14th Genie Awards

The 14th Genie Awards were held on December 12, 1993 to honour Canadian films release in 1992.^[1] This year's event was dominated by two Vancouver productions: Paul Shapiro's The Lotus Eaters, and Sandy Wilson's Harmony Cats.

14th Genie Awards
Date	December 12, 1993
Site	Montreal
Hosted by	Marc Labrèche
Highlights
Best Picture	Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Most nominations	The Lotus Eaters
Television coverage
Network	Radio-Canada CBC Television
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In a bid to increase the visibility of the Genie Awards in the francophone market in Quebec, the ceremony was held in Montreal and conducted in French for the first time.^[2] It was hosted by Marc Labrèche, one of Quebec's most popular comedians. As it had in 1992, the academy produced a special that aired immediately after the main broadcast and presented viewers with film clips and winner and nominee interviews. This year, it included satellite hookups between the gala in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, and the languages had changed places: the main broadcast was in French, and the post-ceremony show, Genies Tonight Wrap Party, was in English.^[3][2]

Also new this year was the introduction of les prix Jutra, or the Claude Jutra Award, which recognized outstanding achievement for a first-time director. (In 2016, the award's name was changed to Prix Iris.)^[4]

Award winners and nominees

Motion Picture	Direction
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould — Niv Fichman, producer La Florida — Pierre Sarrazin and Claude Bonin, producers Harmony Cats — Richard Davis and Alan Morinis, producers The Lotus Eaters — Sharon McGowan, producer Le Sexe des étoiles (The Sex of the Stars) — Pierre Gendron and Jean-Roch Marcotte, producers	François Girard, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Atom Egoyan, Calendar George Mihalka, La Florida Sandy Wilson, Harmony Cats Paule Baillargeon, Le Sexe des étoiles (The Sex of the Stars)
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Tom McCamus, I Love a Man in Uniform Roy Dupuis, Cap Tourmente Gilbert Sicotte, Cap Tourmente Rémy Girard, La Florida R. H. Thomson, The Lotus Eaters	Sheila McCarthy, The Lotus Eaters Élise Guilbault, Cap Tourmente Andrée Lachapelle, Cap Tourmente Pauline Lapointe, La Florida Aloka McLean, The Lotus Eaters
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Kevin Tighe, I Love a Man in Uniform Yvan Canuel, La Florida Jim Byrnes, Harmony Cats Christopher Plummer, Impolite Tobie Pelletier, Le Sexe des étoiles (The Sex of the Stars)	Nicola Cavendish, The Grocer's Wife Charlene Fernetz, Harmony Cats Brigitte Bako, I Love a Man in Uniform Sylvie Drapeau, Le Sexe des étoiles (The Sex of the Stars) Kate Hennig, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives — Lynne Fernie, Aerlyn Weissman Une enfance à Natashquan (A Childhood in Natashquan) — Yvon Provost Stepping Razor: Red X — Edgar Egger, Nicholas Campbell Titanica — Stephen Low The Twist — Ron Mann	Le singe bleu (The Measure of Your Passage) — Esther Valiquette Breaking a Leg: Robert Lepage and the Echo Project — Donald Winkler
Live Action Short Drama	Animated Short
The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore — Laurie Lynd The Date — Lind Theodosakis and Nikos Theodosakis Hate Mail — Chris Kelly and Mark Sawers Stéréotypes (Stereotypes) — Marcel Giroux and Jean-Marc Vallée Dans ton pays (Your Country, My Country) — Marquise Lepage	Pearl's Diner — Lynn Smith No Problem — Craig Welch
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Wolf Kroeger, Shadow of the Wolf Mark S. Freeborn, Digger David Roberts, The Lotus Eaters Lynne Stopkewich, Harmony Cats Curtis Wehrfritz, Tectonic Plates	Alain Dostie, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Thomas Burstyn, The Lotus Eaters Philip Linzey, Harmony Cats Barry Stone, Paris, France Billy Williams, Shadow of the Wolf
Costume Design	Editing
Olga Dimitrov, Shadow of the Wolf Sharon Fedoruk, Harmony Cats Christiane Tessler, Gaudeline Sauriol, The Sex of the Stars Dolly Ahluwalia, Aline Gilmore, The Burning Season Sheila Bingham, The Lotus Eaters	Gaétan Huot, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Debra Rurak, Harmony Cats Susan Shipton, I Love a Man in Uniform Roushell Goldstein, Paris, France Susan Shipton, The Lotus Eaters
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Hans Peter Strobl, Richard Besse, Jo Caron, The Sex of the Stars Dean Giammarco, Paul A. Sharpe, Bill Sheppard, Daryl Powell, Harmony Cats Jessica Casavant, Ao Loo, Bryan Day, Joe Grimaldi, I Love a Man in Uniform David Appleby, Douglas Ganton, Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski, La Florida Dean Giammarco, Bill Sheppard, Paul A. Sharpe, Michael McGee, The Lotus Eaters	Anne Bakker, Gael MacLean, Alison Grace, Maureen Wetteland and Ellen Gram, The Lotus Eaters Shane Shemko, Anke Bakker, Alison Grace and Cam Wagner, Harmony Cats Andy Malcolm, Jane Tattersall, Dale Sheldrake, Penny Hozy and Sean Kelly, I Love a Man in Uniform Marc Chiasson, Terry Burke, Jane Tattersall, Sean Kelly, Drew King, Tony Currie and Diane Boucher, La Florida Jacques Plante, Viateur Paiement, Myriam Poirier, Jérôme Décarie and Antoine Morin, The Sex of the Stars
Original Score	Screenplay
Simon Kendall, Cadillac Girls Todd Boekelheide, Digger Yves Laferrière, The Sex of the Stars Pierre Desrochers, Les Amoureuses (Women in Love) Mark Korven, The Grocer's Wife	Peggy Thompson, The Lotus Eaters Atom Egoyan, Calendar David King, Harmony Cats Suzette Couture, Pierre Sarrazin, La Florida François Girard, Don McKellar, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Special awards
Claude Jutra Award: John Pozer, The Grocer's Wife Golden Reel Award: La Florida Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: André Link and John Dunning Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award: Kenneth Heeley-Ray

References

1. "Glenn Gould Still Scoring Prizes". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1993.
2. "The 1993 Genies, live, from Montreal". The Globe and Mail, March 11, 1993.
3. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 49-51.
4. "Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal". cbc.ca. CBC Montreal. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

External links

• Genie Awards 1993 on imdb 2009-05-18 at the Wayback Machine