9th Genie Awards

The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988 and honoured Canadian films released in 1987. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was co-hosted by Megan Follows and Gordon Pinsent. The awards were dominated by "Un zoo la nuit" which won a - still unmatched - thirteen awards.

Best Motion Picture

Winner: "Un zoo la nuit", Roger Frappier and Pierre Gendron

Other Nominees:
*"Family Viewing", Atom Egoyan
*"I've Heard the Mermaids Singing", Patricia Rozema and Alexandra Raffe
*"Life Classes", Stephen Reynolds
*"Train of Dreams", Sam Grana

Best actor

Winner: Roger Lebel, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*David Hemblen, "Family Viewing"
*Jason St. Amour, "Train of Dreams"
*Gilles Maheu, "Un zoo la nuit"

Best actress

Winner: Sheila McCarthy, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"

Other Nominees:
*Gabrielle Rose, "Family Viewing"
*Jacinta Cormier, "Life Classes"
*Frédérique Collin, "Marie s'en va-t-en ville"
*Kate Lynch, "Taking Care"

Supporting actor

Winner: Germain Houde, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Murray Westgate, "Blue City Slammers"
*Tony Nardi, "Concrete Angels"
*Harant Alianak, "Family Viewing"
*Leon Dubinsky, "Life Classes"

Supporting actress

Winner: Paule Baillargeon, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"

Other Nominees:
*Fran Gebhard, "Blue City Slammers"
*Maruska Stankova, "Dreams Beyond Memory"
*Ann-Marie MacDonald, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"
*Jayne Eastwood, "Night Friend"

Best director

Winner: Jean-Claude Lauzon, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Atom Egoyan, "Family Viewing"
*Patricia Rozema, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"
*Marquise Lepage, "Marie s'en va-t-en ville"
*John N. Smith, "Train of Dreams"

Best screenplay

Winner: Jean-Claude Lauzon, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Atom Egoyan, "Family Viewing"
*Patricia Rozema, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"
*William D. MacGillivray, "Life Classes"
*Sam Grana, John N. Smith, and Sally Bochner, "Train of Dreams"

Cinematography'

Winner: Guy Dufaux, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Richard Leiterman, "The Climb"
*Michel Brault, "The Great Land of Small"
*Douglas Koch, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"

Art direction/production design

Winner: Jean-Baptiste Tard, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Ronald Fauteux, "Le Frère André"
*Violette Daneau, "The Great Land of Small"
*François Séguin, "Marie s'en va-t-en ville"

Costume Design

Winner: Andrée Morin, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Denis Sperdouklis, "Le Frère André"
*Michèle Hamel, "The Great Land of Small"
*Alexandra Z and Martine Matthews, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"
*Nicole Pelletier, "Marie s'en va-t-en ville"

Sound

Winner: Adrian Croll, Hans Peter Strobl, and Yvon Benoît, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Michel Charron, Jocelyn Caron, André Gagnon, and Michel Descombes, "Cudowne dziecko"
*Tony Van den Akker, Marvin Bearns, and Lars Ekstrom, ""
*Michelle Moses, Egidio Coccimiglio, and Gordon Thompson, "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing"
*David Appleby and Dan Latour, "Too Outrageous!"

Film editing

Winner: Michel Arcand, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Atom Egoyan and Bruce MacDonald, "Family Viewing"

Sound editing

Winners: Diane Boucher, Marcel Pothier, Viateur Paiement, Jocelyn Caron, and Antoine Morin, "Le Frère André" and Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, and Diane Boucher, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Robin Leigh, Richard Cadger, Jane Tattersall, Penny Hozy, and Peter McBurnie, "The Climb"
*Viateur Paiement, Serge Viau, Alain Clavier, Claude Langlois, and Louise Coté, "Cudowne dziecko"
*Diane Boucher, Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, Jocelyn Caron, and Antoine Morin, "Le Frère André"
*Peter McBurnie, Marta Nielsen Sternberg, Peter Thilaye, Nick Rotundo, Peter Jermyn, ""

Musical score

Winner: Jean Corriveau, "Un zoo la nuit"

Other Nominees:
*Tim McCauley, "Blue City Slammers"
*Patricia Cullen, "The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland"
*Mychael Danna, "Family Viewing"

Best short film

Winner: "George and Rosemary", David Fine and Alison Snowden

Other Nominees:
*"Fashion 99", Karen Firus
*"Future Block", Kevin McCracken

Best documentary

Winner: "God Rides a Harley", Stavros C. Stavrides and Andreas Erne

Other Nominees:
*"The Canneries", Stephen Insley and Bonni Devlin
*"Dance for Modern Times", Moze Mossanen
*"Elephant Dreams", Martha Davis
*"To Hurt and to Heal", Laura Sky