25th Genie Awards

The 25th Genie Awards were held on March 21, 2005 to honour the best Canadian films released in 2004. The awards took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.

Andrea Martin was the host.

Nominees and winners

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text.

Best Motion Picture

• Les Triplettes de Belleville, Paul Cadieux, producer
• Being Julia, Robert Lantos, producer
• Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, Jennifer Holness, producer
• Ma vie en cinémascope, Denise Robert and Daniel Louis, producers
• Mémoires affectives, Barbara Shrier, producer

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Roy Dupuis, Mémoires affectives
• Michel Côté, Le Dernier tunnel
• Ian McKellen, Émile
• David La Haye, Nouvelle-France
• Nick Stahl, Twist

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Pascale Bussières, Ma vie en cinémascope
• Isabelle Blais, Les Aimants
• Emily Hampshire, Blood
• Jacinthe Laguë, Elles étaient cinq
• Céline Bonnier, Monica la mitraille

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jean Lapointe, Le Dernier tunnel
• Bruce Greenwood, Being Julia
• Brendan Fehr, Sugar
• Kyle MacLachlan, Touch of Pink
• Gary Farmer, Twist

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, Childstar
• Juliette Gosselin, Nouvelle-France
• Sylvie Moreau, Les Aimants
• Ellen Page, Wilby Wonderful
• Susana Salazar, A Silent Love

Best Director

• Francis Leclerc, Mémoires affectives
• Denise Filiatrault, Ma vie en cinémascope
• Pierre Houle, Monica la mitraille
• Bronwen Hughes, Stander
• David Sutherland, Love, Sex and Eating the Bones

Best Original Screenplay

• Mémoires affectives, Francis Leclerc and Marcel Beaulieu
• Childstar, Don McKellar and Michael Goldbach
• Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, David Sutherland
• Ma vie en cinémascope, Denise Filiatrault
• A Silent Love, Federico Hidalgo and Paulina Robles

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Monica la mitraille, Luc Dionne and Sylvain Guy
• Blood, Jerry Ciccoritti
• La Peau blanche, Joël Champetier and Daniel Roby
• Sugar, Todd Klinck, Jaie Laplante and John Palmer
• Twist, Jacob Tierney

Best Cinematography

• Head in the Clouds, Paul Sarossy
• Le Dernier tunnel, Bernard Couture
• Nouvelle-France, Louis de Ernsted
• Ma vie en cinémascope, Pierre Mignot
• Childstar, André Turpin

Best Art Direction/Production Design

• Nouvelle-France, Jean-Baptiste Tard
• Camping sauvage, André-Line Beauparlant
• Le Dernier tunnel, Jean Bécotte
• Head in the Clouds, Jonathan Lee and Gilles Aird
• Monica la mitraille, Michel Proulx

Best Costume Design

• Head in the Clouds, Mario Davignon
• Nouvelle-France, François Barbeau
• Monica la mitraille, Michèle Hamel
• Camping sauvage, Sophie Lefebvre
• Ma vie en cinémascope, Denis Sperdouklis

Best Sound

• Le Dernier tunnel, Dominque Chartrand, Gavin Fernandes and Pierre Paquet
• Émile, Nicole Thompson, Jeff Carter, Brad Hillman and Miguel Nunes
• Head in the Clouds, Pierre Blain, Jocelyn Caron, Michel Descombes and Gavin Fernandes
• Mémoires affectives, Christian Bouchard, Luc Boudrias, Jocelyn Caron, Clovis Gouaillier and Benoît Leduc
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Dean Humphreys, Todd Beckett and David Lee

Best Editing

• Head in the Clouds, Dominique Fortin
• Le Dernier tunnel, Jean-François Bergeron
• Elles étaient cinq, Richard Comeau
• Childstar, Reginald Harkema
• Ma vie en cinémascope, Yvann Thibaudeau

Best Sound Editing

• Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Craig Henighan, Steve Baine, Stephen Barden, Tony Lewis, Jill Purdy and Nathan Robitaille
• Camping sauvage, Marie-Claude Gagné, Guy Francoeur, Guy Pelletier, Claire Pochon and Jean-Philippe Savard
• Le Dernier tunnel, Christian Rivest
• Head in the Clouds, Marcel Pothier, Natalie Fleurant, Guy Francoeur, Antoine Morin and Guy Pelletier
• Monica la mitraille, Marcel Pothier, Natalie Fleurant, Guy Francoeur, Carole Gagnon and Antoine Morin

Best Original Song

• "Pantaloon in Black", Twist, Ron Proulx and Jacob Tierney
• "Ignorance is Beautiful (Help Me)", Childstar, Kyprios
• "Le Blues de Monica", Monica la mitraille, Lorraine Richard, Michel Cusson and Pierre Houle
• "Ma Nouvelle France", Nouvelle-France, Luc Plamondon and Patrick Doyle
• "Something's Coming", Wilby Wonderful, Rebecca Jenkins

Best Score

• Head in the Clouds, Terry Frewer
• Le Dernier Tunnel, Michel Corriveau
• La Lune viendra d'elle-même, Charles Papasoff
• Mémoires affectives, Pierre Duchesne
• Les Triplettes de Belleville, Benoît Charest

Best Animated Short

• Ryan, Chris Landreth, Steven Hoban, Marcy Page and Mark Smith
• L'Homme sans ombre, Georges Schwizgebel and Marcel Jean
• Louise, Anita Lebeau, Michael J. F. Scott and Jennifer Torrance
• Mabel's Saga, JoDee Samuelson and Kent Martin
• Through My Thick Glasses, Pjotr Sapegin, Marcel Jean and David Reiss-Andersen

Best Live Action Short

• Capacité 11 personnes, G. J. d'Ynglemare and Yves Fortin
• Choke., David Hyde, Tyler Levine and Carolyn Newman
• Desastre, Jay Field
• The Dog Walker, James Genn, Andrew Rosen and Geoffrey Turnbull
• TV Dinner...Burp!, Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli, Antonello Cozzolino and Annie Normandin

Best Documentary

• The Corporation, Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Bart Simpson
• Ce qui'il reste de nous, François Prevost, Yves Bisaillon and Hugo Latulippe
• Mr. Mergler's Gift, Beverly Shaffer and Germaine Wong

Special Awards

Claude Jutra Award

(best film by a first-time director)

• La Peau blanche, Daniel Roby

Golden Reel Award

(top-grossing Canadian film of the year)

• Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt and Don Carmody