The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards in the Television Craft category were handed out Wednesday afternoon.
Crave and APTN series Little Bird won a leading eight awards, including Best Direction, Drama Series for Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, and nods for Best Sound, Fiction; Picture Editing, Drama; Photography, Drama; Makeup; Hair; Costume; and Production Design.
CBC and HBO Max comedy Sort Of claimed four awards, while The Hardy Boys, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, PAW Patrol, and Transplant, each picked up two wins.
Find the full list of winners here:
Best Writing, Comedy
Children Ruin Everything – Arguments
CTV (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media Inc.)
Kurt Smeaton
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Surviving Winter
CBC
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 30 Inc., 22M Hour Productions (ON) 30 Inc.)
Jordan Foisy, Mark Critch, Jeremy Woodcock, Nigel Grinstead, Aisha Brown, Aba Amuquandoh, Chris Wilson, Travis Lindsay, Stacey McGunnigle, Ashley Botting, Sarah Blackmore, Dan Dillabough, Ajahnis Charley, Allana Reoch, Salma Hindy, Trent McClellan
Best Writing, Drama Series
Transplant – Who Is Mags?
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sphere Media)
Joseph Kay, Rachel Langer
Best Writing, TV Movie
The Amityville Curse
Crave
(Incendo Media)
Dennis Heaton
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
How to Fail as a Popstar – The Producer
(Sphere Media)
Vivek Shraya
Best Writing, Pre-School
Dino Ranch – The Odd Partners
CBC
(Boat Rocker, Industrial Brothers)
Richard Young
Best Writing, Children’s or Youth
The Hardy Boys – At The Old House
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Lambur Productions Inc.)
Chris Pozzebon
Best Writing, Animation
PAW Patrol – All Paws on Deck
TVOKids
(Spin Master Entertainment)
Louise Moon
Best Picture Editing, Drama
Little Bird – Burning Down The House
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Maxime Lahaie-Denis
Best Picture Editing, Comedy
Sort Of – Sort Of Hospital Again
CBC Gem
(Sphere Media)
Maureen Grant, CCE
Best Picture Editing, Web Program or Series
I Hate People, People Hate Me – Bad-Existing
(LoCo Motion Pictures)
Maureen Grant, CCE
Best Picture Editing, Animation
Pinecone & Pony – The Sturdy Stone
Apple TV+
(First Generation Films)
Joshua Guitar
Best Picture Editing, Children’s or Youth
All-Round Champion – Arcathlon
TVO
(marblemedia)
Lindsay Ragone
Best Costume Design
Little Bird – I Want My Mom
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Charity Gadica
Best Achievement in Make-Up
Little Bird – Bineshi Kwe
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Nina McArthur, Megan Stark, Kelly Harmon
Best Achievement in Hair
Little Bird – So Put Together
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Pina Robinson
Best Photography, Drama
Little Bird – I Want My Mom
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Claudine Sauvé
Best Photography, Comedy
Sort Of – Sort Of The Worst Yoda
CBC Gem
(Sphere Media)
Ann Tipper
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction
Little Bird – Burning Down The House
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
David Brisbin, Jon Van Winkle, Robert K. Laurie, C. Summer Holmes
Best Visual Effects
Transplant – Crete
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sphere Media)
Sébastien Chartier
Best Sound, Fiction
Little Bird – Love is all Around
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Paul Lucien Col, Louis Gignac, Evelio Manfred Gay Salinas, Claire Pochon, Anton Fischlin, Simon Meilleur, Natalie Fleurant, Éric Med Lagacé, Delphine Measroch
Best Sound, Animation
PAW Patrol – Aqua Pups Save a Floating Castle
TVOKids
(Spin Master Entertainment)
Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Luke Dante, Katie Pagacz, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues, Mitch Conners
Best Original Music, Animation
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
(Nelvana Limited)
Erica Procunier
Best Original Music, Drama
Sullivan’s Crossing – Can’t Help Falling
CTV (Bell Media)
(Reel World Management)
Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia
Best Original Music, Comedy
Workin’ Moms – The End
CBC (CBC)
(Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment)
Peter Chapman, Maylee Todd
Best Original Music – Original Song
Sort Of – Sort Of Chaaliswan – “Made Up My Mind”
CBC Gem
(Sphere Media)
Kimberly Villagante
Best Direction, Children’s or Youth
The Hardy Boys – The Crash
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Lambur Productions Inc.)
Felipe Rodriguez
Best Direction, Animation
Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood – The Neighborhood Wedding
Family Jr. (WildBrain)
(9 Story Media Group, Fred Rogers Productions)
Tammy Langton
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
Streams Flow From A River – Benny and the Jets
(Fae Pictures)
Christopher Yip
Best Direction, Comedy
Sort Of – Sort Of Gone Again
CBC Gem
(Sphere Media)
Fab Filippo
Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Surviving Winter
CBC (CBC)
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 30 Inc., 22M Hour Productions (ON) 30 Inc.)
Jocelyn Corkum, Allison Johnston
Best Direction, TV Movie
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)
(KR MB Films Inc.)
Simone Stock
Best Direction, Drama Series
Little Bird – Love is all Around
Crave/APTN
(OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.)
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
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