20th Genie Awards

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The 20th Genie Awards were held on January 30, 2000, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.[1]

Eyebrows were raised when the nominations were dominated by 21 foreign artists; the academy had eliminated an old ruling that prevented foreign talent in minority Canadian co-productions from being eligible for Genie awards. With 152 nominees in total, there was no imbalance, but the fact that the foreign-artist nominations dominated the performance categories bothered many, and raised questions about whether or not the Genies were fulfilling their role of recognizing Canadian achievement and promoting Canadian talent.[1]

This year's awards ceremony, which was hosted by actor Patrick McKenna, was dominated by István Szabó's Sunshine, Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey and Jeremy Podeswa's The Five Senses.[2][3]

Award winners and nominees

Motion Picture Direction
  • Blue ribbon Sunshine, Andras Hamori and Robert Lantos
  • eXistenZ, Robert Lantos, David Cronenberg and Andras Hamori
  • Felicia's Journey, Bruce Davey
  • The Five Senses, Camelia Frieberg and Jeremy Podeswa
  • Post Mortem, Lorraine Dufour
  • Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver), Claude Gagnon and Yuri Yoshimura Gagnon
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay
Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary
  • Blue ribbon Hemingway: A Portrait, Bernard Lajoie, Érik Canuel and Tatsuo Shimamura
  • In Time's Shadow, the Hegis, Rudy Buttignol and David Way
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Animated Short
  • Blue ribbon Moving Day, Tina Goldlist and Chris Deacon
  • Chronique d'un cheval fou, Raymond Gravelle and Michel Juliani
  • Kuproquo, Marie-Josée Larocque and Jean-François Rivard
  • Meanwhile (Pendant ce temps...), Robert Lacerte and Ghyslaine Côté
  • Revisited, Scott Weber
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blue ribbon Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Glen Gauthier and Peter Kelly, Sunshine
  • Serge Beauchemin, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Hans Peter Strobl, Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)
  • Michel Descombes, Jo Caron, Michel Charron and Gavin Fernandes, The Last Breath
  • Philip Norman Stall, Martin Lee and Lou Solakofski, The Five Senses
  • Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly and Brian Simmons, Felicia's Journey
  • Blue ribbon Jane Tattersall, Fred Brennan, Dina Eaton, Andy Malcolm and David McCallum, Sunshine
  • Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Jérôme Décarie, Christian Rivest and Alice Wright, The Last Breath
  • Alastair Gray, Donna Powell and Clive Turner, The Divine Ryans
  • Janice Ierulli, Terry Burke, Ed Douglas, Garrett Kerr and Angie Pajek, The Five Senses
  • Steve Munro, Sue Conley, Andy Malcolm, Tim Roberts and David Drainie Taylor, Felicia's Journey
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Special awards

References

  1. ^ a b Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 117-199.
  2. ^ Kelly, Brendan (13 December 1999). "Genies bottle 'Sunshine,' 'Journey' for kudo noms". Variety. Vol. 377, no. 5. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Sunshine, Felicia's Journey top Genie Awards". CBC News. 31 January 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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