2012 Genie Nominations Announced

Zoomer | January 17th, 2012

Café de Flore and A Dangerous Method lead the pack as the 32^nd annual Genie Award nominations were announced this morning. The two films, a multi-layered love story and a look at the relationship between Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, share 24 nominations between them, including facing off in the best picture category and best director category, where Jean-Marc Vallée and David Cronenberg picked up individual nods.

The nomination announcements were made by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at Rosewater restaurant in downtown Toronto. A simultaneous press conference was held in Montreal.

“2011 was a vintage year for Canadian films,” Helga Stephenson, interim CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television said.

Academy voting takes place February 1-22, with the winners announced on the live Genie telecast on March 8at 8 p.m. on CBC.

-Mike Crisolago

Complete list of 2012 Genie nominees

BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM

A DANGEROUS METHOD – Martin Katz, Marco Mehlitz, Jeremy Thomas
CAFÃ‰ DE FLORE – Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Jean-Marc Vallée
MONSIEUR LAZHAR – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
STARBUCK – André Rouleau
THE WHISTLEBLOWER – Christina Piovesan, Celine Rattray

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE

JEAN BÃ‰COTTE – Funkytown
AIDAN LEROUX, ROB HEPBURN – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
JAMES MCATEER – A Dangerous Method
PATRICE VERMETTE – Café de Flore
EMELIA WEAVIND – The Bang Bang Club

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES

MIROSLAW BASZAK, C.S.C. – The Bang Bang Club
PIERRE COTTEREAU – Café de Flore
JON JOFFIN – Daydream Nation
JEAN-FRANÃ‡OIS LORD – Snow & Ashes
RONALD PLANTE – Monsieur Lazhar

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES

DENISE CRONENBERG – A Dangerous Method
FARNAZ KHAKI-SADIGH – Afghan Luke
GINETTE MAGNY, EMMANUELLE YOUCHNOVSKI – Café de Flore
HEATHER NEALE – Keyhole
MARIE-CHANTALE VAILLANCOURT – Funkytown

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÃ‰ALISATION

DAVID CRONENBERG – A Dangerous Method
STEVEN SILVER – The Bang Bang Club
JEAN-MARC VALLÃ‰E – Café de Flore
PHILIPPE FALARDEAU – Monsieur Lazhar
LARYSA KONDRACKI – The Whistleblower

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE

JEAN-FRANÃ‡OIS BERGERON – The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
MICHAEL CZARNECKI – In Darkness
PATRICK DEMERS – Jaloux
STÃ‰PHANE LAFLEUR – Monsieur Lazhar
RONALD SANDERS, C.C.E. A.C.E. – A Dangerous Method

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES

CHRISTIANE FATTORI, FRÃ‰DÃ‰RIC MARIN – Café de Flore
AMBER MAKAR – Amazon Falls
VIRGINIE PARÃ‰ – BumRush
TAMMY LOU PATE – Snow & Ashes
LESLIE ANN SEBERT, DAVID R. BEECROFT – Take This Waltz

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE

RAMACHANDRA BORCAR – Jaloux
MYCHAEL DANNA – The Whistleblower
MARTIN LÃ‰ON – Monsieur Lazhar
PHILIP MILLER – The Bang Bang Club
HOWARD SHORE – A Dangerous Method

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE

JAY BRANNAN – Cloudburst – My Love My Love
CAROLE FACAL – Starbuck – Quelque part
MALAJUBE – Good Neighbours – Oeil pour Oeil
STEVEN PAGE – French Immersion – A Different Sort of Solitude
JEAN ROBITAILLE, STEVE GALLUCCIO – Funkytown – Waiting for your Touch

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÃ‰TATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÃ”LE

FELLAG – Monsieur Lazhar
GARRET DILLAHUNT – Oliver Sherman
MICHAEL FASSBENDER – A Dangerous Method
PATRICK HUARD – Starbuck
SCOTT SPEEDMAN – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÃ‰TATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÃ”LE DE SOUTIEN

ANTOINE BERTRAND – Starbuck
KEVIN DURAND – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster
MARIN GERRIER – Café de Flore
TAYLOR KITSCH – The Bang Bang Club
VIGGO MORTENSEN – A Dangerous Method

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÃ‰TATION FÃ‰MININE DANS UN PREMIER RÃ”LE

CATHERINE DE LÃ‰AN – Nuit #1
PASCALE MONTPETIT – The Girl in the White Coat
VANESSA PARADIS – Café de Flore
RACHEL WEISZ – The Whistleblower
MICHELLE WILLIAMS – Take This Waltz

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÃ‰TATION FÃ‰MININE DANS UN RÃ”LE DE SOUTIEN

ROXANA CONDURACHE – The Whistleblower
HÃ‰LÃˆNE FLORENT – Café de Flore
JULIE LEBRETON – Starbuck
SOPHIE NÃ‰LISSE – Monsieur Lazhar
CHARLOTTE SULLIVAN – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D’ENSEMBLE

STÃ‰PHANE BERGERON, YANN CLEARY, LISE WEDLOCK – Marécages / Wetlands
PIERRE BERTRAND, SHAUN NICHOLAS GALLAGHER, BERNARD GARIÃ‰PY STROBL – Monsieur Lazhar
JEAN MINONDO, JOCELYN CARON, GAVIN FERNANDES, LOUIS GIGNAC – Café de Flore
LOU SOLAKOFSKI, STEPHAN CARRIER, KIRK LYNDS – The Bang Bang Club
OREST SUSHKO, CHRISTIAN COOKE – A Dangerous Method

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE

FRED BRENNAN, JAMES BASTABLE, GABE KNOX, JOHN SIEVERT – You Are Here
CLAUDE BEAUGRAND, OLIVIER CALVERT, NATALIE FLEURANT, FRANCINE POIRIER – Marécages / Wetlands
WAYNE GRIFFIN, ROB BERTOLA, TONY CURRIE, ANDY MALCOLM, MICHAEL O’FARRELL – A Dangerous Method
MARTIN PINSONNAULT, BLAISE BLANCHIER, SIMON MEILLEUR, MIREILLE MORIN, LUC RAYMOND – Café de Flore
JEREMY MACLAVERTY, DANIEL PELLERIN, GEOFF RAFFAN, JAN RUDY, JOHN SIEVERT, JAMES MARK STEWART – In Darkness

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÃ‰NARIO

ANNE Ã‰MOND – Nuit #1
EILIS KIRWAN, LARYSA KONDRACKI – The Whistleblower
KEN SCOTT, MARTIN PETIT – Starbuck
JEAN-MARC VALLÃ‰E – Café de Flore
RYAN WARD, MATTHEW HEITI – Son of the Sunshine

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION

PHILIPPE FALARDEAU – Monsieur Lazhar
RYAN REDFORD – Oliver Sherman
DAVID SHAMOON – In Darkness
STEVEN SILVER – The Bang Bang Club

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS

DENNIS BERARDI, MATHEW BORNETT, MIKE BORRETT, WILSON CAMERON, OVI CINAZIN, JASON EDWARDH, OLIVER HEARSEY, JIM PRICE, MILAN SCHERE, WOLCIECH ZIELINSKI – A Dangerous Method
Ã‰VE BRUNET, JACQUES LÃ‰VESQUE, PHILIPPE ROBERGE – Snow & Ashes
MARC CÃ”TÃ‰, STÃ‰PHANIE BROUSSAUD, GARY CHUNTZ, VINCENT DUDOUET, CYNTHIA MOUROU, ERIC NORMANDIN, MARTIN PENSA, LUC SANFAÃ‡ON, SYLVAIN THÃ‰ROUX, NATHALIE TREMBLAY – Café de Flore
GEOFFROY LAUZON – BumRush
TOM TURNBULL, IAN BRITTON, ROBERT CROWTHER, TONY CYBULSKI – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR LONG MÃ‰TRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE

BEAUTY DAY – Jay Cheel, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Roman Pizzacalla
FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE – Julia Ivanova, Boris Ivanov
THE GUANTANAMO TRAP – Thomas Wallner, Amit Breuer, Patrick Crowe
LA NUIT, ELLES DANSENT / AT NIGHT, THEY DANCE – Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault, Lucie Lambert
WIEBO’S WAR – David York, Nick Hector, C.C.E., Bryn Hughes, Bonnie Thompson

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÃ‰TRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE

75 WATTS – John Cullen
DERAILMENTS – Chelsea McMullan
SIRMILIK – Zacharias Kunuk, Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÃ‰TRAGE DRAMATIQUE

DOUBLES WITH SLIGHT PEPPER – Ian Harnarine
HOPE – Pedro Pires, Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso
ORA – René Chénier, Philippe Baylaucq
LA RONDE – Ã‰laine Hébert, Sophie Goyette

BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÃ‰TRAGE D’ANIMATION

CHOKE – Michelle Latimer
LA CITÃ‰ ENTRE LES MURS / INNER CITY – Alain Fournier
MUYBRIDGE’S STRINGS – Koji Yamamura, Michael Fukushima, Shuzo John Shiota, Keisuke Tsuchihashi
ROMANCE – Georges Schwizgebel, René Chénier, Marc Bertrand
WILD LIFE – Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby, Marcy Page, Bonnie Thompson