18th Genie Awards

18th Genie Awards
18th Genie Awards
Date	1997
Highlights
Best Picture	The Sweet Hereafter
	← 17th; Genie Awards; 19th →;

The 18th Genie Awards were held on 14 December 1997,^[1] to honour the best Canadian films of 1997.

Nominees and winners[]

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text.^[1]^[2]

Motion Picture	Direction
The Sweet Hereafter, Atom Egoyan and Camelia Frieberg Cosmos, Roger Frappier The Hanging Garden, Thom Fitzgerald and Louise Garfield Karmina, Kissed, and Lynne Stopkewich	Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter André Forcier, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Thom Fitzgerald, The Hanging Garden Gabriel Pelletier, Karmina Lynne Stopkewich, Kissed
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Ian Holm, The Sweet Hereafter Alan Williams, The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati Robin Aubert, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Peter Outerbridge, Kissed Bruce Greenwood, The Sweet Hereafter	Molly Parker, Kissed Isabelle Cyr, Karmina Alberta Watson, Shoemaker Sarah Polley, The Sweet Hereafter Gabrielle Rose, The Sweet Hereafter
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Peter MacNeill, The Hanging Garden , The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) , Shoemaker Tom McCamus, The Sweet Hereafter	Seana McKenna, The Hanging Garden France Castel, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Kerry Fox, The Hanging Garden Joan Orenstein, The Hanging Garden France Castel, Karmina
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Anne Claire Poirier, and , Tu as crié LET ME GO and Tim Southam, and Maya Gallus,	Maureen Judge and Janis Lundman, Loretta Todd, , and , Ali Kazimi,
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
Naomi McCormack, The Hangman's Bride Vincenzo Natali, Steven Hoban and , Elevated Marcel Giroux and Sylvain Guy, Scott Smith, Sarah James and ,	, Didier Brunner and Sylvain Chomet, The Old Lady and the Pigeons (La vieille dame et les pigeons) , and , Under the Weather (À l'ombre) and Janet Perlman, Dinner for Two
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
, Karmina Phillip Barker and , The Sweet Hereafter , Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) , The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) and , The Hanging Garden	Paul Sarossy, The Sweet Hereafter Éric Cayla, Karmina , Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) Gregory Middleton, Kissed André Turpin, Cosmos
Costume Design	Editing
, Karmina and Liz Vandal, Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) Francesca Chamberland, The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir) , The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Beth Pasternak, The Sweet Hereafter , The Hanging Garden	, The Hanging Garden Pia Di Ciaula, Intimate Relations Gaétan Huot, Karmina Richard Comeau, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Susan Shipton, The Sweet Hereafter
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly and Ross Redfern, The Sweet Hereafter Luc Boudrias, Don Cohen, Jo Caron and Bruno Ruffolo, Karmina Dominique Chartrand, Jo Caron and , The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Peter Harper, Philippe Espantoso and Georges Hannan, The Hanging Garden , Daniel Bisson, Jo Caron and Marcel Chouinard, The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme)	Steve Munro, Sue Conley, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm and David Drainie Taylor, The Sweet Hereafter Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Martin Pinsonnault, Monique Vézina and Alice Wright, Karmina Marcel Pothier, Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie, Guy Pelletier and Myriam Poirier, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Myriam Poirier, Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie and Jacques Plante, The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme) Marcel Pothier, Guy Francoeur, Antoine Morin, Viateur Paiement and Myriam Poirier, (La Conciergerie)
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Mychael Danna, The Sweet Hereafter François Dompierre, The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) and , Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) Robert Marcel Lepage, The Human Plant (La Plante humaine) , Kissed	François Dompierre and Luc Plamondon, "L'homme idéal" — The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) Mychael Danna and Sarah Polley, "The Sweet Hereafter" — The Sweet Hereafter Kristy Thirsk, "Bounds of Love" — Kissed
Screenplay	Special awards
Thom Fitzgerald, The Hanging Garden Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter André Forcier, The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) Gabriel Pelletier, Yves Pelletier, Andrée Pelletier and , Karmina Lynne Stopkewich and Angus Fraser, Kissed	Board of Directors Award: Telefilm Canada Claude Jutra Award: Thom Fitzgerald, The Hanging Garden Golden Reel Award: Air Bud Achievement in Make-Up: Pierre Saindon, Karmina

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Playback Staff (17 November 1997). "The 1997 Genie Awards". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ "The Sweet Hereafter". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

External links[]

Genie Awards 1997 on imdb Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine

[Playback-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Playback Staff (17 November 1997). "The 1997 Genie Awards". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[CdnEnclyo-2] "The Sweet Hereafter". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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