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8th Genie Awards 1988

Highlights

Best Picture: The Decline of the American Empire
Best Direction: Denys Arcand
Best Leading Actor: Gordon Pinsent
Best Leading Actress: Martha Henry
Best Supporting Actor: Gabriel Arcand
Best Supporting Actress: Louise Portal
Best Original Screenplay: Denys Arcand
Best Adapted Screenplay: Leon Marr
Best Production Design / Art Direction: Lillian Sarafinchan
Best Cinematography: Pierre Mignot
Best Original Score: Michael Conway Baker
Best Original Song: Danielle Messia (De la main gauche)

Most awarded films

The Decline of the American Empire

Dancing in the Dark

John and the Missus

Dads and Kids

Christian Bruyère

Most nominated films

The Decline of the American Empire

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

John and the Missus

Dancing in the Dark

Les fous de Bassan

Best Picture - 1988

The Decline of the American Empire

Dancing in the Dark

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

John and the Missus

Best Picture

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

The Decline of the American Empire

Canada

The Decline of the American Empire

Winner

13 nominations 8 awards

Dancing in the Dark

Canada

Dancing in the Dark

5 nominations 3 awards

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Canada

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

John and the Missus

Canada

John and the Missus

6 nominations 2 awards

Canada

Loyalties

8 nominations 1 award

Best Direction

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Winner

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

Dancing in the Dark

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Sitting in Limbo

Best Leading Actor

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Winner

John and the Missus

John and the Missus

6 nominations 2 awards

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

Best Leading Actress

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Winner

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

5 nominations 3 awards

Dorothée Berryman

Dorothée Berryman

The Decline of the American Empire

Jackie Burroughs

Jackie Burroughs

John and the Missus

Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Best Supporting Actor

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Gabriel Arcand

Winner

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

Robert Gravel

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Roland Hewgill

John and the Missus

Tom Jackson

Yves Jacques

The Decline of the American Empire

Best Supporting Actress

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Louise Portal

Winner

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

Lucie Laurier

Andrée Pelletier

Bach and Broccoli

Geneviève Rioux

The Decline of the American Empire

Marie Tifo

Les fous de Bassan

Best Original Screenplay

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Denys Arcand

Winner

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

Michael Jones, Andy Jones

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Richard Nichol

Sitting in Limbo

Sharon Riis

Yves Simoneau, Pierre Curzi

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Winner

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

5 nominations 3 awards

John and the Missus

Best Production Design / Art Direction

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Lillian Sarafinchan

Winner

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

5 nominations 3 awards

Michel Proulx

Les fous de Bassan

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

François Séguin

Best Cinematography

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Winner

3 nominations 2 awards

Les fous de Bassan

The Morning Man

Best Original Score

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Michael Conway Baker

Winner

John and the Missus

John and the Missus

6 nominations 2 awards

Marvin Dolgay

Richard Grégoire, Marie Bernard

Best Original Song

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Danielle Messia (De la main gauche)

Winner

3 nominations 2 awards

Robert Joy, Andy Jones (Show Goin' On)

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Peter Pringle, Kevin Hunter (Cold As Ice)

Peter R. Simpson, Paul Zaza (Out of the Fire)

Gilles Vigneault (Les iles de l'enfance)

Best Costume Design

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Wendy Partridge

Winner

8 nominations 1 award

Michèle Hamel

Louise Jobin

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Nicole Pelletier

Les fous de Bassan

Best Editing

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Monique Fortier

Winner

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

André Corriveau

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Michael Jones

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Best Sound (Overall)

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Adrian Croll, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Richard Besse

Winners

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

Peter Clements, David Appleby, Don White

Michael O'Farrell, Gordon Thompson, Don White, David Appleby

The Pink Chiquitas

Hans Oomes, Richard Nichol, Shelley Craig, Jean-Pierre Joutel

Sitting in Limbo

Best Sound Editing

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Paul Dion, Diane Boucher, Andy Malcolm

Winners

The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

13 nominations 8 awards

Sharon Lackie, Peter McBurnie, Peter Thilaye

Peter McBurnie, Alison Grace, Sharon Lackie, Michael O'Farrell, Alison Clark

The Pink Chiquitas

Andy Malcolm, Paul Dion, Jules Le Noir

Blind Trust (Intimate Power)

Best Live-action Short Film

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True (S)

Canada

I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True (S)

Winner

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Canada

It's a Party! (S)

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Canada

Nion

Canada

Transit

No image

Canada

Where's Pete

Best Animated Short

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

Canada

Get a Job (S)

Winner

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety (S)

Canada

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety (S)

Tables of Content (S)

Canada

Tables of Content (S)

Best Feature Length Documentary

Past Winners See Rating & Posters

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Canada

Dads and Kids

Winner

Canada

Dream Tracks

?O,ZOO! (The Making of a Fiction Film) (S)

Canada

?O,ZOO! (The Making of a Fiction Film) (S)

Canada

Ranch

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Canada

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Oscars - Academy Awards Ariel Awards (Mexico) Avoriaz BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards Berlin International Film Festival Boston Society of Film Critics Cannes Film Festival Cesar Awards (France) Chicago Film Critics Association Chicago International Film Festival DGA - Directors Guild Awards (US) David di Donatello Awards (Italy) Emmy Awards European Film Awards (EFA) Fantasporto French Critics Awards (Syndicate of Cinema Critics) Genie Awards (Canada) German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis) golden_joystick Golden Globes Awards Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards) Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute) Havana Film Festival hugo Image Awards japan_academy International Film Festival Karlovy Vary Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA) Locarno Film Festival Montreal World Film Festival MTV Music Video Awards National Board of Review (NBR) National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) ottawa_anim Razzie Awards Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films) Seminci - International Film Festival Film Festival of Catalonia Independent Spirit Awards San Sebastian Film Festival Sundance Film Festival Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) Venice Film Festival Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)

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