5th Genie Awards

Best Motion Picture

Winner: The Terry Fox Story, Robert M. Cooper

Other nominees:

• A Christmas Story, Bob Clark and René Dupont
• Lucien Brouillard, René Gueissaz and Marc Daigle
• Maria Chapdelaine, Murray Shostak and Robert Baylis
• The Wars, Richard Neilson

Best actor

Winner: Eric Fryer, The Terry Fox Story

Other nominees:

• Guy L'Ecuyer, Au clair de la lune
• Alan Scarfe, Deserters
• Pierre Curzi, Lucien Brouillard
• Nick Mancuso, Maria Chapdelaine

Best actress

Winner: Martha Henry, The Wars

Other nominees:

• Barbara March, Deserters
• Marie Tifo, Lucien Brouillard
• Carole Laure, Maria Chapdelaine
• Marie Tifo, Rien qu'un jeu

Best supporting actor

Winner: Michael Zelniker, The Terry Fox Story

Other nominees:

• Pierre Curzi, Maria Chapdelaine
• Kenneth Welsh, Tell Me That You Love Me
• Leslie Carlson, Videodrome
• Peter Dvorsky, Videodrome

Best supporting actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs, The Wars

Other nominees:

• Linda Sorgini, Bonheur d'occasion
• Tedde Moore, A Christmas Story
• Amulette Garneau, Maria Chapdelaine
• Elva Mai Hoover, The Terry Fox Story
• Sonja Smits, Videodrome

Best director

Winners: Bob Clark, A Christmas Story and David Cronenberg, Videodrome (tie)

Other nominees:

• André Forcier, Au clair de la lune
• Jack Darcus, Deserters
• Bruno Carrière, Lucien Brouillard
• Brigitte Sauriol, Rien qu'un jeu

Best screenplay

Winner: Leigh Brown, Bob Clark, and Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story

Other nominees:

• Jack Darcus, Deserters
• David Cronenberg, Videodrome
• Timothy Findley, The Wars

Cinematography

Winner: Pierre Mignot, Maria Chapdelaine

Other nominees:

• Reginald H. Morris, A Christmas Story
• Doug McKay, Dead Wrong
• Richard Ciupka, The Terry Fox Story
• Mark Irwin, Videodrome

Art direction

Winner: Jocelyn Joly, Maria Chapdelaine

Other nominees:

• Gilles Aird, Lucien Brouillard
• Glenn Bydwell, Ups & Downs
• Carol Spier, Videodrome

Costume design

Winner: Michèle Hamel, Maria Chapdelaine

Other nominees:

• François Laplante, Au clair de la lune
• Nicole Pelletier, Bonheur d'occasion
• Mary E. McLeod, A Christmas Story
• Michèle Hamel, Lucien Brouillard

Sound

Winner: Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Carwardine, Austin Grimaldi, and Glen Gauthier, The Terry Fox Story

Other nominees:

• Kenneth Heeley-Ray, David Appleby, Dino Pigat, A Christmas Story
• Austin Grimaldi, Patrick Rousseau, Joe Grimaldi, and Dino Pigat, Maria Chapdelaine
• Dino Pigat, David Appleby, and Lars Ekstrom, Ups & Downs
• Hans Peter Strobl, The Wars

Film editing

Winner: Ron Wisman, The Terry Fox Story

Other nominees:

• André Corriveau, Bonheur d'occasion
• Stan Cole, A Christmas Story
• Bill Roxborough, Doris Dyck, Jack Darcus, and Ingrid Rosen, Deserters
• Ronald Sanders, Videodrome
• Tony Lower, The Wars

Sound editing

Winners: Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Carwardine, Austin Grimaldi, and Glen Gauthier, The Terry Fox Story and Sharon Lackie, Bruce Nyznik, and Bernard Bordeleau, The Wars (tie)

Other nominees:

• David Evans, Steven Cole, Wayne Griffin, and Kenneth Heeley-Ray, A Christmas Story
• Claude Langlois, Patrick Dodd, and Jean-Guy Montpetit, Maria Chapdelaine
• Marcel Pothier, Rien qu'un jeu
• John Kelly, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, Ups & Downs

Musical score

Winner: Lewis Furey, Maria Chapdelaine

Other nominees:

• André Vincelli, A 20th Century Chocolate Cake
• Joël Bienvenue, Au clair de la lune
• Karl Kobylansky, Dead Wrong
• Michael Conway Baker, Deserters

Theatrical short

Winner: Ted Baryluk's Grocery, Michael Scott and Wolf Koenig

Other nominees:

• Brushstrokes, Sylvie Fefer
• Snow, Stephen Zoller and Tibor Takács

Documentary

Winner: Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?, Nicole M. Boisvert

Other nominees:

• Mémoire battante, Nicole Lamothe
• La Turlute des années dures, Lucille Veilleux