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 PictureDirection
Monsieur LazharLuc Déry, Kim McCraw
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 roleActress 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 roleActress 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 ScreenplayAdapted 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 DocumentaryShort Documentary
    At Night, They Dance Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault
  • Beauty DayJay Cheel
  • Family Portrait in Black and WhiteJulia Ivanova, Boris Ivanov
  • The Guantanamo TrapThomas Wallner
  • Wiebo's WarDavid York, Bryn Hughes, Nick Hector
  • SirmilikZacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth
  • 75 WattsJohn Cullen
  • DerailmentsChelsea McMullan
  • Best Live Action Short DramaBest Animated Short
    Doubles with Slight PepperIan Harnarine
  • HopePedro Pires, Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso
  • OraRené Chénier, Philippe Baylaucq
  • La Ronde — Élaine Hébert, Sophie Goyette
  • RomanceGeorges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand
  • ChokeMichelle Latimer
  • Inner City Alain Fournier
  • Muybridge's StringsKōji Yamamura, Michael Fukushima, Shuzo John Shiota and Keisuke Tsuchihashi
  • Wild LifeAmanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, Marcy Page, Bonnie Thompson
  • Art Direction/Production DesignCinematography
    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 DesignEditing
    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
  • Ronald Sanders, A Dangerous Method
  • Overall SoundSound Editing
    Orest Sushko and Christian Cooke, A Dangerous Method
  • Stéphane Bergeron, Yann Cleary and Lise Wedlock, Wetlands
  • 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
  • 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 ScoreAchievement in Music: Original Song
    Howard Shore, A Dangerous Method
  • Ramachandra Borcar, Suspicions
  • 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-UpVisual 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
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