13th Genie Awards

13th Genie Awards
Date	November 22, 1992
Site	Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Host	Leslie Nielsen
Highlights
Best Picture	Naked Lunch
Most awards	Naked Lunch
Most nominations	Naked Lunch (11)
Television coverage
Network	CBC Television

The 13th annual Genie Awards were held on November 22, 1992, and honoured Canadian films released in late 1991 and 1992. They were dominated by the Canadian/British/Japanese co-production Naked Lunch.

The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.^[1] The ceremony was originally slated to be hosted by John Candy, but he pulled out in a dispute over advance advertising which he perceived as making fun of his weight; Leslie Nielsen instead stepped in as host.^[1]

Nominations were announced on October 13.^[2]

Nominees and winners

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

Motion Picture	Direction
Naked Lunch, produced by Gabriella Martinelli and Jeremy Thomas Being at Home with Claude, produced by Louise Gendron Léolo, produced by Aimée Danis and Lyse Lafontaine Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur, produced by Nicole Robert and Lorraine Dufour La Sarrasine, produced by Marc Daigle and Lise Abastado	David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch Jean Beaudin, Being at Home with Claude Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léolo Eli Cohen, The Quarrel Robert Morin, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Tony Nardi, La Sarrasine Jacques Godin, Being at Home with Claude Don McKellar, Highway 61 Peter Weller, Naked Lunch Gildor Roy, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur	Janet Wright, Bordertown Café Viveca Lindfors, North of Pittsburgh Enrica Maria Modugno, La Sarrasine Janet-Laine Green, The Shower Valerie Pearson, Solitaire
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Michael Hogan, Solitaire Robbie Coltrane, Oh, What a Night Andrew Miller, Oh, What a Night Jean-Guy Bouchard, Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur Gaetano Cisco Cimarosa, La Sarrasine	Monique Mercure, Naked Lunch Tracey Moore, Defy Gravity Judy Davis, On My Own Johanne-Marie Tremblay, La Sarrasine Krista Bridges, The Shower
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Jean-Claude Lauzon, Léolo Paul Donovan and William Fleming, Buried on Sunday Jeff Schultz, North of Pittsburgh Bruno Ramirez and Paul Tana, La Sarrasine Francis Damberger, Solitaire	David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch Kelly Rebar, Bordertown Café David Brandes, The Quarrel Gail Singer, True Confections Jacques Leduc and Yvon Rivard, La Vie fantôme
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Deadly Currents, Ric Esther Bienstock, Simcha Jacobovici and Elliott Halpern Le Steak, Manon Leriche and Pierre Falardeau Wisecracks, Gail Singer and Signe Johansson	A Song for Tibet, Anne Henderson, Abby Jack Neidek, and Kent Martin A Kind of Family, Andrew Koster Xénofolies, Michel Moreau
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
Battle of the Bulge, Arlene Hazzen Green Kumar and Mr. Jones, Leonard Farlinger and Paul Brown Stroke, Mark Sawers and Gregory Middleton	Strings, Wendy Tilby Blackfly, Christopher Hinton The Lump, John Weldon
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Carol Spier, Naked Lunch François Séguin, Being at Home with Claude François Séguin, Léolo François Séguin, La Sarrasine Andris Hausmanis, True Confections Louise Jobin, La Vie fantôme	Peter Suschitzky, Naked Lunch Thomas Vámos, Being at Home with Claude Guy Dufaux, Léolo Michel Caron, La Sarrasine Pierre Mignot, La Vie fantôme
Costume Design	Editing
François Barbeau, Léolo Denise Cronenberg, Naked Lunch François Barbeau, La Sarrasine Alisa Alexander, True Confections Michèle Hamel, La vie fantôme	Michel Arcand, Léolo André Corriveau, Being at Home with Claude Lara Mazur, Bordertown Café Michael Pacek, Highway 61 Bruce Lange, North of Pittsburgh
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Peter Maxwell, Bryan Day, David Appleby and Don White, Naked Lunch Jocelyn Caron, Michel Descombes, Michel Charron and Luc Boudrias, Being at Home with Claude Yvon Benoît, Jocelyn Caron, Jack Jullian and Hans Peter Strobl, Léolo Dean Giammarco, Patrick Ramsay, Paul A. Sharpe and Bill Sheppard, North of Pittsburgh John Martin, Don White, Lou Solakofski and David Appleby, South of Wawa	Richard Cadger, Wayne Griffin, David Evans, Jane Tattersall, Andy Malcolm and Tony Currie, Naked Lunch Jérôme Décarie, Mathieu Beaudin, Carole Gagnon and Marcel Pothier, Being at Home with Claude Marcel Pothier, Jean-Pierre Lelong, Richard Grégoire, Mathieu Beaudin, Carole Gagnon and Jacques Plante, Léolo Charles O'Shea, Shane Shemko, Cal Shumiatcher, Alison Grace and Marti Richa, North of Pittsburgh Jane Tattersall, Drew King, Wayne Griffin, Tony Currie and Andy Malcolm, South of Wawa Jérôme Décarie, Diane Boucher, Michel Bordeleau, Francine Poirier and Claude Beaugrand, La Vie fantôme
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Richard Grégoire, Being at Home with Claude Howard Shore, Naked Lunch Graeme Coleman, North of Pittsburgh Pierre Desrochers, La Sarrasine Michael Becker, Solitaire	*Ron Hynes, "The Final Breath" (Secret Nation)* Cam Wagner, "Midnight Ride" (North of Pittsburgh) Gord Norris and Larry Harvey, "Oh What a Fool You Made of Me" (The Shower)
Special awards
Golden Reel Award: Black Robe Outstanding Contribution to the Canadian Film Industry: Michael Spencer

References

1 2 "Canadian films in the spotlight". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 1992.
↑ "French-Canadian films steal Genie show". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 1992.

External links

Genie Awards 1992 on imdb

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