21st Genie Awards

21st Genie Awards
21st Genie Awards
Date	2001
Hosted by	Brian Linehan
Highlights
Best Picture	Maelström
Most nominations	Maelström
	← 20th; Genie Awards; 22nd →;

The 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan.

Nominees and winners

The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold along with nominees.^[1]^[2]

Motion Picture	Direction
Maelström — Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal Love Come Down — Eric Jordan, Clement Virgo and Damon D'Oliveira New Waterford Girl — Julia Sereny and Jennifer Kawaja Possible Worlds — Bruno Jobin and Sandra Cunningham Stardom — Denise Robert and Robert Lantos To Walk with Lions — Julie Allen and Pieter Kroonenberg	Denis Villeneuve, Maelström Alain DesRochers, The Bottle (La Bouteille) Robert Favreau, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) Robert Lepage, Possible Worlds Gary Burns, waydowntown
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Tony Nardi, My Father's Angel James Whitmore, Here's to Life! Timothy Webber, My Father's Angel Colm Feore, The Perfect Son David Cubitt, The Perfect Son	Marie-Josée Croze, Maelström Kim Hunter, Here's to Life! Ginette Reno, Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) Pierrette Robitaille, Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) Tilda Swinton, Possible Worlds
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Martin Cummins, Love Come Down Patrick Huard, Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour) Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Maelström Nicholas Campbell, New Waterford Girl Ian Bannen, To Walk with Lions	Helen Shaver, We All Fall Down Annick Bergeron, Pandora's Beauty (La Beauté de Pandore) Céline Bonnier, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) Barbara Williams, Love Come Down Mary Walsh, New Waterford Girl Stacy Smith, New Waterford Girl
Screenplay	Documentary
Denis Villeneuve, Maelström Clement Virgo, Love Come Down Gilles Desjardins and Michel Marc Bouchard, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) Frank Borg, My Father's Angel Denys Arcand and Jacob Potashnik, Stardom	Grass — Ron Mann Rocks at Whiskey Trench — Alanis Obomsawin Spirits of Havana — Bay Weyman, Peter Starr and Luis O. Garcia Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment — Éric Michel, Adam Symansky and Peter Wintonick The Fairy Faith — John Walker and Kent Martin
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
The Little Varius (Le P'tit Varius) — André Théberge and Alain Jacques Clean Rite Cowboy — Joel Awerbuck and Michael Downing Below the Belt — Kate Gillen, Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry — Marlene Rodgers and Inez Buchli Soul Cages — Simone Urdl and Phillip Barker	Village of Idiots — Michael J. F. Scott, Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove, David Verrall and John Spotton Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar! (Coucou, Monsieur Edgar!) — Thérèse Descary and Pierre M. Trudeau From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning — Thérèse Descary, Claude Cloutier, Marcel Jean and Jean-Jacques Leduc
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
François Séguin and Danièle Rouleau, Possible Worlds Anne Pritchard and Ginette Robitaille, The Art of War Sylvain Gingras, Maelström Emanuel Jannasch and Norma Jean Sanders, New Waterford Girl Zoe Sakellaropoulo and Jean Morin, Stardom	André Turpin, Maelström Pierre Gill, The Art of War Jonathan Freeman, Possible Worlds Guy Dufaux, Stardom Jean Lépine, To Walk with Lions
Costume Design	Editing
Michel Robidas, Stardom Patricia Hargreaves, Here's to Life! Suzanne Harel, Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) Debra Hanson, New Waterford Girl Denis Sperdouklis, Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour)	Susan Shipton, Possible Worlds Michel Arcand, The Art of War Richard Comeau, Maelström Hélène Girard, The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) Susan Maggi, New Waterford Girl
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Daniel Pellerin, Paul Adlaf, Peter Kelly, Brad Thornton and Brad Zoern, Love Come Down Hans Peter Strobl, Jo Caron, Don Cohen and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, The Art of War Bill Sheppard, Mark Berger and Ruth Huddleston, Here's to Life! Gilles Corbeil, Luc Boudrias and Louis Gignac, Maelström Tom Ronan, Daniel Pellerin, Brad Thornton and Brad Zoern, Violet	David McCallum, Fred Brennan, Sue Conley, Steve Hammond, Garrett Kerr, Jane Tattersall and Robert Warchol, Love Come Down Michel B. Bordeleau, Pierre-Jules Audet, Jérôme Décarie, Natalie Fleurant and Marc Gagnon, The Art of War Dean Giammarco, Maija Burnett, Kris Fenske, John Ludgate and Brendan Ostrander, Here's to Life! Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin and François B. Senneville, Maelström Glenn Tussman, Richard Betanzos, Michael Gurman, Steven Gurman, Paul Hubert and Vicent Regaudie, To Walk with Lions
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Patric Caird, Here's to Life! Normand Corbeil, The Art of War François Dompierre, Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) Aaron Davis and John Lang, Love Come Down Alan Reeves, To Walk with Lions	François Dompierre, "Fortuna" — Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) Michael Bublé, "Dumb Ol' Heart" — Here's to Life! Michael Bublé, "I've Never Been in Love Before" — Here's to Life! Deborah Cox, Keith Andes and Lascelles Stephens, "29" — Love Come Down Deborah Cox, Keith Andes and Lascelles Stephens, "Our Love" — Love Come Down
Special awards
Claude Jutra Award: Philippe Falardeau, The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) Golden Reel Award: The Art of War

References

^ ^a ^b Lacey, Liam (13 December 2000). "Maelstrom storms the Genies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
^ "Cinq Génie pour Maelström". TVA Nouvelles. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[Lacey-1] Lacey, Liam (13 December 2000). "Maelstrom storms the Genies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[2] "Cinq Génie pour Maelström". TVA Nouvelles. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

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21st Genie Awards

Nominees and winners

References

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