The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990 and honoured Canadian films released the previous year. For the first time ever the awards were broadcast by CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

, rather than CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

. Despite an extensive advertising campaign the ratings plummeted with only half as many people watching compared to the previous year. In total an average of only 460,000 watched the awards. The awards themselves were dominated by Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

's Jesus of Montreal

Jesus of Montreal

-Plot and allegory:The film centers on a group of actors in Montreal, Canada who are gathered by Daniel, an actor hired by a Roman Catholic site of pilgrimage to present a Passion play in its gardens....

.

Best Motion Picture

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture

The Genie Award for Best Motion Picture is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian motion picture.-1st Genie Awards:*The Changeling *Cordélia...

Winner: Jésus de Montréal, Roger Frappier

Roger Frappier

Roger Frappier is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter born April 14, 1945.-As Producer:* 1971 : Le Grand film ordinaire* 1974 : On a raison de se révolter* 1977 : Le Manitoba ne répond plus...

 and Pierre Gendron

Pierre Gendron

Pierre Raoul Gendron, was a Canadian academic who was the first dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Ottawa from 1953 until 1962....

Other Nominees:

• Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  , Arvi Liimatainen and Anne Wheeler
  Anne Wheeler
  Anne Wheeler, OC is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director. Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of...
  
  
• Cold Comfort, Ray Sager and Ilana Frank
• Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.- Plot :...
  
  , Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
  
  
• Termini Station
  Termini Station (film)
  Termini Station is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. It was directed by Allan King, and written by Colleen Murphy.The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town...
  
  , Allan King
  Allan King
  Allan Winton King, OC was a Canadian film director.-Life:During the Depression, King attended Henry Hudson Elementary School in Kitsilano, Vancouver...
  
  

Best actor

Winner: Lothaire Bluteau

Lothaire Bluteau

Lothaire Bluteau is a French-Canadian actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and performs in both French and English. He had a recurring role in the third season of the television series 24 as the character Marcus Alvers.-Biography:...

, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Maury Chaykin
  Maury Chaykin
  Maury Alan Chaykin was an American-born Canadian actor. Best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, he was also known for his work as a character actor in many films and on television programs.-Personal life:...
  
  , Cold Comfort
• Michel Côté
  Michel Côté (actor)
  Michel Côté is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performance in the comedy Broue and his role in Omertà. A graduate of the National Theatre School in 1973, Côté won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for C.R.A.Z.Y....
  
  , Cruising Bar
• Michael McManus
  Michael McManus (actor)
  Michael McManus is a Canadian actor, known for his portrayal of characters such as the ex-assassin Kai, in the sci-fi series Lexx.-Early life:Michael McManus was born in London, Ontario, Canada...
  
  , Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.- Plot :...
  
  
• Stephen Ouimette
  Stephen Ouimette
  Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director, born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and a graduate of the University of Windsor...
  
  , The Top of His Head
  The Top of His Head
  The Top of His Head is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1989. Written and directed by Peter Mettler, the film stars Stephen Ouimette as Gus, a satellite dish salesman whose life is turned upside down when he meets Lucy , a politically radical performance artist.The film's soundtrack, The...
  
  

Best actress

Winner: Rebecca Jenkins

Rebecca Jenkins

-Acting:She had starring roles in the 1990s CBC series Black Harbour, and the films Bye Bye Blues, Marion Bridge, Wilby Wonderful, Whole New Thing, South of Wawa and Supervolcano. She also had a supporting role in the 1992 film Bob Roberts, as Dolores Perrigrew...

, Bye Bye Blues

Bye Bye Blues (film)

Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...

Other Nominees:

• Margaret Langrick
  Margaret Langrick
  Margaret Langrick is a Canadian actress. She won a 1986 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for My American Cousin and was also nominated in the same category in 1990 for Cold Comfort. She was also nominated for a Gemini Award in 1987 for Best Guest Performance in a...
  
  , Cold Comfort
• Catherine Wilkening, Jésus de Montréal
• Gabrielle Rose
  Gabrielle Rose (actress)
  Gabrielle Rose is an accomplished Canadian actress. She has an extensive resume that includes multiple nominations for Genie Awards and Gemini Awards...
  
  , Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.- Plot :...
  
  
• Colleen Dewhurst
  Colleen Dewhurst
  Colleen Rose Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." In her autobiography, Dewhurst wrote: "I had moved so quickly from one Off-Broadway production to the next that I was known, at one point, as the 'Queen of Off-Broadway'...
  
  , Termini Station
  Termini Station (film)
  Termini Station is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. It was directed by Allan King, and written by Colleen Murphy.The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town...
  
  
• Megan Follows
  Megan Follows
  Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian/American actress. She is most known to international audiences for her role as Anne Shirley in the acclaimed 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.-Biography:Follows was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the...
  
  , Termini Station
  Termini Station (film)
  Termini Station is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. It was directed by Allan King, and written by Colleen Murphy.The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town...
  
  

Best supporting actor

Winner: Rémy Girard

Rémy Girard

Rémy Girard is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.-Acting career:He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film Les Invasions barbares by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best...

, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Michael Ontkean
  Michael Ontkean
  Michael Leonard Ontkean is a Canadian actor. He is best known for the 1970s crime drama The Rookies, the film Slap Shot , and the cult-favorite TV series Twin Peaks .-Life and career:...
  
  , Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson
  Wayne Robson was a Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
  
  , Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Gilles Pelletier
  Gilles Pelletier
  Gilles Pelletier, OC is a Canadian actor. He is probably best known for his portrayal as Corporal Jacques Gagnier in the police drama R.C.M.P.. In 1964, he founded the Nouvelle Compagnie théâtrale, a live theatre for youths and served as director for fifteen years...
  
  , Jésus de Montréal
• Don McKellar
  Don McKellar
  -Personal life:McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario to a lawyer father and teacher mother. He attended Glenview Senior Public School, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College...
  
  , Roadkill

Best supporting actress

Winner: Robyn Stevan

Robyn Stevan

Robyn Stevan is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role in the film Bye Bye Blues, for which she won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress.- External links :...

, Bye Bye Blues

Bye Bye Blues (film)

Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...

Other Nominees:

• Pauline Martin, Jésus de Montréal
• Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Jésus de Montréal

Best director

Winner: Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Anne Wheeler
  Anne Wheeler
  Anne Wheeler, OC is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director. Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of...
  
  , Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry, Les Matins infidèles
• Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
  
  , Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.- Plot :...
  
  
• John N. Smith
  John N. Smith
  John N. Smith is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He began his career making documentary and short films before moving on to feature films and then finally working primarily in television. His work has been nominated in the Academy Awards, Genie Awards, and Gemini Awards, but has only...
  
  , Welcome to Canada

Original screenplay

Winner: Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...

, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Anne Wheeler
  Anne Wheeler
  Anne Wheeler, OC is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director. Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of...
  
  , Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Don McKellar
  Don McKellar
  -Personal life:McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario to a lawyer father and teacher mother. He attended Glenview Senior Public School, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College...
  
  , Roadkill
• Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan
  Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
  
  , Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.- Plot :...
  
  
• Colleen Murphy, Termini Station
  Termini Station (film)
  Termini Station is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. It was directed by Allan King, and written by Colleen Murphy.The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town...
  
  
• Peter Mettler
  Peter Mettler
  Peter Mettler is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.-Biography:Peter Mettler was born in 1958 to Swiss parents and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
  
  , The Top of His Head
  The Top of His Head
  The Top of His Head is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1989. Written and directed by Peter Mettler, the film stars Stephen Ouimette as Gus, a satellite dish salesman whose life is turned upside down when he meets Lucy , a politically radical performance artist.The film's soundtrack, The...
  
  

Adapted screenplay

Winner: Elliot L. Sims and Richard Beattie, Cold Comfort

Other Nominees:

• Dany Laferrière
  Dany Laferrière
  Dany Laferrière is a francophone Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist.Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haïti before moving to Canada in 1976...
  
   and Richard Sadler
  Richard Sadler
  Richard Sadler is a producer, scenarist and Director .- As a producer :* 1984 : The Gunrunner directed by Nardo Castillo...
  
  , Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer
• John Varley
  John Varley (author)
  John Herbert Varley is an American science fiction author.-Biography:Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship because, of the schools that he could afford, it...
  
  , Millennium
  Millennium (film)
  Millennium is a 1989 film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Robert Joy, Brent Carver, Al Waxman and Daniel J. Travanti. The original music score was composed by Eric N. Robertson...
  
  

Cinematography

Winner: Guy Dufaux

Guy Dufaux

Guy Dufaux is a French-born Canadian cinematographer. The majority of his works has been in Canadian cinema to where he immigrated in 1965 and became a Canadian citizen in 1971...

, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Pierre Mignot, Cruising Bar
• Richard Leiterman
  Richard Leiterman
  Richard Leiterman was a well-known Canadian cinematographer, best known for documentary and feature film work in the 1960s and 1970s...
  
  , The First Season
• René Ohashi
  Rene Ohashi
  Rene Ohashi is a Canadian cinematographer living in Toronto, Canada. With a career spanning over 25 years, Rene Ohashi has been nominated for over 30 awards, winning 16...
  
  , Millennium
  Millennium (film)
  Millennium is a 1989 film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Robert Joy, Brent Carver, Al Waxman and Daniel J. Travanti. The original music score was composed by Eric N. Robertson...
  
  

Art direction/production design

Winner: François Séguin

François Séguin

François Séguin is a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator.- Recognition :* 1986 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Night Magic - Nominated...

, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• John Blackie, Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Reuben Freed, Palais Royale
  Palais Royale
  Palais Royale is a dance hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue on Lake Ontario. Originally built as a boat works, it became notable as a night club in the now-defunct Sunnyside Amusement Park, hosting many prominent 'big band' jazz bands...
  
  

Costume design

Winner: Louise Jobin, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Maureen Hiscox, Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Louise Labrecque, Cruising Bar
• Martha Wynne Snetsinger, The Last Winter
  The Last Winter
  The Last Winter is a 2006 thriller film, directed by Larry Fessenden. The Last Winter premiered in The Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2006...
  
  
• Olga Dimitrov, Millennium
  Millennium (film)
  Millennium is a 1989 film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Robert Joy, Brent Carver, Al Waxman and Daniel J. Travanti. The original music score was composed by Eric N. Robertson...
  
  
• Katherine Vieira, Palais Royale
  Palais Royale
  Palais Royale is a dance hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue on Lake Ontario. Originally built as a boat works, it became notable as a night club in the now-defunct Sunnyside Amusement Park, hosting many prominent 'big band' jazz bands...
  
  

Sound

Winner: Patrick Rousseau, Adrian Croll, Hans Peter Strobl, and Jocelyn Caron, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Paul Massey
  Paul Massey (sound engineer)
  Paul Massey is a British sound engineer. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He has worked on over 150 films since 1982.-Selected filmography:* Legends of the Fall...
  
  , Peter Kelly, and Garrell Clark, Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Don White, Marvin Berns, Paul Coombe, and Douglas Ganton
  Douglas Ganton
  Douglas Ganton is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. for the film Legends of the Fall. He has worked on over 70 films since 1975.-External links:...
  
  , Millennium
  Millennium (film)
  Millennium is a 1989 film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Robert Joy, Brent Carver, Al Waxman and Daniel J. Travanti. The original music score was composed by Eric N. Robertson...
  
  
• Sal Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, and Peter Shewchuk, Termini Station
  Termini Station (film)
  Termini Station is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. It was directed by Allan King, and written by Colleen Murphy.The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town...
  
  

Film editing

Winner: Isabelle Dedieu, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Christopher Tate, Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Frank Irvine
  Frank Irvine
  Frank Irvine was a federal judge, and later the dean of Cornell Law School.-Biography:He was born on September 15, 1858 in Sharon, Pennsylvania....
  
  , The First Season

Sound editing

Winner: Marcel Pothier, Laurent Lévy, Antoine Morin, and Diane Boucher, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Alan Hardiman, Terry Burke
  Terry Burke
  Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987....
  
  , Barry Backus, Jim Hopkins
  Jim Hopkins
  Jim Hopkins is a New Zealand celebrity well-known for his work in television, radio and theatre.-Biography:Hopkins was scriptwriter for "Close to Home", presenter of "Fast Forward", "Don't Tell Me", "The Inventors", "Dateline Monday", a performer on The BNZ Festival Debates, and radio talkback...
  
  , and Ingrid Rosen, American Boyfriends
  American Boyfriends
  American Boyfriends is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film, and the sequel to My American Cousin . As before, written and directed by Sandy Wilson, Margaret Langrick and John Wildman reprise their roles as Sandy Wilcox and Butch Walker respectively....
  
  
• Alison Fisher, Penny Hozy, Bruno DeGazio, Peter Thilaye, and Alison Grace, Bye Bye Blues
  Bye Bye Blues (film)
  Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with assistance of Allarcom Limited.-Plot:...
  
  
• Paul Dion, Dans le ventre du dragon
• Alan Hardiman, Robin Leigh, Jim Hopkins
  Jim Hopkins
  Jim Hopkins is a New Zealand celebrity well-known for his work in television, radio and theatre.-Biography:Hopkins was scriptwriter for "Close to Home", presenter of "Fast Forward", "Don't Tell Me", "The Inventors", "Dateline Monday", a performer on The BNZ Festival Debates, and radio talkback...
  
  , Penny Hozy, and Terry Burke
  Terry Burke
  Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987....
  
  , Millennium
  Millennium (film)
  Millennium is a 1989 film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Robert Joy, Brent Carver, Al Waxman and Daniel J. Travanti. The original music score was composed by Eric N. Robertson...
  
  
• Terry Burke
  Terry Burke
  Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987....
  
  , David Templeton
  David Templeton
  David Cooper Templeton is a Scottish professional association footballer. A tricky and skilful attacking player, he currently plays for Hearts in the Scottish Premier League.-Stenhousemuir:...
  
  , Ralph Brunjes, and Brian Ravok, Termini Station
  Termini Station (film)
  Termini Station is a Canadian drama film, released in 1989. It was directed by Allan King, and written by Colleen Murphy.The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town...
  
  

Musical score

Winner: Yves Laferrière, Jésus de Montréal

Other Nominees:

• Milan Kymlicka
  Milan Kymlicka
  Milan Kymlicka was a Canadian arranger, composer and conductor of Czechoslovakian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1974. He was best known for his composition of film and television scores, including those for the animated television series Rupert and Babar...
  
  , Babar: The Movie
  Babar: The Movie
  Babar: The Movie is a 1989 drawn-animated film made by Canada's Nelvana Limited and France's Ellipse Programme, and distributed by New Line Cinema. It is based on the characters of Jean de Brunhoff's eponymous children's books, and was a follow-up to the first season of the HBO TV series...
  
  
• Mychael Danna
  Mychael Danna
  Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer.-Life and career:Mychael Danna is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations. He has won...
  
   and Jeff Danna
  Jeff Danna
  Jeffrey W. “Jeff” Danna is a composer and musician noted for his work in film scores.A reluctant piano student at age eight, he found solace in the guitar at age eleven. Danna began playing professionally at fifteen until a hand injury in 1987 curtailed his performance career...
  
  , Cold Comfort
• Lawrence Shragge, Palais Royale
  Palais Royale
  Palais Royale is a dance hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue on Lake Ontario. Originally built as a boat works, it became notable as a night club in the now-defunct Sunnyside Amusement Park, hosting many prominent 'big band' jazz bands...
  
  
• Mychael Danna
  Mychael Danna
  Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer.-Life and career:Mychael Danna is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations. He has won...
  
  , Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts
  Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.- Plot :...
  
  

Animated short

Winner: Juke-Bar

Juke-Bar

Juke-Bar is a 1989 stop motion musical animated short about cockroaches who party inside a jukebox. The film is directed by Martin Barry and produced in Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada...

, Martin Barry

Nominees:
The Dingles, William Pettigrew

William Pettigrew

William Pettigrew was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a Member of the Legislative Council of Queensland, Australia.- Personal life :...

In and Out, Alison Snowden

Alison Snowden

Alison Snowden Alison Snowden Alison Snowden (born in Alison Snowden (born in Alison Snowden (born in [[Nottingham 4 April 1958) is a voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for [[Bob and Margaret]].- Life and work :...

 and David Fine

Live action short

Winner: In Search of the Last Good Man, Peg Campbell and Peggy Thompson

Other Nominees:

• The Journey Home, Mary Armstrong
• Monster in the Coal Bin, Tracy Traeger, Ellen Rutter, and Allen Schinkel
• Multiple Choice, Debbie McGee
• Odyssey in August, Leonard Farlinger and Stephen Roscoe

Short documentary

Winner: Stunt People, Lois Siegel

Other Nominees:

• Reading Between the Lines, Martha Davis
• Who Gets In?, Barry Greenwald

Documentary

Winner: Strand, Under the Dark Cloth, John Walker

Other Nominees:

• Le Trou du diable, Richard Lavoie, François Dupuis, and Marc Daigle
• White Lake, Colin Browne

External links

• Genie Awards 1990 on imdb