The Canadian Screen Awards got underway Monday night with the Broadcast News Awards and Documentary & Factual Awards.
Among the Broadcast News winners, APTN Investigates claimed two awards, including Best News or Information Series, while Tina House of APTN National News was named Best National Reporter. CTV Toronto News at Six took Best Local Newscast, while CBC’s The National claimed Best National Newscast.
The Documentary & Factual Awards were led by TVO documentary Ghosts of Afghanistan, which won Best Social/Political Documentary Program and Crave doc Oscar Peterson: Black + White, which was recognized for Best Visual Research, Best Direction, and Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program. TVO also picked up two awards for original nature doc, Borealis.
The next group of winners will be announced Tuesday with the Sports Programming Awards and the Digital & Immersive Awards.
THE BROADCAST NEWS AWARDS
Best News or Information Segment
APTN Investigates – The Death Report
APTN
Best News or Information Program
The Fifth Estate: 13 Deadly Hours
CBC
Best News or Information Series
APTN Investigates
Best Live News Special
CBC News Special: Installation of the 30th Governor General Mary Simon
CBC
Best Photography, News or Information
CBC News: The National – Uganda’s Gorillas & The COVID Threat
Jean-François Bisson
Best Local Reporter
Belle Puri, CBC Vancouver News at 6
Best National Reporter
Tina House, APTN National News
Best Host or Interviewer, News or Information
Avery Haines, W5: A Town Divided
CTV (Bell Media)
Best News Anchor, Local
Anita Bathe, CBC Vancouver News at 6
Best Local Newscast
CTV News Toronto at 6
Best News Anchor, National
Lisa LaFlamme, CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme
CTV News (Bell Media)
Best National Newscast
CBC News: The National
THE DOCUMENTARY & FACTUAL AWARDS
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Sponsor | ROGERS
Arnie Gelbart, Julian Sher, Natalie Dubois
Ghosts of Afghanistan, TVO
(Galafilm Productions Inc.)
Best Writing, Factual
Jeff Thrasher, Arctic Vets – Arctic Goodbyes
CBC
(eOne)
Best Writing, Documentary
Ghosts of Afghanistan, TVO
(Galafilm Productions Inc.)
Best Picture Editing, Factual
Anna Bigos
Arctic Vets – Polar Bear Heli-Rescue
CBC
(eOne)
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Susan Shanks, Ghosts of Afghanistan
TVO
(Galafilm Productions Inc.)
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur montage dans un long métrage documentaire
Ben Lawrence
My Tree
Best Original Music, Non-Fiction
Erica Procunier, The Covid Cruise
CBC
(Blue Pearl Productions Inc.)
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleures images dans un long métrage documentaire
Marianne Ploska – Prayer for a Lost Mitten | Prière pour une mitaine perdue
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
John Minh Tran, Borealis
TVO
(Primitive Entertainment)
Best Short Documentary | Meilleur court métrage documentaire
Sponsor | Commanditaire | Hot Docs
Nalujuk Night
Jennie Williams, Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando, Annette Clarke
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Stephen Bandera, Shelly Ayres
W5 – Flight 752
CTV (Bell Media)
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Mark Selby
Crave (Bell Media)
(Melbar Entertainment Group)
Best Direction, Factual
Stephanie Clattenburg
Spirit Talker – Membertou First Nation, NS
APTN (APTN)
(Spirit Talker Films Inc.)
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Barry Avrich
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Crave (Bell Media)
(Melbar Entertainment Group)
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Kardeisha Provo, Tyler Simmonds, Dena Williams, Lily Nottage
Being Black in Halifax
CBC (CBC)
(ZaZa Production)
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin, Justine Pimlott, Felicity Justrabo
Borealis
TVO (TVO)
(Primitive Entertainment)
Best History Documentary Program or Series
How to Start a Revolution
CBC Gem (CBC)
(CBC News)
Catherine Legge, Tarannum Kamlani, Geoff Turner, Francis Plourde, Anne MacRae
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Crave (Bell Media)
(Melbar Entertainment Group)
Randy Lennox, Jeffrey Latimer, Barry Avrich, Mark Selby
Best Factual Series
Employable Me
Accessible Media Inc.
(Thomas Howe Associates Inc.)
Thomas Howe, Penny Wheelwright, Katie Lafferty, Claire Freeland
Best Documentary Program
Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur
Super Channel (Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.)
(Peacock Alley Entertainment)
Carrie Mudd, James Buddy Day, Ryan Valentini, Diana Foley
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