# 32nd Genie Awards

The 32nd Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 8, 2012 to honour films released in 2011. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2012.
The ceremony was originally scheduled to be hosted by Andrea Martin and George Stroumboulopoulos, but Martin was forced to cancel at the last minute due to a rescheduled acting commitment. Stroumboulopoulos consequently hosted the ceremony alone, although he and Martin pretaped an introductory comedy segment in which they scrambled to find a replacement for Martin, including cameos by Martin Short, Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados.
This was the last Genie Awards ceremony to be held before the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced the merger of the Genies with the Gemini Awards into the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.

## Performers

The nominees for Best Original Song were presented accompanied by choreographed figure skating routines by Jamie Salé, David Pelletier and Joannie Rochette.
Johnny Reid, The Sheepdogs and K'naan also performed during the ceremony.

## Nominations

| Motion Picture | Direction |
| Monsieur Lazhar — Luc Déry, Kim McCraw Café de Flore — Jean-Marc Vallée, Marie-Claude Poulin, Pierre Even A Dangerous Method — Jeremy Thomas, Marco Mehlitz, Martin Katz Starbuck — André Rouleau The Whistleblower — Celine Rattray, Christina Piovesan | Philippe Falardeau, Monsieur Lazhar David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method Larysa Kondracki, The Whistleblower Steven Silver, The Bang Bang Club Jean-Marc Vallée, Café de Flore |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| Mohamed Fellag, Monsieur Lazhar Garret Dillahunt, Oliver Sherman Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method Patrick Huard, Starbuck Scott Speedman, Citizen Gangster | Vanessa Paradis, Café de Flore Catherine De Léan, Nuit #1 Pascale Montpetit, The Girl in the White Coat Rachel Weisz, The Whistleblower Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method Antoine Bertrand, Starbuck Kevin Durand, Citizen Gangster Marin Gerrier, Café de Flore Taylor Kitsch, The Bang Bang Club | Sophie Nélisse, Monsieur Lazhar Roxana Condurache, The Whistleblower Hélène Florent, Café de Flore Julie Le Breton, Starbuck Charlotte Sullivan, Citizen Gangster |
| Original Screenplay | Adapted Screenplay |
| Ken Scott and Martin Petit, Starbuck Anne Émond, Nuit #1 Eilis Kirwan and Larysa Kondracki, The Whistleblower Jean-Marc Vallée, Café de Flore Ryan Ward and Matthew Heiti, Son of the Sunshine | Philippe Falardeau, Monsieur Lazhar Ryan Redford, Oliver Sherman David F. Shamoon, In Darkness Steven Silver, The Bang Bang Club |
| Feature Length Documentary | Short Documentary |
| At Night, They Dance — Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault Beauty Day — Jay Cheel Family Portrait in Black and White — Julia Ivanova, Boris Ivanov The Guantanamo Trap — Thomas Wallner Wiebo's War — David York, Bryn Hughes, Nick Hector | Sirmilik — Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth 75 Watts — John Cullen Derailments — Chelsea McMullan |
| Best Live Action Short Drama | Best Animated Short |
| Doubles with Slight Pepper — Ian Harnarine Hope — Pedro Pires, Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso Ora — René Chénier, Philippe Baylaucq La Ronde — Élaine Hébert, Sophie Goyette | Romance — Georges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand Choke — Michelle Latimer Inner City (La Cité entre les murs) — Alain Fournier Muybridge's Strings — Kōji Yamamura, Michael Fukushima, Shuzo John Shiota and Keisuke Tsuchihashi Wild Life — Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, Marcy Page, Bonnie Thompson |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| James McAteer, A Dangerous Method Jean Bécotte, Funkytown Aidan Leroux and Rob Hepburn, Citizen Gangster Patrice Vermette, Café de Flore Emelia Weavind, The Bang Bang Club | Jean-François Lord, Snow & Ashes Miroslaw Baszak, The Bang Bang Club Pierre Cottereau, Café de Flore Jon Joffin, Daydream Nation Ronald Plante, Monsieur Lazhar |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, Funkytown Denise Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh, Afghan Luke Ginette Magny and Emmanuelle Youchnovski, Café de Flore Heather Neale, Keyhole | Stéphane Lafleur, Monsieur Lazhar Jean-François Bergeron, The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom Michael Czarnecki, In Darkness Patrick Demers, Suspicions (Jaloux) Ronald Sanders, A Dangerous Method |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Orest Sushko and Christian Cooke, A Dangerous Method Stéphane Bergeron, Yann Cleary and Lise Wedlock, Wetlands (Marécages) Pierre Bertrand, Shaun Nicholas Gallagher and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Monsieur Lazhar Jean Minondo, Jo Caron, Gavin Fernandes and Louis Gignac, Café de Flore Lou Solakofski, Stephan Carrier and Kirk Lynds, The Bang Bang Club | Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Andy Malcolm and Michael O'Farrell, A Dangerous Method Fred Brennan, James Bastable, Gabe Knox and John Sievert, You Are Here Claude Beaugrand, Olivier Calvert, Natalie Fleurant and Francine Poirier, Wetlands (Marécages) Martin Pinsonnault, Blaise Blanchier, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin and Luc Raymond, Café de Flore Jeremy MacLaverty, Daniel Pellerin, Geoff Raffan, Jan Rudy, John Sievert and James Mark Stewart, In Darkness |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
| Howard Shore, A Dangerous Method Ramachandra Borcar, Suspicions (Jaloux) Mychael Danna, The Whistleblower Martin Léon, Monsieur Lazhar Philip Miller, The Bang Bang Club | Carole Facal, "Quelque part" — Starbuck Jay Brannan, "My Love My Love" — Cloudburst Malajube, "Œil pour œil" — Good Neighbours Steven Page, "A Different Sort of Solitude" — French Immersion Jean Robitaille and Steve Galluccio, "Waiting for Your Touch" — Funkytown |
| Make-Up | Visual Effects |
| Christiane Fattori and Frédéric Marin, Café de Flore Amber Makar, Amazon Falls Virginie Paré, BumRush Tammy Lou Pate, Snow & Ashes Leslie Sebert and David R. Beecroft, Take This Waltz | Vincent Dudouet, Cynthia Mourou, Éric Normandin, Martin Pensa, Marc Cote, Stephanie Broussaud, Sylvain Theroux, Luc Sansfacon, Nathalie Tremblay and Garry Chuntz, Café de Flore Robert Crowther, Tony Cybulski, Ian Britton and Tom Turnbull, Citizen Gangster Ovidiu Cinazan, Mike Borrett, Milan Schere, Oliver Hearsey, Dennis Berardi, Mathew Borrett, Wilson Cameron, Jim Price, Wojciech Zielinski and Jason Edwardh, A Dangerous Method Geoffroy Lauzon, BumRush Jacques Levesque, Eve Brunet, Philippe Roberge, Snow & Ashes |
| Special Awards |
| Claude Jutra Award: Nuit #1, Anne Émond Golden Reel Award: Starbuck |