*"Top Priority" - Ishu Patel
*"Voyage de Nuit" - Roger Frappier and Carole Mondello

Documentary

Winner: "P4W Prison for Women" - Janis Cole and Holly Dale

Other Nominee:
*"Being Different" - Harry Rasky