# 31st Genie Awards

The 31st Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2011 to honour films released in 2010. Nominations were announced on February 2, 2011.
William Shatner was announced as the ceremony's host on February 16.

## Winners and nominees

| Motion Picture | Direction |
| Incendies — Luc Déry and Kim McCraw 10½ — Pierre Gendron Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) — Xavier Dolan, Carole Mondello and Daniel Morin Barney's Version — Robert Lantos Splice — Steven Hoban | Denis Villeneuve, Incendies Xavier Dolan, Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) Richard J. Lewis, Barney's Version Vincenzo Natali, Splice Podz, 10½ |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version Jay Baruchel, The Trotsky Robert Naylor, 10½ Timothy Olyphant, High Life François Papineau, Route 132 | Lubna Azabal, Incendies Tatiana Maslany, Grown Up Movie Star Molly Parker, Trigger Rosamund Pike, Barney's Version Tracy Wright, Trigger |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Dustin Hoffman, Barney's Version Martin Dubreuil, 10½ Alexis Martin, Route 132 Callum Keith Rennie, Gunless Rossif Sutherland, High Life | Minnie Driver, Barney's Version Sonja Bennett, Cole Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) Terra Hazelton, FUBAR 2 Mary Walsh, Crackie |
| Original Screenplay | Adapted Screenplay |
| Jacob Tierney, The Trotsky Louis Bélanger and Alexis Martin, Route 132 Claude Lalonde, 10½ Adriana Maggs, Grown Up Movie Star Peter Stebbings, Defendor | Denis Villeneuve, Incendies Michael Konyves, Barney's Version Lee MacDougall, High Life Vic Sarin, Dennis Foon and Catherine Spear, A Shine of Rainbows Patrick Senécal, 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) |
| Best Live Action Short Drama | Best Animated Short |
| Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant and Lori Lozinski, Savage John Christou and Jeff Barnaby, File Under Miscellaneous Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais, Marius Borodine Kazik Radwanski and Daniel Montgomery, Out in That Deep Blue Sea Kaveh Nabatian, Cédric Bourdeau and Stéphane Tanguay, Vapor | Theodore Ushev and Marc Bertrand, Lipsett Diaries Claude Cloutier and Marc Bertrand, The Trenches (La Tranchée) |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| Claude Paré and Élise de Blois, Barney's Version Gilles Aird, 10½ André-Line Beauparlant, Incendies Arvinder Grewal, Resident Evil: Afterlife Myron Hyrak, FUBAR 2 | André Turpin, Incendies Bernard Couture, 10½ Ronald Plante, Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché: entre ciel et terre) Claudine Sauvé, The Wild Hunt Stéphanie Weber Biron, Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Nicoletta Massone, Barney's Version Denise Cronenberg, Resident Evil: Afterlife Mario Davignon, The Trotsky Patricia McNeil, The Wild Hunt Beverly Wowchuk, Gunless | Monique Dartonne, Incendies Michele Conroy, Splice Matthew Hannam, Trigger Valérie Héroux, 10½ Yvann Thibaudeau, Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché: entre ciel et terre) |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Jean Umansky and Jean-Pierre Laforce, Incendies Christian Cooke and Steve Moore, Defendor Leon Johnson, Stephan Carrier and Kirk Lynds, High Life Michel Lecoufle, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Jean-Charles Desjardins, 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) John Thomson, Andrew Stirk, Andrew Tay and Mark Zsifkovits, Resident Evil: Afterlife | Sylvain Bellemare, Simon Meilleur and Claire Pochon, Incendies Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Natalie Fleurant and Nicolas Gagnon, 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) Stephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick and Jill Purdy, Resident Evil: Afterlife Mark Gingras, Tom Bjelic, Katrijn Halliday, Dale Lennon and John Smith, Defendor Dave Rose and David McCallum, Splice |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
| Pasquale Catalano, Barney's Version Brendan Canning, Trigger Jonathan Goldsmith, High Life Keegan Jessamy and Bryce Mitchell, At Home by Myself...With You Sook-Yin Lee, Buck 65 and Adam Litovitz, Year of the Carnivore | Mary Milne, "Already Gone" (The Trotsky) Buck 65, "What's Wrong with That?" (Year of the Carnivore) Cherie Pyne, "Tender Steps" (Crackie) Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet and Stephen Pitkin, "West End Sky" (Grown Up Movie Star) Paul Spence, "There's No Place Like Christmas" (FUBAR 2) |
| Best Documentary | Achievement in Make-Up |
| Last Train Home — Lixin Fan, Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross In the Name of the Family — Shelley Saywell and Deborah Parks Journey's End (La Belle Visite) — Jean-François Caissy Leave Them Laughing — John Zaritsky and Montana Berg You Don't Like the Truth: Four Days Inside Guantanamo — Luc Côté and Patricio Henríquez | Adrien Morot and Micheline Trépanier, Barney's Version Kathryn Casault, Incendies Paul Jones, Leslie Sebert and Vincent Sullivan, Resident Evil: Afterlife Hélène-Manon Poudrette, The Wild Hunt Marlène Rouleau and C.J. Goldman, 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) |
| Claude Jutra Award | Golden Reel Award |
| Jephté Bastien, Exit 67 (Sortie 67) | Resident Evil: Afterlife |