Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian costume designer. It was formerly called the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design before the Genies were merged into the Canadian Screen Awards.

1980s[]

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
1980^[1] 1st Genie Awards
	Louise Jobin	Cordélia
	François Barbeau	Chocolate Eclair (Éclair au chocolat)
		Fish Hawk
		Jack London's Klondike Fever
		Something's Rotten
		Tanya's Island
1981 2nd Genie Awards
		Fantastica
	François Barbeau	Atlantic City, U.S.A.
	Louise Jobin	Suzanne
		Middle Age Crazy
		Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)
1982 3rd Genie Awards
		The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)
		Silence of the North
		Happy Birthday to Me
		Heartaches
		Scanners
1983 4th Genie Awards
		Quest for Fire
		Beyond Forty (La Quarantaine)
		Melanie
	Wendy Partridge	Latitude 55°
		The Grey Fox
1984 5th Genie Awards
		Maria Chapdelaine
		Lucien Brouillard
		Au clair de la lune
	Mary E. McLeod	A Christmas Story
		Bonheur d'occasion
1985 6th Genie Awards
	Renée April	The Bay Boy
	Wendy Partridge	Isaac Littlefeathers
		The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques)
		Sonatine
		The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe)
1986^[2] 7th Genie Awards
	Louise Jobin	Joshua Then and Now
	and	My American Cousin
		One Magic Christmas
		Samuel Lount
1987 8th Genie Awards
	Wendy Partridge	Loyalties
		Exit
		In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan)
	Louise Jobin	Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)
1988 9th Genie Awards
		Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit)
	and	I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
		Brother André (Le Frère André)
		Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)
		The Great Land of Small
1989 10th Genie Awards
	François Barbeau	The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes)
	Denise Cronenberg	Dead Ringers	^[3]
	and	The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)
		Shadow Dancing
	Renée April	The Kiss
		The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

1990s[]

Year	Nominee	Film
1990^[4] 11th Genie Awards
	Louise Jobin	Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)
		Bye Bye Blues
		Cruising Bar
		Millennium
		Palais Royale
		The Last Winter
1991 12th Genie Awards
		Bethune: The Making of a Hero
		Beautiful Dreamers
	and Renée April	Black Robe
		The Party (Le Party)
		Nelligan
1992^[5] 13th Genie Awards
	François Barbeau	Léolo
	François Barbeau	La Sarrasine
		Phantom Life (La vie fantôme)
	Denise Cronenberg	Naked Lunch
		True Confections
1993 14th Genie Awards
		Shadow of the Wolf
		Harmony Cats
	and	The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles)
	Dolly Ahluwalia and	The Burning Season
		The Lotus Eaters
1994^[6] 15th Genie Awards
	Linda Muir	Exotica
		Jerome's Secret (Le secret de Jérôme)
		Les pots cassés
	Francesca Chamberland	Matusalem
		Desire in Motion (Mouvements du désir)
1995 16th Genie Awards
	Nicoletta Massone	Margaret's Museum
		Eldorado
		The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)

	Linda Muir	When Night Is Falling
1996^[7] 17th Genie Awards
	Linda Muir	Lilies
		Blood and Donuts
		The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
		Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur)
		Swann
1997^[8] 18th Genie Awards
		Karmina
		The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
	Francesca Chamberland	The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir)
	and Liz Vandal	Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)
		The Hanging Garden
	Beth Pasternak	The Sweet Hereafter
1998^[9] 19th Genie Awards
	Renée April	The Red Violin
		Such a Long Journey
		Regeneration
		Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)
		Nô
		Pale Saints
1999^[10] 20th Genie Awards
	Renée April	Grey Owl
		Alegria
	Sandy Powell	Felicia's Journey
	Linda Muir	Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
		Sunshine

2000s[]

Year	Nominee	Film
2000 21st Genie Awards
		Stardom
		Here's to Life!
		Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour)
		Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite)
		New Waterford Girl
2001 22nd Genie Awards
		The War Bride
	Atuat Akkitirq	Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
		The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)
		The Claim
	Nicoletta Massone	Varian's War
2002^[11] 23rd Genie Awards
	Beth Pasternak	Ararat
	Wendy Partridge	Almost America
		The Negro (Le nèg')
	Mario Davignon	Savage Messiah
	Denise Cronenberg	Spider
2003 24th Genie Awards
		The Saddest Music in the World
		Blizzard
		Seducing Doctor Lewis
		Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)
		The Gospel of John
2004 25th Genie Awards
	Mario Davignon	Head in the Clouds
		Happy Camper (Camping sauvage)
		Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)
		Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)
	François Barbeau	Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France)
2005^[12] 26th Genie Awards
		C.R.A.Z.Y.
	Francesca Chamberland	Aurore
	Francesca Chamberland	The Outlander (Le Survenant)
		Saint Ralph
	Dolly Ahluwalia	Water
2006 27th Genie Awards
	Francesca Chamberland	The Rocket (Maurice Richard)
		Eve and the Fire Horse
		The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
	Mario Davignon and	Tideland
		A Sunday in Kigali
2007^[13] 28th Genie Awards
	Carlo Poggioli and Kazuko Kurosawa	Silk
	Denise Cronenberg	Eastern Promises
	Mary E. McLeod	Fido
	Dolly Ahluwalia	Partition
	Joyce Schure	Shake Hands With the Devil
2008^[14]^[15] 29th Genie Awards
	Wendy Partridge	Passchendaele
	Francesca Chamberland	The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)
		Who Is KK Downey?
		Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)
		The American Trap (Le Piège américain)
2009 30th Genie Awards
	Atuat Akkitirq	Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain)
		Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles
		Nurse.Fighter.Boy
		Cairo Time
		1981

2010s[]

Year	Nominee	Film
2010^[16] 31st Genie Awards
	Nicoletta Massone	Barney's Version
	Denise Cronenberg	Resident Evil: Afterlife
	Mario Davignon	The Trotsky
	Patricia McNeil	The Wild Hunt
		Gunless
2011^[17]^[18] 32nd Genie Awards
		Funkytown
	Denise Cronenberg	A Dangerous Method
		Afghan Luke
	and	Café de Flore
		Keyhole
2012^[19]^[20] 1st Canadian Screen Awards
	Xavier Dolan and François Barbeau	Laurence Anyways
		Mad Ship
	Wendy Partridge	Resident Evil: Retribution
	Wendy Partridge	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
		War Witch (Rebelle)
2013^[21] 2nd Canadian Screen Awards
		Louis Cyr
	Lea Carlson	The Colony
		Maïna
		Molly Maxwell
		The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards
	Wendy Partridge	Pompeii
	Francesca Chamberland	Henri Henri
	Xavier Dolan	Mommy
	Sarah Dunsworth	Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
		1987
2015^[22] 4th Canadian Screen Awards
		Beeba Boys
	Arabella Bushnell	Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
		Forsaken
		Hyena Road
		Corbo
2016^[23] 5th Canadian Screen Awards
	Patricia McNeil	Nelly
		Weirdos
	Mario Davignon	Race
		The Girl King
		Operation Avalanche
2017^[24]^[25] 6th Canadian Screen Awards
		Maudie
		We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres)
	Mario Davignon	Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes)
		Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols)
		All You Can Eat Buddha
2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards
	Patricia McNeil	The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur)
	Lea Carlson	Stockholm
		A Colony (Une colonie)
		Octavio Is Dead!
		Firecrackers
2019^[26] 8th Canadian Screen Awards
	Patricia McNeil	The Twentieth Century
		The Song of Names
	Patricia McNeil	A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère)
		And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)
	,	American Woman

2020s[]

Year	Nominee	Film	Ref
2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards
	Noémi Poulin	Blood Quantum	^[27]
		Happy Place	^[28]
		Falling
		The Marijuana Conspiracy
	Patricia McNeil, Ann Roth	My Salinger Year
2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards
	Lea Carlson	The Exchange	^[29]
	Josée Castonguay	The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps)
	Francesca Chamberland	Maria Chapdelaine
	Francesca Chamberland	The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland)
	Kendra Terpenning	Night Raiders

References[]

^ Pallister, Janis L. (1995). The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 476. ISBN 0838635628.
^ "Last night's Genie winners". The Toronto Star. 21 March 1986.
^ Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989.
^ "Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
^ Murray, Karen (22 November 1992). "'Lunch' eats up 8 Canadian Genies". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ Monique Tschofen; Jennifer Burwell (2006). Image and Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 368. ISBN 0889205299.
^ Armstrong, Mary Ellen (2 December 1996). "Crash, Lilies top Genies". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ Playback Staff (17 November 1997). "The 1997 Genie Awards". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ Binning, Cheryl (8 February 1999). "Violin tops Genies". Playback. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
^ Playback Staff (23 July 2001). "Costumes: from tripe to chain mail". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ McKay, John (14 February 2003). "Egoyan's Ararat named best film, takes 5 awards at the Genies". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
^ McKay, John (13 March 2006). "Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. wins big at 2006 Genie awards". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^ "Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner. March 3, 2008.
^ Dumais, Manon (3 April 2009). "Génie 2009 : Ça Intéresse-T-I Quelqu'un ?". Voir. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ "Passchendaele, Necessities of Life dominate Genie Awards". CBC News. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ Punter, Jennie (2 February 2011). "'Barney's Version,' 'Incendies' top Genie noms". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "Genie nominations unveiled". Tribute. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Johnson, Brian D. (8 March 2012). "Monsieur Lazhar sweeps the Genies". Maclean's. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ Heilbron, Alexandra (15 January 2013). "2013 Canadian Screen Award nominees announced". Tribute. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
^ Szklarski, Cassandra (3 March 2013). "Canadian Screen Awards: Rebelle wins 10 prizes, including best film". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
^ Kay, Jeremy (13 January 2014). "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ Heilbron, Alexandra (19 January 2016). "Canadian Screen nominations announced – Room leads with 11 nods". Tribute. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Juste la fin du monde remporte six prix aux Écrans canadiens". La Presse. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ Smith, Charlie. "Maudie, Kim's Convenience, Ava, Alias Grace, and Rumble among major winners at Canadian Screen Awards". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
^ Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.
^ Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada.
^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

[1] Pallister, Janis L. (1995). The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 476. ISBN 0838635628.

[2] "Last night's Genie winners". The Toronto Star. 21 March 1986.

[3] Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989.

[4] "Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[5] Murray, Karen (22 November 1992). "'Lunch' eats up 8 Canadian Genies". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[6] Monique Tschofen; Jennifer Burwell (2006). Image and Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 368. ISBN 0889205299.

[7] Armstrong, Mary Ellen (2 December 1996). "Crash, Lilies top Genies". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[8] Playback Staff (17 November 1997). "The 1997 Genie Awards". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[Binning-9] Binning, Cheryl (8 February 1999). "Violin tops Genies". Playback. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[10] Playback Staff (23 July 2001). "Costumes: from tripe to chain mail". Playback. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[McKay-11] McKay, John (14 February 2003). "Egoyan's Ararat named best film, takes 5 awards at the Genies". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

[12] McKay, John (13 March 2006). "Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. wins big at 2006 Genie awards". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[13] "Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner. March 3, 2008.

[14] Dumais, Manon (3 April 2009). "Génie 2009 : Ça Intéresse-T-I Quelqu'un ?". Voir. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[15] "Passchendaele, Necessities of Life dominate Genie Awards". CBC News. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[Punter-16] Punter, Jennie (2 February 2011). "'Barney's Version,' 'Incendies' top Genie noms". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[17] "Genie nominations unveiled". Tribute. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[18] Johnson, Brian D. (8 March 2012). "Monsieur Lazhar sweeps the Genies". Maclean's. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

[Heilbron-19] Heilbron, Alexandra (15 January 2013). "2013 Canadian Screen Award nominees announced". Tribute. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

[20] Szklarski, Cassandra (3 March 2013). "Canadian Screen Awards: Rebelle wins 10 prizes, including best film". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

[21] Kay, Jeremy (13 January 2014). "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[22] Heilbron, Alexandra (19 January 2016). "Canadian Screen nominations announced – Room leads with 11 nods". Tribute. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[23] "Juste la fin du monde remporte six prix aux Écrans canadiens". La Presse. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[24] "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[25] Smith, Charlie. "Maudie, Kim's Convenience, Ava, Alias Grace, and Rumble among major winners at Canadian Screen Awards". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[26] "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.

[27] Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.

[28] Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada.

[29] Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

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v t Canadian Screen Awards
By year	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Canadian Film Awards (film, 1949–1978)	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 ~~1974~~ 1975 1976 1977 1978
Genie Awards (film, 1979–2012)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990/91 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Gemini Awards (television, 1986–2012)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Film awards by category	Motion Picture Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Director Animated Short Art Direction and Production Design Casting Cinematography Cinematography in a Documentary Costume Design Editing Editing in a Documentary Feature Length Documentary Hair Live Action Short Makeup Original Score Original Song Screenplay (Original and Adapted) Short Documentary Sound Editing Sound Mixing Stunt Coordination Visual Effects Golden Screen John Dunning Best First Feature Award
Television awards by category	Comedy Series Drama Series TV Movie Children's or Youth Fiction Series Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Series Pre-School Series Reality/Competition Series Lead Actor, Comedy Lead Actor, Drama Lead Actress, Comedy Lead Actress, Drama Supporting Actor, Comedy Supporting Actor, Drama Supporting Actress, Comedy Supporting Actress, Drama Direction, Children's or Youth Performance, Children's or Youth Writing, Children's or Youth Casting Academy Achievement Award Donald Brittain Award Earle Grey Award Gordon Sinclair Award Margaret Collier Award Rob Stewart Award
Discontinued awards	Bijou Awards (1981) Best Actor - Non-Feature (1969–81) Best Actress - Non-Feature (1969–81) Foreign Actor (1980–83) Foreign Actress (1980–83) Theatrical Short (1949–96) Children's or Youth Program (1986-2002) Host, Children's or Youth Program (2008-2016) Special Achievement Wendy Michener Award (1969-1978) Diversity Award (1992-2016)
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Note: Awards by year articles are listed here by the year of eligibility for nomination; due to variable scheduling of the ceremonies, this is not always the same year in which the awards were presented.