10th Genie Awards

10th Genie Awards
Date	March 22, 1989
Site	Westin Harbour Castle Hotel Toronto, Ontario
Host	Dave Thomas
Highlights
Best Picture	Dead Ringers
Most awards	Dead Ringers
Most nominations	Dead Ringers
Television coverage
Network	CBC Television

The 10th annual Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989. This was in the middle of a strike at the CBC that caused the ceremony to be scaled down and several nominees to boycott the awards in sympathy. The awards were dominated by David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers which won ten awards. The event was held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto and was hosted by Dave Thomas.

Nominees and winners

Motion Picture	Direction
Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg and Marc Boyman The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, Stephen Foster Les Portes tournantes, Francyne Morin and René Malo A Winter Tan, Aerlyn Weissman and John Frizzell, Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, and John Walker À corps perdu, Robin Spry and Denise Robert	David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers Anne Wheeler, Cowboys Don't Cry Roger Cardinal, Malarek Francis Mankiewicz, Les Portes tournantes Louise Clark, Jackie Burroughs, John Walker, Aerlyn Weissman, and John Frizzell, A Winter Tan
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers Zachary Ansley, Cowboys Don't Cry Ron White, Cowboys Don't Cry Elias Koteas, Malarek Saul Rubinek, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Jan Rubes, Something About Love	Jackie Burroughs, A Winter Tan Geneviève Bujold, Dead Ringers Kerrie Keane, Hitting Home Josette Simon, Milk and Honey Monique Spaziani, Les Portes tournantes
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Rémy Girard, Les Portes tournantes Michael Rudder, Buying Time Maury Chaykin, Iron Eagle II Ron James, Something About Love	Colleen Dewhurst, Hitting Home Janet-Laine Green, Cowboys Don't Cry Helen Hughes, Martha, Ruth & Edie Susan Douglas Rubes, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Miou-Miou, Les Portes tournantes
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Glen Salzman, Trevor D. Rhone, Milk and Honey Claude Fournier, Michel Cournot, and Marie-José Raymond, Les Tisserands du pouvoir André Mélançon and Jacques Bobet, La Grenouille et la baleine Guy Maddin, Tales from the Gimli Hospital Michael Rubbo, Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller	David Cronenberg and Norman Snider, Dead Ringers Douglas Bowie and Robin Spry, Hitting Home Phil Savath, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Jacques Savoie and Francis Mankiewicz, Les Portes tournantes Jackie Burroughs, A Winter Tan
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Comic Book Confidential, Ron Mann Calling the Shots, Janis Cole and Holly Dale Growing Up in America, Morley Markson A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution, Nettie Wild Témoins, Martyn Burke and David M. Ostriker	The World Is Watching, Harold Crooks, Jim Munro, Peter Raymont Dying to be Perfect, Eileen Hoeter Space Pioneers, a Canadian Story, Rudy Buttignol
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada, Bruce McDonald and Colin Brunton Inside/Out, Lori Spring The Job, Donald Scott The Milkman Cometh, Lorne Bailey Le Pied tendre, Roger Boire and Viateur Castonguay	The Cat Came Back, Cordell Barker and Richard Condie Nocturnes, Yves Leduc Primiti Too Taa, Ed Ackerman
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
Carol Spier, Dead Ringers Anne Pritchard, Les Portes tournantes Vianney Gauthier, À corps perdu	Dead Ringers Thomas Burstyn, La Grenouille et la baleine Thomas Vámos, Les Portes tournantes René Ohashi, Shadow Dancing Pierre Mignot, À corps perdu
Costume Design	Editing
François Barbeau, Les Portes tournantes Christine Cost and Michèle Hamel, Les Tisserands du pouvoir Denise Cronenberg, Dead Ringers Renée April, The Kiss Charlotte Penner, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Maya Mani, Shadow Dancing	Ronald Sanders, Dead Ringers Susan Martin and Allan Lee, A Winter Tan Michel Arcand, À corps perdu
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Don White, Andy Nelson, and Bryan Day, Dead Ringers Don White, Gabor Vadnay, Michael Liotta, and Joe Grimaldi, Hitting Home Michael Liotta, Joe Grimaldi, Eli Yarkoni, and Dino Pigat, Iron Eagle II Don Cohen, Austin Grimaldi, Keith Elliott, and Dino Pigat, The Kiss Michael Liotta, Don White, and Aerlyn Weissman, A Winter Tan	Terry Burke, Richard Cadger, David Giammarco, Wayne Griffin, and David Evans, Dead Ringers Jane Tattersall, Tony Currie, Terry Burke, Marta Nielsen Sternberg, and Wayne Griffin, Buying Time David Evans, Kenneth Heeley-Ray, Richard Cadger, Robin Leigh, Drew King, Iron Eagle II Andy Malcolm, Alison Grace, Michael O'Farrell, Peter Thilaye, and Penny Hozy, The Kiss Alison Clark, Greg Glynn, Alison Grace, Andy Malcolm, and Denise McCormick, A Winter Tan
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Howard Shore, Dead Ringers Billy Bryans and Aaron Davis, Hostile Takeover Richard Grégoire, La Ligne de chaleur Maribeth Solomon and Micky Erbe, Milk and Honey François Dompierre, Les Portes tournantes Osvaldo Montes, À corps perdu	Louis Natale and Anne Wheeler, "Cowboys Don't Cry" (Cowboys Don't Cry) Normand Dubé, Guy Trépanier and Nathalie Carson, "We Are the One" (La grenouille et la baleine) Louise Bennett, "You're Going Home" (Milk and Honey) Jay Gruska and Marc Jordan, "Shadow Dance" (Shadow Dancing) Rufus Wainwright, "I'm Running" (Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller)
Special Awards
Golden Reel Award: La Grenouille et la baleine