31st Genie Awards

{{Short description|2011 Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 31 | award = Genie Awards | date = March 10, 2011 | site = [[National Arts Centre]], [[Ottawa]] | host = [[William Shatner]] | best_picture = ''[[Incendies]]'' | most_wins = ''Incendies'' (8) | most_nominations = ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' (11) | network = [[Independent Film Channel (Canada)|Independent Film Channel]], [[CBC.ca]], [[The Movie Network]] (delayed broadcast) and [[Movie Central]] (delayed broadcast) | last = 30th | next = 32nd }}

The '''31st [[Genie Awards]]''' ceremony was held on March 10, 2011 to honour films released in 2010.<ref name=star>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/932174--barney-s-version-nabs-11-genie-noms?bn=1#article "'Barney's Version' nabs 11 Genie noms"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 2, 2011.</ref> Nominations were announced on February 2, 2011.<ref name=star />

[[William Shatner]] was announced as the ceremony's host on February 16.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/arts/william-shatner-to-host-genie-awards "William Shatner to host Genie Awards"]. ''[[National Post]]'', February 16, 2011.</ref>

==Winners and nominees== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Motion Picture|Motion Picture]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction|Direction]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Incendies]]'' — [[Luc Déry]] and [[Kim McCraw]]''' *''[[10½]]'' — [[Pierre Gendron (producer)|Pierre Gendron]] *''[[Heartbeats (2010 film)|Heartbeats]] (Les Amours imaginaires)'' — [[Xavier Dolan]], [[Carole Mondello]] and [[Daniel Morin]] *''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' — [[Robert Lantos]] *''[[Splice (film)|Splice]]'' — [[Steven Hoban]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Denis Villeneuve]], ''[[Incendies]]''''' *[[Xavier Dolan]], ''[[Heartbeats (2010 film)|Heartbeats]] (Les Amours imaginaires)'' *[[Richard J. Lewis]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' *[[Vincenzo Natali]], ''[[Splice (film)|Splice]]'' *[[Daniel Grou|Podz]], ''[[10½]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|Actor in a leading role]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role|Actress in a leading role]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Paul Giamatti]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Jay Baruchel]], ''[[The Trotsky]]'' *[[Robert Naylor (actor)|Robert Naylor]], ''[[10½]]'' *[[Timothy Olyphant]], ''[[High Life (2009 film)|High Life]]'' *[[François Papineau]], ''[[Route 132 (film)|Route 132]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lubna Azabal]], ''[[Incendies]]''''' *[[Tatiana Maslany]], ''[[Grown Up Movie Star]]'' *[[Molly Parker]], ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'' *[[Rosamund Pike]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' *[[Tracy Wright]], ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role|Actor in a supporting role]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role|Actress in a supporting role]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dustin Hoffman]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Martin Dubreuil]], ''[[10½]]'' *[[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]], ''[[Route 132 (film)|Route 132]]'' *[[Callum Keith Rennie]], ''[[Gunless]]'' *[[Rossif Sutherland]], ''[[High Life (2009 film)|High Life]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Minnie Driver]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Sonja Bennett]], ''[[Cole (film)|Cole]]'' *[[Anne-Élisabeth Bossé]], ''[[Heartbeats (2010 film)|Heartbeats]] (Les Amours imaginaires)'' *[[Terra Hazelton]], ''[[FUBAR 2]]'' *[[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]], ''[[Crackie]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay|Original Screenplay]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Adapted Screenplay]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jacob Tierney]], ''[[The Trotsky]]''''' *[[Louis Bélanger]] and [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]], ''[[Route 132 (film)|Route 132]]'' *[[Claude Lalonde]], ''[[10½]]'' *[[Adriana Maggs]], ''[[Grown Up Movie Star]]'' *[[Peter Stebbings]], ''[[Defendor]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Denis Villeneuve]], ''[[Incendies]]''''' *[[Michael Konyves]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]'' *[[Lee MacDougall]], ''[[High Life (2009 film)|High Life]]'' *[[Vic Sarin]], [[Dennis Foon]] and [[Catherine Spear]], ''[[A Shine of Rainbows (film)|A Shine of Rainbows]]'' *[[Patrick Senécal]], ''[[7 Days (2010 film)|7 Days]] (Les 7 jours du Talion)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Best Live Action Short Drama]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Animated Short|Best Animated Short]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lisa Jackson (director)|Lisa Jackson]], [[Lauren Grant]] and [[Lori Lozinski]], ''[[Savage (2009 film)|Savage]]''''' *[[John Christou (producer)|John Christou]] and [[Jeff Barnaby]], ''[[File Under Miscellaneous]]'' *[[Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais]] and [[Vincent Hoss-Desmarais]], ''[[Marius Borodine]]'' *[[Kazik Radwanski]] and [[Daniel Montgomery (filmmaker)|Daniel Montgomery]], ''[[Out in That Deep Blue Sea]]'' *[[Kaveh Nabatian]], [[Cédric Bourdeau]] and [[Stéphane Tanguay]], ''[[Vapor (film)|Vapor]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Theodore Ushev]] and [[Marc Bertrand]], ''[[Lipsett Diaries]]''''' *[[Claude Cloutier]] and [[Marc Bertrand]], ''[[The Trenches]] (La Tranchée)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design|Art Direction/Production Design]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography|Cinematography]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Claude Paré]] and [[Élise de Blois]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Gilles Aird]], ''[[10½]]'' *[[André-Line Beauparlant]], ''[[Incendies]]'' *[[Arvinder Grewal]], ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'' *[[Myron Hyrak]], ''[[FUBAR 2]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[André Turpin]], ''[[Incendies]]''''' *[[Bernard Couture]], ''[[10½]]'' *[[Ronald Plante]], ''[[Piché: The Landing of a Man]] (Piché: entre ciel et terre)'' *[[Claudine Sauvé]], ''[[The Wild Hunt (film)|The Wild Hunt]]'' *[[Stéphanie Weber Biron]], ''[[Heartbeats (2010 film)|Heartbeats]] (Les Amours imaginaires)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design|Costume Design]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing|Editing]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Nicoletta Massone]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Denise Cronenberg]], ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'' *[[Mario Davignon]], ''[[The Trotsky]]'' *[[Patricia McNeil]], ''[[The Wild Hunt (film)|The Wild Hunt]]'' *[[Beverly Wowchuk]], ''[[Gunless]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Monique Dartonne]], ''[[Incendies]]''''' *[[Michele Conroy]], ''[[Splice (film)|Splice]]'' *[[Matthew Hannam]], ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'' *[[Valérie Héroux]], ''[[10½]]'' *[[Yvann Thibaudeau]], ''[[Piché: The Landing of a Man]] (Piché: entre ciel et terre)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound|Overall Sound]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing|Sound Editing]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jean Umansky]] and [[Jean-Pierre Laforce]], ''[[Incendies]]''''' *[[Christian Cooke (sound designer)|Christian Cooke]] and Steve Moore, ''[[Defendor]]'' *Leon Johnson, [[Stephan Carrier]] and Kirk Lynds, ''[[High Life (2009 film)|High Life]]'' *Michel Lecoufle, Daniel Bisson, [[Luc Boudrias]] and Jean-Charles Desjardins, ''[[7 Days (2010 film)|7 Days]] (Les 7 jours du Talion)'' *John Thomson, Andrew Stirk, Andrew Tay and [[Mark Zsifkovits]], ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sylvain Bellemare]], Simon Meilleur and Claire Pochon, ''[[Incendies]]''''' *Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Natalie Fleurant and Nicolas Gagnon, ''[[7 Days (2010 film)|7 Days]] (Les 7 jours du Talion)'' *Stephen Barden, Steve Baine, [[Kevin Banks]], Alex Bullick and Jill Purdy, ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'' *Mark Gingras, Tom Bjelic, Katrijn Halliday, Dale Lennon and John Smith, ''[[Defendor]]'' *Dave Rose and [[David McCallum (sound editor)|David McCallum]], ''[[Splice (film)|Splice]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score|Achievement in Music: Original Score]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song|Achievement in Music: Original Song]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Pasquale Catalano]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Brendan Canning]], ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'' *[[Jonathan Goldsmith (musician)|Jonathan Goldsmith]], ''[[High Life (2009 film)|High Life]]'' *[[Keegan Jessamy]] and [[Bryce Mitchell]], ''[[At Home by Myself...With You]]'' *[[Sook-Yin Lee]], [[Buck 65]] and [[Adam Litovitz]], ''[[Year of the Carnivore]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Mary Milne]], "Already Gone" (''[[The Trotsky]]'')''' *[[Buck 65]], "What's Wrong with That?" (''[[Year of the Carnivore]]'') *[[Cherie Pyne]], "Tender Steps" (''[[Crackie]]'') *[[Elliott Brood|Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet and Stephen Pitkin]], "West End Sky" (''[[Grown Up Movie Star]]'') *[[Paul Spence]], "There's No Place Like Christmas" (''[[FUBAR 2]]'') |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Documentary]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Makeup|Achievement in Make-Up]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Last Train Home (film)|Last Train Home]]'' — [[Lixin Fan]], [[Mila Aung-Thwin]] and [[Daniel Cross (filmmaker)|Daniel Cross]]''' *''[[In the Name of the Family]]'' — [[Shelley Saywell]] and [[Deborah Parks]] *''[[Journey's End (2010 film)|Journey's End]] (La Belle Visite)'' — [[Jean-François Caissy]] *''[[Leave Them Laughing]]'' — [[John Zaritsky]] and [[Montana Berg]] *''[[You Don't Like the Truth: Four Days Inside Guantanamo]]'' — [[Luc Côté]] and [[Patricio Henríquez]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Adrien Morot]] and [[Micheline Trépanier]], ''[[Barney's Version (film)|Barney's Version]]''''' *[[Kathryn Casault]], ''[[Incendies]]'' *Paul Jones, [[Leslie Sebert]] and Vincent Sullivan, ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'' *[[Hélène-Manon Poudrette]], ''[[The Wild Hunt (film)|The Wild Hunt]]'' *[[Marlène Rouleau]] and [[C.J. Goldman]], ''[[7 Days (2010 film)|7 Days]] (Les 7 jours du Talion)'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Claude Jutra Award]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel Award]] |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jephté Bastien]], ''[[Exit 67]] (Sortie 67)''''' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]''''' |}

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== External links == *[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000276/2011?ref_=ttawd_ev_8 31st Genie Awards] at [[IMDb]]

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