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Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast Gala caps Canadian Screen Week

Connie Thiessen
Connie Thiessen
Actress Karinne Vanasse at Sunday night's Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast Gala. Vanasse and Cardinal co-star Billy Campbell claimed the awards for Best Lead Actress & Actor in a Drama Program or Limited Series.

Canadian Screen Week was capped Sunday night with the Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast Gala at Toronto’s Sony Centre for Performing Arts. The night’s big winners were Cardinal: Blackfly Season (CTV), Letterkenny (Crave), Anne with an E (CBC/Netflix), and Schitt’s Creek (CBC).

Cardinal’s Billy Campbell and Karine Vanasse took home the Best Lead Actor and Actress nods in the Drama Program or Limited Series category, while Letterkenny’s Jared Keeso claimed Best Lead Actor, Comedy. Keeso and Jacob Tierney also won the award for Best Writing, Comedy. Catherine O’Hara earned the Best Lead Actress, Comedy honour for Schitt’s Creek, which was also named Best Comedy Series.

Anne with an E won Best Drama Series with Amybeth McNulty taking home the Best Lead Actress, Drama Series honour. Kim Coates won Best Lead Actor, Drama for Bad Blood. Quebec film Une colonie also picked up two awards – Best Motion Picture and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for 14-year-old Émilie Bierre.

This year’s special award recipients included The Kids in the Hall (Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson) who accepted the Academy Icon Award; director Deepa Mehta, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award; and actress Mary Walsh, who was honoured with the Earle Grey Award. 

Actor Stephan James received the inaugural Radius Award, recognizing a Canadian making waves globally. James, 25, who hails from Scarborough, ON, received a 2019 Golden Globe nomination for his role as Walter Cruz in Amazon series Homecoming and most recently starred in Barry Jenkins’ Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated If Beale Street Could Talk. James dedicated his award to young, black girls and boys across the country.

“I want to tell you that your craziest dreams, your wildest imaginations are all possible. No matter where you are, no matter where you come from,” said James.

Find the complete list of winners here:

BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA PROGRAM OR LIMITED SERIES

Cardinal: Blackfly Season
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Billy Campbell

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA PROGRAM OR SERIES

Cardinal: Blackfly Season
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Karine Vanasse

BEST WRITING, COMEDY

Letterkenny – Letterkenny Spelling Bee
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney

EARLE GREY AWARD

Mary Walsh

TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY 

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch – Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky

RADIUS AWARD

Stephan James

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Théodore Pellerin – Family First | Chien de garde

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Émilie Bierre – A Colony | Une colonie

BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY

Letterkenny
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jared Keeso

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY

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

ACADEMY ICON AWARD

Kids in the Hall

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Deepa Mehta

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION

Jasmin Mozaffari – Firecrackers

BEST MOTION PICTURE | MEILLEUR FILM

A Colony | Une colonie – Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering

BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Bad Blood
City (Rogers Media)
(New Metric Media, Sphere Media Plus Inc.)
Kim Coates

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Anne with an E
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
Amybeth McNulty

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Anne with an E
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

COGECO FUND AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Dominique Provost-Chalkley

BEST REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM OR SERIES

The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions)
John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Mark Lysakowski, Mike Bickerton, Sarah James, Kyle Martin, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, Ben Feigin

 

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Connie Thiessen
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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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