21st Genie Awards


The 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan.

Nominees and winners

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold along with nominees.
Motion PictureDirection

  • Denis Villeneuve, Maelström
  • Alain Desrochers, The Bottle
  • Robert Favreau, The Orphan Muses
  • Robert Lepage, Possible Worlds
  • Gary Burns, waydowntown
  • Actor in a leading roleActress in a leading role
  • Tony Nardi, My Father's Angel
  • James Whitmore, Here's to Life!
  • Timothy Webber, My Father's Angel
  • Colm Feore, The Perfect Son
  • David Cubitt, The Perfect Son
  • Marie-Josée Croze, Maelström
  • Kim Hunter, Here's to Life!
  • Ginette Reno, Laura Cadieux II
  • Pierrette Robitaille, Laura Cadieux II
  • Tilda Swinton, Possible Worlds
  • Actor in a supporting roleActress in a supporting role
  • Martin Cummins, Love Come Down
  • Patrick Huard, Life After Love
  • Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Maelström
  • Nicholas Campbell, New Waterford Girl
  • Ian Bannen, To Walk with Lions
  • Helen Shaver, We All Fall Down
  • Annick Bergeron, Pandora's Beauty
  • Céline Bonnier, The Orphan Muses
  • Barbara Williams, Love Come Down
  • Mary Walsh, New Waterford Girl
  • Stacy Smith, New Waterford Girl
  • ScreenplayDocumentary
  • Denis Villeneuve, Maelström
  • Clement Virgo, Love Come Down
  • Gilles Desjardins and Michel Marc Bouchard, The Orphan Muses
  • Frank Borg, My Father's Angel
  • Denys Arcand and Jacob Potashnik, Stardom
  • Grass — Ron Mann
  • Rocks at Whiskey TrenchAlanis Obomsawin
  • Spirits of HavanaBay Weyman, Peter Starr and Luis O. Garcia
  • ' — Éric Michel, Adam Symansky and Peter Wintonick
  • The Fairy FaithJohn Walker and Kent Martin
  • Best Live Action Short DramaBest Animated Short
  • The Little Varius André Théberge and Alain Jacques
  • Clean Rite CowboyJoel Awerbuck and Michael Downing
  • Below the BeltKate Gillen, Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert
  • Foxy Lady, Wild CherryMarlene Rodgers and Inez Buchli
  • Soul CagesSimone Urdl and Phillip Barker
  • Village of Idiots — Michael J. F. Scott, Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove and David Verrall
  • Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar! Thérèse Descary and Pierre M. Trudeau
  • From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning — Thérèse Descary, Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean and Jean-Jacques Leduc
  • Art Direction/Production DesignCinematography
  • François Séguin and Danièle Rouleau, Possible Worlds
  • Anne Pritchard and Ginette Robitaille, The Art of War
  • Sylvain Gingras, Maelström
  • Emanuel Jannasch and Norma Jean Sanders, New Waterford Girl
  • Zoe Sakellaropoulo and Jean Morin, Stardom
  • André Turpin, Maelström
  • Pierre Gill, The Art of War
  • Jonathan Freeman, Possible Worlds
  • Guy Dufaux, Stardom
  • Jean Lépine, To Walk with Lions
  • Costume DesignEditing
  • Michel Robidas, Stardom
  • Patricia Hargreaves, Here's to Life!
  • Suzanne Harel, Laura Cadieux II
  • Debra Hanson, New Waterford Girl
  • Denis Sperdouklis, Life After Love
  • Susan Shipton, Possible Worlds
  • Gareth C. Scales, Last Wedding
  • Michel Arcand, The Art of War
  • Richard Comeau, Maelström
  • Hélène Girard, The Orphan Muses
  • Susan Maggi, New Waterford Girl
  • Overall SoundSound Editing
  • Daniel Pellerin, Paul Adlaf, Peter Kelly, Brad Thornton and Brad Zoern, Love Come Down
  • Hans Peter Strobl, Jo Caron, Don Cohen and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, The Art of War
  • Bill Sheppard, Mark Berger and Ruth Huddleston, Here's to Life!
  • Gilles Corbeil, Luc Boudrias and Louis Gignac, Maelström
  • Tom Ronan, Daniel Pellerin, Brad Thornton and Brad Zoern, Violet
  • David McCallum, Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Steve Hammond, Garrett Kerr, Jane Tattersall and Robert Warchol, Love Come Down
  • Michel B. Bordeleau, Pierre-Jules Audet, Jérôme Décarie, Natalie Fleurant and Marc Gagnon, The Art of War
  • Dean Giammarco, Maija Burnett, Kris Fenske, John Ludgate and Brendan Ostrander, Here's to Life!
  • Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin and François B. Senneville, Maelström
  • Glenn Tussman, Richard Betanzos, Michael Gurman, Steven Gurman, Paul Hubert and Vicent Regaudie, To Walk with Lions
  • Achievement in Music: Original ScoreAchievement in Music: Original Song
  • Patric Caird, Here's to Life!
  • Normand Corbeil, The Art of War
  • François Dompierre, Laura Cadieux II
  • Aaron Davis and John Lang, Love Come Down
  • Alan Reeves, To Walk with Lions
  • François Dompierre, "Fortuna" — Laura Cadieux II
  • Michael Bublé, "Dumb Ol' Heart" — Here's to Life!
  • Michael Bublé, "I've Never Been in Love Before" — Here's to Life!
  • Deborah Cox, Keith Andes and Lascelles Stephens, "29" — Love Come Down
  • Deborah Cox, Keith Andes and Lascelles Stephens, "Our Love" — Love Come Down
  • Special awards
  • Claude Jutra Award: Philippe Falardeau, The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge
  • Golden Reel Award: The Art of War