The 32nd Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 8, 2012 to honour films released in 2011.[2] Nominations were announced on January 17, 2012.[2]

32nd Genie Awards
DateMarch 8, 2012
SiteWestin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Ontario[1]
Hosted byGeorge Stroumboulopoulos
Highlights
Best PictureMonsieur Lazhar
Most awardsMonsieur Lazhar (6)
Most nominationsCafé de Flore (13)
Television coverage
NetworkCBC Television

The ceremony was originally scheduled to be hosted by Andrea Martin and George Stroumboulopoulos, but Martin was forced to cancel at the last minute due to a rescheduled acting commitment.[3] Stroumboulopoulos consequently hosted the ceremony alone, although he and Martin pretaped an introductory comedy segment in which they scrambled to find a replacement for Martin, including cameos by Martin Short, Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados.[3]

This was the last Genie Awards ceremony to be held before the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced the merger of the Genies with the Gemini Awards into the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.

Performers

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The nominees for Best Original Song were presented accompanied by choreographed figure skating routines by Jamie Salé, David Pelletier and Joannie Rochette.

Johnny Reid, The Sheepdogs and K'naan also performed during the ceremony.

Nominations

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Motion Picture Direction
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay
Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Animated Short
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  •   Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Andy Malcolm and Michael O'Farrell, A Dangerous Method
  • Fred Brennan, James Bastable, Gabe Knox and John Sievert, You Are Here
  • Claude Beaugrand, Olivier Calvert, Natalie Fleurant and Francine Poirier, Wetlands (Marécages)
  • Martin Pinsonnault, Blaise Blanchier, Simon Meilleur, Mireille Morin and Luc Raymond, Café de Flore
  • Jeremy MacLaverty, Daniel Pellerin, Geoff Raffan, Jan Rudy, John Sievert and James Mark Stewart, In Darkness
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Make-Up Visual Effects
  •   Vincent Dudouet, Cynthia Mourou, Éric Normandin, Martin Pensa, Marc Cote, Stephanie Broussaud, Sylvain Theroux, Luc Sansfacon, Nathalie Tremblay and Garry Chuntz, Café de Flore
  • Robert Crowther, Tony Cybulski, Ian Britton and Tom Turnbull, Citizen Gangster
  • Ovidiu Cinazan, Mike Borrett, Milan Schere, Oliver Hearsey, Dennis Berardi, Mathew Borrett, Wilson Cameron, Jim Price, Wojciech Zielinski and Jason Edwardh, A Dangerous Method
  • Geoffroy Lauzon, BumRush
  • Jacques Levesque, Eve Brunet, Philippe Roberge, Snow & Ashes
Special Awards

References

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  1. ^ "Café de Flore leads Genie32 race with A Dangerous Method in hot pursuit" (PDF). genieawards.ca. 2012-01-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  2. ^ a b "‘Café de Flore’, ‘A Dangerous Method’ lead Genie Awards race" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, January 17, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Andrea Martin backs out of Genie Awards". CBC News, March 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "Quebec's Anne Émond wins debut director award". CBC News, February 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Genies race features Quebec films, co-pros". CBC News, March 8, 2012.
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