3rd Genie Awards explained
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. Those two films were tied for most nominations overall, with 15 nods each.
The ceremony took place at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto,[1] [2] and was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners.
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
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- Ticket to Heaven – Famous Players, CFDC, Ronald Cohen Productions, Ronald I. Cohen and Vivienne Leebosh producers, Ralph L. Thomas director[4]
- The Amateur – Tiberius Films, Balkan Productions, Garth Drabinsky and Joel B. Michaels producers, Charles Jarrott director
- Heartaches – Rising Star Films, Pieter Kroonenburg, David Patterson and Jerry Raibourn producers, Donald Shebib director[5]
- Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family) – Ciné London Inc., International Cinema Corp., Justine Héroux producer, Gilles Carle director[6]
- Scanners – Victor Solnicki, Pierre David and Claude Héroux
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| Best Documentary | Best Theatrical Short |
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- 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
| - 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
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| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
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Heavy Metal
- Air Canada Award: Pierre Lamy
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External links
Notes and References
- [Jay Scott]
- Liam Lacey, "Ticket to Heaven top movie". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1982.
- Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 117-199.
- Web site: Ticket to Heaven . https://web.archive.org/web/20210927053111/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b780a9b28 . dead . September 27, 2021 . bfi.org.uk . British Film Institute . 27 March 2023.
- Web site: Heartaches . cfe.tiff.net . Canadian Film Encyclopedia . 27 March 2023.
- Web site: Les Plouffe . cfe.tiff.net . Canadian Film Encyclopedia . 27 March 2023.
- Web site: Les beaux souvenirs . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 27 March 2023.
