3rd Genie Awards

3rd Genie Awards
Date	March 3, 1982
Site	Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
Host	Brian Linehan
Highlights
Best Picture	Ticket to Heaven
Most awards	Les Plouffe
Most nominations	Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven
Television coverage
Network	CBC Television

The 3rd Genie Awards were awarded on March 3, 1982 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, and honoured Canadian films released in 1981. It was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners.

The film Les Plouffe 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.

Winners and nominees

Motion Picture	Direction
Ticket to Heaven - Ronald I. Cohen and Vivienne Leebosh The Amateur - Garth Drabinsky and Joel B. Michaels Heartaches - David Patterson and Jerry Raibourn Les Plouffe - Justine Héroux and Denis Héroux Scanners - Victor Solnicki, Pierre David and Claude Héroux	Gilles Carle, Les Plouffe David Cronenberg, Scanners Allan King, Silence of the North Donald Shebib, Heartaches Ralph L. Thomas, Ticket to Heaven
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Nick Mancuso, Ticket to Heaven Gabriel Arcand, Les Plouffe Gordon Pinsent, Silence of the North Christopher Plummer, The Amateur Winston Rekert, Heartaches	Margot Kidder, Heartaches Kim Cattrall, Ticket to Heaven Lesleh Donaldson, Funeral Home Ronalda Jones, Alligator Shoes Monique Spaziani, Les Beaux Souvenirs
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Saul Rubinek, Ticket to Heaven Nicholas Campbell, The Amateur Émile Genest, Les Plouffe Michael Ironside, Scanners R.H. Thomson, Ticket to Heaven	Denise Filiatrault, Les Plouffe Juliette Huot, Les Plouffe Chapelle Jaffe, The Amateur Anne Létourneau, Les Plouffe Dixie Seatle, Ticket to Heaven
Foreign Actor	Foreign Actress
Alan Arkin, Improper Channels Guy Boyd, Ticket to Heaven Robert Carradine, Heartaches Rémi Laurent, Les Plouffe John Savage, The Amateur Tom Skerritt, Silence of the North	Annie Potts, Heartaches Ellen Burstyn, Silence of the North Meg Foster, Ticket to Heaven Mariette Hartley, Improper Channels Marthe Keller, The Amateur
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Terence Heffernan, Heartaches Adam Arkin, Morrie Ruvinsky, and Ian Sutherland, Improper Channels Clay Borris, Alligator Shoes David Cronenberg, Scanners Réjean Ducharme, Les Beaux Souvenirs James Sanderson and Paul Illidge, Head On	Roger Lemelin and Gilles Carle, Les Plouffe Diana Maddox, The Amateur Ralph L. Thomas and Anne Cameron, Ticket to Heaven
Best Documentary	Best Theatrical Short
P4W Prison for Women - Janis Cole and Holly Dale Being Different - Harry Rasky	Zea - André Leduc, Robert Forget and Jean-Jacques Leduc Top Priority - Ishu Patel Voyage de Nuit - Roger Frappier and Carole Mondello
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
William McCrow, Les Plouffe Claude Bonniere, Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid Bill Brodie, Silence of the North Ninkey Dalton and Charles Dunlop, Improper Channels Carol Spier, Scanners Trevor Williams, The Amateur	Richard Leiterman, Silence of the North John F. Phillips, Alligator Shoes Vic Sarin, Heartaches
Costume Design	Editing
Nicole Pelletier, Les Plouffe Olga Dimitrov, Silence of the North Huguette Gagné, Happy Birthday to Me Julie Ganton, Heartaches Delphine White, Scanners	Ron Wisman, Ticket to Heaven Gordon McClellan, Alligator Shoes Ralph Brunjes, Funeral Home Gary Oppenheimer, Head On Ronald Sanders, Scanners Arla Saare, Silence of the North
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
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 Marc Chiasson, Glen Gauthier, Don White, David Appleby and Bruce Carwardine, Ticket to Heaven
Achievement in Music: Original Score	Achievement in Music: Original Song
Claude Denjean and Stéphane Venne, Les Plouffe Jean Cousineau, Les Beaux Souvenirs Bo Harwood and Lance Rubin, Happy Birthday to Me Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon, Ticket to Heaven	Stéphane Venne (Les Plouffe) Ann Mortifee (Surfacing) Neil Young (Silence of the North)
Special Awards
Golden Reel Award: Heavy Metal Air Canada Award: Pierre Lamy

External links

• Genie Awards 1982 on IMDb