# 16th Genie Awards

The 16th Genie Awards were held on January 14, 1996, to honour films released in 1995. The ceremony took place in Montreal at Société Radio-Canada's Studio 42.
For the first time, the ceremony was not broadcast live on any television network, instead taking place in the afternoon of January 14; two 90-minute post-award specials aired in prime time to publicize the award highlights. The English special on CBC Television was hosted by actress Mary Walsh, while the French special on Radio-Canada was hosted by actor Pascale Bussières and broadcaster René Homier-Roy.
It was the first of two Genie Award ceremonies held in 1996. Normally the 16th Genie Award ceremony would have been held in the late fall of 1995, but it was delayed until early 1996. The 17th Genie Awards were held in November 1996, returning to the traditional scheduling of the award ceremony. Beginning with the 19th Genie Awards in 1999, however, the award scheduling returned to the winter again, and has remained scheduled as such ever since.

## Award winners and nominees

| Motion Picture | Direction |
| The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) — Denise Robert Black List (Liste noire) — Marcel Giroux Magic in the Water — Rick Stevenson, Matthew O'Connor Margaret's Museum — Christopher Zimmer, Mort Ransen, Claudio Luca, Steve Clark-Hall Rude — Damon D'Oliveira, Karen King | Robert Lepage, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Charles Binamé, Eldorado Mort Ransen, Margaret's Museum Jean-Marc Vallée, Black List (Liste noire) Clement Virgo, Rude |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| David La Haye, Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau) Lothaire Bluteau, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Matthew Ferguson, Eclipse Clive Russell, Margaret's Museum Peter Williams, Soul Survivor | Helena Bonham Carter, Margaret's Museum Pascale Bussières, Eldorado Pascale Bussières, When Night Is Falling Pascale Montpetit, Eldorado Isabel Richer, Eldorado |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Kenneth Welsh, Margaret's Museum Robert Brouillette, Eldorado Clark Johnson, Rude David Fox, When Night Is Falling Aubert Pallascio, Black List (Liste noire) | Kate Nelligan, Margaret's Museum Anne-Marie Cadieux, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Rachael Crawford, Rude Marie Gignac, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Pascale Montpetit, Eclipse |
| Screenplay | Best Short Film |
| Mort Ransen and Gerald Wexler, Margaret's Museum Sylvain Guy, Black List (Liste noire) Clement Virgo, Rude Stephen Williams, Soul Survivor | Magical Flowers (Les fleurs magiques) — Jean-Marc Vallée The End of the World in Four Seasons — Marcy Page and Paul Driessen Movements of the Body: "1st Movement: The Gesture" — Wayne Traudt Off Key — Karethe Linaae and Wade Ferley You Love Me I Hate You — Myra Fried and Rosamund Owen |
| Best Feature Length Documentary | Best Short Documentary |
| The Champagne Safari — George Ungar Motherland: Tales of Wonder — Helene Klodawsky and Signe Johansson Narmada: A Valley Rises — Ali Kazimi Silent Witness — Harriet Wichin and Christine York Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics — Kent Martin and Terre Nash | Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule — Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie and Rina Fraticelli Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya — Peter Raymont and Lindalee Tracey Enigmatico — David Mortin and Patricia Fogliato The Shaper — Martin Schliessler and Bill Sheppard Time Is on My Side — Jacques Holender |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| François Laplante, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) William Fleming and David McHenry, Margaret's Museum André Guimond, Eldorado Clyde Klotz and Michael O'Connor, Magic in the Water Nilo Rodis-Jamero, Johnny Mnemonic | Thomas Burstyn, Magic in the Water Alain Dostie, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Pierre Gill, Black List (Liste noire) Vic Sarin, Margaret's Museum Barry Stone, Rude |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Nicoletta Massone, Margaret's Museum Crystine Booth, Once in a Blue Moon Michèle Hamel, Eldorado Barbara Kidd, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Linda Muir, When Night Is Falling | Michael Pacek, Dance Me Outside Michel Arcand, Eldorado Emmanuelle Castro, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Susan Maggi, Rude Jean-Marc Vallée, Black List (Liste noire) |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Michael McGee, Paul A. Sharpe, Kelly Cole and Dean Giammarco, Magic in the Water Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly, Daniel Pellerin and Ross Redfern, Dance Me Outside Don White, Douglas Ganton, Leslie Shatz and Scott Purdy, Johnny Mnemonic Jean-Claude Laureux, Jo Caron and Hans Peter Strobl, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Gavin Fernandes, Luc Boudrias, Daniel Masse and Michel Descombes, Black List (Liste noire) | Steve Munro, Andy Malcolm, Michael Pacek, Peter Winninger and Michael Werth, Dance Me Outside Nick Berry, Jérôme Décarie, Jacques Plante, Diane Boucher and Antoine Morin, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) Diane Boucher, François Dupire, Martin Pinsonnault, Louis Dupire and Alice Wright, Black List (Liste noire) Marc Chiasson, Cal Shumiatcher, Anke Bakker, Jacqueline Cristianini, Sean Kelly and Sheena Macrae, Magic in the Water Steve Munro, Tim Roberts, Andy Malcolm, Paul Shikata and Paul Germann, The Michelle Apartments |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Special awards |
| Milan Kymlicka, Margaret's Museum Luc Aubry and Serge Arcuri, Black List (Liste noire) Aaron Davis and John Lang, Rude Richard Grégoire, L'Enfant d'eau (Water Child) Mark Korven, The Michelle Apartments | Claude Jutra Award: The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) — Robert Lepage Golden Reel Award: Johnny Mnemonic |