{{Short description|1996 Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 17 | award = Genie Awards | date = November 27, 1996 | site = [[The Guvernment]]<br>[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Rebecca Jenkins]]<br>[[Mark Farrell (comedian)|Mark Farrell]] | best_picture = ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' | most_wins = | most_nominations = ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | last = 16th | next = 18th }} The '''17th Genie Awards''' were held on November 27, 1996, to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1996/12/02/18483-19961202/ |title=Crash, Lilies top Genies |last=Armstrong |first=Mary Ellen |date=2 December 1996 |access-date=24 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1996/11/04/5749-19961104/ |title=Special Report: The 1996 Genie Awards: Lilies extends men's emotional range |last=Playback Staff |date=4 November 1996 |access-date=24 March 2017 |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref>
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.<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. [[Stoddart Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 57-59.</ref>
For these awards, due to having only a one-hour time slot on [[CBC Television]], the academy divided the ceremony shows into a taped portion and a live portion. The one hour Genie special featured the five Best Motion Picture nominees and actors, and included the winners of the taped pre-show. For the Quebec market, on the following evening, there was a 30-minute Genies special on [[CBC Television|Radio-Canada]] which focused on the year's winners. The awards were dominated by three films which had caused much excitement over the past year; [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'', [[John Greyson]]'s ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' and, from [[Robert Lepage]], ''Le Polygraphe''. Still, as expected, the ratings for these shows, which were hosted by actress [[Rebecca Jenkins]] and comedian [[Mark Farrell (comedian)|Mark Farrell]], were low.<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. [[Stoddart Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 57-59.</ref>
==Award winners and nominees== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Motion Picture]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Director|Direction]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' — [[Robin Cass]], [[Arnie Gelbart]], [[Anna Stratton]]''' *''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' — [[David Cronenberg]] *''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' — [[Brian Dennis (producer)|Brian Dennis]], [[Christine Haebler]] *''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' — [[Niv Fichman]], [[Daniel Iron]] *''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' — [[Philippe Carcassonne]], [[Bruno Jobin]], [[Jean-Pierre St-Michel]], [[Ulrich Felsberg]] | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[David Cronenberg]], ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''''' *[[John Fawcett (director)|John Fawcett]], ''[[The Boys Club]]'' *[[John Greyson]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[Robert Lepage]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' *[[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]], ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Actor in a leading role]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress|Actress in a leading role]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[William Hutt (actor)|William Hutt]], ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]''''' *[[Jason Cadieux]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[Matthew Ferguson]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[Danny Gilmore]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[Tom McCamus]], ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' *[[Christopher Penn]], ''[[The Boys Club]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Martha Henry]], ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]''''' *[[Marie Brassard]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' *[[Helene Clarkson]], ''[[Blood & Donuts]]'' *[[Brenda Fricker]], ''[[Swann (film)|Swann]]'' *[[Louise Portal]], ''[[Not Me!]] (Sous-sol)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Actor in a supporting role]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Actress in a supporting role]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Peter Donaldson (actor)|Peter Donaldson]], ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]''''' *[[Alexander Chapman]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[James Hyndman (actor)|James Hyndman]], ''[[Rowing Through]]'' *[[Sean McCann (actor)|Sean McCann]], ''[[Swann (film)|Swann]]'' *[[Ron White (actor)|Ron White]], ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Martha Burns]], ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]''''' *[[Marie-Andrée Corneille]], ''[[Mistaken Identity (film)|Mistaken Identity]] (Erreur sur la personne)'' *[[Josée Deschênes]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' *[[Maria de Medeiros]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' *[[Manon Miclette]], ''[[Love Me, Love Me Not (film)|Love Me, Love Me Not]] (J'aime, j'aime pas)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Original Screenplay]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Adapted Screenplay]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Pierre Gang]], ''[[Not Me!]] (Sous-sol)''''' *[[Gilles Carle]], ''[[Poor Man's Pudding]] (Pudding chômeur)'' *[[Donald Martin (screenwriter)|Donald Martin]], ''[[Never Too Late (1996 film)|Never Too Late]]'' *[[Andrew Rai Berzins]], ''[[Blood and Donuts]]'' *[[Peter Wellington (director)|Peter Wellington]] and [[Doug Smith (writer)|Doug Smith]], ''[[The Boys Club]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[David Cronenberg]], ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''''' *[[Noel S. Baker]], ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' *[[Michel Marc Bouchard]] and [[Linda Gaboriau]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[John L'Ecuyer]], ''[[Curtis's Charm]]'' *[[Robert Lepage]] and [[Marie Brassard]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Feature Length Documentary]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Documentary Short Film|Best Short Documentary]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Heather Frise]]''' and '''[[Velcrow Ripper]], ''[[Bones of the Forest]]''''' *[[Diane Cailhier]] and [[Alain Chartrand]], ''[[My Life Is a River]] (Une vie comme rivière)'' *[[Magnus Isacsson]], ''[[Power (1996 film)|Power]]'' *[[Peter Lynch (director)|Peter Lynch]], ''[[Project Grizzly (film)|Project Grizzly]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Daniele Caloz]]''' and '''[[Paul Carrière]], ''[[Mum's the Word (film)|Mum's the Word]] (Maman et Ève)''''' *[[Brenda Longfellow]], ''[[A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of War]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Art Direction/Production Design]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Cinematography]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sandra Kybartas]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]''''' *[[John Dondertman]], ''[[Swann (film)|Swann]]'' *[[Perri Gorrara]], ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'' *[[Paola Ridolfi]], ''[[Never Too Late (1996 film)|Never Too Late]]'' *[[Taavo Soodor]], ''[[The Boys Club]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Peter Suschitzky]], ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''''' *[[Sylvain Brault]], ''[[Rowing Through]]'' *[[Éric Cayla]], ''[[A Cry in the Night (1996 film)|A Cry in the Night]] (Le Cri de la nuit)'' *[[Georges Dufaux]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' *[[Daniel Jobin]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design|Costume Design]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing|Editing]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Linda Muir]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]''''' *Elisbetta Beraldo, ''[[Swann (film)|Swann]]'' *Emma England, ''[[Blood and Donuts]]'' *Denis Sperdouklis, ''[[Poor Man's Pudding]] (Pudding chômeur)'' *Delphine White, ''[[Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ronald Sanders (film editor)|Ronald Sanders]], ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''''' *[[André Corriveau (filmmaker)|André Corriveau]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[Reginald Harkema]], ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' *[[Susan Maggi]], ''[[The Boys Club]]'' *[[Susan Shipton]], ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film)|Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Overall Sound|Overall Sound]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing|Sound Editing]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Don Cohen, Keith Elliot, Scott Purdy, Scott Shepherd''' and '''Don White, ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]''''' *David Appleby, D. Bruce Carwardine, Tim O'Connell and Don White, ''[[Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy]]'' *[[Jo Caron]], Claude Hazanavicius, John Netsorwich and [[Hans Peter Strobl]], ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' *Kelly Cole, Dam Giammarco, Jochen Schlissler and Paul Sharpe, ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' *Christian Cooke, David Lee, Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski and [[Orest Sushko]], ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Tom Bjelic, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, John Laing, Andy Malcolm, Dale Sheldrake''' and '''[[John Douglas Smith]], ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''''' *Fred Brennan, Yann Delpeuch, Paula Fairfield and Virginia Storey, ''[[House (1995 film)|House]]'' *Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Andy Malcolm, [[Jane Tattersall]] and [[David McCallum (sound editor)|David McCallum]], ''[[Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy]]'' *Diane Boucher, Tony Currie, Rich Harkness, Janice Ierulli, Donna Powell and [[Jane Tattersall]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *Jerome Decarie, Serge Fortin, Jean-Pierre Pinard, Mario Rodrigue and Raymond Vermette, ''[[Polygraph (film)|Polygraph]] (Le Polygraphe)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score|Achievement in Music: Original Score]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Achievement in Music: Original Song]] |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mark Korven]], ''[[Curtis's Charm]]''''' *[[Richard Rodney Bennett]], ''[[Swann (film)|Swann]]'' *[[Normand Corbeil]], ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'' *[[Mychael Danna]], ''[[Lilies (film)|Lilies]]'' *[[Ron Sures]], ''[[Joe's So Mean to Josephine]]'' | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michael Turner (musician)|Michael Turner]], [[Swamp Baby]]''' and '''[[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" — ''[[Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy]]'' *[[Michael Timmins]], "House on the Horizon" — ''[[House (1995 film)|House]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film|Best Short Film]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special Awards |- | style="vertical-align:top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Home for Blind Women]]'' — [[Sandra Kybartas]]''' *''[[Curtains (1995 film)|Curtains]] (Rideau)'' — [[Mark Morgenstern]] and [[Stephanie Morgenstern]] *''[[The Feeler (film)|The Feeler]]'' — [[Colleen Murphy (filmmaker)|Colleen Murphy]] | style="vertical-align:top" | *[[Claude Jutra Award]]: '''[[Peter Wellington (director)|Peter Wellington]], ''[[Joe's So Mean to Josephine]]''''' *[[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel Award]]: '''''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''''' |}
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== External links == *[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000276/1996-2 Genie Awards 1996 on imdb]
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