# 3rd Genie Awards

The 3rd Genie Awards were presented on March 3, 1982, to honour Canadian films released in 1981.
The film Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) won the most awards overall, although Ticket to Heaven won Best Picture. Those two films were tied for most nominations overall, with 15 nods each.
The ceremony took place at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, and was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners.
Now that the Academy was firmly established, the 14 appointed board members from the Canadian Film Awards committee relinquished their positions. The new Academy board was set at 20—three honorary appointments and 17 members elected from participating organizations. For this year, the new board instituted the Canadian Independent Short Film Showcase for makers of short films, and the Toronto Festival of Festivals trade forum, which would eventually become the Toronto International Film Festival.

## Winners and nominees

| Motion Picture | Direction |
| Ticket to Heaven – Famous Players, CFDC, Ronald Cohen Productions, Ronald I. Cohen and Vivienne Leebosh producers, Ralph L. Thomas director The Amateur – Tiberius Films, Balkan Productions, Garth Drabinsky and Joel B. Michaels producers, Charles Jarrott director Heartaches – Rising Star Films, Pieter Kroonenburg, David Patterson and Jerry Raibourn producers, Donald Shebib director Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) – Ciné London Inc., International Cinema Corp., Justine Héroux producer, Gilles Carle director Scanners – Victor Solnicki, Pierre David and Claude Héroux | Gilles Carle - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) David Cronenberg - Scanners Allan King - Silence of the North Donald Shebib - Heartaches Ralph L. Thomas - Ticket to Heaven |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| Nick Mancuso - Ticket to Heaven Gabriel Arcand - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Gordon Pinsent - Silence of the North Christopher Plummer - The Amateur Winston Rekert - Heartaches | Margot Kidder - Heartaches Kim Cattrall - Ticket to Heaven Lesleh Donaldson - Funeral Home Ronalda Jones - Alligator Shoes Monique Spaziani - Les Beaux souvenirs (Happy Memories) (NFB) |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Saul Rubinek - Ticket to Heaven Nicholas Campbell - The Amateur Émile Genest - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Michael Ironside, Scanners R.H. Thomson - Ticket to Heaven | Denise Filiatrault - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Juliette Huot - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Chapelle Jaffe - The Amateur Anne Létourneau - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Dixie Seatle - Ticket to Heaven |
| Foreign Actor | Foreign Actress |
| Alan Arkin - Improper Channels Guy Boyd - Ticket to Heaven Robert Carradine - Heartaches Rémi Laurent - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) John Savage - The Amateur Tom Skerritt - Silence of the North | Annie Potts - Heartaches Ellen Burstyn - Silence of the North Meg Foster - Ticket to Heaven Mariette Hartley - Improper Channels Marthe Keller - The Amateur |
| Original Screenplay | Adapted Screenplay |
| Terence Heffernan - Heartaches Adam Arkin, Morrie Ruvinsky, and Ian Sutherland - Improper Channels Clay Borris - Alligator Shoes David Cronenberg - Scanners Réjean Ducharme - Les Beaux souvenirs (Happy Memories) James Sanderson and Paul Illidge - Head On | Roger Lemelin and Gilles Carle - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Diana Maddox - The Amateur Ralph L. Thomas and Anne Cameron - Ticket to Heaven |
| Best Documentary | Best Theatrical Short |
| P4W: Prison for Women - Janis Cole and Holly Dale Being Different - Harry Rasky | Zea - André Leduc, Robert Forget and Jean-Jacques Leduc Top Priority - Ishu Patel Voyage de nuit - Roger Frappier and Carole Mondello |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| William McCrow - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Claude Bonniere - Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid Bill Brodie - Silence of the North Ninkey Dalton and Charles Dunlop - Improper Channels Carol Spier - Scanners Trevor Williams - The Amateur | Richard Leiterman - Silence of the North John F. Phillips - Alligator Shoes Vic Sarin - Heartaches |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Nicole Pelletier - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Olga Dimitrov, Silence of the North Huguette Gagné, Happy Birthday to Me Julie Ganton, Heartaches Delphine White, Scanners | Ron Wisman - Ticket to Heaven Gordon McClellan, Alligator Shoes Ralph Brunjes, Funeral Home Gary Oppenheimer, Head On Ronald Sanders, Scanners Arla Saare, Silence of the North |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Daniel Goldberg, Gordon Thompson, Austin Grimaldi and Joe Grimaldi Heavy Metal Dennis Drummond, Wayne Griffin and Michael O'Farrell, The Amateur Robin Leigh, Paul Dion, Claude Langlois and Marcel Pothier, Heartaches Peter Burgess, Scanners Marc Chiasson, Bruce Carwardine and Glen Gauthier, Ticket to Heaven | Peter Thilaye, Andy Malcolm and Peter Jermyn - Heavy Metal Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Peter Shewchuk and Dino Pigat, The Amateur Joe Grimaldi, David Appleby, Gary C. Bourgeois, Austin Grimaldi, Ian Hendry and Andy Herman, Funeral Home Don Cohen and Michel Descombes, Heartaches Michel Descombes and Patrick Rousseau, Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Marc Chiasson, Glen Gauthier, Don White, David Appleby and Bruce Carwardine, Ticket to Heaven |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
| Claude Denjean and Stéphane Venne - Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Jean Cousineau - Les Beaux souvenirs (Happy Memories) Bo Harwood and Lance Rubin, Happy Birthday to Me Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, Ticket to Heaven | Stéphane Venne - Il était une fois des gens heureux, Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) Ann Mortifee, "Gypsy Born" (Surfacing) Neil Young, "Comes a Time" (Silence of the North) |
| Special Awards | |
| Golden Reel Award: Heavy Metal Air Canada Award: Pierre Lamy | |