3rd Genie Awards

3rd Genie Awards
DateMarch 3, 1982
SiteRoyal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
Hosted byBrian Linehan
Highlights
Best PictureTicket to Heaven
Most awardsLes Plouffe (The Plouffe Family)
Most nominationsLes Plouffe
Ticket to Heaven
Television coverage
NetworkCBC Television

The 3rd Genie Awards were presented on March 3, 1982, to honour Canadian films released in 1981.

The film Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) won the most awards overall, although Ticket to Heaven won Best Picture.[1] Those two films were tied for most nominations overall, with 15 nods each.[2]

The ceremony took place at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto,[2][1] and was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners.[1]

Now that the Academy was firmly established, the 14 appointed board members from the Canadian Film Awards committee relinquished their positions. The new Academy board was set at 20—three honorary appointments and 17 members elected from participating organizations. For this year, the new board instituted the Canadian Independent Short Film Showcase for makers of short films, and the Toronto Festival of Festivals trade forum, which would eventually become the Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Winners and nominees

Motion Picture Direction
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
Foreign Actor Foreign Actress
Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay
Best Documentary Best Theatrical Short
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blue ribbon Daniel Goldberg, Gordon Thompson, Austin Grimaldi and Joe Grimaldi Heavy Metal
  • Dennis Drummond, Wayne Griffin and Michael O'Farrell, The Amateur
  • Robin Leigh, Paul Dion, Claude Langlois and Marcel Pothier, Heartaches
  • Peter Burgess, Scanners
  • Marc Chiasson, Bruce Carwardine and Glen Gauthier, Ticket to Heaven
  • Blue ribbon Peter Thilaye, Andy Malcolm and Peter Jermyn - Heavy Metal
  • Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Peter Shewchuk and Dino Pigat, The Amateur
  • Joe Grimaldi, David Appleby, Gary C. Bourgeois, Austin Grimaldi, Ian Hendry and Andy Herman, Funeral Home
  • Don Cohen and Michel Descombes, Heartaches
  • Michel Descombes and Patrick Rousseau, Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family)
  • Marc Chiasson, Glen Gauthier, Don White, David Appleby and Bruce Carwardine, Ticket to Heaven
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Special Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Liam Lacey, "Ticket to Heaven top movie". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1982.
  2. ^ a b Jay Scott, "Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
  3. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 117-199.
  4. ^ "Ticket to Heaven". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Heartaches". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Les Plouffe". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Les beaux souvenirs". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2023.