“The Canadian Screen Awards celebrate the beginning of a new era in multi-platform entertainment,” says Academy CEO Helga Stephenson. “Canadians are watching and consuming in a million different ways now, from the silver screen to the mobile screen, so we’ve updated the Academy to today’s multi-screen reality with the launch of the first ever Canadian Screen Awards.”
“We’re extremely proud to be the exclusive broadcaster of the Canadian Screen Awards,” said Julie Bristow, Executive Director of Studio and Unscripted Programming, CBC. “With an incredible collection of talented nominees across the film, television and digital industries, and the legendary Martin Short as host, the Canadian Screen Awards will be a night of celebration that Canadians won’t want to miss.”
Nominees in 116 Canadian Screen Award categories (22 film, 89 television and 5 digital media) were announced today, and webcast from simultaneous news conferences in Montreal and Toronto. Some of the nominees include…
Best Motion Picture
L’Affaire Dumont - Nicole Robert
Inch’Allah – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Laurence Anyways – Lyse Lafontaine
Midnight’s Children – David Hamilton
Rebelle / War Witch - Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
Still Mine – Tamara Deverell, Jody Colero, Avi Federgreen, Michael McGowan
Best Dramatic Series
Arctic Air – (Omni Film Productions Limited) Ian Weir, Michael Chechik, Gary Harvey, Gabriela Schonbach
Bomb Girls – (Back Alley Film Productions Ltd., Muse Entertainment Enterprises, Back Alley Films) Janis Lundman, Michael MacLennan, Adrienne Mitchell, Michael Prupas
Continuum – (Timely Productions Inc.) Simon Barry, Tom Rowe, Patrick Williams
Flashpoint – (Flashpoint Season IV Productions Inc.) Anne Marie La Traverse, Bill Mustos
King – (Indian Grove Productions Ltd.) Bernard Zukerman, Greg Spottiswood
More special Canadian Screen Awards and details of Canadian Screen Week events will be announced in coming weeks. The six-day extravaganza will end with the inaugural 2-Hour Live Broadcast Gala Sunday March 3, @ 8pm (8:30 N.T) on CBC.