| Motion Picture | Direction |
| Sarah Polley, Away From Her David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises Denys Arcand, Days of Darkness Roger Spottiswoode, Shake Hands With the Devil Bruce McDonald, The Tracey Fragments |
| Actor in a leading role | Actress in a leading role |
| Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises Marc Labrèche, Days of Darkness Claude Legault, The 3 L'il Pigs Roy Dupuis, Shake Hands With the Devil | Julie Christie, Away From Her Anne-Marie Cadieux, You Ellen Page, The Tracey Fragments Molly Parker, Who Loves the Sun Béatrice Picard, My Aunt Aline |
| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises Gilbert Sicotte, Continental, a Film Without Guns Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, The 3 L'il Pigs Danny Glover, Poor Boy's Game Michel-Ange Nzojibwami, Shake Hands With the Devil | Kristen Thomson, Away From Her Fanny Mallette, Continental, a Film Without Guns Marie-Ginette Guay, Continental, a Film Without Guns Laurence Leboeuf, My Daughter, My Angel Véronique Le Flaguais, Surviving My Mother |
| Original Screenplay | Adapted Screenplay |
| Steve Knight, Eastern Promises Marc-André Lavoie, Simon Olivier Fecteau, David Gauthier, Bluff Douglas Coupland, Everything's Gone Green Denys Arcand, Days of Darkness Pierre Lamothe, Claude Lalonde, The 3 L'il Pigs | Sarah Polley, Away From Her Michael Donovan, Shake Hands With the Devil Maureen Medved, The Tracey Fragments |
| Best Live Action Short Drama | Best Animated Short |
| Alexis Fortier Gauthier and Élaine Hébert, After All Marc Almon and Nona MacDermid, The Wake of Calum MacLeod Michelle Porter and Amy Belling, Regarding SarahAnthony Green and Philip Svoboda, ScreeningJeffrey St. Jules and Larissa Giroux, The Tragic Story of Nling | Madame Tutli-Putli, Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Marcy Page Here and There, Marc Bertrand, Diane Obomsawin Jeu, Marcel Jean, Michèle Bélanger, Georges Schwizgebel |
| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
| Rob Gray, James Willcock, Fido André-Line Beauparlant, Continental, a Film Without Guns Carol Spier, Eastern Promises Lindsey Hermer-Bell, Justin Craig, Shake Hands With the Devil François Séguin, Silk | Peter Suschitzky, Eastern Promises Bruce Chun, Nitro Vic Sarin, Partition Miroslaw Baszak, Shake Hands With the Devil Alain Dostie, Silk |
| Costume Design | Editing |
| Carlo Poggioli, Kazuko Kurosawa, Silk Denise Cronenberg, Eastern Promises Mary E. McLeod, Fido Dolly Ahluwalia, Partition Joyce Schure, Shake Hands With the Devil | Ronald Sanders, Eastern Promises David Wharnsby, Away From Her Jean-François Bergeron, The 3 L'il Pigs Susan Maggi, Poor Boy's Game Jeremiah Munce, Gareth C. Scales, The Tracey Fragments |
| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
| Stuart Wilson, Christian Cooke, Orest Sushko, Mark Zsifkovits, Eastern Promises John J. Thomson, Stephan Carrier, Martin Lee, Citizen Duane Eric Fitz, Jo Caron, Gavin Fernandes, Benoît Leduc, Shake Hands With the Devil Claude La Haye, Olivier Calvert, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Hans Peter Strobl, Silk John Hazen, Matt Chan, Brad Dawe, The Tracey Fragments | Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Goro Koyama and Michael O'Farrell, Eastern PromisesMartin Pinsonnault, Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Simon Meilleur and Louis Molinas, NitroMarie-Claude Gagné, Diane Boucher, Guy Francoeur, Claire Pochon and Jean-Philippe Savard, Gounod's Romeo et JulietteMarcel Pothier, Guy Francoeur, Antoine Morin, Guy Pelletier and François B. Senneville, Shake Hands With the DevilSteve Munro, Paul Shikata, John Sievert and David Drainie Taylor, The Tracey Fragments |
| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
| Howard Shore, Eastern PromisesDon MacDonald, FidoDavid Hirschfelder, Shake Hands With the DevilRyûichi Sakamoto, SilkSteve London, That Beautiful Somewhere | Valanga Khoza and David Hirschfelder, "Kaya" Byron Wong and Luke Nicholson, "Breathe" Alan Doyle, "Young Triffie's Been Made Away With" |
| Documentary | Special awards |
| Gary Burns, Jim Brown, Bonnie Thompson and Shirley Vercruysse, Radiant CityAndré-Line Beauparlant and Danielle Leblanc, PanacheRob Stewart, Sharkwater | Achievement in Make-Up: Stéphan Dupuis, Eastern PromisesClaude Jutra Award: Sarah Polley, Away from HerGolden Reel Award: The 3 L'il Pigs Special Award: Harry Gulkin |
