8th Genie Awards
DateMarch 18, 1987
SiteMetro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byHelen Shaver
Linda Sorensen
Jean LeClerc
Highlights
Best PictureThe Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
Most awardsThe Decline of the American Empire
Most nominationsThe Decline of the American Empire
Television coverage
NetworkCBC Television

The 8th Annual Genie Awards were held on March 18, 1987, to honour Canadian films made the previous year.[1] The show was again held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was co-hosted by actors Helen Shaver, Linda Sorensen and Jean LeClerc. It was broadcast live on CBC Television.[2]

The prestigious Air Canada Award was presented to Garth Drabinsky, film producer and head of North America's largest movie exhibition chain, Cineplex Odeon.

The Special Achievement award went to Taming of the Demons, a film commissioned by Teleglobe Canada for Expo 86 by experimental filmmaker Emil Radok which explores the development of civilization through communications technologies.[3]

The show itself received mixed reviews but the Canadian film industry had finally received the break it had long been waiting for in Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain), an international hit which, a few months earlier, had won the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and become the first Canadian film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. To no one's surprise, it dominated the awards.

Winners and nominees

Motion Picture Direction
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Animated Short
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blue ribbon Adrian Croll, Jean-Pierre Joutel and Richard Besse, The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
  • Peter Clements, David Appleby and Don White, Abducted
  • Michael O'Farrell, Gordon Thompson, Don White and David Appleby, The Pink Chiquitas
  • Hans Oomes, Richard Nichol, Shelley Craig and Jean-Pierre Joutel, Sitting in Limbo
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Documentary Special Awards

References

  1. ^ Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". Toronto Star, February 5, 1987.
  2. ^ 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. ^ Voráč, Jiří. "Emil Radok and The Taming of Demons". openjournals.uwaterloo.ca. University of Waterloo. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Le Déclin de l'empire américain". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Dancing in the Dark". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri. "Pouvoir intime". filmsquebec.com. Films du Quebec. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "John and the Missus". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Loyalties". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri. "Sitting in Limbo". filmsquebec.com. Films du Quebec. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  10. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri. "The Blue Man". filmsquebec.com. Films du Quebec. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Lost!". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Anne Trister". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Bach et Bottine". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  14. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri. "Les Fous de bassan". filmsquebec.com. Films du Quebec. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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