5th Genie Awards

The 5th Genie Awards were presented on March 21, 1984, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The awards ceremony was hosted by Louis Del Grande.

Best Motion Picture

Winner: "The Terry Fox Story", Robert M. Cooper

Other nominees:
*"A Christmas Story", Bob Clark and René Dupont
*"Lucien Brouillard", René Gueissaz and Marc Daigle
*"Maria Chapdelaine", Murray Shostak and Robert Baylis
*"The Wars", Richard Neilson

Best actor

Winner: Eric Fryer, "The Terry Fox Story"

Other nominees:
*Guy L'Ecuyer, "Au clair de la lune"
*Alan Scarfe, "Deserters"
*Pierre Curzi, "Lucien Brouillard"
*Nick Mancuso, "Maria Chapdelaine"

Best actress

Winner: Martha Henry, "The Wars"

Other nominees:
*Barbara March, "Deserters"
*Marie Tifo, "Lucien Brouillard"
*Carole Laure, "Maria Chapdelaine"
*Marie Tifo, "Rien qu'un jeu"

Best supporting actor

Winner: Michael Zelniker, "The Terry Fox Story"

Other nominees:
*Pierre Curzi, "Maria Chapdelaine"
*Kenneth Welsh, "Tell Me That You Love Me"
*Leslie Carlson, "Videodrome"
*Peter Dvorsky, "Videodrome"

Best supporting actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs, "The Wars"

Other nominees:
*Linda Sorgini, "Bonheur d'occasion"
*Tedde Moore, "A Christmas Story"
*Amulette Garneau, "Maria Chapdelaine"
*Elva Mai Hoover, "The Terry Fox Story"
*Sonja Smits, "Videodrome"

Best director

Winners: Bob Clark, "A Christmas Story" and David Cronenberg, "Videodrome" (tie)

Other nominees:
*André Forcier, "Au clair de la lune"
*Jack Darcus, "Deserters"
*Bruno Carrière, "Lucien Brouillard"
*Brigitte Sauriol, "Rien qu'un jeu"

Best screenplay

Winner: Leigh Brown, Bob Clark, and Jean Shepherd, "A Christmas Story"

Other nominees:
*Jack Darcus, "Deserters"
*David Cronenberg, "Videodrome"
*Timothy Findley, "The Wars"

Cinematography

Winner: Pierre Mignot, "Maria Chapdelaine"

Other nominees:
*Reginald H. Morris, "A Christmas Story"
*Doug McKay, "Dead Wrong"
*Richard Ciupka, "The Terry Fox Story"
*Mark Irwin, "Videodrome"

Art direction

Winner: Jocelyn Joly, "Maria Chapdelaine"

Other nominees:
*Gilles Aird, "Lucien Brouillard"
*Glenn Bydwell, "Ups & Downs"
*Carol Spier, "Videodrome"

Costume design

Winner: Michèle Hamel, "Maria Chapdelaine"

Other nominees:
*François Laplante, "Au clair de la lune"
*Nicole Pelletier, "Bonheur d'occasion"
*Mary E. McLeod, "A Christmas Story"
*Michèle Hamel, "Lucien Brouillard"

Sound

Winner: Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Carwardine, Austin Grimaldi, and Glen Gauthier, "The Terry Fox Story"

Other nominees:
*Kenneth Heeley-Ray, David Appleby, Dino Pigat, "A Christmas Story"
*Austin Grimaldi, Patrick Rousseau, Joe Grimaldi, and Dino Pigat, "Maria Chapdelaine"
*Dino Pigat, David Appleby, and Lars Ekstrom, "Ups & Downs"
*Hans Peter Strobl, "The Wars"

Film editing

Winner: Ron Wisman, "The Terry Fox Story"

Other nominees:
*André Corriveau, "Bonheur d'occasion"
*Stan Cole, "A Christmas Story"
*Bill Roxborough, Doris Dyck, Jack Darcus, and Ingrid Rosen, "Deserters"
*Ronald Sanders, "Videodrome"
*Tony Lower, "The Wars"

Sound editing

Winners: Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Carwardine, Austin Grimaldi, and Glen Gauthier, "The Terry Fox Story" and Sharon Lackie, Bruce Nyznik, and Bernard Bordeleau, "The Wars" (tie)

Other nominees:
*David Evans, Steven Cole, Wayne Griffin, and Kenneth Heeley-Ray, "A Christmas Story"
*Claude Langlois, Patrick Dodd, and Jean-Guy Montpetit, "Maria Chapdelaine"
*Marcel Pothier, "Rien qu'un jeu"
*John Kelly, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, "Ups & Downs"

Musical score

Winner: Lewis Furey, "Maria Chapdelaine"

Other nominees:
*André Vincelli, "A 20th Century Chocolate Cake"
*Joël Bienvenue, "Au clair de la lune"
*Karl Kobylansky, "Dead Wrong"
*Michael Conway Baker, "Deserters"

Theatrical short

Winner: "Ted Baryluk's Grocery", Michael Scott and Wolf Koenig

Other nominees:
*"Brushstrokes", Sylvie Fefer
*"Snow", Stephen Zoller and Tibor Takács

Documentary

Winner: "Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?", Nicole M. Boisvert

Other nominees:
*"Mémoire battante", Nicole Lamothe
*"La Turlute des années dures," Lucille Veilleux