19th Genie Awards

Date| February 4, 1999
Site| Living Arts Centre
Mississauga, Ontario
Hosted by| Albert Schultz
Highlights
Best Picture| The Red Violin
Most nominations| Last Night, Such a Long Journey (12)
Television coverage
Network| CBC Television

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The 19th Genie Awards were held, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, on February 4, 1999[1] to honour Canadian films released in 1998. It marked only the second time in the 1990s, after the 16th Genie Awards in January 1996, that the awards were held in the winter of the year following the year in which eligible films were released, rather than the late fall of the same year; the awards have since retained the winter scheduling. The ceremony was once again aired on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.[2]

When the nominees were announced, many were surprised that four of the five nominees for Best Motion Picture were international co-productions, and there was discussion about whether or not the films were Canadian. Many people didn't realize that co-production was now a key component of film production in Canada, and that Canada had co-production treaties with 52 countries.[2]

This year's ceremony, which was hosted by actor Albert Schultz, was dominated by Last Night and Such a Long Journey, which both received 12 nominations.[3] However, The Red Violin won the most awards, with eight wins including Best Picture.[4][5]

## Award winners and nominees

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Motion Picture | Direction

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* The Red Violin — Niv Fichman
* Last Night — Daniel Iron and Niv Fichman
* Regeneration — Allan Scott and Peter Simpson
* Rupert's Land — Bill Thumm and Scott Kennedy
* Such a Long Journey — Paul Stephens and Simon MacCorkindale

* François Girard, The Red Violin
* Don McKellar, Last Night
* J. H. Wyman, Pale Saints
* Gillies MacKinnon, Regeneration
* Jonathan Tammuz, Rupert's Land
* Sturla Gunnarsson, Such a Long Journey

Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role

* Roshan Seth, Such a Long Journey
* Rémy Girard, Les Boys
* Tony Nardi, Mr. Aiello (La Déroute)
* Jonathan Pryce, Regeneration
* Samuel West, Rupert's Land

* Sandra Oh, Last Night
* Anne-Marie Cadieux, Nô
* Pascale Montpetit, Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)
* Ginette Reno, It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)
* Pierrette Robitaille, It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)

Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role

* Callum Keith Rennie, Last Night
* Kurush Deboo, Such a Long Journey
* Michael Riley, Pale Saints
* Saul Rubinek, Pale Saints
* George Wendt, Rupert's Land

* Monique Mercure, Conquest
* Geneviève Bujold, Last Night
* Rachael Crawford, Pale Saints
* Anna Henry, The Fishing Trip
* Roberta Maxwell, Last Night

Best Feature Length Documentary | Best Short Documentary

* Betsy Carson, Kirk Tougas and Nettie Wild, A Place Called Chiapas
* Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
* Peter Lynch and Peter Starr, The Herd

* Anita Herczeg and Brenda Longfellow, Shadow Maker: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Poet
* Brian Nash and Elizabeth Yake, bp: pushing the boundaries
* Elizabeth Yake and Lara Fitzgerald, Remembering Memory

Best Live Action Short Drama | Best Animated Short

* Mary Lewis, When Ponds Freeze Over
* Leah Mallen and Mark Sawers, Shoes Off!
* Bruce McDonald, Sandy Kaplansky, Don McKellar and Michael Ondaatje, Elimination Dance
* Sylvie Rosenthal, The Chocolate Bomb (La bombe au chocolat)
* Julie Trimingham and Ric Kokotovich, Claire

* Andy Jones, Chris Landreth and Kevin Tureski, Bingo
* John Weldon and Marcy Page, Frank the Wrabbit

Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography

* François Séguin, The Red Violin
* Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Such a Long Journey
* John Dondertman and Patricia Cuccia, Last Night
* Andy Harris, Regeneration
* Jasna Stefanovic, Cube

* Alain Dostie, The Red Violin
* Jan Kiesser, Such a Long Journey
* Douglas Koch, Last Night
* Glen MacPherson, Regeneration
* Gregory Middleton, The Falling

Costume Design | Editing

* Renée April, The Red Violin
* Lovleen Bains, Such a Long Journey
* Kate Carin, Regeneration
* Daniel Lalande, Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)
* Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt, Nô
* Tamara Winston, Pale Saints

* Jeff Warren, Such a Long Journey
* Pia Di Ciaula, Regeneration
* Reginald Harkema, Last Night
* Gaétan Huot, The Red Violin
* John Sanders, Cube

Overall Sound | Sound Editing

* Claude La Haye, Jo Caron, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Hans Peter Strobl, The Red Violin
* Henry Embry, Steph Carrier, Lou Solakofski and Orest Sushko, Such a Long Journey
* Darcy Kite, Peter Kelly, Steve McNamee and Todd Warren, Cube
* Louis Kramer, Todd Beckett, Tim O'Connell and Scott Purdy, Regeneration
* John J. Thomson, Dean Giammarco, Miguel Nunes and Paul A. Sharpe, Last Night

* David Evans, Richard Cadger, Donna Powell, Paul Shikata, Phong Tran and Clive Turner, Such a Long Journey
* Sue Conley, Stephen Barden, Craig Henighan, John Laing, Jill Purdy and John Sievert, Cube
* Jacqueline Cristianini, James Fonnyadt, Adam Gejdos, James Genn, Kirby Jinnah and Cam Wagner, Rupert's Land
* Tony Currie, Paula Fairfield, Alastair Gray and John Sievert, Regeneration
* Marcel Pothier, Jérôme Décarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin and Jacques Plante, The Red Violin

Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song

* John Corigliano, The Red Violin
* Mychael Danna, Regeneration
* Jonathan Goldsmith, Such a Long Journey
* Mark Korven, Cube
* Alex Pauk and Alexina Louie, Last Night

* Suzie Ungerleider, "River Blue" — The Fishing Trip
* François Dompierre and Michel Tremblay, "Laura la Belle" — It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)
* Claude Gauthier and Daniel Lavoie, "Est-ce si loin Québec" — Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais)

Screenplay | Special awards

* Don McKellar and François Girard, The Red Violin
* Don McKellar, Last Night
* André Morency and Robert Lepage, Nô
* Allan Scott, Regeneration
* Sooni Taraporevala, Such a Long Journey

* Claude Jutra Award: Don McKellar, Last Night
* Golden Reel Award: Les Boys

## References

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1. ^ "Roshan Seth happy about his Genie award-winning role". India Abroad, March 12, 1999.
2. ^ a b Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 117-199.
3. ^ "Two Films Lead Genie Pack with 12 Nominations Each". Brandon Sun, December 8, 1998.
4. ^ "Red Violin in fine tune at Genie Awards". Toronto Star, February 5, 1999.
5. ^ "McKellar wins Jutra award; Schultz named host of Genies". Toronto Star, January 22, 1999.

## External links

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* Genie Awards 1999 on imdb Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine

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