The third evening of virtual Canadian Screen Awards were presented Wednesday evening for Scripted categories.
Among the evening’s big winners were CTV’s Cardinal which earned seven awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Writing, Best Picture Editing and Best Achievement in Make-up. Leads Billy Campbell and Karine Vanasse also swept the lead actor drama categories for the second consecutive year, with Kristen Thomson winning Best Supporting Actress, Drama.
Schitt’s Creek picked six awards, including Best Comedy Series with Catherine O’Hara winning Best Lead Actress, Comedy for a fifth year and Eugene Levy winning Best Lead Actor, Comedy for the second consecutive year. Baroness von Sketch and Anne with an E each won five awards.
BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE, DRAMA SERIES
Anne With An E – What Can Stop the Determined Heart
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Dalmar Abuzeid
BEST GUEST PERFORMANCE, COMEDY
Kim’s Convenience – Hit & Fun
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird Entertainment)
Amanda Brugel
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Kristen Thomson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Killjoys
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
Thom Allison
Ummm What the hell happened! THEY SAID MY NAME!!!! #CdnScreenAwardWinner #Killjoys pic.twitter.com/XmXuLaOlj1
— Thom Allison (@thomallison) May 28, 2020
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Emily Hampshire
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Kim’s Convenience
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird Entertainment)
Andrew Phung
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
How to Buy a Baby
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Emma Hunter
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
Save Me
(iThentic)
Emily Hampshire
BEST WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES, FICTION
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
Save Me
(iThentic)
Fab Filippo, Jonas Diamond, Lisa Baylin
#CndScreenAwards @TheAcademy. Thanks for acknowledging @savemetheseries. Also wanna thank @UrbanPostProd and @kimderko and the whole cast and crew! pic.twitter.com/ksLXSinPRG
— Fab Filippo (@fabfilippo) May 28, 2020
BEST VIDEO GAME NARRATIVE
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
East of the Rockies
(Jam3, National Film Board of Canada)
Joy Kogawa, Rob McLaughlin, Jason Legge, Dirk van Ginkel
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE, TV MOVIE
Nowhere To Be Found
(Rogers/Telus/Shaw)
(Nowhere To Be Found Productions Inc.)
Kate Drummond
I won!!! Oh my gosh!!!!!
🎉🍾 💕🙏@TheCdnAcademy #CdnScreenAwardWinner #NowhereToBeFound @MarVistaEnt pic.twitter.com/NDx4rWboPy— Kate Drummond (@KateDrummond_) May 28, 2020
BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES
Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Karine Vanasse
#CdnScreenAwards winner @karinevanasse sends her thanks to @TheCdnAcademy and @CardinalCTV fans! pic.twitter.com/plo7mPPQ1C
— CTV Communications (@CTV_PR) May 28, 2020
BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES
Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Billy Campbell
Sending our virtual hugs and congrats to @WOCampbell and @karinevanasse for their back-to-back #CdnScreenAwards wins for Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress in @CardinalCTV! We are toasting you tonight from home with this throwback from last year 🏆🤩🌟 @CTV @Sienna_Films pic.twitter.com/TSspFFO4SF
— CTV Communications (@CTV_PR) May 28, 2020
BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Catherine O’Hara
no one does acceptance speeches like Catherine O’Hara pic.twitter.com/sMiryorYus
— Schitt’s Creek (@SchittsCreek) May 28, 2020
BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Eugene Levy
“this is not helping my relationship with my son.”
A thank you to @TheCdnAcademy from @Realeugenelevy | #CdnScreenAwardWinner pic.twitter.com/2U2geQMXab
— Schitt’s Creek (@SchittsCreek) May 28, 2020
GOLDEN SCREEN AWARD FOR TV DRAMA OR COMEDY
Murdoch Mysteries
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)
Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Peter Mitchell, Yannick Bisson, Julie Lacey
Private Eyes
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Piller/Segan)
Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Jocelyn Hamilton, Tecca Crosby, Jason Priestley, Alan McCullough
BEST SKETCH COMEDY SHOW & ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Baroness Von Sketch Show
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
BEST TV MOVIE
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Jeff Vanderwal, Charles Tremayne, Sherri Rufh, Kim Bondi
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Rupinder Gill, Colin Brunton
and now a few words from @danjlevy and @Realeugenelevy.@TheCdnAcademy #CdnScreenAwardWinner pic.twitter.com/4MLHJRz3Rp
— Schitt’s Creek (@SchittsCreek) May 28, 2020
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Cardinal
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny, Patrick Tarr, Daniel Grou, Jocelyn Hamilton, Armand Leo
BEST DIRECTION, DRAMA SERIES
Sponsored by Playback
Mary Kills People – The Key to Faith
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Norma Bailey
BEST DIRECTION, COMEDY
Sponsored by Cinespace Film Studios
Letterkenny – Yew!
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jacob Tierney
BEST DIRECTION, VARIETY OR SKETCH COMEDY
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jordan Canning, Aleysa Young
BEST DIRECTION, TV MOVIE
No One Would Tell
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Pink Buffalo Films)
Gail Harvey
BEST DIRECTION, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
Tokens – Courage
(A Token Entertainment Company)
Winnifred Jong
BEST PICTURE EDITING, DRAMA
Cardinal – Sam
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Matthew Anas
BEST PICTURE EDITING, COMEDY
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Aren Hansen, Sean Song, Nick Wong
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, COMEDY
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Robert Scarborough
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAMA
Anne With An E – A Hope of Meeting You in Another World
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Catherine Lutes
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OR ART DIRECTION, FICTION
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Jean-François Campeau, Michele Brady, Elliott Carew
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Alexander Reda
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Sponsored by CMU College of Makeup and Art Design
Cardinal – Helen
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Randy Daudlin, Trina Brink, Paul Jones
Social Distancing can’t stop the love and thanks from flowing in to @TheCdnAcademy! Here’s a few words from our Make-Up Head of Department #RandyDaudlin: #Cardinal #CdnScreenAwards @CTV_PR @Cardinal pic.twitter.com/W6sn3JYxjg
— Sienna Films (@Sienna_Films) May 27, 2020
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIR
Schitt’s Creek – Life Is A Cabaret
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Annastasia Cucullo, Ana Sorys
And now we can hear from both Ana and Annastasia! @TheCdnAcademy #CdnScreenAwardWinner pic.twitter.com/VQIikfhsF6
— Schitt’s Creek (@SchittsCreek) May 28, 2020
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Sponsored by SPINVFX
Vikings – What Happens in the Cave
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Dominic Remane, Michael Borrett, Bill Halliday, Tom Morrison, Leann Harvey, Jim Maxwell, Warren Lawtey, Ovidiu Cinazan, Kieran McKay, Maria Gordon
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC, FICTION
Anne With An E – The Summit of My Desires
CBC (CBC)
(Northwood Anne Trois Inc)
Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner
Amin Bhatia’s acceptance speech! A truly well-deserved award for them both. The soundtrack was pure excellence ✨ #AnneWithAnE #CdnScreenAwards pic.twitter.com/wTjrGl5HgM
— 𝓪𝓵𝔂 ツ (@academbrella) May 28, 2020
BEST SOUND, FICTION
Sponsored by Deluxe
Vikings – What Happens in the Cave
History (Corus Entertainment)
(Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Martin Lee, Ian Rankin, Claire Dobson, Dale Sheldrake, Yuri Gorbachow, Goro Koyama, Jenna Dalla Riva, Daniel Birch
BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Mary Kills People – No Happy Endings Here
Global (Corus Entertainment)
(Cameron Pictures)
Angelica Lisk-Hann, Tally Rodin
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.)
Lisa Parasyn, Jon Comerford
And now a few words for @TheCdnAcademy from #CdnScreenAwardWinner, Jon Comerford! pic.twitter.com/VvoXECGQmH
— Schitt’s Creek (@SchittsCreek) May 28, 2020
BEST WRITING, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
Presented with the participation of the Independent Production Fund
How to Buy a Baby – Adopt-An-Inspection
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Wendy Litner
BEST WRITING, TV MOVIE
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
Showcase (Corus Entertainment)
(Cineflix (Believe Me) Inc.)
Christina Welsh
BEST WRITING, VARIETY OR SKETCH COMEDY
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Humanity is in an Awkward Stage
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Allison Hogg, Becky Johnson, Moynan King, DJ Mausner
BEST WRITING, COMEDY
Letterkenny – Yew!
Crave (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney
BEST WRITING, DRAMA SERIES
Cardinal – Mama
CTV (Bell Media)
(Sienna Films)
Patrick Tarr, Noelle Carbone, Aaron Bala
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