2nd Genie Awards

{{Short description|1981 Canadian film awards}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 2 | award = Genie Awards | date = March 12, 1981 | site = [[Royal Alexandra Theatre]], [[Toronto]] | host = [[Brian Linehan]] | best_picture = ''Les bons débarras'' ''([[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]])'' | most_wins = ''Les bons débarras'' ''([[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]])'' (8) | most_nominations = ''Les bons débarras'' ''([[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]])''<br>''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | last = 1st | next = 3rd }} The '''2nd [[Genie Awards]]''' were held March 12, 1981, honouring [[Cinema of Canada|Canadian]] films released in 1980.<ref name=released>[[Jay Scott]], "Genie nominations released". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 10, 1981.</ref> The ceremony, which was broadcast live by the [[CBC Television|CBC]], was held at the [[Royal Alexandra Theatre]] and was hosted by television host [[Brian Linehan]].<ref name=sweeps>[[Jay Scott]], "Les Bons débarras sweeps the Genies". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 13, 1981.</ref>

The most notable sight of the evening was Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] escorting starlet [[Kim Cattrall]];<ref name=sweeps /> the moment received renewed media attention in March 2016 when ''[[60 Minutes]]'', in a profile of [[Justin Trudeau]], ran a photo of the appearance while mis-identifying Cattrall as [[Margaret Trudeau]].<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/06/60-minutes-mixes-up-margaret-trudeau-and-kim-cattrall.html "60 Minutes mixes up Margaret Trudeau and Kim Cattrall"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 6, 2016.</ref>

The films ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les Bons débarras)'' and ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' tied for the most nominations overall.<ref name=released /> ''Les bons débarras'' won most of the major awards, including [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture]].<ref name=sweeps />

For the first time, screenings for academy members were held in western Canada, in Edmonton and Vancouver. Later in the year the Academy of Canadian Cinema held the [[Bijou Awards]], a one-time ceremony to honour non-feature and non-theatrical films, and to present some of the specialized categories that had been dropped from the Genies in their transition from the [[Canadian Film Awards]].<ref>"Brides nominated for 7 awards". ''[[The Province]]'', October 7, 1981.</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}} '''''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' ([[Claude Godbout]], [[Marcia Couelle]]) * ''[[The Handyman (1980 film)|The Handyman]] (L'Homme à tout faire)'' ([[René Malo]]) * ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' ([[Fil Fraser]]) * ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]'' ([[André Fleury (producer)|André Fleury]], [[Claude Léger]]) * ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' ([[Joel B. Michaels]], [[Garth Drabinsky]]) | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Francis Mankiewicz]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' *[[Bob Clark]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' *[[Zale Dalen]], ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' *[[Jean-Claude Labrecque]], ''[[The Coffin Affair]] (L'Affaire Coffin)'' *[[Micheline Lanctôt]], ''[[The Handyman (1980 film)|The Handyman]] (L'Homme à tout faire)'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Thomas Peacocke]], ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]''''' * [[Jocelyn Bérubé]], ''[[The Handyman (1980 film)|The Handyman]] (L'Homme à tout faire)'' * [[Lewis Furey]], ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]'' * [[Winston Rekert]], ''[[Suzanne (1980 film)|Suzanne]]'' * [[August Schellenberg]], ''[[The Coffin Affair]] (L'Affaire Coffin)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marie Tifo]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' *[[Geneviève Bujold]], ''[[Final Assignment]]'' *[[Jennifer Dale]], ''[[Suzanne (1980 film)|Suzanne]]'' *[[Charlotte Laurier]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)'' *[[Andrée Pelletier]], ''[[The Handyman (1980 film)|The Handyman]] (L'Homme à tout faire)'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Germain Houde]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' * [[Gabriel Arcand]], ''[[Suzanne (1980 film)|Suzanne]]'' * [[David Ferry (actor)|David Ferry]], ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' * [[Robert Joy]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]'' * [[John Marley]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kate Reid]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]''''' * [[Colleen Dewhurst]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' * [[Gale Garnett]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' * [[Frances Hyland]], ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' * [[Micheline Lanctôt]], ''[[The Coffin Affair]] (L'Affaire Coffin)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor|Foreign Actor]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress|Foreign Actress]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jack Lemmon]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]''''' * [[Bruce Dern]], ''[[Middle Age Crazy]]'' * [[Burt Lancaster]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]'' * [[Brett Marx]], ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]'' * [[Rod Steiger]], ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Susan Sarandon]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]''''' * [[Ann-Margret]], ''[[Middle Age Crazy]]'' * [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], ''[[Prom Night (1980 film)|Prom Night]]'' * [[Louise Fletcher]], ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]'' * [[Lee Remick]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Réjean Ducharme]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' * [[Marc Rosen]], ''[[Final Assignment]]'' * [[Jean-Claude Labrecque]], [[Jacques Benoit (writer)|Jacques Benoit]], ''[[The Coffin Affair]] (L'Affaire Coffin)'' * [[Micheline Lanctôt]], ''[[The Handyman (1980 film)|The Handyman]] (L'Homme à tout faire)'' * [[Ken Mitchell]], ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Max Fischer (screenwriter)|Max Fischer]] and [[Jack Rosenthal]], ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]''''' *[[Bernard Slade]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' *[[Ronald Sutherland]] and [[Robin Spry]], ''[[Suzanne (1980 film)|Suzanne]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Documentary]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film|Best Theatrical Short]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Guy Simoneau]], ''[[Some Even Fall in Love]] (Plusiers tombent en amour)''''' *[[William Johnston (producer)|William Johnston]], ''[[The Dream Never Dies (film)|The Dream Never Dies]]'' *[[Arthur Lamothe]], ''[[A Wives' Tale]] (Une histoire de femmes)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Halya Kuchmij]], ''[[The Strongest Man in the World (1980 film)|The Strongest Man in the World]]''''' *[[Roberta King]] and [[Ronald Squire (producer)|Ronald Squire]], ''[[Heavy Horse Pull]]'' *[[Michael Mills (director)|Michael Mills]], ''[[History of the World in Three Minutes Flat]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design|Art Direction]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Cinematography]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Anne Pritchard]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]''''' *[[Glenn Bydwell]], ''[[Terror Train]]'' *[[Anne Pritchard]] and [[Jocelyn Joly]], ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]'' *[[Michel Proulx]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)'' *[[Normand Sarazin]], ''[[The Handyman (1980 film)|The Handyman]] (L'Homme à tout faire)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michel Brault]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' *[[Richard Ciupka]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]'' *[[Miklós Lente]], ''[[Suzanne (1980 film)|Suzanne]]'' *[[Reginald H. Morris]], ''[[Phobia (1980 film)|Phobia]]'' *[[François Protat]], ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Anne Pritchard]], ''[[Fantastica (1980 film)|Fantastica]]''''' *[[François Barbeau]], ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City, U.S.A.]]'' *[[Louise Jobin]], ''[[Suzanne (1980 film)|Suzanne]]'' *[[Linda Matheson]], ''[[Middle Age Crazy]]'' *[[Diane Paquet]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[André Corriveau (filmmaker)|André Corriveau]], ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' * [[Pierre Jalbert]], ''[[Final Assignment]]'' * [[Brian Ravok]], ''[[Prom Night (1980 film)|Prom Night]]'' * [[Tony Lower]], ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' * [[Michael McLaverty]], ''[[The Kidnapping of the President]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Overall Sound|Sound]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing|Sound Editing]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Henri Blondeau and Michel Descombes, ''[[Good Riddance (film)|Good Riddance]] (Les bons débarras)''''' * Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, David Appleby, [[Bo Harwood]], ''[[Terror Train]]'' * Larry Sutton, Paul Coombe, Mike Hoogenboom, ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' * Mike Hoogenboom, Nolan Roberts, Doug Ganton, ''[[The Kidnapping of the President]]'' * Patrick Rousseau, Michel Descombes, ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]'' * Joe Grimaldi, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, [[David Lee (American sound engineer)|David Lee]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Jean-Guy Montpetit, ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]''''' *[[Kenneth Heeley-Ray]], Wayne Griffin and Patrick Drummond, ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' *Jim Hopkins, ''[[The Hounds of Notre Dame]]'' *Bruce Nyznik, ''[[Final Assignment]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score|Best Musical Score]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special Awards |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Art Philips]], ''[[The Lucky Star (1980 film)|The Lucky Star]]''''' * [[Matthew McCauley (producer)|Matthew McCauley]], ''[[Middle Age Crazy]]'' * [[John Mills-Cockell]], ''[[Terror Train]]'' * [[Kenneth Wannberg]], ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]'' | valign="top" | *[[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel]]: ''[[The Changeling (1980 film)|The Changeling]]'' *[[Special Achievement Genie]]: [[Micheline Lanctôt]] *Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: Violet Crone, Robert Crone |}

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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000276/1981 Genie Awards 1981] on [[IMDb]]

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