6th Genie Awards

The 6th Genie Awards is generally considered the pinacle of the Genie Awards' popularity. It was the first time the Genies were broadcast live across the nation and they drew 1.9 million viewers, a record never since equalled. Fact|date=September 2007 The event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was cohosted by Al Waxman and Kerrie Keane. They were held March 21, 1985, and honoured films released in 1984.

Best Motion Picture

Winner: "The Bay Boy", Denis Héroux and John Kemeny

Other nominees:
*"La Femme de l'hôtel", Bernadette Payeur
*"La Guerre des tuques", Nicole Robert and Rock Demers
*"Mario", Jean Beaudin and Hélène Verrier

Best actress

Winner: Louise Marleau, "La Femme de l'hôtel"

Other nominees:
*Linda Griffiths, "Reno and the Doc"
*Pascale Bussières, "Sonatine"
*Sonja Smits, "That's My Baby!"
*Isabelle Mejias, "Unfinished Business"
*Andrée Pelletier, "Walls"

Best actor

Winner: Gabriel Arcand, "Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe"

Other nominees:
*Kiefer Sutherland, "The Bay Boy"
*Xavier Norman Petermann, "Mario"
*Kenneth Welsh, "Reno and the Doc"
*Winston Rekert, "Walls"

Best supporting actor

Winner: Alan Scarfe, "The Bay Boy"

Other nominees:
*Peter Donat, "The Bay Boy"
*Donald Pilon, "Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe"
*John Cooper, "My Kind of Town"
*Peter Spence, "Unfinished Business"

Best supporting actress

Winner: Linda Sorenson, "Draw!"

Other nominees:
*Jane McKinnon, "The Bay Boy"
*Leah Pinsent, "The Bay Boy"
*Barbara Law, "Bedroom Eyes"
*Jackie Burroughs, "The Surrogate"
*Elizabeth Leigh-Milne, "Walls"

Best director

Winner: Micheline Lanctôt, "Sonatine"

Other nominees:
*Léa Pool, "La Femme de l'hôtel"
*Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, "Le Jour S..."
*Atom Egoyan, "Next of Kin"
*Don Owen, "Unfinished Business"

Best screenplay

Winner: Daniel Petrie, "The Bay Boy"

Other nominees:
*Michel Langlois and Léa Pool, "La Femme de l'hôtel"
*Micheline Lanctôt, "Sonatine"
*Don Owen, "Unfinished Business"

Cinematography

Winner: Pierre Mignot, "Mario"

Other nominees:
*François Protat, "Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe"
*Laszlo George, "Draw!"
*Ed Higginson, "Isaac Littlefeathers"
*John Clement, "Thrillkill"
*Douglas Kiefer, "Unfinished Business"

Art direction

Winner: Wolf Kroeger, "The Bay Boy"

Other nominees:
*Vianney Gauthier, "Les Années de rêves"
*Jocelyn Joly, "Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe"
*Bill Brodie, "Draw!"
*Denis Boucher, "Mario"

Costume design

Winner: Renée April, "The Bay Boy"

Other nominees:
*Nicole Pelletier, "Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe"
*Huguette Gagné, "La Guerre des tuques"
*Wendy Partridge, "Isaac Littlefeathers"
*Hélène Schneider, "Sonatine"

Sound

Winner: Bruce Nyznik, Richard Besse, and Hans Peter Strobl, "Mario"

Other nominees:
*Patrick Rousseau, David Appleby, and Don White, "The Bay Boy"
*Joe Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, Richard Lightstone, and Austin Grimaldi, "Draw!"
*Serge Beauchemin, Austin Grimaldi, and Don White, "La Guerre des tuques"
*David Appleby, Christopher Tate, Don White, and Garrell Clark, "Isaac Littlefeathers"

Film editing

Winner: André Corriveau, "La Guerre des tuques"

Other nominees:
*Monique Fortier, "Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe"
*Frank Irvine, "My Kind of Town"

Sound editing

Winner: Charles Bowers and Peter Burgess, "The Bay Boy"

Other nominees:
*Jim Hopkins, "Draw!"
*Claude Langlois and Louise Coté, "La Guerre des tuques"
*Michael O'Farrell and Peter Thilaye, "Isaac Littlefeathers"
*David Evans and Wayne Griffin, "Mario"
*Michel B. Bordeleau, "That's My Baby!"

Musical score

Winner: François Dompierre, "Mario"

Other nominees:
*Paul Zaza, "Isaac Littlefeathers"
*Betty Lazebnik, "Reno and the Doc"
*François Lanctôt, "Sonatine"
*J. Douglas Dodd and Michael Oczko, "Walls"

Theatrical short

Winner: "Charade", John Minnis

Other nominees:
*"I Think of You Often", Scott Barrie
*"Productivity and Performance by Alex K.", Nicolas Stiliadis and Syd Cappe
*"La Terrapène", Michel Bouchard and Jacques Pettigrew

Documentary

Winner: "Raoul Wallenberg Buried Alive", David Harel and Wayne Arron

Other nominees:
*"Au rythme de mon coeur", Jean-Pierre Lefebvre
*"Hookers on Davie", Holly Dale and Janis Cole