16th Genie Awards

16th Genie Awards
Date	January 14, 1996
Site	Maison Radio-Canada, Montreal
Hosted by	Pascale Bussières, René Homier-Roy, Mary Walsh
Highlights
Best Picture	Le Confessional

The 16th Genie Awards were held on January 14, 1996, to honour films released in 1995. The ceremony took place in Montreal at Société Radio-Canada's Studio 42.

For the first time, the ceremony was not broadcast live on any television network, instead taking place in the afternoon of January 14; separate post-award specials aired in prime time to publicize the award highlights. The English special on CBC Television was hosted by Mary Walsh, while the French special on Radio-Canada was hosted by actor Pascale Bussières and broadcaster René Homier-Roy.

It was the first of two Genie Award ceremonies held in 1996. Normally the 16th Genie Award ceremony would have been held in the late fall of 1995, but it was delayed until early 1996. The 17th Genie Awards were held in November 1996, returning to the traditional scheduling of the award ceremony. Beginning with the 19th Genie Awards in 1999, however, the award scheduling returned to the winter again, and has remained scheduled as such ever since.

Nominees and winners

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

Motion Picture	Direction
Le Confessionnal, Denise Robert Liste noire, Marcel Giroux Magic in the Water, Rick Stevenson and Matthew O'Connor Margaret's Museum, Christopher Zimmer, Mort Ransen, Claudio Luca and Steve Clark-Hall Rude, Damon D'Oliveira and Karen King	Robert Lepage, Le Confessionnal Charles Binamé, Eldorado Jean-Marc Vallée, Liste noire Mort Ransen, Margaret's Museum Clement Virgo, Rude
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
David La Haye, L'Enfant d'eau Lothaire Bluteau, Le Confessionnal Matthew Ferguson, Eclipse Clive Russell, Margaret's Museum Peter Williams, Soul Survivor	Helena Bonham Carter, Margaret's Museum Pascale Bussières, Eldorado Pascale Montpetit, Eldorado Isabel Richer, Eldorado Pascale Bussières, When Night Is Falling
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Kenneth Welsh, Margaret's Museum Robert Brouillette, Eldorado Aubert Pallascio, Liste noire Clark Johnson, Rude David Fox, When Night Is Falling	Kate Nelligan, Margaret's Museum Anne-Marie Cadieux, Le Confessionnal Marie Gignac, Le Confessionnal Pascale Montpetit, Eclipse Rachael Crawford, Rude
Screenplay	Best Short Film
Mort Ransen and Gerald Wexler, Margaret's Museum Sylvain Guy, Liste noire Clement Virgo, Rude Stephen Williams, Soul Survivor	Les fleurs magiques, Jean-Marc Vallée Movements of the Body - 1st Movement: The Gesture, Wayne Traudt Off Key, Karethe Linaae and Wade Ferley The End of the World in Four Seasons, Marcy Page and Paul Driessen You Love Me I Hate You, Myra Fried and Rosamund Owen
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
The Champagne Safari, George Ungar Motherland: Tales of Wonder, Helene Klodawsky and Signe Johansson Narmada: A Valley Rises, Ali Kazimi Silent Witness, Harriet Wichin and Christine York Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics, Kent Martin and Terre Nash	Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule, Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie and Rina Fraticelli Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya, Peter Raymont and Linda Lee Tracey Enigmatico, David Mortin and Patricia Fogliato The Shaper, Martin Schliessler and Bill Sheppard Time Is on My Side, Jacques Holender
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
François Laplante, Le Confessionnal André Guimond, Eldorado Nilo Rodis-Jamero, Johnny Mnemonic Clyde Klotz and Michael O'Connor, Magic in the Water William Fleming and David McHenry, Margaret's Museum	Thomas Burstyn, Magic in the Water Alain Dostie, Le Confessionnal Pierre Gill, Liste noire Vic Sarin, Margaret's Museum Barry Stone, Rude
Costume Design	Editing
Nicoletta Massone, Margaret's Museum Michèle Hamel, Eldorado Barbara Kidd, Le Confessionnal Crystine Booth, Once in a Blue Moon Linda Muir, When Night Is Falling	Michael Pacek, Dance Me Outside Michel Arcand, Eldorado Emmanuelle Castro, Le Confessionnal Jean-Marc Vallée, Liste noire Susan Maggi, Rude
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Michael McGee, Paul A. Sharpe, Kelly Cole and Dean Giammarco, Magic in the Water Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly, Daniel Pellerin and Ross Redfern, Dance Me Outside Don White, Douglas Ganton, Leslie Shatz and Scott Purdy, Johnny Mnemonic Jean-Claude Laureux, Jo Caron and Hans Peter Strobl, Le Confessionnal Gavin Fernandes, Luc Boudrias, Daniel Masse and Michel Descombes, Liste noire	Steve Munro, Andy Malcolm, Michael Pacek, Peter Winninger and Michael Werth, Dance Me Outside Nick Berry, Jérôme Décarie, Jacques Plante, Diane Boucher and Antoine Morin, Le Confessionnal Diane Boucher, François Dupire, Martin Pinsonnault, Louis Dupire and Alice Wright, Liste noire Marc Chiasson, Cal Shumiatcher, Anke Bakker, Jacqueline Cristianini, Sean Kelly and Sheena Macrae, Magic in the Water Steve Munro, Tim Roberts, Andy Malcolm, Paul Shikata and Paul Germann, The Michelle Apartments
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Special awards
Milan Kymlicka, Margaret's Museum Richard Grégoire, L'enfant d'eau Luc Aubry and Serge Arcuri, Liste noire Aaron Davis and John Lang, Rude Mark Korven, The Michelle Apartments	Claude Jutra Award: Le Confessionnal Golden Reel Award: Johnny Mnemonic

External links

• Genie Awards 1995 on imdb