# 17th Genie Awards

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/17th_Genie_Awards
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/17th_Genie_Awards.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Genie_Awards
> Source revision: 1350156663
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

1996 Canadian film awards ceremony

17th Genie Awards Date November 27, 1996 Site The Guvernment Toronto, Ontario Hosted by Rebecca Jenkins Mark Farrell Highlights Best Picture Lilies Most nominations Lilies Television coverage Network CBC Television ← 16th Genie Awards 18th →

The **17th Genie Awards** were held on November 27, 1996, to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996.[1][2]

They were the *second* Genie Award ceremony held in that year; the [16th Genie Awards](/source/16th_Genie_Awards) were delayed from the fall of 1995 and took place in January 1996 instead.[3]

For these awards, due to having only a one-hour time slot on [CBC Television](/source/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 [Radio-Canada](/source/CBC_Television) 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](/source/David_Cronenberg)'s *[Crash](/source/Crash_(1996_film))*, [John Greyson](/source/John_Greyson)'s *[Lilies](/source/Lilies_(film))* and, from [Robert Lepage](/source/Robert_Lepage), *Le Polygraphe*. Still, as expected, the ratings for these shows, which were hosted by actress [Rebecca Jenkins](/source/Rebecca_Jenkins) and comedian [Mark Farrell](/source/Mark_Farrell_(comedian)), were low.[3]

## Award winners and nominees

Motion Picture Direction Lilies — Robin Cass, Arnie Gelbart, Anna Stratton Crash — David Cronenberg Hard Core Logo — Brian Dennis, Christine Haebler Long Day's Journey into Night — Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) — Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Jobin, Jean-Pierre St-Michel, Ulrich Felsberg David Cronenberg, Crash John Fawcett, The Boys Club John Greyson, Lilies Robert Lepage, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Bruce McDonald, Hard Core Logo Actor in a leading role Actress 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 (Le Polygraphe) Helene Clarkson, Blood & Donuts Brenda Fricker, Swann Louise Portal, Not Me! (Sous-sol) Actor in a supporting role Actress 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 (Erreur sur la personne) Josée Deschênes, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Maria de Medeiros, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Manon Miclette, Love Me, Love Me Not (J'aime, j'aime pas) Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Pierre Gang, Not Me! (Sous-sol) Gilles Carle, Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) Donald Martin, Never Too Late Andrew Rai Berzins, Blood and Donuts Peter Wellington and Doug Smith, The Boys Club David Cronenberg, Crash Noel S. Baker, Hard Core Logo Michel Marc Bouchard and Linda Gaboriau, Lilies John L'Ecuyer, Curtis's Charm Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary 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 Peter Lynch, Project Grizzly Daniele Caloz and Paul Carrière, Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) Brenda Longfellow, A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of War Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography 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 (Le Cri de la nuit) Georges Dufaux, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Daniel Jobin, Lilies Costume Design Editing Linda Muir, Lilies Elisbetta Beraldo, Swann Emma England, Blood and Donuts Denis Sperdouklis, Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) Delphine White, Kids in the Hall: 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 Sound Sound Editing Don Cohen, Keith Elliot, Scott Purdy, Scott Shepherd and Don White, 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 (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 Tom Bjelic, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, John Laing, Andy Malcolm, Dale Sheldrake and John Douglas Smith, Crash Fred Brennan, Yann Delpeuch, Paula Fairfield and Virginia Storey, House Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Andy Malcolm, Jane Tattersall and David McCallum, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Diane Boucher, Tony Currie, Rich Harkness, Janice Ierulli, Donna Powell and Jane Tattersall, Lilies Jerome Decarie, Serge Fortin, Jean-Pierre Pinard, Mario Rodrigue and Raymond Vermette, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement 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 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 Best Short Film Special Awards The Home for Blind Women — Sandra Kybartas Curtains (Rideau) — Mark Morgenstern and Stephanie Morgenstern The Feeler — Colleen Murphy Claude Jutra Award: Peter Wellington, Joe's So Mean to Josephine Golden Reel Award: Crash

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Armstrong, Mary Ellen (2 December 1996). ["Crash, Lilies top Genies"](http://playbackonline.ca/1996/12/02/18483-19961202/). *[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))*. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Playback Staff (4 November 1996). ["Special Report: The 1996 Genie Awards: Lilies extends men's emotional range"](http://playbackonline.ca/1996/11/04/5749-19961104/). *[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))*. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-topalovich_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-topalovich_3-1) 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. 57-59.

## External links

- [Genie Awards 1996 on imdb](https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000276/1996-2)

v t e Canadian Screen Awards By year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Canadian Film Awards (film, 1949–1978) 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1978 Genie Awards (film, 1979–2012) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990/91 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ACTRA Awards (television, 1972–1986) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Gemini Awards (television, 1986–2012) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Film awards by category Motion Picture Lead Performance, Comedy Lead Performance, Drama Supporting Performance, Comedy Supporting Performance, Drama Director Animated Short Art Direction and Production Design Casting Cinematography Cinematography in a Documentary Costume Design Editing Editing in a Documentary Feature Length Documentary Hair Live Action Short Makeup Original Music in a Documentary Original Score Original Song Performance in a Short Film Screenplay (Original and Adapted) Short Documentary Sound Editing Sound Mixing Sound Design in a Documentary Stunt Coordination Visual Effects Golden Screen John Dunning Best First Feature Award Television awards by category Comedy Series Drama Series TV Movie Children's or Youth Fiction Series Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Series Pre-School Series Reality/Competition Series Leading Performance, Comedy Leading Performance, Drama Supporting Performance, Comedy Supporting Performance, Drama Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Ensemble Performance in Variety or Sketch Comedy Direction, Children's or Youth Performance, Children's or Youth Writing, Children's or Youth Casting Donald Brittain Award Rob Stewart Award Special awards Academy Achievement Award Earle Grey Award Gordon Sinclair Award Radius Award Discontinued awards Bijou Awards (1981) Actor (1968-2022) Actor - Non-Feature (1969–81) Actress (1968-2022) Actress - Non-Feature (1969–81) Lead Performance in a Film (2022) Lead Actor, Comedy Series (1986-2022) Lead Actor, Drama Series (1986-2022) Lead Actress, Comedy Series (1986-2022) Lead Actress, Drama Series (1986-2022) Supporting Actor, Comedy Series (1986-2022) Supporting Actor, Drama Series (1986-2022) Supporting Actress, Comedy Series (1986-2022) Supporting Actress, Drama Series (1986-2022) Foreign Actor (1980–83) Foreign Actress (1980–83) Supporting Actor (1968-2022) Supporting Actress (1968-2022) Supporting Performance in a Film (2022) Theatrical Short (1949–96) Children's or Youth Program (1986-2002) Host, Children's or Youth Program (2008-2016) Individual or Ensemble Performance in a Comedy (1992-2000) Individual Performance in a Comedy (2001-2010) John Drainie Award (1968-2000) Special Achievement Foster Hewitt Award (1975-1986) Wendy Michener Award (1969-1978) Diversity Award (1992-2016) Margaret Collier Award (1986-2020) Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Note: Awards by year articles are listed here by the year of eligibility for nomination; due to variable scheduling of the ceremonies, this is not always the same year in which the awards were presented.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [17th Genie Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Genie_Awards) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Genie_Awards?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.