20th Genie Awards

The 20th Genie Awards were held in 2000 to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony was hosted by Patrick McKenna.

20th Genie Awards
Date2000
Hosted byPatrick McKenna
Highlights
Most nominationsSunshine[1]
Television coverage
NetworkCBC

After the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television decided to revise rules allowing films with only a minority of Canadian involvement in production to compete, Sunshine was nominated for 14 awards and Felicia's Journey was nominated for 10.[2]

Nominees and winners

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

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 Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary
  • Hemingway: A Portrait, Bernard Lajoie, Erik Canuel and Tatsuo Shimamura
  • In Time's Shadow, the Hegis, Rudy Buttignol and David Way
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Animated Short
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Jane Tattersall, Fred Brennan, Dina Eaton, Andy Malcolm and David McCallum, Sunshine
  • Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Jérôme Décarie, Christian Rivest and Alice Wright, The Last Breath
  • Alastair Gray, Donna Powell and Clive Turner, The Divine Ryans
  • Janice Ierulli, Terry Burke, Ed Douglas, Garrett Kerr and Angie Pajek, The Five Senses
  • Steve Munro, Sue Conley, Andy Malcolm, Tim Roberts and David Drainie Taylor, Felicia's Journey
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Special awards
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References
  1. "Sunshine, Felicia's Journey top Genie Awards". CBC News. 31 January 2000. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. Kelly, Brendan (13 December 1999). "Genies bottle `Sunshine,' `Journey' for kudo noms". Variety. Vol. 377 no. 5. p. 8.
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