Last night at Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards — which merged the previous Genie (film) and Gemini (television) into one ceremony — saw Kim Nguyen’s Academy Award nominated “War Witch” nearly sweep the film categories while “Flashpoint” won top honors as Canada’s best dramatic television series.
Hosted by Martin Short, the ceremony saw “War Witch” take 9 awards including best film, best director and best actress. Xavier Dolan’s “Laurence Anyways” and David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis” also won multiple awards.
“Tonight we celebrate the glamor and talent of our Canadian screen industries,” says Martin Katz, Chair of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television in a statement. “It is a great moment in the Academy’s history to initiate the new Canadian Screen Awards and to celebrate with all the nominees and winners.”
Full list of winners below.
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Comweb Group / William F. White International Inc.
REBELLE / WAR WITCH – Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE
EMMANUEL FRECHETTE, JOSÉE ARSENAULT – Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Christie Digital
NICOLAS BOLDUC – Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES
XAVIER DOLAN, FRANÇOIS BARBEAU – Laurence Anyways
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Pinewood Toronto Studios
KIM NGUYEN – Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE
RICHARD COMEAU – Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Lancôme
COLLEEN QUINTON, MICHELLE CÔTÉ, KATHY KELSO, MARTIN LAPOINTE – Laurence Anyways
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE
HOWARD SHORE – Cosmopolis
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC – ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Slaight Music
EMILY HAINES, JAMES SHAW, HOWARD SHORE – Cosmopolis – Long to Live
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
JAMES CROMWELL – Still Mine
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION MASCULINE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
Sponsor / Commanditaire: Tribute Entertainment
SERGE KANYINDA – Rebelle / War Witch
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN PREMIER RÔLE
RACHEL MWANZA – Rebelle / War Witch
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE / INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE DANS UN RÔLE DE SOUTIEN
SEEMA BISWAS – Midnight’s Children
ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D’ENSEMBLE
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Deluxe Toronto Ltd.
CLAUDE LA HAYE, DANIEL BISSON, BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL – Rebelle / War Witch
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE
MARTIN PINSONNAULT, JEAN-FRANCOIS B. SAUVÉ, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON – Rebelle / War Witch
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Astral’s Harold Greenberg Fund
KIM NGUYEN – Rebelle / War Witch
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION
Sponsor / Commanditaire: Starlight TV
SALMAN RUSHDIE – Midnight’s Children
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS
DENNIS BERARDI, JASON EDWARDH, MATT GLOVER, TREY HARRELL, LEANN HARVEY, JO HUGHES, ETHAN LEE, SCOTT RIOPELLE, ERIC ROBINSON, KYLE YONEDA – Resident Evil: Retribution
TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY / PRIX TED ROGERS POUR LE MEILLEUR LONG MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE
STORIES WE TELL – Anita Lee, Sarah Polley
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE
Sponsor / Commanditaire : Hot Docs
THE BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL – Annette Clarke, Ariel Nasr
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DRAMATIQUE
THROAT SONG – Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok MacDonald
BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE D’ANIMATION
PAULA – Julie Roy, Dominic Étienne Simard
TELEVISION & DIGITAL MEDIA CATEGORIES
Program Categories
The Bell Media Award for Best Comedy Program or Series
Less Than Kind
(Breakthrough Entertainment, Buffalo Gal Pictures)
Ira Levy, Garry Campbell, Marvin Kaye, Phyllis Laing, Mark McKinney, Chris Sheasgreen, Paula Smith, Peter Williamson
Best Dramatic Series
Sponsored by the Independent Production Fund
Flashpoint
(Flashpoint Season IV Productions Inc.)
Anne Marie La Traverse, Bill Mustos
Best International Drama
The Borgias
(Take 5 Productions, Mid-Atlantic Films, Octagon Films)
Neil Jordan, James Flynn, Sheila Hockin, John Weber
Best Reality/Competition Program or Series
Sponsored by A&E Network
Dragons’ Den
(CBC)
Tracie Tighe, Mike Armitage, Lisa Gabriele
Performance Categories
The Shaw Media Award for Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, Performing Arts or Talk Program or Series
George Stroumboulopoulos – George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight – John Irving / Regis Philbin/ Haiti Special
Best News Anchor
Peter Mansbridge – CBC News The National
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role
Gerry Dee – Mr. D – The Basketball Diaries
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role
Wendel Meldrum – Less Than Kind – The Fwomp
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Enrico Colantoni – Flashpoint – Day Game
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Meg Tilly – Bomb Girls – Armistice
Best Sports Host or Analyst in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Brian Williams – London 2012 Olympic Games
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