Cardinal, Schitt’s Creek among big winners on night three of Canadian Screen Awards

The third evening of virtual Canadian Screen Awards were presented Wednesday evening for Scripted categories.

Among the evening’s big winners were CTV’s Cardinal which earned seven awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Writing, Best Picture Editing and Best Achievement in Make-up. Leads Billy Campbell and Karine Vanasse also swept the lead actor drama categories for the second consecutive year, with Kristen Thomson winning Best Supporting Actress, Drama.

Schitt’s Creek picked six awards, including Best Comedy Series with Catherine O’Hara winning Best Lead Actress, Comedy for a fifth year and Eugene Levy winning Best Lead Actor, Comedy for the second consecutive year. Baroness von Sketch and Anne with an E each won five awards.

BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE, DRAMA SERIES

Anne With An E – What Can Stop the Determined Heart
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Dalmar Abuzeid

BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE, COMEDY

Kim’s Convenience – Hit & Fun
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird Entertainment)
Amanda Brugel

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Kristen Thomson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

Killjoys
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
Thom Allison

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Emily Hampshire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

Kim’s Convenience
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird Entertainment)
Andrew Phung

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES

Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund

How to Buy a Baby
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Emma Hunter

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES

Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund

Save Me
(iThentic)
Emily Hampshire

BEST WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES, FICTION

Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund

Save Me
(iThentic)
Fab Filippo, Jonas Diamond, Lisa Baylin

BEST VIDEO GAME NARRATIVE

Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund

East of the Rockies
(Jam3, National Film Board of Canada)
Joy Kogawa, Rob McLaughlin, Jason Legge, Dirk van Ginkel

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE

Nowhere To Be Found
(Rogers/Telus/Shaw)
(Nowhere To Be Found Productions Inc.)
Kate Drummond

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Karine Vanasse

BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Billy Campbell

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY

Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Catherine O’Hara

BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY

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

GOLDEN SCREEN AWARD FOR TV DRAMA OR COMEDY

Murdoch Mysteries
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)
Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Peter Mitchell, Yannick Bisson, Julie Lacey

Private Eyes
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Piller/Segan)
Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Jocelyn Hamilton, Tecca Crosby, Jason Priestley, Alan McCullough

BEST SKETCH COMEDY SHOW & ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Baroness Von Sketch Show
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler

BEST TV MOVIE

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Jeff Vanderwal, Charles Tremayne, Sherri Rufh, Kim Bondi

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Rupinder Gill, Colin Brunton

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Patrick Tarr, Daniel Grou, Jocelyn Hamilton, Armand Leo

BEST DIRECTION, DRAMA SERIES

Sponsored by Playback

Mary Kills People – The Key to Faith
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Norma Bailey

BEST DIRECTION, COMEDY

Sponsored by Cinespace Film Studios

Letterkenny – Yew!
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jacob Tierney

BEST DIRECTION, VARIETY OR SKETCH COMEDY

Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jordan Canning, Aleysa Young

BEST DIRECTION, TV MOVIE

No One Would Tell
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Pink Buffalo Films)
Gail Harvey

BEST DIRECTION, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES

Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund

Tokens – Courage
(A Token Entertainment Company)
Winnifred Jong

BEST PICTURE EDITING, DRAMA

Cardinal – Sam
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Matthew Anas

BEST PICTURE EDITING, COMEDY

Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Aren Hansen, Sean Song, Nick Wong

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, COMEDY

Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Robert Scarborough

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAMA

Anne With An E – A Hope of Meeting You in Another World
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Catherine Lutes

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OR ART DIRECTION, FICTION

Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Jean-François Campeau, Michele Brady, Elliott Carew

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Alexander Reda

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

Sponsored by CMU College of Makeup and Art Design

Cardinal – Helen
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Randy Daudlin, Trina Brink, Paul Jones

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIR

Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Annastasia Cucullo, Ana Sorys

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Sponsored by SPINVFX

Vikings – What Happens in the Cave
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Dominic Remane, Michael Borrett, Bill Halliday, Tom Morrison, Leann Harvey, Jim Maxwell, Warren Lawtey, Ovidiu Cinazan, Kieran McKay, Maria Gordon

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, FICTION

Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner

BEST SOUND, FICTION

Sponsored by Deluxe

Vikings – What Happens in the Cave
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin, Claire Dobson, Dale Sheldrake, Yuri Gorbachow, Goro Koyama, Jenna Dalla Riva, Daniel Birch

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

Mary Kills People – No Happy Endings Here
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Angelica Lisk-Hann, Tally Rodin

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING

Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Lisa Parasyn, Jon Comerford

BEST WRITING, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES

Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund

How to Buy a Baby – Adopt-An-Inspection
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Wendy Litner

BEST WRITING, TV MOVIE

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Christina Welsh

BEST WRITING, VARIETY OR SKETCH COMEDY

Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Allison Hogg, Becky Johnson, Moynan King, DJ Mausner

BEST WRITING, COMEDY

Letterkenny – Yew!
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney

BEST WRITING, DRAMA SERIES

Cardinal – Mama
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Patrick Tarr, Noelle Carbone, Aaron Bala


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Connie has worked coast-to-coast as a reporter, editor, anchor and host at CKNW and News 1130 in Vancouver, News 95.7 and CBC in Halifax, and CFCW Edmonton, among other stations. With a passion for music, film and community service, she led News 95.7 to a 2013 Atlantic Journalism Award and regional RTDNA award for Best Radio Newscast. More recently, she was nominated for Music Journalist of the Year at Canadian Music Week 2019. To report a typo or error please email - corrections@broadcastdialogue.com

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