The 5th Genie Awards were presented on March 21, 2005 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The awards ceremony was hosted by Louis Del Grande.

Best picture

Winner: The Terry Fox Story , Robert M. Cooper

Other Nominees:

• A Christmas Story, Bob Clark and René Dupont
• Lucien Brouillard , René Gueissaz and Marc Daigle
• Maria Chapdelaine , Murray Shostak and Robert Baylis
• The Wars , Richard Neilson

Best actor

Winner: Eric Fryer , The Terry Fox Story

Other Nominees:

• Guy L'Ecuyer , Au clair de la lune
• Alan Scarfe , Deserters
• Pierre Curzi , Lucien Brouillard
• Nick Mancuso , Maria Chapdelaine

Best actress

Winner: Martha Henry , The Wars

Other Nominees:

• Barbara March , Deserters
• Marie Tifo , Lucien Brouillard
• Carole Laure , Maria Chapdelaine
• Marie Tifo , Rien qu'un jeu

Best supporting actor

Winner: Michael Zelniker , The Terry Fox Story

Other Nominees:

• Pierre Curzi , Maria Chapdelaine
• Kenneth Welsh , Tell Me That You Love Me
• Leslie Carlson , Videodrome
• Peter Dvorsky , Videodrome

Best supporting actress

Winner: Jackie Burroughs, The Wars

Other Nominees:

• Linda Sorgini , Bonheur d'occasion
• Tedde Moore , A Christmas Story
• Amulette Garneau , Maria Chapdelaine
• Elva Mai Hoover , The Terry Fox Story
• Sonja Smits, Videodrome

Best director

Winners: Bob Clark, A Christmas Story and David Cronenberg, Videodrome (tie)

Other Nominees:

• André Forcier , Au clair de la lune
• Jack Darcus , Deserters
• Bruno Carrière , Lucien Brouillard
• Brigitte Sauriol , Rien qu'un jeu

Best screenplay

Winner: Leigh Brown , Bob Clark, and Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story

Other Nominees:

• Jack Darcus , Deserters
• David Cronenberg, Videodrome
• Timothy Findley, The Wars

Cinematography

Winner: Pierre Mignot , Maria Chapdelaine

Other Nominees:

• Reginald H. Morris , A Christmas Story
• Doug McKay , Dead Wrong
• Richard Ciupka , The Terry Fox Story
• Mark Irwin , Videodrome

Art direction

Winner: Jocelyn Joly , Maria Chapdelaine

Other Nominees:

• Gilles Aird , Lucien Brouillard
• Glenn Bydwell , Ups & Downs
• Carol Spier , Videodrome

Costume design

Winner: Michèle Hamel , Maria Chapdelaine

Other Nominees:

• François Laplante , Au clair de la lune
• Nicole Pelletier , Bonheur d'occasion
• Mary E. McLeod , A Christmas Story
• Michèle Hamel , Lucien Brouillard

Sound

Winner: Joe Grimaldi , Bruce Carwardine , Austin Grimaldi , and Glen Gauthier , The Terry Fox Story

Other Nominees:

• Kenneth Heeley-Ray , David Appleby , Dino Pigat , A Christmas Story
• Austin Grimaldi , Patrick Rousseau , Joe Grimaldi , and Dino Pigat , Maria Chapdelaine
• Dino Pigat , David Appleby , and Lars Ekstrom , Ups & Downs
• Hans Peter Strobl , The Wars

Film editing

Winner: Ron Wisman , The Terry Fox Story

Other Nominees:

• André Corriveau , Bonheur d'occasion
• Stan Cole , A Christmas Story
• Bill Roxborough , Doris Dyck , Jack Darcus , and Ingrid Rosen , Deserters
• Ronald Sanders , Videodrome
• Tony Lower , The Wars

Sound editing

Winners: Joe Grimaldi , Bruce Carwardine , Austin Grimaldi , and Glen Gauthier , The Terry Fox Story and Sharon Lackie , Bruce Nyznik , and Bernard Bordeleau , The Wars (tie)

Other Nominees:

• David Evans , Steven Cole , Wayne Griffin , and Kenneth Heeley-Ray , A Christmas Story
• Claude Langlois , Patrick Dodd , and Jean-Guy Montpetit , Maria Chapdelaine
• Marcel Pothier , Rien qu'un jeu
• John Kelly , David Evans , Wayne Griffin , Ups & Downs

Musical score

Winner: Lewis Furey , Maria Chapdelaine

Other Nominees:

• André Vincelli , A 20th Century Chocolate Cake
• Joël Bienvenue , Au clair de la lune
• Karl Kobylansky , Dead Wrong
• Michael Conway Baker , Deserters

Theatrical short

Winner: Ted Baryluk's Grocery , Michael Scott and Wolf Koenig

Other Nominees:

• Brushstrokes , Sylvie Fefer
• Snow , Stephen Zoller and Tibor Takács

Documentary

Winner: Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? , Nicole M. Boisvert

Other Nominees:

• Mémoire battante , Nicole Lamothe
• La Turlute des années dures , Lucille Veilleux