The nominations for the 9^th annual Canadian Screen Awards were announced on March 30, celebrating the best of Canadian content and creators from the past year.

Among this year’s nominees is an impressive lineup of CFC alumni talent who are up for prizes across various genres and formats – including film, TV, acting, music and digital. CFC alumni received a total of 94 nominations across 50 categories, of the 141 total film, television, and digital media categories.

The awards will be presented as a seven-part genre-based series of presentations streamed live on Academy.ca — as well as the Canadian Academy Twitter and YouTube channels — from Monday, May 17, 2021 through Thursday, May 20, 2021.

See the full list of alumni nominees below (names in bold). Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!

FILM NOMINATIONS

(L to R, top to bottom): Beans, Violation, Akilla’s Escape, Sugar Daddy, Stateless, The Cuban

Best Motion Picture

• Beans, from producer Anne-Marie Gélinas, and the 25^th feature to be developed and financed for production with the support of CFC Features, was nominated for Best Motion Picture

Achievement in Casting

• Nicole Hilliard-Forde – Akilla’s Escape

Achievement in Editing

• Jeff Barnaby – Blood Quantum
• Jane MacRae – The Cuban
• Christine Armstrong – Sugar Daddy

Achievement in Music – Original Score

• Michelle Osis – Bloodthirsty
• Mychael Danna (CFC mentor) – Guest of Honour

Achievement in Sound Editing

• David McCallum – Akilla’s Escape
• David McCallum – Funny Boy

Original Screenplay

• Charles Officer, Wendy Brathwaite – Akilla’s Escape
• Jeff Barnaby – Blood Quantum

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jesse LaVercombe – Violation

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Felicity Huffman received a nomination for her performance in Tammy’s Always Dying, which was developed by Writers’ Lab alumna Joanne when she was a resident in The Norman Jewison Film Program

Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary

• The Forbidden Reel – Kat Baulu
• Stateless – Jennifer Holness, Lea Marin, Anita Lee, Sudz Sutherland

Best Short Documentary

• Jesse Jams – Alyson Richards

Best Animated Short

• 4 North A – Jordan Canning
• Hot Flash – Matt Code

John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award

• Beans – Tracey Deer
• Tito – Grace Glowicki

TELEVISION PROGRAM CATEGORIES

(L to R, top to bottom): Transplant, Letterkenny, Burden of Truth, Coroner, Baroness von Sketch Show, Schitt’s Creek

Best Drama Series

• Burden of Truth
  CBC (CBC)
  (ICF Films)
  Kyle Irving
• Cardinal: Until The Night
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sienna Films / Entertainment One)
  Jennifer Kawaja, Patrick Tarr
• Departure
  Global (Corus Entertainment)
  (Shaftesbury)
  Christina Jennings, Vincent Shiao
• Transplant
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sphere Media)
  Joseph Kay, Virginia Rankin

Best Comedy Series

• Baroness Von Sketch Show
  CBC (CBC)
  (Frantic Films)
  Sally Karam
• Letterkenny
  Crave (Bell Media)
  (New Metric Media)
  Mark Montefiore
• Schitt’s Creek
  CBC (CBC)
  (Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
  Eugene Levy(CFC Board Member), Andrew Barnsley

Best Reality/Competition Program or Series

• Canada’s Drag Race
  Crave (Bell Media)
  (Saloon Media/Blue Ant Studios)
  Michael Kot, Betty Orr

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

• 9/11 Kids
  documentary Channel (CBC)
  (Saloon Media/Blue Ant Studios)
  Michael Kot, Betty Orr
• Assholes: A Theory
  documentary Channel (CBC)
  (John Walker Productions Ltd. (A Rude Film Inc.))
  John Walker
• Meat the Future
  documentary Channel (CBC)
  (LizMars Productions Inc.)
  Liz Marshall, Janice Dawe

Best History Documentary Program or Series

• Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust
  History (Corus Entertainment)
  (Saloon Media/Blue Ant Studios)
  Michael Kot
• Witches of Salem
  T+E (Blue Ant Media)
  (Saloon Media in association with Talos Films)
  Michael Kot

Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series

• Pass The Salt
  CBC (CBC)
  (Markham Street Films)
  Judy Holm, Michael McNamara

Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series

• Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell
  CBC (CBC)
  (Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
  Eugene Levy (CFC Board Member), Andrew Barnsley
• CBC Arts: Exhibitionists
  CBC (CBC)
  (CBC)
  Romeo Candido

Best Documentary Program

• Hockey Mom
  CBC (CBC)
  (Hockey Mom Films Inc)
  Teyama Alkamli

Best Animated Program or Series

• Snoopy In Space
  AppleTV+ (AppleTV+)
  (WildBrain)
  Anne Loi (CFC Board Member)

Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

• Detention Adventure
  CBC Gem (CBC)
  (LoCo Motion Pictures)
  Lauren Corber
• Holly Hobbie
  Family Channel (DHX Media)
  (Aircraft Pictures in association with Cloudco Entertainment and Wexworks Media)
  Sarah Glinski, Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen

Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

• Backyard Beats
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (BGM Inc.)
  Marlo Miazga

Best Performing Arts Program

• FreeUp! Emancipation Day Special
  CBC Gem (CBC)
  (CBC)
  Ngozi Paul
• We’re Funny That Way: The Virtual Pride Special
  CBC (CBC)
  (Project 10 Productions Inc.)
  Andrew Barnsley

Best Entertainment News Program or Series

• Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Insight Productions Ltd.)
  Barbara Williams (CFC Board Member)

DIGITAL MEDIA CATEGORIES

(L to R): Hey Lady!, Ghost BFF, Canada’s a Drag

Best Web Program or Series, Fiction

• Hey Lady!
  (TJ Content Ltd)
  Sarah Polley

Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction

• Canada’s a Drag
  (CBC)
  Romeo Candido

Best Direction, Web Program or Series

• Hey Lady! – Episode 3
  (TJ Content Ltd)
  Sarah Polley

Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series

• Ghost BFF
  (Babe Nation Films)
  Jean Yoon

Best Production, Interactive

• The 2010s: The decade Canadian artists stopped saying sorry
  (CBC Arts)
  Romeo Candido

Best Immersive Experience

• The Book of Distance
  (National Film Board of Canada)
  Randall Okita, Anita Lee

TELEVISION CRAFT CATEGORIES

(L to R): Diggstown, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Holly Hobbie

Best Direction, Drama Series

• Coroner – “One Drum”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Cineflix Studios.)
  Charles Officer
• Diggstown – “Cheryl Battiste”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Circle Blue Entertainment)
  Cory Bowles
• Frankie Drake Mysteries – “Counterpunch”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Shaftesbury)
  Mina Shum
• Transplant – Pilot
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sphere Media)
  Holly Dale

Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy

• Baroness Von Sketch Show – “Whatever you do, don’t smell his T-shirts”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Frantic Films)
  Vivieno Caldinelli
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes – “How Dare You”
  CBC (CBC)
  (IoM Media Ventures)
  Steve Wright

Best Direction, Comedy

• Schitt’s Creek – “Sunrise, Sunset”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
  Jordan Canning

Best Direction, Children’s or Youth

• Holly Hobbie – “The Puzzled Peacemaker”
  Family Channel (DHX Media)
  (Aircraft Pictures in association with Cloudco Entertainment and Wexworks Media)
  Jasmin Mozaffari
• Malory Towers – “The Spider”
  Family Channel (WildBrain)
  (WildBrain)
  Bruce McDonald
• Odd Squad Mobile Unit – “Music of Sound”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Sinking Ship Entertainment)
  Warren P. Sonoda

Best Writing, Drama Series

• Cardinal: Until The Night – “Adele”
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sienna Films / Entertainment One)
  Sarah Dodd
• Transplant – Pilot
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sphere Media)
  Joseph Kay

Best Writing, Documentary

• Assholes: A Theory
  documentary Channel (CBC)
  (John Walker Productions Ltd. (A Rude Film Inc.))
  John Walker

Best Writing, Children’s or Youth

• Detention Adventure – “Hitting a Wall”
  CBC Gem (CBC)
  (LoCo Motion Pictures)
  Jessica Meya
• The Next Step – “The Comeback Kid”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Boat Rocker Studios)
  Karen McClellan

Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research

• Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power
  documentary Channel (CBC)
  (White Pine Pictures)
  Jessica Joy Wise
• Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
  Crave (Bell Media)
  (White Pine Pictures)
  Jessica Joy Wise

Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes – “How Dare You”
  CBC (CBC)
  (IoM Media Ventures)
  Bob Kerr

Best Photography, Documentary or Factual

• Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust
  History (Corus Entertainment)
  (Saloon Media/Blue Ant Studios)
  Mark Caswell

Best Picture Editing, Drama

• Trickster – Episode 102
  CBC (CBC)
  (Sienna Films / Streel Films)
  Katie Chipperfield

Best Picture Editing, Factual

• David Rocco’s Dolce Italia – “Hope in the New Rome”
  TLN (TLN Media Group)
  (Rockhead Entertainment Inc)
  Heath Fashina

Best Picture Editing, Documentary

• She Walks with Apes
  CBC (CBC)
  (Grand Passage Media Inc.)
  Carole Larsen

Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition

• Great Chocolate Showdown – “The World Needs S’More People Like You”
  Food Network Canada (Corus Entertainment)
  (Nikki Ray Media Agency)
  Baun Mah

Best Picture Editing, Comedy

• Baroness Von Sketch Show – “Whatever you do, don’t smell his T-shirts”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Frantic Films)
  Michael Pierro
• Kim’s Convenience – “Couch Surfing”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Thunderbird Entertainment)
  Aren Hansen

Best Sound, Fiction

• Cardinal: Until The Night – “John & Lise”
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sienna Films / Entertainment One)
  David McCallum
• Vikings – “The Best Laid Plans”
  History (Corus Entertainment)
  (Take 5 Productions Inc.)
  David McCallum

Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction

• Schitt’s Creek – “Happy Ending”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
  Brendan Smith

Best Original Music, Fiction

• Cardinal: Until The Night – “Scott”
  CTV (Bell Media)
  (Sienna Films / Entertainment One)
  Todor Kobakov
• Coroner – “Fire Pt. 2″
  CBC (CBC)
  (Cineflix Studios)
  Tom Third (CFC mentor)
• Detention Adventure – “All the World’s a Stage”
  CBC Gem (CBC)
  (LoCo Motion Pictures)
  Sarah Slean, Antonio Naranjo

Best Original Music, Non-Fiction

• A Bee’s Diary
  CBC (CBC)
  (Handful of Films Inc.)
  Darren Fung (CFC mentor)
• Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power
  documentary Channel (CBC)
  (White Pine Pictures)
  Todor Kobakov

Best Supporting Actor, Drama

• Trickster
  CBC (CBC)
  (Sienna Films / Streel Films)
  Joel Thomas Hynes

Best Lead Actor, Comedy

• Schitt’s Creek
  CBC (CBC)
  (Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
  Eugene Levy (CFC Board Member)

Best Lead Actress, Comedy

• Kim’s Convenience
  CBC (CBC)
  (Thunderbird Entertainment)
  Jean Yoon
• Schitt’s Creek
  CBC (CBC)
  (Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
  Annie Murphy

SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Media Innovation Award

• Secret Location (alumni company)

Also sending congratulations to the following alumni companies whose various films and/or series received nominations:

• LoCo Motion Pictures (Lauren Corber)
• Aircraft Pictures (Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen)
• Sienna Films (Jennifer Kawaja)
• Shaftesbury (Christina Jennings)
• White Pine Pictures (Peter Raymont)
• New Metric Media (Mark Montefiore)
• Markham Street Films (Judy Holm and Michael McNamara
• Project 10 Productions Inc. (Andrew Barnsley)

For the full list of nominees, visit academy.ca/nominees.

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