9th Genie Awards

9th Genie Awards
9th Genie Awards
Date	March 22, 1988
Site	Metro Toronto Convention Centre; Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	Megan Follows, Gordon Pinsent
Highlights
Best Picture	Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)
Most awards	Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) (13)
Most nominations	Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) (14)
	← 8th; Genie Awards; 10th →;

The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988, and honoured Canadian films released in 1987.^[1] The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was co-hosted by Megan Follows and Gordon Pinsent.

The awards were dominated by Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit), which won a still unmatched thirteen awards.^[2] The film garnered 14 nominations overall;^[3] the film's only nomination that failed to translate into a win was Gilles Maheu's nod for Best Actor, as he lost to the film's other Best Actor nominee, Roger Lebel. The female acting awards were won by Sheila McCarthy and Paule Baillargeon for the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, the only other narrative feature film to win any Genie awards that year; only the Documentary and Short Film awards, in which neither Night Zoo nor I've Heard the Mermaids Singing were even eligible for consideration, were won by any other film.

Winners and nominees[]

Motion Picture	Direction
Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) — Roger Frappier and Family Viewing — Atom Egoyan I've Heard the Mermaids Singing — Patricia Rozema and Alexandra Raffe Life Classes — Stephen Reynolds Train of Dreams — Sam Grana	Jean-Claude Lauzon, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Atom Egoyan, Family Viewing Marquise Lepage, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) Patricia Rozema, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing John N. Smith, Train of Dreams
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Roger Lebel, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) David Hemblen, Family Viewing Gilles Maheu, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Jason St. Amour, Train of Dreams	Sheila McCarthy, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Frédérique Collin, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) Jacinta Cormier, Life Classes Kate Lynch, Taking Care Gabrielle Rose, Family Viewing
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Germain Houde, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Hrant Alianak, Family Viewing Leon Dubinsky, Life Classes Tony Nardi, Concrete Angels Murray Westgate, Blue City Slammers	Paule Baillargeon, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Jayne Eastwood, Night Friend Fran Gebhard, Blue City Slammers Ann-Marie MacDonald, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Maruska Stankova, Dreams Beyond Memory
Documentary	Best Short Film
God Rides a Harley — and — and Dance for Modern Times — Moze Mossanen — —	George and Rosemary — David Fine and Alison Snowden Fashion 99 — —
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Jean-Baptiste Tard, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) , The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!) , Brother André (Le Frère André) François Séguin, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)	Guy Dufaux, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Michel Brault, The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!) Douglas Koch, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Richard Leiterman, The Climb
Costume Design	Editing
, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) , The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!) , Brother André (Le Frère André) , Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) and , I've Heard the Mermaids Singing	Michel Arcand, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Atom Egoyan and Bruce MacDonald, Family Viewing
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Adrian Croll, and Yvon Benoît, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) David Appleby and Dan Latour, Too Outrageous! Michel Charron, Jo Caron, André Gagnon and Michel Descombes, The Young Magician (Le jeune magicien) Michelle Moses, Egidio Coccimiglio and Gordon Thompson, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Tony Van den Akker, Marvin Bearns and Lars Ekstrom, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II	Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier and Diane Boucher, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Diane Boucher, Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, Jo Caron and Antoine Morin, Brother André (Le Frère André) Robin Leigh, , Jane Tattersall, and , The Climb , , , and , Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II Viateur Paiement, , , Claude Langlois and , The Young Magician (Le jeune magicien)
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Patricia Cullen, The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland Mychael Danna, Family Viewing , Blue City Slammers	, , and , "Lost in a Hurricane" — Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Howard Forman and Krzesimir Dębski, "When We're Together" — The Young Magician (Le jeune magicien) William D. MacGillivray, "Mary's Lament" — Life Classes Maribeth Solomon, "Rise and Shine" — The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland , "The Great Land of Small" — The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!)
Screenplay	Special awards
Jean-Claude Lauzon, Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) Atom Egoyan, Family Viewing Sam Grana, John N. Smith and , Train of Dreams William D. MacGillivray, Life Classes Patricia Rozema, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing	Golden Reel Award: The Gate Special Achievement: Norman Jewison Air Canada Award: Rock Demers

References[]

^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
^ "It was Un Zoo's night; Quebec film wins record 13 Genies". Montreal Gazette, March 23, 1988.
^ "Night Zoo thriller sets Genie record; Lauzon film wins 14 nominations". Ottawa Citizen, February 17, 1988.

[topalovich-1] Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.

[2] "It was Un Zoo's night; Quebec film wins record 13 Genies". Montreal Gazette, March 23, 1988.

[3] "Night Zoo thriller sets Genie record; Lauzon film wins 14 nominations". Ottawa Citizen, February 17, 1988.

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