# 17th Genie Awards

The 17th Genie Awards were held on November 27, 1996, to honour films released in late 1995 and 1996.
They were the second Genie Award ceremony held in that year; the 16th Genie Awards were delayed from the fall of 1995 and took place in January 1996 instead.
For these awards, due to having only a one-hour time slot on CBC Television, the academy divided the ceremony shows into a taped portion and a live portion. The one hour Genie special featured the five Best Motion Picture nominees and actors, and included the winners of the taped pre-show. For the Quebec market, on the following evening, there was a 30-minute Genies special on Radio-Canada which focused on the year's winners. The awards were dominated by three films which had caused much excitement over the past year; David Cronenberg's Crash, John Greyson's Lilies and, from Robert Lepage, Le Polygraphe. Still, as expected, the ratings for these shows, which were hosted by actress Rebecca Jenkins and comedian Mark Farrell, were low.

## Award winners and nominees

| Motion Picture | Direction |
| Lilies — Robin Cass, Arnie Gelbart, Anna Stratton Crash — David Cronenberg Hard Core Logo — Brian Dennis, Christine Haebler Long Day's Journey into Night — Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) — Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Jobin, Jean-Pierre St-Michel, Ulrich Felsberg | David Cronenberg, Crash John Fawcett, The Boys Club John Greyson, Lilies Robert Lepage, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Bruce McDonald, Hard Core Logo |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| William Hutt, Long Day's Journey into Night Jason Cadieux, Lilies Matthew Ferguson, Lilies Danny Gilmore, Lilies Tom McCamus, Long Day's Journey into Night Christopher Penn, The Boys Club | Martha Henry, Long Day's Journey into Night Marie Brassard, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Helene Clarkson, Blood & Donuts Brenda Fricker, Swann Louise Portal, Not Me! (Sous-sol) |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Peter Donaldson, Long Day's Journey into Night Alexander Chapman, Lilies James Hyndman, Rowing Through Sean McCann, Swann Ron White, Screamers | Martha Burns, Long Day's Journey into Night Marie-Andrée Corneille, Mistaken Identity (Erreur sur la personne) Josée Deschênes, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Maria de Medeiros, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Manon Miclette, Love Me, Love Me Not (J'aime, j'aime pas) |
| Original Screenplay | Adapted Screenplay |
| Pierre Gang, Not Me! (Sous-sol) Gilles Carle, Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) Donald Martin, Never Too Late Andrew Rai Berzins, Blood and Donuts Peter Wellington and Doug Smith, The Boys Club | David Cronenberg, Crash Noel S. Baker, Hard Core Logo Michel Marc Bouchard and Linda Gaboriau, Lilies John L'Ecuyer, Curtis's Charm Robert Lepage and Marie Brassard, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) |
| Best Feature Length Documentary | Best Short Documentary |
| Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper, Bones of the Forest Diane Cailhier and Alain Chartrand, My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière) Magnus Isacsson, Power Peter Lynch, Project Grizzly | Daniele Caloz and Paul Carrière, Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) Brenda Longfellow, A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of War |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| Sandra Kybartas, Lilies John Dondertman, Swann Perri Gorrara, Screamers Paola Ridolfi, Never Too Late Taavo Soodor, The Boys Club | Peter Suschitzky, Crash Sylvain Brault, Rowing Through Éric Cayla, A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit) Georges Dufaux, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Daniel Jobin, Lilies |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Linda Muir, Lilies Elisbetta Beraldo, Swann Emma England, Blood and Donuts Denis Sperdouklis, Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur) Delphine White, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Ronald Sanders, Crash André Corriveau, Lilies Reginald Harkema, Hard Core Logo Susan Maggi, The Boys Club Susan Shipton, Long Day's Journey into Night |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Don Cohen, Keith Elliot, Scott Purdy, Scott Shepherd and Don White, Lilies David Appleby, D. Bruce Carwardine, Tim O'Connell and Don White, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Jo Caron, Claude Hazanavicius, John Netsorwich and Hans Peter Strobl, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) Kelly Cole, Dam Giammarco, Jochen Schlissler and Paul Sharpe, Hard Core Logo Christian Cooke, David Lee, Dino Pigat, Lou Solakofski and Orest Sushko, Crash | Tom Bjelic, David Evans, Wayne Griffin, John Laing, Andy Malcolm, Dale Sheldrake and John Douglas Smith, Crash Fred Brennan, Yann Delpeuch, Paula Fairfield and Virginia Storey, House Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Andy Malcolm, Jane Tattersall and David McCallum, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Diane Boucher, Tony Currie, Rich Harkness, Janice Ierulli, Donna Powell and Jane Tattersall, Lilies Jerome Decarie, Serge Fortin, Jean-Pierre Pinard, Mario Rodrigue and Raymond Vermette, Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
| Mark Korven, Curtis's Charm Richard Rodney Bennett, Swann Normand Corbeil, Screamers Mychael Danna, Lilies Ron Sures, Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Michael Turner, Swamp Baby and Peter J. Moore, "Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?" — Hard Core Logo Steven Drake, Bruce McCulloch and Craig Northey, "Some Days It's Dark" — Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Michael Timmins, "House on the Horizon" — House |
| Best Short Film | Special Awards |
| The Home for Blind Women — Sandra Kybartas Curtains (Rideau) — Mark Morgenstern and Stephanie Morgenstern The Feeler — Colleen Murphy | Claude Jutra Award: Peter Wellington, Joe's So Mean to Josephine Golden Reel Award: Crash |