2012 GENIE AWARDS ROUND-UP: The big winner of the night was Monsieur Lazhar, Canada's official entry in the best foreign film category at this year's Oscars

 

Mar 9, 2012

The big question going into this year's Genie Awards was, "Would all the major awards once again go to nine-time Genie Award winner David Cronenberg, who seems to have the same relationship with Genie voters that Meryl Streep has with Oscar voters, or to one of the nominees that few mainstream filmgoers have heard of?"
Somewhat surprisingly, Cronenberg walked away empty-handed. His A Dangerous Method, by far the most high profile of the nominees, took home a total of five awards, including best supporting actor (Viggo Mortensen) and best score (Howard Shore). It was nominated for 11 awards.

The big winner of the night was Monsieur Lazhar, Canada's official entry in the best foreign film category at this year's Oscars (it lost to A Separation from Iran). The acclaimed Québécois film took home six awards, including best picture, best director (Philippe Falardeau), best actor (Fellag), best supporting actress (11-year-old Sophie Nelisse), and best adapted screenplay.
Perhaps the only highlight of Thursday's telecast occurred just moments in when Viggo Mortesen took a Montreal Canadiens jersey out of his back pocket and dedicated his award to the team. "Next year we'll be back with a vengeance," he said to massive applause.
The rest of the ceremony mostly consisted of figure skating (Jamie Salé and David Pelletier were trotted out at every available opportunity) and lame stage banter between presenters that made the stage banter at the Oscars look like it could've been from a long lost Oscar Wilde play. The ceremony was one hour long, but it felt more like seven.
The complete list of winners is printed below.
Best Picture

Monsieur Lazhar, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw, producers

Best Director

Philippe Falardeau, Monsieur Lazhar

Best Actress

Vanessa Paradis, Café de Flore

Best Supporting Actress

Sophie Nélisse, Monsieur Lazhar

Best Actor

Fellag, Monsieur Lazhar

Best Supporting Actor

Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

Best Original Screenplay

Ken Scott, Martin Petit, Starbuck

Best Adapted Screenplay

Philippe Falardeau, Monsieur Lazhar

Best Feature-Length Documentary

La nuit, elles dansent/At Night, They Dance, Lucie Lambert, Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault

Best Short Documentary

Sirmilik, Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth

Best Live-Action Short Drama

Doubles With Slight Pepper, Ian Harnarine, Ryan Silbert

Best Animated Short

Romance, Georges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand

Best Original Score

Howard Shore, A Dangerous Method

Best Original Song

Carole Facal, "Quelque Part" (from Starbuck)

Best Cinematography

Jean-François Lord, Snow & Ashes

Best Art Direction

James McAteer, A Dangerous Method

Best Editing

Stéphane Lafleur, Monsieur Lazhar

Best Costume Design

Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, Funkytown

Best Makeup

Christiane Fattori, Frédéric Marin, Café de Flore

Best Overall Sound

Orest Sushko, Christian Cooke, Jack Heeren, Reinhard Stergar, Don White, A Dangerous Method

Best Sound Editing

Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Alastair Gray, Andy Malcolm, Michael O’Farrell, A Dangerous Method

Best Visual Effects

Marc Côté, Stéphanie Broussaud, Gary Chuntz, Vincent Dudouet, Cynthia Mourou, Eric Normandin, Martin Pensa, Luc Sanfaçon, Sylvain Théroux, Nathalie Tremblay, Café de Flore

SPECIAL AWARDS

Claude Jutra Award

Anne Émond, Nuit #1

Golden Reel Award

Starbuck, André Rouleau, producer