The Canadian Screen Awards honouring Creative Fiction Storytelling were handed out in Toronto Wednesday night as Canadian Screen Week continues.
Wednesday night’s big winners included Anne with an E, which picked up five awards, including Best Supporting Actor and Actress nods for R.H. Thomson (Matthew Cuthbert) and Geraldine James (Marilla Cuthbert). CTV’s northern crime drama Cardinal also won five awards including Best Limited Series for Cardinal: Blackfly Season. Baroness Von Sketch Show picked up four awards and was named Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance. TVO’s Odd Squad also claimed four awards including Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series. Crave’s Letterkenny and TVO’s Paw Patrol each won three awards.
Canadian Screen Week will culminate in Sunday night’s Canadian Screen Awards: Broadcast Gala, which will air live on CBC at 8:00 PM (9:00 PM AT / 9:30 PM NT), and streamed on CBC Gem and CBC’s YouTube channel.
Find the complete list of Creative Fiction Storytelling winners here:
ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ TRIBUTE
Carole Vivier
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Anne with an E
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
R.H. Thomson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Anne with an E
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
Geraldine James
BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE, DRAMA SERIES
Mary Kills People – The Means
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Karen Robinson
The “Cute”berts with their well deserved awards♥️ #rhthomson #robertholmesthomson #rhthomsonfanpage #annewithane #matthewcuthbert #cuthberts #awae #geraldinejames #marillacuthbert #actor #awardwinner #csa #canadianacademy #canadianscreenawards #anneofgreengables #cdnscreenawards pic.twitter.com/9fAKdBvJM2
— rhthomsonfanpage (@rhthomsonfan) March 28, 2019
BEST PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM OR SERIES
Dino Dana
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Christin Simms, Matthew J.R. Bishop, Eric Beldowski
BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM OR SERIES
PAW Patrol
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 5 Inc.)
Jennifer Dodge, Laura Clunie, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Scott Kraft, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Jason McKenzie, Christina Sang – St. Catherine, David Sharples, Damian Temporale
BEST CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH FICTION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Odd Squad
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
J.J. Johnson, Tim McKeon, Blair Powers, Paul Siefken, Matthew J.R. Bishop, Adam Peltzman, Mark De Angelis, Stephen J. Turnbull
BEST PERFORMANCE, CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH
Odd Squad
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Anna Cathcart
BEST PERFORMANCE, ANIMATION
The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!
Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
(Portfolio Entertainment Inc.)
Martin Short
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, COMEDY
Letterkenny – We Don’t Fight at Weddings
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jim Westenbrink
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAMA
Anne with an E – Youth is the Season of Hope
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
Jackson Parrell
BEST PICTURE EDITING, COMEDY
Baroness von Sketch Show – Is that you Karen?
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Jeremy LaLonde, Stephen Withrow
BEST PICTURE EDITING, DRAMA
Cardinal: Blackfly Season
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Matthew Anas
🏆#Cardinal wins FIVE #CanadianScreenAwards including Best Limited Series or Program!! @TheCdnAcademy #CSA #CSA2019 pic.twitter.com/aGDKhkKJrE
— eOne TV (@eOne_TV) March 28, 2019
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankie Drake Mysteries – Summer in the City
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)
Debra Hanson
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Wynonna Earp – War Paint
Space (Bell Media)
(SEVEN24 Films Inc.)
Joanne Jacobsen
The #WynonnaEarp family last night at the Canadian Screen Awards #CdnScreenAwards pic.twitter.com/3Y5A67JVoF
— JuanFranciscoCalero (@JF_Calero) March 28, 2019
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIR
Anne with an E – Memory Has as Many Moods as the Temper
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
Zinka Tuminski
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OR ART DIRECTION, FICTION
Anne with an E – Signs are Small Measurable Things, but Interpretations are Illimitable
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Entertainment)
Jean-François Campeau, Andrew Berry, Elliott Carew
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Vikings – Moments of Vision
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Ovidiu Cinazan, Michael Borrett, Tom Morrison, Leann Harvey, Colin Hui, Paul Wishart, Jim Maxwell, Kieran Mckay
WIN!@CDNScreenAwards @canadianscreenawards @HistoryVikings
Congratulations to our great VFX TEAM! pic.twitter.com/nlvkB1kDkF
— Jim Maxwell (@1jcmaxwell) March 28, 2019
BEST SOUND, ANIMATION
PAW Patrol – Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Royal Kitties
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 5 Inc.)
Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Patton Rodrigues, Ryan Ongaro, Kyle Peters
BEST SOUND, FICTION
Vikings – Moments of Vision
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Dale Sheldrake, Davi Aquino, Claire Dobson, Goro Koyama, Yuri Gorbachow, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, ANIMATION
PAW Patrol – Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Royal Kitties
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 5 Inc.)
James Chapple, Graeme Cornies, David Kelly, Brian Pickett
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, FICTION
Cardinal: Blackfly Season
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Todor Kobakov
BEST WRITING, VARIETY OR SKETCH COMEDY
Baroness von Sketch Show – Is that You Karen?
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey
BEST WRITING, CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH
Odd Squad – Where There’s a Wolf, There’s a Way / New Jacket Required
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Mark De Angelis, Leah Gotcsik
BEST WRITING, ANIMATION
Corner Gas Animated – Squatch Your Language
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Vérité Films)
Brent Butt
BEST WRITING, DRAMA PROGRAM OR LIMITED SERIES
Cardinal: Blackfly Season – Red
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Sarah Dodd
BEST WRITING, DRAMA SERIES
Bad Blood – Who Are You?
City (Rogers Media)
(New Metric Media, Sphere Media Plus Inc.)
Michael Konyves
From the CTV Gala Honoring Excellence In Fiction Programming where the 2019 #CdnScreenAward for Best Writing in a Drama Series was awarded to #BadBloodSeries Michael Konyves, great photos of Kim Coates & Mark Montefiore who accepted the award…https://t.co/4Ikmb9boJH pic.twitter.com/fVYdxITFC9
— The Kim Coates Crew (@KimCoatesCrew) March 28, 2019
MARGARET COLLIER AWARD FOR A WRITER’S EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO CANADIAN FILM AND TELEVISION
Brad Wright
BEST DIRECTION, DRAMA PROGRAM OR LIMITED SERIES
Cardinal: Blackfly Season
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Jeff Renfroe
BEST DIRECTION, DRAMA SERIES
Mary Kills People – Ride or Die
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Norma Bailey
BEST DIRECTION, ANIMATION
Hotel Transylvania: The Series – A Few Good Monsters
Teletoon (Teletoon)
(Nelvana Ltd.)
Robin Budd
BEST DIRECTION, CHILDREN’S OR YOUTH
Odd Squad – World Turned Odd – Part 1
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
J.J. Johnson
BEST DIRECTION, VARIETY OR SKETCH COMEDY
Baroness von Sketch Show – Is that you Karen?
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jordan Canning, Jeremy LaLonde
BEST DIRECTION, COMEDY
Letterkenny – Bock et Biche
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jacob Tierney
GOLDEN SCREEN AWARD FOR TV DRAMA/COMEDY
The Indian Detective
CTV (Bell Media)
(Blue Ice Pictures)
Lance Samuels, Daniel Iron, Clayton Peters, Russell Peters
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING
Letterkenny
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay
BEST SUPPORTING OR GUEST ACTOR, COMEDY
Schitt’s Creek – Open Mic, The Barbecue
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Noah Reid
BEST SUPPORTING OR GUEST ACTRESS, COMEDY
Schitt’s Creek – The Olive Branch, The Jazzaguy
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Emily Hampshire
BEST SKETCH COMEDY SHOW & ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Baroness von Sketch Show
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
BEST LIMITED SERIES OR PROGRAM
Cardinal: Blackfly Season
CTV (Bell Media)
(Cardinal Blackfly Productions Inc.)
Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Jocelyn Hamilton, Armand Leo
Could not be prouder of team @WorkinMoms tonight for their six nominations at the #canadianscreenawards 🔥 I feel very lucky to share this show… and the women’s bathroom with you. pic.twitter.com/4yrdw9QHd6
— Catherine Reitman (@reitcatou) March 28, 2019
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