{{Short description|1999 Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 19 | award = Genie Awards | date = February 4, 1999 | site = [[Living Arts Centre]]<br>[[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Albert Schultz]] | best_picture = ''[[The Red Violin]]'' | most_wins = | most_nominations = ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'', ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' (12) | network = [[CBC Television]] | last = 18th | next = 20th }} The '''19th Genie Awards''' were held, by the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television]], on February 4, 1999<ref>"Roshan Seth happy about his Genie award-winning role". ''[[India Abroad]]'', March 12, 1999.</ref> to honour Canadian films released in 1998. It marked only the second time in the 1990s, after the [[16th Genie Awards]] in January 1996, that the awards were held in the winter of the year ''following'' the year in which eligible films were released, rather than the late fall of the same year; the awards have since retained the winter scheduling. The ceremony was once again aired on [[CBC Television]], and a post-event highlights show aired on [[CBC Television|Radio Canada]].<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. 117-199.</ref>
When the nominees were announced, many were surprised that four of the five nominees for Best Motion Picture were international co-productions, and there was discussion about whether the films were Canadian. Many people didn't realize that co-production was now a key component of film production in Canada, and that Canada had co-production treaties with 52 countries.<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. 117-199.</ref>
This year's ceremony, which was hosted by actor [[Albert Schultz]], was dominated by ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' and ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'', which both received 12 nominations.<ref>"Two Films Lead Genie Pack with 12 Nominations Each". ''[[Brandon Sun]]'', December 8, 1998.</ref> However, ''[[The Red Violin]]'' won the most awards, with eight wins including Best Picture.<ref>"Red Violin in fine tune at Genie Awards". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 5, 1999.</ref><ref name=schultz>"McKellar wins Jutra award; Schultz named host of Genies". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', January 22, 1999.</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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Red Violin]]'' — [[Niv Fichman]]''' *''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' — [[Daniel Iron]] and [[Niv Fichman]] *''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' — [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]] and Peter Simpson *''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]'' — [[Bill Thumm]] and [[Scott Kennedy (producer)|Scott Kennedy]] *''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' — [[Paul Stephens (producer)|Paul Stephens]] and [[Simon MacCorkindale]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[François Girard]], ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *[[Don McKellar]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' *[[J. H. Wyman]], ''[[Pale Saints (film)|Pale Saints]]'' *[[Gillies MacKinnon]], ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *[[Jonathan Tammuz]], ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]'' *[[Sturla Gunnarsson]], ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roshan Seth]], ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]''''' *[[Rémy Girard]], ''[[Les Boys]]'' *[[Tony Nardi]], ''[[Mr. Aiello]] (La Déroute)'' *[[Jonathan Pryce]], ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *[[Samuel West]], ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sandra Oh]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]''''' *[[Anne-Marie Cadieux]], ''[[Nô (film)|Nô]]'' *[[Pascale Montpetit]], ''[[Streetheart (film)|Streetheart]] (Le Cœur au poing)'' *[[Ginette Reno]], ''[[It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux]] (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'' *[[Pierrette Robitaille]], ''[[It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux]] (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Callum Keith Rennie]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]''''' *[[Kurush Deboo]], ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' *[[Michael Riley]], ''[[Pale Saints (film)|Pale Saints]]'' *[[Saul Rubinek]], ''[[Pale Saints (film)|Pale Saints]]'' *[[George Wendt]], ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]'' | valign="top" | *'''[[Monique Mercure]], ''[[Conquest (1998 film)|Conquest]]''''' *[[Geneviève Bujold]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' *[[Rachael Crawford]], ''[[Pale Saints (film)|Pale Saints]]'' *[[Anna Henry]], ''[[The Fishing Trip]]'' *[[Roberta Maxwell]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Betsy Carson]], [[Kirk Tougas]] and [[Nettie Wild]], ''[[A Place Called Chiapas]]''''' *[[Jennifer Baichwal]] and [[Nicholas de Pencier]], ''[[Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles]]'' *[[Peter Lynch (director)|Peter Lynch]] and [[Peter Starr]], ''[[The Herd (1998 film)|The Herd]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Anita Herczeg]] and [[Brenda Longfellow]], ''[[Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet]]''''' *[[Brian Nash (filmmaker)|Brian Nash]] and [[Elizabeth Yake]], ''[[bp: pushing the boundaries]]'' *[[Elizabeth Yake]] and [[Lara Fitzgerald (filmmaker)|Lara Fitzgerald]], ''[[Remembering Memory]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short|Best Animated Short]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mary Lewis (Canadian actress)|Mary Lewis]], ''[[When Ponds Freeze Over]]''''' *Leah Mallen and [[Mark Sawers]], ''[[Shoes Off!]]'' *[[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]], [[Sandy Kaplansky]], [[Don McKellar]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]], ''[[Elimination Dance]]'' *Sylvie Rosenthal, ''[[The Chocolate Bomb]] (La bombe au chocolat)'' *Julie Trimingham and Ric Kokotovich, ''[[Claire (1998 film)|Claire]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Andy Jones (animation producer)|Andy Jones]], [[Chris Landreth]] and [[Kevin Tureski]], ''[[Bingo (1998 film)|Bingo]]''''' *[[John Weldon (animator)|John Weldon]] and [[Marcy Page]], ''[[Frank the Wrabbit]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''François Séguin, ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *Nitin Chandrakant Desai, ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' *John Dondertman and Patricia Cuccia, ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' *Andy Harris, ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *Jasna Stefanovic, ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Alain Dostie]], ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *[[Jan Kiesser]], ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' *[[Douglas Koch]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' *[[Glen MacPherson]], ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *[[Gregory Middleton]], ''[[The Falling (1998 film)|The Falling]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Renée April]], ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *Lovleen Bains, ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' *Kate Carin, ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *Daniel Lalande, ''[[Streetheart (film)|Streetheart]] (Le Cœur au poing)'' *Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, ''[[Nô (film)|Nô]]'' *Tamara Winston, ''[[Pale Saints (film)|Pale Saints]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Jeff Warren, ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]''''' *Pia Di Ciaula, ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *[[Reginald Harkema]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' *[[Gaétan Huot]], ''[[The Red Violin]]'' *John Sanders, ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Claude La Haye]], [[Jo Caron]], [[Bernard Gariépy Strobl]] and [[Hans Peter Strobl]], ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *Henry Embry, Steph Carrier, Lou Solakofski and Orest Sushko, ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' *Darcy Kite, Peter Kelly, Steve McNamee and Todd Warren, ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' *Louis Kramer, Todd Beckett, Tim O'Connell and Scott Purdy, ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *John J. Thomson, Dean Giammarco, Miguel Nunes and Paul A. Sharpe, ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''David Evans, Richard Cadger, Donna Powell, Paul Shikata, Phong Tran and Clive Turner, ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]''''' *Sue Conley, Stephen Barden, [[Craig Henighan]], John Laing, Jill Purdy and John Sievert, ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' *Jacqueline Cristianini, James Fonnyadt, Adam Gejdos, [[James Genn]], Kirby Jinnah and Cam Wagner, ''[[Rupert's Land (film)|Rupert's Land]]'' *Tony Currie, Paula Fairfield, Alastair Gray and John Sievert, ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *Marcel Pothier, Jérôme Décarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin and Jacques Plante, ''[[The Red Violin]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[John Corigliano]], ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *[[Mychael Danna]], ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *[[Jonathan Goldsmith (musician)|Jonathan Goldsmith]], ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' *[[Mark Korven]], ''[[Cube (1997 film)|Cube]]'' *[[Alex Pauk]] and [[Alexina Louie]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Suzie Ungerleider]], "River Blue" — ''[[The Fishing Trip]]''''' *[[François Dompierre]] and [[Michel Tremblay]], "Laura la Belle" — ''[[It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux]] (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'' *[[Claude Gauthier (singer)|Claude Gauthier]] and [[Daniel Lavoie]], "Est-ce si loin Québec" — ''[[Now or Never (1998 film)|Now or Never]] (Aujourd'hui ou jamais)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Screenplay]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special awards |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don McKellar]] and [[François Girard]], ''[[The Red Violin]]''''' *[[Don McKellar]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]'' *[[André Morency]] and [[Robert Lepage]], ''[[Nô (film)|Nô]]'' *[[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]], ''[[Regeneration (1997 film)|Regeneration]]'' *[[Sooni Taraporevala]], ''[[Such a Long Journey (film)|Such a Long Journey]]'' | valign="top" | *[[Claude Jutra Award]]: '''[[Don McKellar]], ''[[Last Night (1998 film)|Last Night]]''''' *[[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel Award]]: '''''[[Les Boys]]''''' |}
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== External links == *[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Genie_Awards/1999 Genie Awards 1999 on imdb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211060035/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Genie_Awards/1999 |date=2010-02-11 }}
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