20th Genie Awards

20th Genie Awards
20th Genie Awards
Date	2000
Hosted by	Patrick McKenna
Highlights
Most nominations	Sunshine
Television coverage
Network	CBC
	← 19th; Genie Awards; 21st →;

The 20th Genie Awards were held in 2000 to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony was hosted by Patrick McKenna.

After the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television decided to revise rules allowing films with only a minority of Canadian involvement in production to compete, Sunshine was nominated for 14 awards and Felicia's Journey was nominated for 10.^[2]

Nominees and winners[]

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text.

Motion Picture	Direction
Sunshine, and Robert Lantos eXistenZ, Robert Lantos, David Cronenberg and Felicia's Journey, Bruce Davey The Five Senses, Camelia Frieberg and Jeremy Podeswa Post Mortem, Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver), Claude Gagnon and	Jeremy Podeswa, The Five Senses Léa Pool, Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) Atom Egoyan, Felicia's Journey Louis Bélanger, Post Mortem Istvan Szabo, Sunshine
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Bob Hoskins, Felicia's Journey Joël Drapeau-Dalpé, Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) Denis Bouchard, Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) Gabriel Arcand, Post Mortem Ralph Fiennes, Sunshine Daniel MacIvor, The Five Senses	Sylvie Moreau, Post Mortem Elaine Cassidy, Felicia's Journey Jennifer Ehle, Sunshine Rosemary Harris, Sunshine Mary-Louise Parker, The Five Senses
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Mark McKinney, Dog Park Alex Ivanovici, Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) Gabriel Arcand, The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde) James Frain, Sunshine William Hurt, Sunshine	Catherine O'Hara, The Life Before This , Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) Kathryn Zenna, Jack and Jill Rachel Weisz, Sunshine Deborah Kara Unger, Sunshine
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Louis Bélanger, Post Mortem Bruce McCulloch, Dog Park Jeremy Podeswa, The Five Senses Léa Pool, Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) Monique Proulx, The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde)	Atom Egoyan, Felicia's Journey François Bouvier and Marc Robitaille, Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) Jean-Philippe Duval and Alexis Martin, Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) , Heart of the Sun Wayne Johnston, The Divine Ryans Monique Proulx and Jean Beaudin, Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation, , Catherine Annau and Quest for the Lost Tribes, Simcha Jacobovici and Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism,	, , Érik Canuel and , Rudy Buttignol and
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
Moving Day, and Chronique d'un cheval fou, and Kuproquo, and Meanwhile (Pendant ce temps...), and Ghyslaine Côté ,	When the Day Breaks, , Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby Ludovic: The Snow Gift, and Co Hoedeman The Old Man and the Sea, , Aleksandr Petrov and
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
François Séguin, Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) and , Boy Meets Girl , Sunshine , and , The Five Senses Carol Spier and , eXistenz	Paul Sarossy, Felicia's Journey Pierre Gill, Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) , The Divine Ryans Gregory Middleton, The Five Senses Pierre Mignot, Alegría
Costume Design	Editing
Renée April, Grey Owl , Alegría Linda Muir, Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang Sandy Powell, Felicia's Journey Györgyi Szakács, Sunshine	Ronald Sanders, eXistenZ , Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) Jean-François Bergeron and , Alegría André Corriveau, Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) and , Beefcake
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Glen Gauthier and Peter Kelly, Sunshine Serge Beauchemin, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and , Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) Michel Descombes, Jo Caron, Michel Charron and Gavin Fernandes, The Last Breath Philip Norman Stall, Martin Lee and Lou Solakofski, The Five Senses Daniel Pellerin, Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly and Brian Simmons, Felicia's Journey	Jane Tattersall, Fred Brennan, Dina Eaton, Andy Malcolm and David McCallum, Sunshine Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Jérôme Décarie, Christian Rivest and Alice Wright, 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 Steve Munro, Sue Conley, Andy Malcolm, Tim Roberts and David Drainie Taylor, Felicia's Journey
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Mychael Danna, Felicia's Journey and , Extraordinary Visitor Jono Grant, Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang Maurice Jarre, Sunshine John Wesley Chisholm, and , Beefcake	*Glenn Coulson, Marty Beecroft, Joe Heslip and Peter Luciano, "One Thing to Say" (Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang)* Tim Burns, "It's a Treat to be a Creep" (Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang) Daniel Bélanger, "Le dernier souffle" (The Last Breath} John Wesley Chisholm, "Beefcake" (Beefcake) Benoit Jutras and René Dupéré, "Alegría" (Alegría)
Special awards
Claude Jutra Award: Louis Bélanger, Post Mortem Golden Reel Award: Les Boys II

References[]

^ "Sunshine, Felicia's Journey top Genie Awards". CBC News. 31 January 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ Kelly, Brendan (13 December 1999). "Genies bottle `Sunshine,' `Journey' for kudo noms". Variety. Vol. 377, no. 5. p. 8.

[1] "Sunshine, Felicia's Journey top Genie Awards". CBC News. 31 January 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

[Kelly-2] Kelly, Brendan (13 December 1999). "Genies bottle `Sunshine,' `Journey' for kudo noms". Variety. Vol. 377, no. 5. p. 8.

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