# 19th Genie Awards

The 19th Genie Awards were held, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, on February 4, 1999 to honour Canadian films released in 1998. It marked only the second time in the 1990s, after the 16th Genie Awards in January 1996, that the awards were held in the winter of the year following the year in which eligible films were released, rather than the late fall of the same year; the awards have since retained the winter scheduling. The ceremony was once again aired on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.
When the nominees were announced, many were surprised that four of the five nominees for Best Motion Picture were international co-productions, and there was discussion about whether or not the films were Canadian. Many people didn't realize that co-production was now a key component of film production in Canada, and that Canada had co-production treaties with 52 countries.
This year's ceremony, which was hosted by actor Albert Schultz, was dominated by Last Night and Such a Long Journey, which both received 12 nominations. However, The Red Violin won the most awards, with eight wins including Best Picture.

## Award winners and nominees

| Motion Picture | Direction |
| The Red Violin — Niv Fichman Last Night — Daniel Iron and Niv Fichman Regeneration — Allan Scott and Peter Simpson Rupert's Land — Bill Thumm and Scott Kennedy Such a Long Journey — Paul Stephens and Simon MacCorkindale | François Girard, The Red Violin Don McKellar, Last Night J. H. Wyman, Pale Saints Gillies MacKinnon, Regeneration Jonathan Tammuz, Rupert's Land Sturla Gunnarsson, Such a Long Journey |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| Roshan Seth, Such a Long Journey Rémy Girard, Les Boys Tony Nardi, Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) Jonathan Pryce, Regeneration Samuel West, Rupert's Land | Sandra Oh, Last Night Anne-Marie Cadieux, Nô Pascale Montpetit, Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing) Ginette Reno, It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) Pierrette Robitaille, It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Callum Keith Rennie, Last Night Kurush Deboo, Such a Long Journey Michael Riley, Pale Saints Saul Rubinek, Pale Saints George Wendt, Rupert's Land | Monique Mercure, Conquest Geneviève Bujold, Last Night Rachael Crawford, Pale Saints Anna Henry, The Fishing Trip Roberta Maxwell, Last Night |
| Best Feature Length Documentary | Best Short Documentary |
| Betsy Carson, Kirk Tougas and Nettie Wild, A Place Called Chiapas Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles Peter Lynch and Peter Starr, The Herd | Anita Herczeg and Brenda Longfellow, Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet Brian Nash and Elizabeth Yake, bp: pushing the boundaries Elizabeth Yake and Lara Fitzgerald, Remembering Memory |
| Best Live Action Short Drama | Best Animated Short |
| Mary Lewis, When Ponds Freeze Over Leah Mallen and Mark Sawers, Shoes Off! Bruce McDonald, Sandy Kaplansky, Don McKellar and Michael Ondaatje, Elimination Dance Sylvie Rosenthal, The Chocolate Bomb (La bombe au chocolat) Julie Trimingham and Ric Kokotovich, Claire | Andy Jones, Chris Landreth and Kevin Tureski, Bingo John Weldon and Marcy Page, Frank the Wrabbit |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| François Séguin, The Red Violin Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Such a Long Journey John Dondertman and Patricia Cuccia, Last Night Andy Harris, Regeneration Jasna Stefanovic, Cube | Alain Dostie, The Red Violin Jan Kiesser, Such a Long Journey Douglas Koch, Last Night Glen MacPherson, Regeneration Gregory Middleton, The Falling |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Renée April, The Red Violin Lovleen Bains, Such a Long Journey Kate Carin, Regeneration Daniel Lalande, Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing) Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, Nô Tamara Winston, Pale Saints | Jeff Warren, Such a Long Journey Pia Di Ciaula, Regeneration Reginald Harkema, Last Night Gaétan Huot, The Red Violin John Sanders, Cube |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Claude La Haye, Jo Caron, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Hans Peter Strobl, The Red Violin Henry Embry, Steph Carrier, Lou Solakofski and Orest Sushko, Such a Long Journey Darcy Kite, Peter Kelly, Steve McNamee and Todd Warren, Cube Louis Kramer, Todd Beckett, Tim O'Connell and Scott Purdy, Regeneration John J. Thomson, Dean Giammarco, Miguel Nunes and Paul A. Sharpe, Last Night | David Evans, Richard Cadger, Donna Powell, Paul Shikata, Phong Tran and Clive Turner, Such a Long Journey Sue Conley, Stephen Barden, Craig Henighan, John Laing, Jill Purdy and John Sievert, Cube Jacqueline Cristianini, James Fonnyadt, Adam Gejdos, James Genn, Kirby Jinnah and Cam Wagner, Rupert's Land Tony Currie, Paula Fairfield, Alastair Gray and John Sievert, Regeneration Marcel Pothier, Jérôme Décarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin and Jacques Plante, The Red Violin |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
| John Corigliano, The Red Violin Mychael Danna, Regeneration Jonathan Goldsmith, Such a Long Journey Mark Korven, Cube Alex Pauk and Alexina Louie, Last Night | Suzie Ungerleider, "River Blue" — The Fishing Trip François Dompierre and Michel Tremblay, "Laura la Belle" — It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) Claude Gauthier and Daniel Lavoie, "Est-ce si loin Québec" — Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) |
| Screenplay | Special awards |
| Don McKellar and François Girard, The Red Violin Don McKellar, Last Night André Morency and Robert Lepage, Nô Allan Scott, Regeneration Sooni Taraporevala, Such a Long Journey | Claude Jutra Award: Don McKellar, Last Night Golden Reel Award: Les Boys |