| 7th Canadian Screen Awards | |
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| Date | March 31, 2019 |
| Location | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Toronto, Ontario |
| Hosted by | None |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | The Great Darkened Days (film), Anne with an E, Cardinal (television) |
| Best Motion Picture | A Colony |
| Best Dramatic Series | Anne with an E |
| Best Comedy Series | Schitt's Creek |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC |
The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.[1]
Nominations were announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television on February 7, 2019.[2] Early coverage of the nominations highlighted the fact that the Best Picture category consisted entirely of French-language films from Quebec, with not a single English-language film named in the category.[3] This was also the first year that the ceremony did not have a host.[4]
Ceremony
The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of advance Canadian Screen Week galas in the week before the main ceremony.[1] The gala for non-fiction programming was held on March 26,[5] the gala for creative fiction storytelling was held on March 27,[6] the gala for digital production was held on March 28,[7] and the gala for film craft categories was held in the afternoon of March 31.[8]
The broadcast ceremony had no overall host, with the academy clarifying that the decision was made before the Academy Awards made the same announcement.[4] The ceremony did, however, included pretaped comedy segments from performers such as the casts of Baroness von Sketch Show and Letterkenny, as well as a short welcome introduction by actor Andrew Phung and drag queen Tynomi Banks.[9]
In film, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) was the year's big winner with five awards, although the Best Picture award went to A Colony (Une colonie).[10] In television, the drama series Anne with an E and Cardinal tied for the most wins, with seven awards each.[10]
Special awards
The first recipients of the academy's special awards were announced on January 15.[11]
- Board of Directors Award: Kevin Tierney, Elizabeth Klinck, Carole Vivier, Roman Bittman
- Margaret Collier Award: Brad Wright
- Industry Leadership Award: Entertainment One
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Deepa Mehta
- Radius Award: Stephan James
- Earle Grey Award: Mary Walsh
- Academy Icon Award: The Kids in the Hall
Film
Television
Programs
| Drama series | Comedy series |
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| Animated program or series | Documentary program |
| Children's or youth fiction | Children's or youth non-fiction |
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| Limited Series or Program | History Documentary Program or Series |
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| Lifestyle Program or Series | Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series |
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| Pre-School Program or Series | Reality/Competition Program or Series |
| Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series (Rob Stewart Award) | Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award) |
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| Factual Program or Series | Live entertainment special |
| Variety or entertainment special | Talk program or series |
| Golden Screen Awards | |
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Acting
| Lead actor, drama | Lead actress, drama |
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| Lead actor, comedy | Lead actress, comedy |
| Lead actor, drama program or limited series | Lead actress, drama program or limited series |
| Supporting actor, drama | Supporting actress, drama |
| Supporting actor, comedy | Supporting actress, comedy |
| Performance in a children's or youth program or series | Performance in a guest role, drama series |
| Performance in an animated program or series | Ensemble performance in a variety or sketch comedy program or series |
News and information
| National newscast | Local newscast |
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| News or information series | News special |
| News anchor, national | News anchor, local |
| News reporter, national | News reporter, local |
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| Host or interviewer, news or information program or series | News or information program |
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| News or information segment | Host in a program or series |
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| Host in a live program or series | |
Sports
| Live sporting event coverage | Sports analyst |
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| Sports host | Sports play-by-play |
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| Sports feature segment | Sports opening |
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| Sports program or series | |
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Craft awards
| Editorial research | Visual research |
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| Make-Up | Costume Design |
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| Photography in a comedy series | Photography in a documentary program or factual series |
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| Photography in a drama program or series | Photography in a lifestyle or reality program or series |
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| Photography in a news or information program, series or segment | Editing in a comedy program or series |
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| Editing in a dramatic program or series | Editing in a documentary program or series |
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| Editing in a factual program or series | Editing in a reality or competition program or series |
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| Production design/art direction in a fiction program or series | Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series |
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| Sound in a fiction program or series | Sound in a non-fiction program or series |
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| Sound in an animated program or series | Visual effects |
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| Casting | Hair |
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Directing
| Children's or youth | Comedy |
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| Documentary or factual series | Documentary program |
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| Dramatic program or mini–series | Dramatic series |
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| Lifestyle or information | Live sporting event |
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| Reality or competition program or series | Variety or sketch comedy program or series |
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| Animated program or series | |
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Music
| Fiction | Non-fiction |
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| Animation | |
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Writing
| Children's or youth | Comedy |
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| Documentary | Dramatic program or miniseries |
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| Drama series | Factual program or series |
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| Lifestyle or reality/competition program or series | Variety or sketch comedy program or series |
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| Animated program or series | |
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Digital media
| Cross-Platform Project | Cross-Platform Project, Children's |
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| Web Series, fiction | Web Series, Non-Fiction |
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| Original interactive production | Virtual reality game |
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| Lead performance, web program or series | Supporting performance, web program or series |
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| Direction, web program or series | Writing, web program or series |
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| Immersive experience, fiction | Immersive experience, non-fiction |
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| Host, web program or series | |
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References
- 1 2 "Award Season is Upon Us". Northern Stars, December 31, 2018.
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards: 'Anne With an E,' 'Schitt's Creek' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards 2019: English-Canadian films shut out of best picture category". Now, February 7, 2019.
- 1 2 "Canadian Screen Awards trying 'different style of awards show' with no host". CP24, January 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Gord Downie's Secret Path, Amazing Race and CBC News among Canadian Screen Awards winners". CBC News, March 26, 2019.
- ↑ "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". ET Canada, March 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.
- ↑ "The Canadian Screen Awards were a celebration of our humour and even our niceness". Toronto Star, April 1, 2019.
- 1 2 "Anne with an E, Cardinal lead Canadian Screen Awards with seven wins apiece". Toronto Star, March 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards announce special honorees". News 1130 CKWX, January 15, 2019.