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, Martin Duckworth

Other Nominees:

• Neon, an Electric Memoir, Rudy Buttignol
• Skyward, Roman Kroitor

Feature length documentary

Winner: Final Offer, Robert Collison and Sturla Gunnarsson

Other Nominees:

• Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, Brigitte Berman
• Le Choix d'un peuple, Bernard Lalonde
• Tears Are Not Enough, John Zaritsky
• Waterwalker, Bill Mason