The 2023 Canadian Screen Award winners in the Digital & Immersive categories were announced Thursday afternoon at an event at Meridian Hall in Toronto, hosted by Brandon Gonez.
ET Canada Live picked up a leading three awards, including Best Host, Web Program or Series recognition for Cheryl Hickey, Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Keshia Chante, Morgan Hoffman, and Best Live Production, Social Media. Its ET Canada Pride celebration also captured Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction.
Winnifred Jong’s comedy web series, Tokens, picked up two awards, including Best Direction for Jong. CBC Gem episodic series, Revenge of the Black Best Friend, created, co-written, and co-produced by Amanda Parris, also earned two wins, one for Best Web Program or Series, Fiction, in addition to a Best Lead Performance honour for Oluniké Adeliyi.
Find the full list of winners here:
Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series
Tokens
(A Token Entertainment Company)
Sedina Fiati
Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series
Revenge of the Black Best Friend
(RBBF Inc.)
Oluniké Adeliyi
Best Host, Web Program or Series
ET Canada Live
(Entertainment Tonight Canada)
Cheryl Hickey, Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante, Keshia Chante, Morgan Hoffman
Best Live Production, Social Media
ET Canada Live
(Entertainment Tonight Canada)
John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Fay Philavanh, Kate Morawetz, Katie Colley
Best Video Game
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
(Northway Games)
Sarah Northway
Best Immersive Experience – Non-Fiction
Lou
(UNLTDVR)
Martine Asselin, Annick Daigneault, Sébastien Gros, John Hamilton
Best Immersive Experience – Fiction
The Orchid and the Bee
(National Film Board of Canada)
Frances Adair Mckenzie, Jelena Popović, Michael Fukushima
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
Chateau Laurier – An Unfortunate Turn of Events
(Geneva Film Co. Ltd.)
Kent Staines, Emily Weedon
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
(A Token Entertainment Company)
Winnifred Jong
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
ET Canada Pride
(Entertainment Tonight Canada)
John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Fay Philavanh, Dallas Dixon, Mikael Melo
Best Web Program or Series, Fiction
Revenge of the Black Best Friend
(RBBF Inc.)
Amanda Parris, Jonas Diamond, Julian De Zotti, Motion, Mercedes Grundy
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