2012 Genie Awards - winners

Tonight, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presented the 32nd Annual Genie Awards ceremony in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. The event was hosted by CBC television personality George Stroumboulopoulos, who was solo after co-host Andrea Martin had to withdraw at the last minute.

Although it did not win at the Academy Awards, Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar triumphed at the Genie Awards. It won a total of six awards for Best Motion Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Fellag), Supporting Actress (Sophie Nélisse) and Editing.

A Dangerous Method was a close second with five awards. It won for Best Supporting Actor (Viggo Mortensen), Art Direction, Music, Overall Sound and Sound Editing. Cronenberg accepted the Music Genie on Howard Shore's behalf, saying, "Howard is in New Zealand working on The Hobbit. It's kind of a sequel to A Dangerous Method." Mortensen joked that he would have to wrap his trophy in strong fabric to take it across the border and proceeded to wrap it in a large Montreal Canadiens flag. He dedicated his win to the team. Also a Canadiens fan, Stroumboulopoulos joked afterwards that sadly, that might have been the highlight of their season.

Jean-Marc Vallée's Café de Flore had led with thirteen nominations. It won three Genie Awards for Best Actress (Vanessa Paradis), Makeup and Visual Effects.

Starbuck also picked up three awards. It won for Best Original Screenplay, Original Song and the Golden Reel Award for the highest box office of the year.

The previously announced winner for the Claude Jutra Award for a first-time filmmaker was Anne Émond for Nuit #1.

Nominations for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards

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Complete list of winners for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards

BEST MOTION PICTURE
Monsieur Lazhar - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
James McAteer - A Dangerous Method

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jean-François Lord - Snow & Ashes

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt - Funkytown

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION
Philippe Falardeau - Monsieur Lazhar

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Stéphane Lafleur - Monsieur Lazhar

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Christiane Fattori, Frédéric Marin - Café de Flore

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Howard Shore - A Dangerous Method

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
Carole Facal - Starbuck - "Quelque part"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Fellag - Monsieur Lazhar

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Vanessa Paradis - Café de Flore

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sophie Nélisse - Monsieur Lazhar

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND
Orest Sushko, Christian Cooke - A Dangerous Method

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Andy Malcolm, Michael O'Farrell - A Dangerous Method

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ken Scott, Martin Petit - Starbuck

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Philippe Falardeau - Monsieur Lazhar

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Marc Côté, Stéphanie Broussaud, Gary Chuntz, Vincent Dudouet, Cynthia Mourou, Eric Normandin, Martin Pensa, Luc Sanfaçon, Sylvain Théroux, Nathalie Tremblay - Café de Flore

BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
La nuit, elles dansent / At Night, They Dance - Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault, Lucie Lambert

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Sirmilik - Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA
Doubles with Slight Pepper - Ian Harnarine

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Romance - Georges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand

CLAUDE JUTRA AWARD
Anne Émond, Nuit #1

GOLDEN REEL AWARD
Starbuck