12th Genie Awards

The 12th annual Genie Awards were held on November 26, 1991, and honoured Canadian films released in 1990. The awards were moved from their previous March date after the disastrous ratings of the previous awards. The format was also changed and the eligible voters reduced to 130. The ceremony was hosted by Leslie Nielsen and was held at the Pantages Theatre in Toronto. They were dominated by the Canadian/Australian co-production "Black Robe" which won six awards.

=Best motion picture=

Winner: "Black Robe", Robert Lantos, Sue Milliken, and Stéphane Reichel

Other nominees:
*"Chaindance", Richard Davis
*"Perfectly Normal", Michael Burns
*"The Company of Strangers", David Wilson
*"Une histoire inventée", Claudio Luca and Robin Spry

Best actor

Winner: Rémy Girard, "Amoureux fou"

Other nominees:
*Jean Rochefort, "Amoureux fou"
*Brad Dourif, "Chaindance"
*Matthias Habich, "La Demoiselle sauvage"
*Saeed Jaffrey, "Masala"

Best actress

Winner: Pascale Montpetit, "H"

Other nominees:
*Alice Diabo, "The Company of Strangers"
*Cissy Meddings, "The Company of Strangers"
*Nina Petronzio, "Vincent et moi"
*Kate Nelligan, "White Room"

Best supporting actor

Winner: August Schellenberg, "Black Robe"

Other nominees:
*Michael Hogan, "Diplomatic Immunity"
*Michael Riley, "Diplomatic Immunity"
*Paul Soles, "Falling Over Backwards"
*Julien Poulin, "Le Party"

Best supporting actress

Winner: Danielle Proulx, "Amoureux fou"

Other nominees:
*Sandrine Holt, "Black Robe"
*Ofelia Medina, "Diplomatic Immunity"
*Winifred Holden, "The Company of Strangers"
*Catherine Roche, "The Company of Strangers"

Best direction

Winner: Bruce Beresford, "Black Robe"

Other nominees:
*Atom Egoyan, "The Adjuster"
*Phillip Borsos, ""
*Darrell Wasyk, "H"
*André Forcier, "Une histoire inventée"

Original screenplay

Winner: Eugene Lipinski and Paul Quarrington, "Perfectly Normal"

Other nominees:
*Claire Wojas, "Amoureux fou"
*Darrell Wasyk, "H"
*Pierre Falardeau, "Le Party"
*Une histoire inventée (1990) - Jacques Marcotte; André Forcier, "Une histoire inventée"

Adapted screenplay

Winner: Brian Moore, "Black Robe"

Other nominees:
*Anne Wheeler and James Defelice, "Angel Square"
*Léa Pool, Michel Langlois, and Laurent Gagliardi, "Demoiselle sauvage"

Cinematography

Winner: Peter James, "Black Robe"

Other nominees:
*Raoul Coutard and Mike Molloy, ""
*Daniel Jobin, "Cargo"
*Guy Dufaux, "Moody Beach"
*Guy Dufaux, "Nelligan"

Art direction

Winner: Gavin Mitchell and Herbert Pinter, "Black Robe"

Other nominees:
*Seamus Flannery, "Beautiful Dreamers"
*Michel Proulx, Enrique Alarcón, Ren Huixing, and Ronald Fauteux, ""
*Phil Schmidt, "Chaindance"
*Anne Pritchard, "Perfectly Normal"

Costume design

Winner: Olga Dimitrov, ""

Other nominees:
*Ruth Secord, "Beautiful Dreamers"
*John Hay and Renée April, "Black Robe"
*François Laplante, "Nelligan"
*Andrée Morin, "Le Party"

ound

Winner: Garrell Clark and Paul A. Sharpe, "Angel Square"

Other nominees:
*Jean-Pierre Joutel, John P. Megill, and Adrian Croll, "Beautiful Dreamers"
*Jocelyn Caron, Yvon Benoît, and Michel Descombes, "Love-moi"
*Michel Descombes, Luc Boudrias, Jocelyn Caron, and Richard Besse, "Moody Beach"
*Larry Sutton, Bill Sheppard, and Paul A. Sharpe, "Showdown at Williams Creek"

Film editing

Winner: David Wilson, "The Company of Strangers"

Other nominees:
*Tim Wellburn, "Black Robe"
*Allan Lee, "Chaindance"
*Michel Arcand, "Le Party"
*Ronald Sanders, "Perfectly Normal"
*André Corriveau, "Vincent et moi"

ound editing

Winner: Alison Grace, Gael MacLean, Anne Bakker, Debra Rurak, and Cal Shumiatcher, "Angel Square"

Other nominees:
*Terry Burke, Jim Hopkins, Tony Currie, Charles Bowers, and Ellen Adams, "Beautiful Dreamers"
*Gudrun Christian, Andy Malcolm, Michelle Cooke, Abby Jack Neidik, and Diane Le Floch, "Falling Over Backwards"
*Jérôme Décarie, Marcel Pothier, Antoine Morin, and Diane Boucher, "Moody Beach"
*Gael MacLean, Alison Grace, Mike Keeping, Ingrid Rosen, and Anke Bakker, "Showdown at Williams Creek"

Musical score

Winner: Jean Corriveau, "La Demoiselle sauvage"

Other nominees:
*Marie Bernard, "Amoureux fou"
*Georges Delerue, "Black Robe"
*Jonathan Goldsmith, "Diplomatic Immunity"
*Mark Korven, "White Room"

hort film

Winner: "Saeed", Mehra Meh

Other nominees:
*"Edsville", James O'Regan
*"Man Descending", Raymond Lorenz and Neil Grieve
*"La Nuit du visiteur", René Gueissaz
*"The Star Turn", Donald Booth

hort documentary

Winner: "", Richard Elson and Sally Bochner

Other nominees:
*"The Actor", John Paskievich
*"Hunters and Bombers", Rex Tasker and Alan Hayling
*"In Search of the Edge", Scott Barrie
*"", Marianne Kaplan and Cari Green

Feature documentary

Winner: "The Famine Within", Katherine Gilday

Other nominees:
*"Au chic resto pop", Éric Michel
*"The Falls", Michael McMahon and Brian Dennis