{{Short description|2000 Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 20 | award = Genie Awards | date = January 30, 2000 | site = [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] | host = [[Patrick McKenna]] | best_picture = ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' | most_wins = | most_nominations = ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | last = 19th | next = 21st }} 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 [[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>

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.<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 awards ceremony, which was hosted by actor [[Patrick McKenna]], was dominated by [[István Szabó]]'s ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'', [[Atom Egoyan]]'s ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' and [[Jeremy Podeswa]]'s ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]''.<ref name="Kelly">{{cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=13 December 1999 |title=Genies bottle 'Sunshine,' 'Journey' for kudo noms |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |volume=377 |issue=5 |page=8 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sunshine-felicia-s-journey-top-genie-awards-1.244320 |title=Sunshine, Felicia's Journey top Genie Awards |date=31 January 2000 |access-date=20 March 2017|work=[[CBC News]]}}</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}} '''''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'', [[Andras Hamori]] and [[Robert Lantos]]''' *''[[eXistenZ]]'', [[Robert Lantos]], [[David Cronenberg]] and [[Andras Hamori]] *''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'', [[Bruce Davey]] *''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'', [[Camelia Frieberg]] and [[Jeremy Podeswa]] *''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]'', [[Lorraine Dufour]] *''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'', [[Claude Gagnon]] and [[Yuri Yoshimura Gagnon]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jeremy Podeswa]], ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]''''' *[[Léa Pool]], ''[[Set Me Free (1999 film)|Set Me Free]] (Emporte-moi)'' *[[Atom Egoyan]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' *[[Louis Bélanger]], ''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]'' *[[Istvan Szabo]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Bob Hoskins]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]''''' *[[Joël Drapeau-Dalpé]], ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' *[[Denis Bouchard]], ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' *[[Gabriel Arcand]], ''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]'' *[[Ralph Fiennes]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[Daniel MacIvor]], ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sylvie Moreau]], ''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]''''' *[[Elaine Cassidy]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' *[[Jennifer Ehle]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[Rosemary Harris]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[Mary-Louise Parker]], ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Mark McKinney]], ''[[Dog Park (film)|Dog Park]]''''' *[[Alex Ivanovici]], ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' *[[Gabriel Arcand]], ''[[The Big Snake of the World]] (Le Grand Serpent du monde)'' *[[James Frain]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[William Hurt]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Catherine O'Hara]], ''[[The Life Before This]]''''' *[[Suzanne Champagne]], ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' *[[Kathryn Zenna]], ''[[Jack and Jill (1998 film)|Jack and Jill]]'' *[[Rachel Weisz]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[Deborah Kara Unger]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' |- ! 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]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Louis Bélanger]], ''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]''''' *[[Bruce McCulloch]], ''[[Dog Park (film)|Dog Park]]'' *[[Jeremy Podeswa]], ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'' *[[Léa Pool]], ''[[Set Me Free (1999 film)|Set Me Free]] (Emporte-moi)'' *[[Monique Proulx]], ''[[The Big Snake of the World]] (Le Grand Serpent du monde)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Atom Egoyan]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]''''' *[[François Bouvier]] and [[Marc Robitaille]], ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' *[[Jean-Philippe Duval]] and [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]], ''[[Matroni and Me]] (Matroni et moi)'' *[[Kim Hogan]], ''[[Heart of the Sun]]'' *[[Wayne Johnston (writer)|Wayne Johnston]], ''[[The Divine Ryans]]'' *[[Monique Proulx]] and [[Jean Beaudin]], ''[[Memories Unlocked]] (Souvenirs intimes)'' |- ! 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}} '''''[[Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation]]'', [[Gerry Flahive]], [[Catherine Annau]] and [[Yves Bisaillon]]''' *''[[Quest for the Lost Tribes]]'', [[Simcha Jacobovici]] and [[Elliott Halpern]] *''[[Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism]]'', [[Cristine Richey]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Hemingway: A Portrait]]'', [[Bernard Lajoie]], [[Érik Canuel]] and [[Tatsuo Shimamura]]''' *''[[In Time's Shadow, the Hegis]]'', [[Rudy Buttignol]] and [[David Way (producer)|David Way]] |- ! 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}} '''''[[Moving Day (1998 film)|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 (1998 film)|Meanwhile]] (Pendant ce temps...)'', [[Robert Lacerte]] and [[Ghyslaine Côté]] *''[[Revisited (film)|Revisited]]'', [[Scott Weber]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[When the Day Breaks]]'', [[David Verrall]], [[Amanda Forbis]] and [[Wendy Tilby]]''' *''[[Ludovic: The Snow Gift]]'', [[Thérèse Descary]] and [[Co Hoedeman]] *''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]'', [[Bernard Lajoie]], [[Aleksandr Petrov (animator)|Aleksandr Petrov]] and [[Tatsuo Shimamura]] |- ! 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]], ''[[Memories Unlocked]] (Souvenirs intimes)''''' *[[John Dondertman]] and [[Patricia Cuccia]], ''[[Boy Meets Girl (1998 film)|Boy Meets Girl]]'' *[[Attila Kovács (designer)|Attila Kovács]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[Taavo Soodor]], [[Darryl Dennis Deegan]] and [[Erica Milo]], ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'' *[[Carol Spier]] and [[Elinor Rose Galbraith]], ''[[eXistenz]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Paul Sarossy]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]''''' *[[Pierre Gill]], ''[[Memories Unlocked]] (Souvenirs intimes)'' *[[Alwyn Kumst]], ''[[The Divine Ryans]]'' *[[Gregory Middleton]], ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'' *[[Pierre Mignot]], ''[[Alegría (1999 film)|Alegría]]'' |- ! 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]], ''[[Grey Owl (film)|Grey Owl]]''''' *[[Dominique Lemieux]], ''[[Alegría (1999 film)|Alegría]]'' *[[Linda Muir]], ''[[Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999 film)|Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang]]'' *[[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' *[[Györgyi Szakács]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ronald Sanders (film editor)|Ronald Sanders]], ''[[eXistenZ]]''''' *[[Alain Baril]], ''[[Matroni and Me]] (Matroni et moi)'' *[[Jean-François Bergeron (film editor)|Jean-François Bergeron]] and [[Yves Langlois (film editor)|Yves Langlois]], ''[[Alegría (1999 film)|Alegría]]'' *[[André Corriveau (filmmaker)|André Corriveau]], ''[[Winter Stories (film)|Winter Stories]] (Histoires d'hiver)'' *[[Susan Shanks]] and [[Michael Weir (film editor)|Michael Weir]], ''[[Beefcake (film)|Beefcake]]'' |- ! 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}} '''Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Glen Gauthier and Peter Kelly, ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|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 (1999 film)|The Last Breath]]'' *Philip Norman Stall, Martin Lee and Lou Solakofski, ''[[The Five Senses (film)|The Five Senses]]'' *Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly and Brian Simmons, ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jane Tattersall]], Fred Brennan, Dina Eaton, Andy Malcolm and [[David McCallum (sound editor)|David McCallum]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''''' *Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Jérôme Décarie, Christian Rivest and Alice Wright, ''[[The Last Breath (1999 film)|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 (film)|The Five Senses]]'' *Steve Munro, Sue Conley, Andy Malcolm, Tim Roberts and David Drainie Taylor, ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Mychael Danna]], ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]''''' *[[Eric Cadesky]] and [[Nick Dyer (composer)|Nick Dyer]], ''[[Extraordinary Visitor]]'' *[[Jono Grant (composer)|Jono Grant]], ''[[Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999 film)|Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang]]'' *[[Maurice Jarre]], ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' *[[John Wesley Chisholm]], [[Michael Diabo]] and [[John Roby (composer)|John Roby]], ''[[Beefcake (film)|Beefcake]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Glenn Coulson]], [[Marty Beecroft]], [[Joe Heslip]] and [[Peter Luciano]], "One Thing to Say" (''[[Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999 film)|Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang]]'')''' *[[Tim Burns (writer)|Tim Burns]], "It's a Treat to be a Creep" (''[[Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999 film)|Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang]]'') *[[Daniel Bélanger]], "Le dernier souffle" (''[[The Last Breath (1999 film)|The Last Breath]]''} *[[John Wesley Chisholm]], "Beefcake" (''[[Beefcake (film)|Beefcake]]'') *[[Benoit Jutras]] and [[René Dupéré]], "[[Alegría (Cirque du Soleil song)|Alegría]]" (''[[Alegría (1999 film)|Alegría]]'') |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special awards ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | |- | valign="top" | *[[Claude Jutra Award]]: [[Louis Bélanger]], ''[[Post Mortem (1999 film)|Post Mortem]]'' *[[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel Award]]: ''[[Les Boys II]]'' | valign="top" | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Canadian Screen Awards}}

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