27th Genie Awards

27th Genie Awards
Date	February 13, 2007
Site	Carlu theatre, Toronto
Highlights
Best Picture	Bon Cop, Bad Cop

The 27th Genie Awards were held on February 13, 2007 to honour films released in 2006. The ceremony was located at the Carlu theatre in Toronto.

Maurice Richard (The Rocket) was the most successful film at these awards, winning 9 of its 13 nominated categories. Bon Cop, Bad Cop won just 2 of its 10 nominations, although it received the highest 2006 box office revenues in Canada to earn the Golden Reel Award.

Nominees

Nominees were announced 9 January 2007. [1]

Films with the most nominations:

• 13: Maurice Richard (The Rocket)
• 10: Bon Cop, Bad Cop
• 7: Un dimanche à Kigali (A Sunday in Kigali)
• 6: Tideland
• 5: Eve and the Fire Horse
• 5: La Vie secrète des gens heureux (The Secret Life of Happy People)
• 4: Cheech
• 4: Guide de la petite vengeance (The Little Book of Revenge)
• 4: Snow Cake

Winners

Motion Picture	Direction
Bon Cop, Bad Cop — Kevin Tierney Guide de la petite vengeance — Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal Maurice Richard — Denise Robert and Daniel Louis Trailer Park Boys: The Movie — Barrie Dunn, Mike Clattenburg and Michael Volpe Un dimanche à Kigali — Lyse Lafontaine and Michael Mosca	Charles Binamé. Maurice Richard Érik Canuel, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Robert Favreau, Un dimanche à Kigali Stéphane Lapointe, La Vie secrète des gens heureux Jean-François Pouliot, Guide de la petite vengeance
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Roy Dupuis, Maurice Richard Colm Feore, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Olivier Gourmet, Congorama Patrick Huard, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Luc Picard, Un dimanche à Kigali	Julie LeBreton, Maurice Richard Jodelle Ferland, Tideland Fatou N'Diaye, Un dimanche à Kigali Ginette Reno, Le secret de ma mère Sigourney Weaver, Snow Cake
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Stephen McHattie, Maurice Richard Hugh Dillon, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Robert Joy, Whole New Thing Chan Chit Man Lester, Eve and the Fire Horse Michel Muller, Guide de la petite vengeance	Carrie-Anne Moss, Snow Cake Caroline Dhavernas, Niagara Motel Marie Gignac, La Vie secrète des gens heureux Emily Hampshire, Snow Cake Vivian Wu, Eve and the Fire Horse
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Philippe Falardeau, Congorama Martin Girard and Ghyslaine Côté, Le secret de ma mère Stéphane Lapointe, La Vie secrète des gens heureux Ken Scott, Guide de la petite vengeance Ken Scott, Maurice Richard	Robert Favreau and Gil Courtemanche, Un dimanche à Kigali Mike Clattenburg, Robb Wells, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie François Létourneau, Cheech
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
Le rouge au sol, Maxime Giroux, Paul Barbeau Big Girl, Renuka Jeyapalan, Anneli Ekborn, Michael Gelfand Hiro, Matthew Swanson, Oliver-Barnet Lindsay Jack et Jacques, Marie-Hélène Copti Snapshots for Henry, Teresa Hannigan, Charlotte Disher	The Danish Poet, Torill Kove, Lise Fearnley and Marcy Page Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse, Regina Pessoa, Patrick Eveno, Abi Feijò, Jacques-Rémy Girerd and Marcel Jean
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Michel Proulx, Maurice Richard Jean Bécotte, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Mary-Ann Liu, Athena Wong, Eve and the Fire Horse François Séguin, La Rage de l'ange Jasna Stefanovic, Tideland	Pierre Gill, Maurice Richard Bruce Chun, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Steve Cosens, Snow Cake Jan Kiesser, Beowulf & Grendel Nicola Pecorini, Tideland
Costume Design	Editing
Francesca Chamberland, Maurice Richard Michelline Amaaq, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Sandy Buck, Eve and the Fire Horse Mario D'Avignon, Tideland Annie Dufort, La Vie secrète des gens heureux	Michel Arcand, Maurice Richard Jean-François Bergeron, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Frédérique Broos, Congorama Michel Grou, Cheech Lesley Walker, Tideland
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Dominique Chartrand, Gavin Fernandes, Nathalie Morin and Pierre Paquet, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Marie-Claude Gagné, Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Hans Peter Strobl, Un dimanche à Kigali Claude Hazanavicius, Claude Beaugrand, Luc Boudrias and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Maurice Richard David Lee, Douglas Cooper and Robert Farr, Tideland Daniel Pellerin, Gashtaseb Ariana and Jeff Carter, Eve and the Fire Horse	Claude Beaugrand, Olivier Calvert, Jérôme Décarie, Natalie Fleurant, Francine Poirier, Maurice Richard Pierre-Jules Audet, Guy Francoeur, Guy Pelletier, Cheech Marie-Claude Gagné, Un dimanche à Kigali Christian Rivest, Valéry Dufort-Boucher, Tchae Measroch, Bon Cop, Bad Cop Jane Tattersall, Barry Gilmore, David McCallum, Donna Powell, Dave Rose, Beowulf & Grendel
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Jean Robitaille, Sans elle Normand Corbeil, Cheech Michel Cusson, Maurice Richard Pierre Desrochers, La Vie secrète des gens heureux Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, Beowulf & Grendel	Jennifer Kreisberg, "Have Hope" (Unnatural & Accidental) Dan Bigras, "L'Astronaute" (La Rage de l'ange) Bramwell Tovey and Richard Bell, "In a Heartbeat" (Eighteen) Éric Lapointe, Stéphane Dufour and Jamil, "Tattoo", (Bon Cop, Bad Cop) Patrick Watson and Caroline Dhavernas, "Trace-Moi" (La belle bête)
Documentary	Special awards
Manufactured Landscapes, Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Daniel Iron and Peter Starr La Planète Blanche, Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert	Make-Up: Nick Dudman, Beowulf & Grendel Claude Jutra Award: Julia Kwan, Eve and the Fire Horse and Stéphane Lapointe, La Vie secrète des gens heureux Golden Reel Award: Bon Cop, Bad Cop

External links

• Genie Awards official site