12th Canadian Screen Awards

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12th Canadian Screen Awards
Date26–31 May 2024
LocationCanadian Broadcasting Centre
Hosted byMae Martin
Most nominationsBlackBerry (film, 17), Little Bird (TV, 19)
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The 12th Canadian Screen Awards is an upcoming ceremony, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They are scheduled to be held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto from 28–31 May 2024, as part of Canadian Screen Week, with highlights of the final gala ceremony to be broadcast in a CBC Television special on 31 May 2024.[1] Nominations were announced on March 6.[2]

The film BlackBerry, which documented the rise and fall of the BlackBerry phone, broke the record for the most nominations for a film in the history of the Canadian Screen Awards, with 17 nominations.[3]

Ceremony information[edit]

Due to venue availability issues in Toronto, the ceremony was delayed from a provisional April scheduling to May 2024. In addition, the ceremonies will be held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre rather than Meridian Hall as in past years.[4] To streamline the event, the ceremony for children's and animated programming was discontinued, with its awards dispersed into the six remaining ceremonies.[4]

In response to criticism over the format of CBC Television's presentation of the 11th Canadian Screen Awards, the Academy announced that a television special focusing upon the final gala would air May 31 following the in-person ceremony. As with the previous year's ceremony, the special will remain tape delayed and condensed into a one-hour format. Academy CEO Tammy Frick stated that broadcasting the special on the same day as the final gala (as opposed to the Sunday afterward) would help preserve its "energy" and immediacy, while still allowing time to edit out "industry-heavy elements" that may not be interesting to television audiences.[5][4]

Category changes[edit]

Film[edit]

The Best Lead Performance in a Film and Best Supporting Performance in a Film categories were split into separate categories for comedy and drama films. They are also accompanied by a new award for Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama. The number of nominees in each acting category will remain at eight.[6] The categories for best director, best original and adapted screenplay and the John Dunning Award for best first film will now be allowed to name six nominees instead of five if the number of eligible submissions reaches or exceeds nine. A new category will also be introduced for Best Sound Design in a Documentary.[6]

Television[edit]

The award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series were split into separate new lead and supporting awards, and new awards were introduced for best ensemble performance in comedy and drama.[6]

The former category for Best Talk Program or Series, which considered talk and interview programming regardless of its topic and format, will be split into distinct new categories: Best Talk Series for entertainment and cultural talk series, and Best Political News Program or Series for news-oriented shows. One-off entertainment talk specials which may formerly have been considered under the old category are now restricted to Best Entertainment News Program or Series. The former category for Best News Special will also be split into two separate categories, distinguishing planned news specials about prescheduled events, such as election coverage, from breaking news specials about unforeseen news events.[6]

A new category for Best Comedy Special has been introduced, therefore stand-up comedy specials are no longer eligible for Best Variety or Entertainment Special and Best Performing Arts Program.[6]

Adult animation productions will now be eligible for submission to Best Comedy Series.[6]

A new category is being introduced for Best Picture Editing in Animation.[6]

Digital media[edit]

The awards for Best Virtual Reality Game and Best Children's Video Game, which existed as distinct submission categories but had not consistently been presented in recent years due to high variability in the number of eligible submissions, will be discontinued. All games in those categories will remain eligible for the main Best Video Game category.[6]

A new category was introduced for Best Picture Editing in a Web Program or Series.[6]

Special awards[edit]

The first special award recipients were announced in March 2024:[7] Several further special awards were announced in early April.[8]

Film[edit]

Best Motion Picture Best Direction
Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film
Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Film
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama
Best Animated Short John Dunning Best First Feature
Best Art Direction/Production Design Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design Best Editing
Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
  • Pierre-Jules Audet, Marie-Miel Lacasse Hévey, Monique Vézina and Natalie Fleurant, Ru
  • John Blerot, Hands That Bind
  • Alex Bullick, Jill Purdy, Rob Bertola and Craig MacLellan, Infinity Pool
  • Matthew Chan, Gabe Knox, Michelle Irving, Lucas Prokaziuk, Stefan Fraticelli and Jason Charbonneau, BlackBerry
  • J.R. Fountain, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Best Original Score Best Original Song
Best Makeup Best Hair
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary
Best Original Music in a Documentary Best Sound Design in a Documentary
Best Visual Effects Best Casting in a Film
  • Jeff Bruneel, James Miligan, Tamara Young, Nick Winger and Adam Graves, In Flames
  • Adam Graves, The King Tide
  • Marie-Claude Lafontaine, JF (Jafaz) Ferland and Simon Beaupré, One Summer (Le temps d'un été)
  • Andy Robinson, Infinity Pool
  • Tristan Zerafa, Lou Gatti, Matthew Nayman and Mike Boers, BlackBerry

Television[edit]

Programs[edit]

Best Drama Series Best Comedy Series
Animated program or series Documentary program
Children's or youth fiction Children's or youth non-fiction
TV Movie History Documentary Program or Series
Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series Lifestyle Program or Series
Factual series Reality/Competition Program or Series
Pre-School program or series Sketch comedy program or series
Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series (Rob Stewart Award) Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award)
Comedy special Variety or entertainment special
Talk series Live entertainment special

Actors[edit]

Lead performance, drama Supporting performance, drama
Lead performance, comedy Supporting performance, comedy
Performance in a television film or miniseries Performance in an animated program or series
Performance in a guest role in a comedy series Performance in a guest role in a drama series
Lead performance in a children's or youth program or series Supporting performance in a children's or youth program or series
Ensemble performance in a comedy series Ensemble performance in a drama series
Ensemble performance in a variety or sketch comedy program or series

News and information[edit]

National newscast Local newscast
News anchor, national News anchor, local
News reporter, national News reporter, local
News special News or information segment
Entertainment news series Political news series
News or information series Morning show
Host or interviewer, news or information program or series Host, talk show or entertainment news
Host, live entertainment special Host, lifestyle
Host or presenter, factual or reality competition

Sports[edit]

Live sporting event coverage[9] Sports analysis or commentary[10]
Sports host[11] Sports play-by-play[12]
Sports feature segment[13] Sports opening[14]
  • "For All of Us" — TSN – Rob Dunn, Jacob Frenkel, Vince Tremblay, Mike McKay, Cedrik Dessureault
  • "How Ryan Francis is honouring his late grandmother" — Sportsnet – Donnovan Bennett, David Zelikovitz, Sam Nasrawi
  • "Knuckle Hop Arctic Winter Games" — CBC Sports – Ryan Johnston, Monika Platek, Aaron Dutra, Camryn Kern, Devin Heroux
  • "Staring Back" — TSN – Matt Dorman, Dave Naylor, Darren Oliver, Steve Denheyer, Curry Leamen
  • 109th Grey CupTSN – Matt Dorman, Darren Oliver, Devon Burns, Steve Denheyer, Richard Liani
  • 2023 Calgary Stampede OpenSportsnet – Cindy Giles, Michael Little
  • 2023 Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 1: "Will Arnett Tease" — Sportsnet – Sean Cleary, James Sharpe, Kevin Fallis, Carson Illidge, Will Arnett
  • "You can say Hockey is for Everyone. Or you can join the fight to ensure that’s true" — Sportsnet – Donnovan Bennett, Sam Nasrawi, Ed Hall, David Zelikovitz
Sports program or series[15]

Craft awards[edit]

Editorial research Visual research
Make-Up Costume Design
  • Rachel Affolter, Workin' Moms: "It's All Gone"
  • Julie Brisebois and Bruno Gatien, Transplant: "Crete"
  • Nina McArthur, Megan Stark and Kelly Harmon, Little Bird: "Bineshi Kwe"
  • Katie Minnis, Urban Legend: "The White Dress"
  • Kim Primeau, Sort Of: "Sort Of Hospital Again"
Casting, Fiction Casting, Non-Fiction
Production design/art direction in a fiction program or series Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series
Visual effects
  • Lawren Bancroft-Wilson, Liam Karp, Justin Reimer, Dmitry Vinnik, Terry Kalinich, Jeremy Stewart, Vardan Aleksanyan, Natalya MacKinnon, Alexandr Kurdyaev and Sebastian Weber, SkyMed: "Return to Base"
  • Sébastien Chartier, Transplant: "Crete"
  • Marc Hall, Loïc Surprenant and Juan Manuel Pardo Salamanca, Plan B: "Episode 6"
  • Aaron Wright, Minas Kotsopoulos, Leila White, Michael Bitton, Joel Chambers, Iyi Tubi, Jeffrey King, Daniel Knight and Graham Tucker, Robyn Hood: "Outlaws"

Photography[edit]

Photography in a comedy series Photography in a documentary program or factual series
Photography in a drama program or series Photography in a lifestyle or reality program or series
Photography in a news or information program, series or segment

Editing[edit]

Editing in a comedy program or series Editing in a dramatic program or series
Editing in a children's or youth program or series Editing in a documentary program or series
Editing in a factual program or series Editing in a reality or competition program or series
Editing in an animated program or series

Sound[edit]

Sound in a fiction program or series Sound in a documentary or factual program or series
  • Rob Ainsley, Rachelle Audet, Paul Germann, Martin Gwynn Jones, Jesse Fellows, Davi Aquino, Kevin Schultz and Kevin Jung, Sort Of: "Sort of Hospital Again"
  • David Caporale, Krystin Hunter, John Dykstra, Adam Raley, David Yonson and Marilee Yorston, SurrealEstate: "Trust the Process"
  • Paul Lucien Col, Louis Gignac, Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas, Claire Pochon, Anton Fischlin, Simon Meilleur, Éric Med Lagacé and Delphine Measroch, Little Bird: "Love Is All Around"
  • Scott Donald, John Laranger, Jill Purdy, Faustine Pelipel, Dan Sexton, Daniel Pellerin, Chris Russell and Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas, The Spencer Sisters: "The Scholar's Snafu"
  • Richard Spence-Thomas, Gary Vaughan, Gary Tompkins and Doug McClement, Richard III (CBC Presents the Stratford Festival)
Sound in a lifestyle, reality or entertainment program or series Sound in an animated program or series
  • David Best, Daniel Hewett, Justin Ladd, Brian Mellersch, Malcom Owen Flood, Simon Paine, Mark Krupka, Sammy Yi, Chandra Bulucon and Lisa Meitin, Canada's Ultimate Challenge: "Carcross, Yukon"
  • John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh and Alastair Sims, Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World: "Bonjour Hi"
  • John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Eric Leigh, Rob Taylor, Kara MacKinlay, Alastair Sims and Phil Nagy, Drink Masters: "Botanical Bevvies"
  • Mark Krupka, Luke McLean, Brian Gallant and Lisa Meitin, The Amazing Race Canada: "This Is Going to Be a Spicy Leg"
  • Mark Vreeken, Jeff Kozak, Charles-Émile Beaudin and Doug McClement, Juno Awards of 2023
  • Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell and Richard Spence-Thomas, Super Wish: "The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home"
  • Gregorio Gomez, Greg Stewart, Angelo Nicoloyannis, John Franco, Bonnie Lambie and Rick Senechal, Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
  • Mike Mancuso, Joe Tetreau, Evan Turner, Ryan Eligh, Patrick Mallan and Matt McKenzie, Pinecone & Pony: "The Sturdy Stone"
  • Ethan Myers, Julian Rudd, Art Mullin, Sebastian Biega, Chris Battaglia and Kevin Chamberlain, Unicorn Academy
  • Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Luke Dante, Katie Pagacz, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues and Mitch Conners, PAW Patrol: "Aqua Pups Save a Floating Castle"

Directing[edit]

Children's or youth Comedy
Documentary or factual series Documentary program
TV Movie Dramatic series
Lifestyle or information program or mini–series Live sporting event
Reality or competition program or series Variety or sketch comedy program or series
Animated program or series Factual

Music[edit]

Best Original Music, Animation Best Original Music, Comedy
Best Original Music, Drama Best Original Music, Documentary
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality or Entertainment Best Original Song

Writing[edit]

Comedy series Drama series
Animated program or series Children's or youth
Documentary Factual program or series
Lifestyle or reality/competition program or series Pre-school program or series
TV Movie Variety or sketch comedy program or series

All-platform awards[edit]

One major category is currently presented without regard to the distinction between film, television or web media content.

Stunt Coordination
  • Angelica Lisk-Hann, Kirpa Budwal, Victoria Goodman, Howard Green, Dillon Jagersky, Daniel Lavigne, Greg Leach and Yvette McKoy, Robyn Hood: "Outlaws"
  • Stéphane Lefebvre, Marry F*** Kill
  • Dan Skene, Letterkenny: "Degens"
  • Sean Skene, Dan Skene and Cam Fergus, Shoresy: "Set the Tone"
  • John Stead, Pretty Hard Cases: "Always a Bridesmaid"

Digital media[edit]

Original Program or Series, Fiction Original Program or Series, Non-Fiction
  • 2022 Reel Asian Awards — Christine Vu, Deanna Wong
  • Being Black in Canada: Friends and Allies — Tamika Forrester, Nazima Walji, Nathaniel Smith, Alicia Lee
  • Farm Crime — Geoff Morrison, Lucy Cameron
  • Here & QueerPeter Knegt, Lucius Dechausay, Mercedes Grundy, Chelle Turingan
  • Indigenous Futures: How These Teens Are Reclaiming Their Joy — Lisa Fender, Lenard Monkman, Angelica Cooper, Jaime McMahon, Sabrina Fabian, Nina Corfu, Sophia Smoke, Janna McGinn, Philip Street, Kevin Nepitabo, Jaison Empson, Bryan Harder, Mia Rodak, Marie McCann, Sally Catto
Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series
Direction in a Web Program or Series Host in a Web Program or Series
Picture Editing in a Web Program or Series Writing in a Web Program or Series
Immersive Experience, Fiction Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction
Video game Live Production for Social Media
  • Little Learning Machines
  • Return to Grace
  • Venba
Interactive production

References[edit]

  1. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Canadian Screen Awards Gets New Date, Venue Change". The Hollywood Reporter, February 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Jackson Weaver, "BlackBerry, Sort Of, Little Bird dominate Canadian Screen Award nominations". CBC News, March 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Matt Johnson's BlackBerry breaks Canadian Screen Awards record with 17 nominations". The Globe and Mail. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Townsend, Kelly (February 8, 2024). "Canadian Screen Awards move to May 31". Playback Online. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. ^ "Organizers say Canadian Screen Awards will again be a pre-taped ceremony". Canadian Press. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024 – via CityNews Toronto.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Rules and Regulation Change Highlights". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, August 2023.
  7. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Marilyn Denis, John Brunton among Canadian Academy ‘Special Award’ recipients". Broadcast Dialogue, March 19, 2024.
  8. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Devery Jacobs, Lamar Johnson to Receive Honorary Canadian Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter, April 4, 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t
  10. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t
  11. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t
  12. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t
  13. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t
  14. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t
  15. ^ https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=t