7th Genie Awards

The 7th Genie Awards were held March 20, 1986 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It was co-hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Catherine Mary Stewart.

Award winners

Best Motion Picture

Winner: "My American Cousin", Peter O'Brian

Other Nominees:
*"90 Days", David Wilson and Giles Walker
*"Joshua Then and Now", Robert Lantos and Stephen J. Roth
*"Le Matou", Justine Héroux
*"One Magic Christmas", Peter O'Brian

Best actress

Winner: Margaret Langrick, "My American Cousin"

Other Nominees:
*Christine Pak, "90 Days"
*Charlotte Laurier, "La Dame en couleurs"
*Monique Spaziani, "Le Matou"
*Mary Steenburgen, "One Magic Christmas"

Best actor

Winner: John Wildman, "My American Cousin"

Other Nominees:
*Ed McNamara, "Bayo"
*Serge Dupire, "Le Matou"
*Alan Scarfe, "Overnight"
*R.H. Thomson, "Samuel Lount"

Best supporting actor

Winner: Alan Arkin, "Joshua Then and Now"

Other Nominees:
*Sam Grana, "90 Days"
*Sean Sullivan, "The Boy in Blue"
*Richard Donat, "My American Cousin"
*Duncan Fraser, "Overnight"

Best supporting actress

Winner: Linda Sorenson, "Joshua Then and Now"

Other Nominees:
*Fernanda Tavares, "90 Days"
*Barbara Gordon, "Overnight"
*Lally Cadeau, "Separate Vacations"

Best director

Winner: Sandy Wilson, "My American Cousin"

Other Nominees:
*Giles Walker, "90 Days"
*Claude Jutra, "La Dame en couleurs"
*Ted Kotcheff, "Joshua Then and Now"
*Jean Beaudin, "Le Matou"

Best screenplay

Winner: Sandy Wilson, "My American Cousin"

Other Nominees:
*Louise Rinfret and Claude Jutra, "La Dame en couleurs"
*Mordecai Richler, "Joshua Then and Now"
*Lise Lemay-Rousseau, "Le Matou"

Cinematography

Winner: François Protat, "Joshua Then and Now"

Other Nominees:
*Frank Tidy, "One Magic Christmas"
*Marc Champion, "Samuel Lount"

Art direction

Winner: Anne Pritchard, "Joshua Then and Now"

Other Nominees:
*William Beeton, "The Boy in Blue"
*Phil Schmidt, "My American Cousin"
*François Séguin, "Night Magic"
*Bill Brodie, "One Magic Christmas"

Costume design

Winner: Louise Jobin, "Joshua Then and Now"

Other Nominees:
*Sheila Bingham and Phillip Clarkson, "My American Cousin"
*Olga Dimitrov, "One Magic Christmas"
*Olga Dimitrov, "Samuel Lount"

Sound

Winner: David Appleby, Joe Grimaldi, Bruce Nyznik, Bruce Carwardine, Glen Gauthier, and Don White, "One Magic Christmas"

Other Nominees:
*Don Cohen, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, and Joe Grimaldi, "Joshua Then and Now"
*Garrell Clark and Paul A. Sharpe, "My American Cousin"

Film editing

Winner: Haida Paul, "My American Cousin"

Other Nominees:
*David Wilson, "90 Days"
*Ron Wisman, "Joshua Then and Now"
*Sally Paterson, "Overnight"
*Richard Martin, "Samuel Lount"

Sound editing

Winner: Robin Leigh, Richard Cadger, Glen Gauthier, Michael O'Farrell, Alan Geldart, Alison Clark, and Peter Thilaye, "One Magic Christmas"

Other Nominees:
*Don White, David Appleby, and Dan Latour, "The Boy in Blue"
*Adrian Croll, Jean-Pierre Joutel, and Richard Besse, "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, "Le Matou"
*Jacqueline Cristianini, Alison Clark, Tony Currie, Gordon Thompson, "My American Cousin"
*Michael O'Farrell, "Samuel Lount"

Musical score

Winner: François Dompierre, "Le Matou"

Other Nominees:
*Philippe Sarde, "Joshua Then and Now"
*Lewis Furey, "Night Magic"
*Lewis Furey, "The Peanut Butter Solution"

Animated short

Winner:
* "The Big Snit", Richard Condie and Michael J.F. Scott

Other Nominees:
*"Paradise/Paradis", Ishu Patel
*"Sylvia", Yves Leduc

Live action short

Winner: "The Edit", Paul Caulfield

Other Nominees:
*"Pluie d'été", Louis-Georges Tétreault
*"Working Title", Fred Jones then Ken Scott

Short documentary

Winner: "No More Hiroshima", Jacques Vallée

Other Nominees:
*"Neon, an Electric Memoir", Rudy Buttignol
*"Skyward", Roman Kroitor

Feature length documentary

Winner: "Final Offer", Robert Collison and Sturla Gunnarsson

Other Nominees:
*"", Brigitte Berman
*"Le Choix d'un peuple", Bernard Lalonde
*"Tears Are Not Enough", John Zaritsky
*"Waterwalker", Bill Mason