17th Genie Awards


The 17th Genie Awards were held on November 27, 1996, to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996. They were the second Genie Award ceremony held in that year; the 16th Genie Awards were delayed from the fall of 1995 and took place in January 1996 instead.

Nominees and winners

Winners and nominees were:
Motion PictureDirection

  • David Cronenberg, Crash
  • John Fawcett, The Boys Club
  • John Greyson, Lilies
  • Robert Lepage, Polygraph
  • Bruce McDonald, Hard Core Logo
  • Actor in a leading roleActress in a leading role
  • William Hutt, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Jason Cadieux, Lilies
  • Matthew Ferguson, Lilies
  • Danny Gilmore, Lilies
  • Tom McCamus, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Christopher Penn, The Boys Club
  • Martha Henry, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Marie Brassard, Polygraph
  • Helene Clarkson, Blood & Donuts
  • Brenda Fricker, Swann
  • Louise Portal, Not Me!
  • Actor in a supporting roleActress in a supporting role
  • Peter Donaldson, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Alexander Chapman, Lilies
  • James Hyndman, Rowing Through
  • Sean McCann, Swann
  • Ron White, Screamers
  • Martha Burns, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Marie-Andrée Corneille, Mistaken Identity
  • Josée Deschênes, Polygraph
  • Maria de Medeiros, Polygraph
  • Manon Miclette, Love Me, Love Me Not
  • Original ScreenplayAdapted Screenplay
  • Pierre Gang, Not Me!
  • Gilles Carle, Poor Man's Pudding
  • Donald Martin, Never Too Late
  • Andrew Rai Berzins, Blood and Donuts
  • Peter Wellington and Doug Smith, The Boys Club
  • David Cronenberg, Crash
  • Noel Baker, Hard Core Logo
  • Michel Marc Bouchard and Linda Gaboriau, Lilies
  • John L'Ecuyer, Curtis's Charm
  • Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard, Polygraph
  • Best Feature Length DocumentaryBest Short Documentary
  • Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper, Bones of the Forest
  • Diane Cailhier and Alain Chartrand, Une vie comme rivière
  • Magnus Isacsson, Power
  • Peter Lynch, Project Grizzly
  • Daniele Caloz and Paul Carrière, Mum's the Word
  • Brenda Longfellow, '
  • Art Direction/Production DesignCinematography
  • Sandra Kybartas, Lilies
  • John Dondertman, Swann
  • Perri Gorrara, Screamers
  • Paola Ridolfi, Never Too Late
  • Taavo Soodor, The Boys Club
  • Peter Suschitzky, Crash
  • Sylvain Brault, Rowing Through
  • Éric Cayla, A Cry in the Night
  • Georges Dufaux, Polygraph
  • Daniel Jobin, Lilies
  • Costume DesignEditing
  • Linda Muir, Lilies
  • Elisbetta Beraldo, Swann
  • Emma England, Blood and Donuts
  • Denis Sperdouklis, Poor Man's Pudding
  • Delphine White, Brain Candy
  • Ronald Sanders, Crash
  • André Corriveau, Lilies
  • Reginald Harkema, Hard Core Logo
  • Susan Maggi, The Boys Club
  • Susan Shipton, Long Day's Journey into Night
  • Overall SoundSound Editing
  • Don Cohen, Keith Elliot, Scott Purdy, Scott Shepherd, Don White, Lilies
  • David Appleby, D. Bruce Carwardine, Tim O'Connell, Don White, Brain Candy
  • Jo Caron, Claude Hazanavicius, John Netsorwich, Hans Peter Strobl, Polygraph
  • Kelly Cole, Dam Giammarco, Jochen Schlissler, Paul Sharpe, Hard Core Logo
  • Christian Cooke, David Lee, Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, Orest Sushko, Crash
  • Tom Bjelic, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, John Laing, Andy Malcolm, Dale Sheldrake, John Douglas Smith, Crash
  • Fred Brennan, Yann Delpeuch, Paula Fairfield, Virginia Storey, House
  • Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Andy Malcolm, Jane Tattersall, Brain Candy
  • Diane Boucher, Tony Currie, Rich Harkness, Janice Ierulli, Donna Powell, Jane Tattersall, Lilies
  • Jerome Decarie, Serge Fortin, Jean-Pierre Pinard, Mario Rodrigue, Raymond Vermette, Polygraph
  • Achievement in Music: Original ScoreAchievement in Music: Original Song
  • Mark Korven, Curtis's Charm
  • Richard Rodney Bennett, Swann
  • Normand Corbeil, Screamers
  • Mychael Danna, Lilies
  • Ron Sures, Joe's So Mean to Josephine
  • Michael Turner, Swamp Baby, Peter J. Moore, "Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?" — Hard Core Logo
  • Steven Drake, Bruce McCulloch and Craig Northey, "Some Days It's Dark" — Brain Candy
  • Michael Timmins, "House on the Horizon" — House
  • Best Short FilmSpecial Awards
  • Sandra Kybartas, The Home for Blind Women
  • Mark Morgenstern and Stephanie Morgenstern, Curtains
  • Colleen Murphy, The Feeler
  • Claude Jutra Award: Peter Wellington, Joe's So Mean to Josephine
  • Golden Reel Award: Crash