CFC alumni and program participants prove yet again that they are the best in the business, earning a whopping 115 nominations for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards across the film, TV and digital media categories.

“Our alumni set a new record this year, earning more CSA nominations than ever before,” shared maxine bailey, CFC’s executive director. “These incredible storytellers and creators are being recognized and celebrated for their outstanding talent and rich diversity of stories – we are so proud. Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees – you all fuel and enrich this industry with your passion, your voices, your stories – thank you!”

CFC talent can be found both behind and in front of the camera on this year’s most nominated homegrown hits, including the alumni-led CBC/BET+ series The Porter, which leads the TV nominations with 19 noms, including Best Drama Series, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Picture Editing, and Best Original Score, and the year’s most nominated film, Clement Virgo’s Brother, which received 14 nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Achievement in Music – Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, and loads more.

Other leading nominations include 15 noms for CBC’s Sort Of, including Best Comedy Series, and CBC Gem’s Detention Adventure, including Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, and 11 nominations for the alumni-created Pretty Hard Cases. Summer With Hope, the 26^th feature produced by CFC Features, received three nods, including Best Motion Picture and Original Screenplay. See below for the full list of CFC alumni and program participants nominated for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards.

Samantha Bee will host this year’s broadcast show, which airs on Sunday, April 16 on CBC / CBC Gem. All of the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards in film, television, and digital media will be handed out over seven shows scheduled throughout Canadian Screen Week, which runs from April 11 to 16.

CFC alumni nominations across the film, TV and digital media categories include:

Film Nominations

Best Motion Picture

• Brother – Damon D’Oliveira, Aeschylus Poulos, Clement Virgo
• Summer With Hope – Christina Piovesan, Kiarash Anvari, Sadaf Foroughi; the 26^th feature produced by CFC Features

Achievement in Casting

• Nicole Hilliard Forde – The Swearing Jar 

Achievement in Direction

• Clement Virgo – Brother

Achievement in Editing

• Simone Smith – I Like Movies

Achievement in Music – Original Score

• Todor Kobakov – Brother

Achievement in Music – Original Song

• Kate Hewlett – The Swearing Jar, “The Swearing Song”

Adapted Screenplay

• Clement Virgo – Brother

Original Screenplay

• Sadaf Foroughi – Summer With Hope

Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary

• Paul Scherzer – Batata
• Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux – Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
• Nisha Pahuja, David Oppeheim, Anita Lee – To Kill a Tiger

Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary

• Nicholas de Pencier – The Colour of Ink

Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary

• Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux – Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew

Best Short Documentary

• Patty vs. Patty – Kate Fraser
• Perfecting the Art of Longing – Kat Baulu

Best Animated Short

• Arctic Song – David Christensen
• The Flying Sailor – David Christensen

Television Program Categories

Best Drama Series

• Departure (Global / Corus Entertainment; Shaftesbury, Deadpan Pictures) – Christina Jennings, Malcolm MacRury, Jackie May, Vincent Shiao, Nikolijne Troubetzkoy, Marsha Greene 
• Moonshine (CBC; Six Eleven Media / eOne) – Marc Tetreault
• The Porter (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Jennifer Kawaja, Marsha Greene, Charles Officer
• Transplant (CTV / Bell Media; Sphere Media) – Joseph Kay, Rachel Langer

Best Comedy Series

• Astrid & Lilly Save the World (CTV Sci-Fi Channel / Bell Media; Blue Ice Pictures) – Danishka Esterhazy
• Children Ruin Everything (CTV / Bell Media; New Metric Media Inc.) – Mark Montefiore
• Fakes (CBC Gem; Reality Distortion Field) – Stephen Hegyes
• Letterkenny (Crave; New Metric Media Inc.) – Mark Montefiore
• Sort Of (CBC; Sphere Media) – Jennifer Kawaja

Best Reality/Competition Program or Series

• Canada’s Drag Race (Crave; Blue Ant Media Inc, Saloon Media) – Betty Orr, Michael Kot

Best Live Entertainment Special

• The Legacy Awards (CBC; Insight Productions) – Ian Steaman, Mazin Elsadi

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

• Dear Jackie (documentary Channel / CBC; Catbird Films, Inc) – Henri Pardo

Best History Documentary Program or Series

• Evil by Design: Surviving Nygard (CBC; Blue Ant Studios) – Jennifer Harkness, Alison Duke
• Summit 72 (CBC; 72 Summit Productions Inc.) – Nicholas de Pencier

Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series

• Comedy Punks: Kids In The Hall (Makeful / Blue Ant Media) – Jennifer Harkness
• Indspire Awards 2022 (CBC; Redcloud Studios Inc.) – Jennifer Podemski

Best Documentary Program

• The Perfect Story (TVO; Frequent Flyer Films, National Film Board of Canada) – Lea Marin

Best Animated Program or Series

• Summer Memories (Family Channel / WildBrain; A&N Productions, Aircraft Pictures and Yeti Farm Creative) – Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen

Best Pre-School Program or Series

• Pikwik Pack (Treehouse TV / Corus Entertainment; Guru Studio) – Kirsten Newlands

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

• Detention Adventure (CBC Gem; LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films) – Lauren Corber
• Holly Hobbie (Family Channel / WildBrain; Aircraft Pictures in association with Cloudco Entertainment and Wexworks Media) – Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen, Sarah Glinksi
• The Next Step (YTV / Corus Entertainment; Boat Rocker) – Amy Cole, Romeo Candido
• Gabby’s Farm (TVOKids / TVO; Sphere Media) – Marlo Miazga 
• Leo’s Pollinators (TVOKids / TVO; Fifth Ground Entertainment) – Raj Panikkar, Christopher Szarka

Best Performing Arts Program

• Freedom Talks (CBC; Emancipation Arts) – Ngozi Paul

Best Variety or Entertainment Special

• FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2022 (CBC Gem; Emancipation Arts) – Ngozi Paul

Digital Media Categories

Best Web Program or Series, Fiction

• Mary & Flo on the Go! (Shaftesbury) – Christina Jennings
• Revenge of the Black Best Friend (RBBF Inc.) – Motion
• Topline (Shaftesbury) – Christina Jennings, Romeo Candido

Best Direction, Web Program or Series

• Revenge of the Black Best Friend, “The One Who Dies First” (RBBF Inc.) – Thyrone Tommy
• Topline, “Sky is Falling” (Shaftesbury) – Romeo Candido

Best Writing, Web Program or Series

• Revenge of the Black Best Friend, “The One Who Dies First” (RBBF Inc.) – Motion
• Topline, “Sky is Falling” (Shaftesbury) – Romeo Candido

Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series

• Revenge of the Black Best Friend – Araya Mengesha

Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series

• Chateau Laurier – Emmanuel Kabongo
• Revenge of the Black Best Friend – Ashton James

Television Craft Categories

Best Direction, TV Movie

• Miracle in Motor City (CTV Drama Channel / Bell Media; Cineflix Productions) – Alfons Adetuyi
• Under The Christmas Tree (CTV Drama Channel / Bell Media; Neshama Entertainment) – Lisa Rose Snow

Best Direction, Drama Series

• Coroner, “Our Home on Native Land” (CBC; Muse Entertainment / Cineflix Studios / Back Alley Films) – Cory Bowles
• Diggstown, “Donald Kitpu Christmas” (CBC; Circle Blue Entertainment) – Cory Bowles
• Heartland, “The Long Game” (CBC / Seven24 Films) – Gloria Ui Young Kim
• The Porter, “Episode 101” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Charles Officer

Best Direction, Documentary Series

• BLK: An Origin Story, “Nova Scotia: Three Epic Migrations, One People” (History / Corus Entertainment; BLK Productions Inc.) – Jennifer Holness

Best Direction, Children’s or Youth

• Malory Towers, “The New Headmistress” (Family Channel / WildBrain; King Bert Productions) – Bruce McDonald
• The Next Step, “One Song Glory” (YTV / Corus Entertainment; Boat Rocker) – Romeo Candido
• Odd Squad Mobile Unit, “Odd Together Now” (TVO; Sinking Ship Entertainment) – Warren P. Sonoda

Best Writing, Drama Series

• The Porter, “Episode 101” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Aubrey Nealon
• The Porter, “Episode 104” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Marsha Greene
• Transplant, “Tariq” (CTV / Bell Media; Sphere Media) – Joseph Kay, Rachel Langer

Best Writing, Comedy

• Children Ruin Everything, “Space” (CTV / Bell Media; New Metric Media Inc.) – Jessica Meya
• Sort Of, “Sort Of Broke” (CBC; Sphere Media) – JP Larocque

Best Writing, Documentary

• BLK: An Origin Story,  “Ontario: John “Daddy” Hall” (History / Corus Entertainment; BLK Productions Inc.) – Sudz Sutherland

Best Writing, Children’s or Youth

• Detention Adventure, “Pranks, Lies, and Videotape” (CBC Gem / LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films) – Lisa Rose Snow
• The Next Step, “One Song Glory”  (YTV / Corus Entertainment; Boat Rocker) – Amy Cole

Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research

• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On (Crave; Eagle Vision, White Pine Pictures) – Jessica Joy Wise
• Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children (documentary channel / CBC; White Pine Pictures) – Jessica Joy Wise

Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy

• FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2022 (CBC Gem; Emancipation Arts) – Ngozi Paul

Best Writing, Animation

• Team Zenko Go, “Pet Project / Mission Improbable” (Netflix; Mainframe Studios Inc.) – Sean Jara

Best Picture Editing, Drama

• The Porter, “Episode 108” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Dev Singh

Best Picture Editing, Documentary

• Evil by Design: Surviving Nygard (CBC; Blue Ant Studios) – Pamela Bayne

Best Picture Editing, Children’s or Youth

• Holly Hobbie, “The Aspiring Ally” (Family Channel / WildBrain; Aircraft Pictures in association with Cloudco Entertainment and Wexworks Media) – Jane MacRae
• Odd Squad Mobile Unit, “The Problem With Pentagurps / Three Portals Down” (TVO; Sinking Ship Entertainment) – Courtney Goldman

Best Original Music, Animation

• The Snoopy Show, “Dogs Don’t Say Goodbye”  (Apple TV+; WildBrain) – Jeff Morrow

Best Original Music, Drama

• Ruby and the Well, “I Wish We’d Stayed Friends” (Family Channel / WildBrain; Shaftesbury) – Lora Bidner

Best Original Music, Comedy

• Astrid & Lilly Save the World, “Pilot” – CTV Sci-Fi Channel / Bell Media; Blue Ice Pictures) – Ames Bessada
• Detention Adventure, “Singing in the Raign” (CBC Gem; LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films) – Sarah Slean, Antonio Naranjo

Best Original Music, Documentary

• A.rtificial I.mmortality (Crave; Fathom Film Group) – Todor Kobakov
• Unloved: Huronia’s Forgotten Children (documentary Channel / CBC; White Pine Pictures) – Michelle Osis

Best Original Music – Original Song

• Detention Adventure, “See You Later” (episode) – “See You Later” (CBC Gem; LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films) – Antonio Naranjo
• Detention Adventure, “Singing in the Raign” (episode) – “No Place Like Home” (CBC Gem; LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films) – Antonio Naranjo
• The Porter, “Episode 104” – “Songbird” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Kaïa Kater

Best Supporting Performer, Drama

• Coroner (CBC; Muse Entertainment / Cineflix Studios / Back Alley Films) – Andy McQueen

Find the full list of 2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations here.

Apologies if we inadvertently missed any alumni nominations; please email us at alumni@cfccreates.com to let us know so that we can celebrate you!

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