The 2024 Canadian Screen Award winners from the Documentary, Factual, Lifestyle, and Reality categories were unveiled Thursday afternoon.
The afternoon also celebrated Special Award recipients Marilyn Denis, who was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by her son Adam Wylde, while Brenda Tremblay, on behalf of Sudbury’s Science North, along with director David Lickley, were presented with the Sustainable Production Award for feature documentary Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope.
Denis, who stepped away from CTV’s The Marilyn Denis Show one year ago after 13 seasons, was also named Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News, while the show claimed the award for Best Talk Series. John Keffer won Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information for its “Final Farewell” episode.
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World led wins with six, including Best Host or Presenter, Factual, Reality/Competition for Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, and Traci Melchor. Prime Video feature documentary Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe picked up five awards, while Citytv’s Black Community Mixtapes swept three categories and Crave docuseries Thunder Bay secured two, including Best Factual Series.
Find the full list of winners here:
Best Documentary Program
Broken – The Toxic Culture of Canadian Gymnastics
Crave
(TSN)
Ken Volden, Matt Cade, Rick Westhead, Brett Mitchell, Paul Harrington, Riley Nimens
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media Studios)
Sandra J. Benain, Beth Maher, Ryan Thompson, Tyrone Edwards, Manny Groneveldt
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Stuff the British Stole
CBC
(Cream Productions, Wooden Horse TV)
Marc Fennell, Kate Harrison Karman, Alan Erson, Richard Finlayson, Patrick Cameron, David Brady
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Bonjour Hi
Crave
(DR Canada World Productions Inc., Saloon Media)
Shelagh O’Brien
Best Direction, Factual
Still Standing – New Richmond, QC
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Eva Thomas
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
The Marilyn Denis Show – The Final Farewell
CTV (Bell Media)
John Keffer
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
The Amazing Race Canada – Light the Candle
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions LTD)
Ryan Shaw
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop
Citytv (Rogers Sports & Media)
(OYA Media Group)
Ashley Iris Gill, Keenan Lynch
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures)
Rudin Causi, Javed Ali
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Spy Queens
Crave
(DR Canada World Productions Inc., Saloon Media)
Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Kevin Hazlehurst
Best Writing, Factual
Thunder Bay – Whodunit
Crave
(eOne)
Ryan McMahon, Michael Allcock
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures)
Max Berger, Liz Hysen, Catherine Machado, Judy Ruzylo, Greg Floyd, Victoria Pike
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures)
Max Berger, Liz Hysen, Catherine Machado, Judy Ruzylo
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Grand Finale
Crave
(DR Canada World Productions Inc., Saloon Media)
Jonathan Dowler
Best Picture Editing, Factual
Billionaire Murders – Something Wicked This Way Comes
Crave
(eOne)
Christina To, Burak Ozgan
Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Bonjour Hi
Crave
(DR Canada World Productions Inc., Saloon Media)
John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, Alastair Sims
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop
Citytv (Rogers Sports & Media)
(OYA Media Group)
Bridget Tang, Malcolm Wegg, Derek Brin
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Paranormal Revenge – “Love you to Death” The Case of Lori Kinrade & “Photo Negative” The Case of Clyde Morrison
CTV Sci-Fi Channel (Bell Media)
(Sphere Media)
Greg Johnston
Best Original Music, Documentary
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop
Citytv (Rogers Sports & Media)
(OYA Media Group)
La-Nai Gabriel
Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World
Crave
(DR Canada World Productions Inc., Saloon Media)
Heather Muir
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
The Water Brothers
TVO
(SK Films)
Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Coming Home | Wanna Icipus Kupi
APTN lumi
(Rezolution Pictures)
Jennifer Podemski, Ernest Webb, Tanya Brunel, Michelle van Beusekom, Daniel Morin, Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures)
Rob McCallum
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Dark Side of Comedy – Joan Rivers
Crave
(VICE Studios)
Marshall Jay Kaplan, John Seongho Choi
Best Writing, Documentary
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures)
Rob McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Black Life: Untold Stories – Haven, But No Heaven
CBC
(Studio 112, Northwood Entertainment)
Ashley Gilmour
Best Host, Lifestyle
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media Studios)
Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lui, Andrea Bain, Jessica Allen
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
CBC Indigenous: Time to Eat
CBC Gem
Meagan Fiddler
Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News
The Marilyn Denis Show
CTV (Bell Media)
Marilyn Denis
Best Morning Show
Citytv (Rogers Sports & Media)
(Breakfast Television / Rogers Media Inc.)
Laura Reiter, Kevin Forget
Best Factual Series
Thunder Bay
Crave
(eOne)
Ryan McMahon, Jesse Brown, Jocelyn Hamilton, Toby Dormer
Best Talk Series
The Marilyn Denis Show
CTV (Bell Media)
John Simpson, Michelle Crespi, Tamara Petrie-Lee, Sush Rao, Natalie Lambert, Seta Kalousdian-Tanner
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World
Crave
(DR Canada World Productions Inc., Saloon Media)
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor
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