
CFC alumni walked away with 28 Canadian Screen Awards from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television over four days during Canadian Screen Week 2023 last week, following 115 nominations announced earlier this year. CFC alumni took home prizes across 21 film, TV and digital media categories, including many of the most celebrated awards. CFC alumnus and Board Member Clement Virgo’s coming-of-age tale Brother set a new record at this year’s CSAs, earning 12 awards – the most in CSA history – including wins for Best Motion Picture, directing and adapted screenplay for Clement. CBC Original Drama The Porter, which includes alumni involvement as showrunners, writers, directors and more, dominated the television category with 12 statuettes of its own, including Best Writing for alumna Marsha Green and Best Direction for alumnus Charles Officer.
See the full list of CFC alumni winners below. Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients!
Film Nominations
Best Motion Picture
- Brother – Damon D’Oliveira, Aeschylus Poulos, Clement Virgo
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
Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary
- To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja, David Oppeheim, Anita Lee
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary
- Nicholas de Pencier – The Colour of Ink
Best Short Documentary
- Patty vs. Patty – Kate Fraser
Best Animated Short
- The Flying Sailor – David Christensen
Television Program Categories
Best Drama Series
- The Porter (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Jennifer Kawaja, Marsha Greene, Charles Officer
Best Comedy Series
- Sort Of (CBC; Sphere Media) – Jennifer Kawaja
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
- Comedy Punks: Kids In The Hall (Makeful / Blue Ant Media) – Jennifer Harkness
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series
- Detention Adventure (CBC Gem; LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films) – Lauren Corber
Digital Media Categories
Best Web Program or Series, Fiction
- Revenge of the Black Best Friend (RBBF Inc.) – Motion
Television Craft Categories
Best Direction, TV Movie
- Under The Christmas Tree (CTV Drama Channel / Bell Media; Neshama Entertainment) – Lisa Rose Snow
Best Direction, Drama Series
- 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 Writing, Drama Series
- The Porter, “Episode 104” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Marsha Greene
Best Writing, Documentary
- BLK: An Origin Story, “Ontario: John “Daddy” Hall” (History / Corus Entertainment; BLK Productions Inc.) – Sudz Sutherland
Best Original Music – Original Song
- The Porter, “Episode 104” – “Songbird” (CBC; Sphere Media, Inferno Pictures) – Kaïa Kater
Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute Award
- Jennifer Podemski
Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award
- Hudson and Rex – Christina Jennings
Find the full list of 2023 Canadian Screen Awards winners here.
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