{{Short description|1986 Canadian film awards}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 7 | award = Genie Awards | date = March 20, 1986 | site = [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] | host = [[Leslie Nielsen]] and [[Catherine Mary Stewart]] | best_picture = ''[[My American Cousin]]'' | most_wins = ''[[My American Cousin]]'' (6)<ref>"My American Cousin goes home with six Genies". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', March 21, 1986.</ref> | most_nominations = ''[[Joshua Then and Now]]'' (12)<ref>"Montreal film leads Genie contenders with 12 nominations". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 14, 1986.</ref> | network = [[CBC Television]] | last = 6th | next = 8th }} The '''7th [[Genie Awards]]''' were held on March 20, 1986, at the [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] to honour achievements in Canadian film in 1985. The ceremony was co-hosted by actors [[Leslie Nielsen]] and [[Catherine Mary Stewart]].<ref>"Genie hosts announced". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 3, 1986.</ref>
After years of excluding foreign members of Canadian film productions from eligibility, everyone could now compete equally. For the first time in the Genies' history, all of the top contenders were well-known films. Voters chose from a strong slate of contenders, although [[Phillip Borsos]] not receiving a nomination in the directing category for ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' was analyzed as a snub.<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> [[Jay Scott]] of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' also initially labelled the lack of a Best Documentary nomination for [[Donald Brittain]]'s ''[[Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks]]'' as a snub;<ref>[[Jay Scott]], "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 14, 1986.</ref> however, as it had been distributed primarily as a television broadcast rather than in theatres, it was instead treated as a television film and received numerous nominations at the Academy's [[1st Gemini Awards]] later the same year.<ref>Sid Adilman, "Anne leads field in Geminis race". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 16, 1986.</ref>
The academy presented two Special Achievement awards, the first to [[IMAX]] president and co-founder [[Graeme Ferguson (filmmaker)|Graeme Ferguson]]. The second was to [[Judith Crawley]] and [[F.R. Crawley|Radford 'Budge' Crawley]] in recognition of 40 years of contributions to the Canadian film industry. They couple began their career making training films for the [[National Film Board of Canada]]; by the 1950s, Crawley Films was the largest independent production company in Canada. Their 1975 film ''[[The Man Who Skied Down Everest]]'' was the first Canadian feature-length documentary to win an [[Academy Award|Oscar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 48th Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |website=oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><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>
==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}} '''''[[My American Cousin]]'' — [[Peter O'Brian (film producer)|Peter O'Brian]]''' *''[[90 Days (film)|90 Days]]'' — [[David Wilson (producer)|David Wilson]] and [[Giles Walker]] *''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)'' — [[Justine Héroux]] *''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' — [[Robert Lantos]] and [[Stephen J. Roth]] *''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' — [[Peter O'Brian (film producer)|Peter O'Brian]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sandy Wilson (director)|Sandy Wilson]], ''[[My American Cousin]]''''' *[[Jean Beaudin]], ''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)'' *[[Claude Jutra]], ''[[The Dame in Colour]] (La dame en couleurs)'' *[[Ted Kotcheff]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' *[[Giles Walker]], ''[[90 Days (film)|90 Days]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[John Wildman (actor)|John Wildman]], ''[[My American Cousin]]''''' *[[Serge Dupire]], ''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)'' *[[Ed McNamara]], ''[[Bayo (film)|Bayo]]'' *[[Alan Scarfe]], ''[[Overnight (1985 film)|Overnight]]'' *[[R.H. Thomson]], ''[[Samuel Lount (film)|Samuel Lount]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Margaret Langrick]], ''[[My American Cousin]]''''' *[[Charlotte Laurier]], ''[[The Dame in Colour]] (La dame en couleurs)'' *[[Christine Pak]], ''[[90 Days (film)|90 Days]]'' *[[Monique Spaziani]], ''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)'' *[[Mary Steenburgen]], ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Alan Arkin]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]''''' *[[Richard Donat]], ''[[My American Cousin]]'' *[[Duncan Fraser (actor)|Duncan Fraser]], ''[[Overnight (1985 film)|Overnight]]'' *[[Sam Grana]], ''[[90 Days (film)|90 Days]]'' *[[Sean Sullivan (actor)|Sean Sullivan]], ''[[The Boy in Blue (1986 film)|The Boy in Blue]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Linda Sorenson]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]''''' *[[Lally Cadeau]], ''[[Separate Vacations]]'' *[[Barbara Gordon (actress)|Barbara Gordon]], ''[[Overnight (1985 film)|Overnight]]'' *[[Fernanda Tavares (actress)|Fernanda Tavares]], ''[[90 Days (film)|90 Days]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|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}} '''''[[Final Offer]]'' — [[Robert Collison]] and [[Sturla Gunnarsson]]''' *''[[Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got]]'' — [[Brigitte Berman]] *''[[The Choice of a People]] (Le Choix d'un peuple)'' — [[Bernard Lalonde]] *''[[Tears Are Not Enough]]'' — [[John Zaritsky]] *''[[Waterwalker]]'' — [[Bill Mason]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[No More Hiroshima]]'' — [[Martin Duckworth]]''' *''[[Neon, an Electric Memoir]]'' — [[Rudy Buttignol]] *''[[Skyward (documentary)|Skyward]]'' — [[Roman Kroitor]] |- ! 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}} '''''[[The Edit (film)|The Edit]]'' — [[Paul Caulfield]]''' *''[[Summer Rain (1985 film)|Summer Rain]] (Pluie d’été)'' — [[Louis-Georges Tétreault]] *''[[Working Title (film)|Working Title]]'' — [[Fred Jones (filmmaker)|Fred Jones]] and [[Ken Scott (filmmaker)|Ken Scott]] | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Big Snit]]'', [[Richard Condie]] and [[Michael J. F. Scott|Michael Scott]]''' *''[[Paradise (1984 film)|Paradise]] (Paradis)'', [[Ishu Patel]] *''[[Sylvia (1985 Canadian film)|Sylvia]]'', Yves Leduc |- ! 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}} '''[[Anne Pritchard]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]''''' *[[William Beeton (art director)|William Beeton]], ''[[The Boy in Blue (1986 film)|The Boy in Blue]]'' *[[Bill Brodie (designer)|Bill Brodie]], ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' *[[Phil Schmidt]], ''[[My American Cousin]]'' *[[François Séguin]], ''[[Night Magic]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[François Protat]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]''''' *[[Marc Champion]], ''[[Samuel Lount (film)|Samuel Lount]]'' *[[Frank Tidy]], ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[Louise Jobin]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]''''' *[[Sheila Bingham (designer)|Sheila Bingham]] and [[Phillip Clarkson]], ''[[My American Cousin]]'' *[[Olga Dimitrov]], ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' *[[Olga Dimitrov]], ''[[Samuel Lount (film)|Samuel Lount]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Haida Paul]], ''[[My American Cousin]]''''' *[[Richard Martin (editor)|Richard Martin]], ''[[Samuel Lount (film)|Samuel Lount]]'' *[[Sally Paterson]], ''[[Overnight (1985 film)|Overnight]]'' *[[David Wilson (producer)|David Wilson]], ''[[90 Days (film)|90 Days]]'' *[[Ron Wisman]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' |- ! 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}} '''David Appleby, Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Nyznik, Bruce Carwardine, [[Glen Gauthier]] and Don White, ''[[One Magic Christmas]]''''' *Don Cohen, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, and Joe Grimaldi, ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' *Garrell Clark and Paul A. Sharpe, ''[[My American Cousin]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''Robin Leigh, [[Richard Cadger]], [[Glen Gauthier]], Michael O'Farrell, [[Alan Geldart]], [[Alison Clark]] and [[Peter Thilaye]], ''[[One Magic Christmas]]''''' *Jacqueline Cristianini, [[Alison Clark]], [[Tony Currie (editor)|Tony Currie]] and Gordon Thompson, ''[[My American Cousin]]'' *Adrian Croll, Jean-Pierre Joutel, and Richard Besse, ''[[The Dame in Colour]] (La dame en couleurs)'' *Robin Leigh, [[David Evans (editor)|David Evans]], Fred Brennan, [[Richard Cadger]], [[Penny Hozy]], and Wayne Griffin, ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' *Michael O'Farrell, ''[[Samuel Lount (film)|Samuel Lount]]'' *[[Serge Viau]] and Paul Dion, ''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)'' *Don White, David Appleby, and Dan Latour, ''[[The Boy in Blue (1986 film)|The Boy in Blue]]'' |- ! 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}} '''[[François Dompierre]], ''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)''''' *[[Lewis Furey]], ''[[Night Magic]]'' *[[Lewis Furey]], ''[[The Peanut Butter Solution]]'' *[[Philippe Sarde]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Lewis Furey]] and [[Leonard Cohen]], "Angel Eyes" — ''[[Night Magic]]''''' *[[Lewis Furey]] and [[Leonard Cohen]], "Fire" — ''[[Night Magic]]'' *[[Lewis Furey]], [[Eddy Marnay]], Howard Forman and [[Judi Richards]], "Michael's Song" — ''[[The Peanut Butter Solution]]'' *[[Michel Rivard (musician)|Michel Rivard]], "Le temps nous depasse" — ''[[Jacques and November]] (Jacques et novembre)'' *[[John Sebastian]], "Nobody Cares Like a Bear" — ''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Screenplay]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Special awards |- | valign="top" | *{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sandy Wilson (director)|Sandy Wilson]], ''[[My American Cousin]]''''' *[[Mordecai Richler]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now (film)|Joshua Then and Now]]'' *[[Louise Rinfret]] and [[Claude Jutra]], ''[[The Dame in Colour]] (La dame en couleurs)'' *[[Lise Lemay-Rousseau]], ''[[The Alley Cat (1985 film)|The Alley Cat]] (Le Matou)'' | valign="top" | *[[Golden Reel Award (Canada)|Golden Reel Award]]: '''''[[The Care Bears Movie]]''''' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
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