7th Genie Awards

7th Genie Awards
7th Genie Awards
Date	March 20, 1986
Site	Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Hosted by	Leslie Nielsen and Catherine Mary Stewart
Highlights
Best Picture	My American Cousin
Most awards	My American Cousin (6)
Most nominations	Joshua Then and Now (12)
Television coverage
Network	CBC Television
	← 6th; Genie Awards; 8th →;

The 7th Genie Awards were held March 20, 1986, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to honour achievements in Canadian film in 1985. The ceremony was co-hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Catherine Mary Stewart.^[3]

Nominees and winners

Motion Picture	Direction
My American Cousin, Peter O'Brian 90 Days, David Wilson and Giles Walker Joshua Then and Now, Robert Lantos and Stephen J. Roth The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Justine Héroux One Magic Christmas, Peter O'Brian	Sandy Wilson, My American Cousin Giles Walker, 90 Days Claude Jutra, The Lady in Colours (La Dame en couleurs) Ted Kotcheff, Joshua Then and Now Jean Beaudin, The Alley Cat (Le Matou)
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
John Wildman, My American Cousin Ed McNamara, Bayo Serge Dupire, The Alley Cat (Le Matou) Alan Scarfe, Overnight R.H. Thomson, Samuel Lount	Margaret Langrick, My American Cousin Christine Pak, 90 Days Charlotte Laurier, The Lady in Colours (La Dame en couleurs) Monique Spaziani, The Alley Cat (Le Matou) Mary Steenburgen, One Magic Christmas
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Alan Arkin, Joshua Then and Now Sam Grana, 90 Days Sean Sullivan, The Boy in Blue Richard Donat, My American Cousin Duncan Fraser, Overnight	Linda Sorenson, Joshua Then and Now Fernanda Tavares, 90 Days Barbara Gordon, Overnight Lally Cadeau, Separate Vacations
Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Final Offer, Robert Collison and Sturla Gunnarsson Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, Brigitte Berman The Choice of a People (Le Choix d'un peuple), Bernard Lalonde Tears Are Not Enough, John Zaritsky Waterwalker, Bill Mason	No More Hiroshima, Martin Duckworth Neon, an Electric Memoir, Rudy Buttignol Skyward, Roman Kroitor
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
The Edit, Paul Caulfield Pluie d'été, Louis-Georges Tétreault Working Title, Fred Jones and Ken Scott	The Big Snit, Richard Condie and Michael Scott Paradise/Paradis, Ishu Patel Sylvia, Yves Leduc
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Anne Pritchard, Joshua Then and Now William Beeton, The Boy in Blue Phil Schmidt, My American Cousin François Séguin, Night Magic Bill Brodie, One Magic Christmas	François Protat, Joshua Then and Now Frank Tidy, One Magic Christmas Marc Champion, Samuel Lount
Costume Design	Editing
Louise Jobin, Joshua Then and Now Sheila Bingham and Phillip Clarkson, My American Cousin Olga Dimitrov, One Magic Christmas Olga Dimitrov, Samuel Lount	Haida Paul, My American Cousin David Wilson, 90 Days Ron Wisman, Joshua Then and Now Sally Paterson, Overnight Richard Martin, Samuel Lount
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
David Appleby, Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Nyznik, Bruce Carwardine, Glen Gauthier, and Don White, One Magic Christmas Don Cohen, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, and Joe Grimaldi, Joshua Then and Now Garrell Clark and Paul A. Sharpe, My American Cousin	Robin Leigh, Richard Cadger, Glen Gauthier, Michael O'Farrell, Alan Geldart, Alison Clark, and Peter Thilaye, One Magic Christmas Don White, David Appleby, and Dan Latour, The Boy in Blue Adrian Croll, Jean-Pierre Joutel, and Richard Besse, The Lady in Colours (La Dame en couleurs) Robin Leigh, David Evans, Fred Brennan, Richard Cadger, Penny Hozy, and Wayne Griffin, Joshua Then and Now Serge Viau and Paul Dion, The Alley Cat (Le Matou) Jacqueline Cristianini, Alison Clark, Tony Currie, Gordon Thompson, My American Cousin Michael O'Farrell, Samuel Lount
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
François Dompierre, The Alley Cat (Le Matou) Philippe Sarde, Joshua Then and Now Lewis Furey, Night Magic Lewis Furey, The Peanut Butter Solution	*Lewis Furey and Leonard Cohen, "Angel Eyes" (Night Magic)* John Sebastian, "Nobody Cares Like a Bear" (The Care Bears Movie) Michel Rivard, "Le temps nous depasse" (Jacques et novembre) Lewis Furey and Leonard Cohen, "Fire" (Night Magic) Lewis Furey, Eddy Marnay, Howard Forman and Judi Richards, "Michael's Song" (The Peanut Butter Solution)
Screenplay	Special awards
Sandy Wilson, My American Cousin Louise Rinfret and Claude Jutra, The Lady in Colours (La Dame en couleurs) Mordecai Richler, Joshua Then and Now Lise Lemay-Rousseau, The Alley Cat (Le Matou)	Golden Reel Award: The Care Bears Movie

References

^ "My American Cousin goes home with six Genies". Ottawa Citizen, March 21, 1986.
^ "Montreal film leads Genie contenders with 12 nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1986.
^ "Genie hosts announced". Toronto Star, March 3, 1986.

[1] "My American Cousin goes home with six Genies". Ottawa Citizen, March 21, 1986.

[2] "Montreal film leads Genie contenders with 12 nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1986.

[3] "Genie hosts announced". Toronto Star, March 3, 1986.

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