# 12th Genie Awards

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1991 Canadian film awards ceremony

12th Genie Awards Date November 26, 1991 Site Pantages Theatre, Toronto, Ontario Hosted by Leslie Nielsen Highlights Best Picture Black Robe Most awards Black Robe (6) Most nominations Black Robe (10) Television coverage Network CBC Television ← 11th Genie Awards 13th →

The **12th Genie Awards** were held on November 26, 1991, and honoured [Canadian](/source/Cinema_of_Canada) films released in 1990 and 1991.[1] The ceremony was hosted by actor [Leslie Nielsen](/source/Leslie_Nielsen)[1]

Following the disastrous ratings of the 1990 awards, the academy reviewed all aspects of the awards. Audience studies were conducted, production formats and venues were scrutinized, and the adjudication process was revisited.

The audience studies confirmed what the academy suspected: that Canadians were not sufficiently familiar with Canadian films. With most films now released each fall, the public needed more time to see films, so the ceremony was moved to an autumn date. There was also a fundamental change in voting procedures; now, peer juries of academy members from each award category would nominate films, and voting members in each category would choose the winners. The number of eligible voters was reduced to 130, and the ceremony's format was changed to focus on the nominees for Best Motion Picture.[2]

This year's awards covered a longer eligibility period and a larger number of eligible films than any previous [Genie Awards](/source/Genie_Award), for which 39 features and 36 theatrical shorts and documentaries were in the final roster.[1] The awards were dominated by the Canadian/[Australian](/source/Australia) co-production *[Black Robe](/source/Black_Robe_(film))*, which was nominated for ten awards[3] and won six.

## Winners and nominees

Motion Picture Direction Black Robe — Robert Lantos, Sue Milliken, Stéphane Reichel Chaindance — Richard Davis The Company of Strangers — David Wilson An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) — Claudio Luca and Robin Spry Perfectly Normal — Michael Burns Bruce Beresford, Black Robe Phillip Borsos, Bethune: The Making of a Hero Atom Egoyan, The Adjuster André Forcier, An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) Darrell Wasyk, H Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role Rémy Girard, Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Brad Dourif, Chaindance Matthias Habich, The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) Saeed Jaffrey, Masala Jean Rochefort, Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Pascale Montpetit, H Alice Diabo, The Company of Strangers Cissy Meddings, The Company of Strangers Kate Nelligan, White Room Nina Petronzio, Vincent and Me (Vincent et moi) Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role August Schellenberg, Black Robe Michael Hogan, Diplomatic Immunity Julien Poulin, The Party (Le Party) Michael Riley, Diplomatic Immunity Paul Soles, Falling Over Backwards Danielle Proulx, Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Sandrine Holt, Black Robe Winifred Holden, The Company of Strangers Ofelia Medina, Diplomatic Immunity Catherine Roche, The Company of Strangers Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Eugene Lipinski and Paul Quarrington, Perfectly Normal Pierre Falardeau, The Party (Le Party) Jacques Marcotte and André Forcier, An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) Darrell Wasyk, H Claire Wojas, Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Brian Moore, Black Robe Léa Pool, Michel Langlois, and Laurent Gagliardi, The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) Anne Wheeler and James DeFelice, Angel Square Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary The Famine Within — Katherine Gilday Au chic resto pop — Éric Michel The Falls — Michael McMahon, Brian Dennis The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein — Richard Elson, Sally Bochner The Actor — John Paskievich Hunters and Bombers — Rex Tasker, Alan Hayling In Search of the Edge — Scott Barrie Songololo: Voices of Change — Marianne Kaplan and Cari Green Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography Gavin Mitchell and Herbert Pinter, Black Robe Seamus Flannery, Beautiful Dreamers Anne Pritchard, Perfectly Normal Michel Proulx, Enrique Alarcón, Ren Huixing and Ronald Fauteux, Bethune: The Making of a Hero Phil Schmidt, Chaindance Peter James, Black Robe Raoul Coutard and Mike Molloy, Bethune: The Making of a Hero Guy Dufaux, Moody Beach Guy Dufaux, Nelligan Daniel Jobin, Cargo Costume Design Editing Olga Dimitrov, Bethune: The Making of a Hero John Hay and Renée April, Black Robe François Laplante, Nelligan Andrée Morin, The Party (Le Party) Ruth Secord, Beautiful Dreamers David Wilson, The Company of Strangers Michel Arcand, The Party (Le Party) André Corriveau, Vincent and Me (Vincent et moi) Allan Lee, Chaindance Ronald Sanders, Perfectly Normal Tim Wellburn, Black Robe Overall Sound Sound Editing Garrell Clark and Paul A. Sharpe, Angel Square Jo Caron, Yvon Benoît and Michel Descombes, Love Me (Love-moi) Michel Descombes, Luc Boudrias, Jo Caron and Richard Besse, Moody Beach Jean-Pierre Joutel, John P. Megill and Adrian Croll, Beautiful Dreamers Larry Sutton, Bill Sheppard and Paul A. Sharpe, The Legend of Kootenai Brown Alison Grace, Gael MacLean, Anke Bakker, Debra Rurak and Cal Shumiatcher, Angel Square 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, The Legend of Kootenai Brown Achievement in Music: Best Music Score Achievement in Music: Best Original Song Jean Corriveau, The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) Marie Bernard, (Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Georges Delerue, Black Robe Jonathan Goldsmith, Diplomatic Immunity Mark Korven, White Room George Blondheim and Anne Wheeler, "Such Magic" — Angel Square Rémy Girard and Claire Wojas, "C'est plus fort que nous" — Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Daniel Lavoie and Jean Pierre Lefebvre, "Quand tu partiras" — The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (Le Fabuleux voyage de l'ange) Patricia Rozema and Mark Korven, "A Certain Slant of Light" — White Room Patricia Rozema and Mark Korven, "Hello I'm Nobody" — White Room Best Short Film Special awards Saeed — Mehra Meh Edsville — James O'Regan Man Descending — Raymond Lorenz, Neil Grieve The Night of the Visitor (La Nuit du visiteur) — René Gueissaz The Star Turn — Donald Booth Golden Reel Award: Ding et Dong, le film Special Achievement Genie: John Kemeny Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: Robert Lantos

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-changes_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-changes_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-changes_1-2) "Genies undergo changes". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, November 26, 1991.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-topalovich_2-0)** Maria Topalovich, *And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards*. [Stoddart Publishing](/source/Stoddart_Publishing), 2000. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7737-3238-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7737-3238-1). pp. 117-199.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Black Robe leads race for Genies". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, October 10, 1991.

## External links

- [Genie Awards 1991 on imdb](https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000276/1991/1/?ref_=ev_eh)

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