The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988, and honoured Canadian films released in 1987.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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and co-hosted by actors Megan Follows and

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. This was the year in which, for the first time, all of the Best Motion Picture nominees had been written by their directors. The awards were dominated by Jean-Claude Lauzon's '' Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)'' which garnered 14 nominations and won an unmatched thirteen awards. The other star of the night was Patricia Rozema's ''

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'', which won in both of the female acting categories and was the only other narrative feature film besides ''Night Zoo'' to win any awards.Ina Warren, "Brutal thriller Night Zoo wins 13 Genie awards". ''

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'', March 23, 1988. Sheila McCarthy, in her acceptance speech for Best Actress, quipped that "I'm really glad there are no nominations for actresses for ''Night Zoo''.""Thriller sweeps Genie ceremonies". ''

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'', March 23, 1988. McCarthy, who had just given birth to a daughter a few weeks earlier, was also presented with a miniaturized toy Genie statuette for her baby. The Special Achievement award was presented to

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, for his work in establishing the Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies.

Winners and nominees

References

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