9th Genie Awards

9th Genie Awards
Date	March 22, 1988
Site	Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	Megan Follows, Gordon Pinsent
Highlights
Best Picture	Un zoo la nuit
Most awards	Un zoo la nuit (13)
Most nominations	Un zoo la nuit (14)

The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988 and honoured Canadian films released in 1987. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was co-hosted by Megan Follows and Gordon Pinsent. The awards were dominated by Un zoo la nuit, which won a still unmatched thirteen awards.^[1] The film garnered 14 nominations overall;^[2] the film's only nomination that failed to translate into a win was Gilles Maheu's nod for Best Actor, as he lost to the film's other Best Actor nominee, Roger Lebel.

Winners and nominees

Motion Picture	Direction
Un zoo la nuit, Roger Frappier and Pierre Gendron Family Viewing, Atom Egoyan I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Patricia Rozema and Alexandra Raffe Life Classes, Stephen Reynolds Train of Dreams, Sam Grana	Jean-Claude Lauzon, Un zoo la nuit Atom Egoyan, Family Viewing Patricia Rozema, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Marquise Lepage, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) John N. Smith, Train of Dreams
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Roger Lebel, Un zoo la nuit David Hemblen, Family Viewing Jason St. Amour, Train of Dreams Gilles Maheu, Un zoo la nuit	Sheila McCarthy, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Gabrielle Rose, Family Viewing Jacinta Cormier, Life Classes Frédérique Collin, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville) Kate Lynch, Taking Care
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Germain Houde, Un zoo la nuit Murray Westgate, Blue City Slammers Tony Nardi, Concrete Angels Hrant Alianak, Family Viewing Leon Dubinsky, Life Classes	Paule Baillargeon, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Fran Gebhard, Blue City Slammers Maruska Stankova, Dreams Beyond Memory Ann-Marie MacDonald, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Jayne Eastwood, Night Friend
Documentary	Best Short Film
God Rides a Harley, Stavros C. Stavrides and Andreas Erne The Canneries, Stephen Insley and Bonni Devlin Dance for Modern Times, Moze Mossanen Elephant Dreams, Martha Davis To Hurt and to Heal, Laura Sky	George and Rosemary, David Fine and Alison Snowden Fashion 99, Karen Firus Future Block, Kevin McCracken
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Jean-Baptiste Tard, Un zoo la nuit Ronald Fauteux, Le Frère André Violette Daneau, The Great Land of Small François Séguin, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)	Guy Dufaux, Un zoo la nuit Richard Leiterman, The Climb Michel Brault, The Great Land of Small Douglas Koch, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Costume Design	Editing
Andrée Morin, Un zoo la nuit Denis Sperdouklis, Le Frère André Michèle Hamel, The Great Land of Small Alexandra Z and Martine Matthews, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Nicole Pelletier, Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)	Michel Arcand, Un zoo la nuit Atom Egoyan and Bruce MacDonald, Family Viewing
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Adrian Croll, Hans Peter Strobl, and Yvon Benoît, Un zoo la nuit Michel Charron, Jocelyn Caron, André Gagnon, and Michel Descombes, Cudowne dziecko Tony Van den Akker, Marvin Bearns, and Lars Ekstrom, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II Michelle Moses, Egidio Coccimiglio, and Gordon Thompson, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing David Appleby and Dan Latour, Too Outrageous!	Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, and Diane Boucher, Un zoo la nuit Robin Leigh, Richard Cadger, Jane Tattersall, Penny Hozy, and Peter McBurnie, The Climb Viateur Paiement, Serge Viau, Alain Clavier, Claude Langlois, and Louise Coté, Cudowne dziecko Diane Boucher, Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, Jocelyn Caron, and Antoine Morin, Le Frère André Peter McBurnie, Marta Nielsen Sternberg, Peter Thilaye, Nick Rotundo, Peter Jermyn, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Jean Corriveau, Un zoo la nuit Tim McCauley, Blue City Slammers Patricia Cullen, The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland Mychael Danna, Family Viewing	*Jean-Pierre Bonin, Daniel De Shaimes, Jean Corriveau and Robert Stanley, "Lost in a Hurricane" (Un zoo la nuit)* William D. MacGillivray, "Mary's Lament" (Life Classes) Maribeth Solomon, "Rise and Shine" (The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland) Guy Trépanier, "The Great Land of Small" (The Great Land of Small) Howard Forman and Krzesimir Debski, "When We're Together" (The Young Magician)
Screenplay	Special awards
Jean-Claude Lauzon, Un zoo la nuit Atom Egoyan, Family Viewing Patricia Rozema, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing William D. MacGillivray, Life Classes Sam Grana, John N. Smith, and Sally Bochner, Train of Dreams	Golden Reel Award: The Gate Special Achievement: Norman Jewison Air Canada Award: Rock Demers

References

↑ "It was Un Zoo's night; Quebec film wins record 13 Genies". Montreal Gazette, March 23, 1988.
↑ "Night Zoo thriller sets Genie record; Lauzon film wins 14 nominations". Ottawa Citizen, February 17, 1988.

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