6th Genie Awards

6th Genie Awards
6th Genie Awards
Date	March 21, 1985
Site	Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted by	Al Waxman, Kerrie Keane
Highlights
Best Picture	The Bay Boy
Most awards	The Bay Boy (6)
Most nominations	The Bay Boy (11)
Television coverage
Network	CBC Television
	← 5th; Genie Awards; 7th →;

The 6th Genie Awards were held on March 21, 1985, to honour achievements in Canadian cinema in 1984.^[1] It was the first time the Genies were broadcast live across Canada by CBC Television,^[3] and they drew 1.9 million viewers. The event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, was cohosted by Al Waxman and Kerrie Keane.^[1]

Only four films were nominated for Best Motion Picture this year; two additional films had tied in the voting for the fifth spot, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television opted to nominate only four films rather than extending the category to six nominees.^[2] However, similar ties in a few other categories did result in six nominees being named.^[2]

Nominees and winners[]

Motion Picture	Direction
The Bay Boy — Denis Héroux, John Kemeny) A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) — Bernadette Payeur The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) — , Rock Demers Mario — Jean Beaudin,	Micheline Lanctôt, Sonatine Atom Egoyan, Next of Kin Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Le jour S... Don Owen, Unfinished Business Léa Pool, A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel)
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Gabriel Arcand, The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) Xavier Norman Petermann, Mario Winston Rekert, Walls Kiefer Sutherland, The Bay Boy Kenneth Welsh, Reno and the Doc	Louise Marleau, A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) Pascale Bussières, Sonatine Linda Griffiths, Reno and the Doc Isabelle Mejias, Unfinished Business Andrée Pelletier, Walls Sonja Smits, That's My Baby!
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Alan Scarfe, The Bay Boy , My Kind of Town Peter Donat, The Bay Boy Donald Pilon, The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) Peter Spence, Unfinished Business	Linda Sorenson, Draw! Jackie Burroughs, The Surrogate Barbara Law, Bedroom Eyes , Walls , The Bay Boy Leah Pinsent, The Bay Boy
Documentary	Best Theatrical Short
Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive, and Hookers on Davie, Holly Dale and Janis Cole To the Rhythm of My Heart (Au rythme de mon coeur), Jean Pierre Lefebvre	Charade, John Minnis , , and , and
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
, The Bay Boy , The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves) , The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) , Draw! , Mario	Pierre Mignot, Mario François Protat, The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) , Draw! , Isaac Littlefeathers , Thrillkill , Unfinished Business
Costume Design	Editing
Renée April, The Bay Boy , The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) , The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) Wendy Partridge, Isaac Littlefeathers , Sonatine	André Corriveau, The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) , The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) Frank Irvine, My Kind of Town
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Bruce Nyznik, Richard Besse, and , Mario Patrick Rousseau, David Appleby, and Don White, The Bay Boy Joe Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, , and Austin Grimaldi, Draw! Serge Beauchemin, Austin Grimaldi, and Don White, The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) David Appleby, Christopher Tate, Don White, and Garrell Clark, Isaac Littlefeathers	and Peter Burgess, The Bay Boy Jim Hopkins, Draw! Claude Langlois and , The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) Michael O'Farrell and , Isaac Littlefeathers and Wayne Griffin, Mario , That's My Baby!
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
François Dompierre, Mario Paul Zaza, Isaac Littlefeathers , Reno and the Doc , Sonatine and , Walls , The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques))	Yves Laferrière, Marjolène Morin and Paule Baillargeon, "Touch Me" — A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) , Robert Léger and , "L'Amour a pris son temps" — The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) and Charles Dennis, "A Little Piece of Forever" — Reno and the Doc
Screenplay	Special awards
Daniel Petrie, The Bay Boy Michel Langlois and Léa Pool, A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) Micheline Lanctôt, Sonatine Don Owen, Unfinished Business	Air Canada Award: Don Haig^[1] Golden Reel Award: The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques)^[4] Special Achievement: Ivan Reitman, Paul LeBlanc^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Daniel Petrie's 'Bay Boy' harbors six Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette, March 22, 1985.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985.
^ ^a ^b "CBC to broadcast Genies special". The Globe and Mail, March 15, 1985.
^ "'Tuques' first French Golden Reel winner". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 1985.

[sixwins-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Daniel Petrie's 'Bay Boy' harbors six Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette, March 22, 1985.

[nominations-2] "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985.

[cbc-3] "CBC to broadcast Genies special". The Globe and Mail, March 15, 1985.

[4] "'Tuques' first French Golden Reel winner". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 1985.

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