13th Canadian Screen Awards

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13th Canadian Screen Awards
Date30 May-1 June 2025
Location Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by Lisa Gilroy
Most nominations Universal Language (film, 13), Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (TV, 20)
Television/radio coverage
Network CBC Gem
  12th  · Canadian Screen Awards

The 13th Canadian Screen Awards will be presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 30 May to 1 June 2025, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2024. [1] The main gala will be held on 1 June, hosted by comedian Lisa Gilroy, and be broadcast live on CBC Gem. [2]

Contents

Nominees were announced on March 26. [3] Universal Language received the most nominations in film categories with 13, while Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent topped the field in television categories with 20 nominations. [4]

Ceremony information

The 2025 ceremony will see changes to its scheduling and broadcasting arrangements; the Canadian Screen Week programme of events prior to the main gala (including non-televised ceremonies for technical and genre categories) has been consolidated and reduced to two days (30 and 31 May). [5] After multiple ceremonies in which television coverage was limited to an hour-long virtual ceremony or tape delayed highlights special on CBC Television, it was announced that live coverage of the ceremony would return, airing on CBC's streaming platform CBC Gem. [5]

Category changes

Film

  • The eligibility criteria for films, which were dropped to a minimum of four commercial screenings at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on film distribution in 2020, were increased to five commercial screenings. [6]
  • Due to evidence that some first-time film directors have mistakenly overlooked submitting their films for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award in the past, first-time film directors will now be automatically considered in that category regardless of whether they had actively submitted for it or not. [6]
  • Minor technical changes were also added to the eligibility criteria for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction or Production Design. [6]

Television

  • Actors who played the same character in a series of television films will now be considered for the series performance categories instead of the television film performance categories. [6]
  • People credited as contributing writers will now be eligible to be included in writing nominations. [6]
  • The categories for Best Talk Series, Best Entertainment News Series and Best Morning Show will be collapsed into a single new category for Best Talk or Entertainment News Series. [6]
  • The category for Best Performing Arts Program will be discontinued, with programs in that category now eligible for either Best TV Movie or Best Variety and Entertainment Special. [6]
  • The category for Best Performance in Animation will be renamed Best Voice Performance, considering voice acting across all forms of visual presentation. [6]
  • The category for Best Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series will be discontinued, although the ensemble category for comedy series will be retained. [6]
  • Minor technical changes were also introduced in music categories, as well as improved clarity about the distinction between supporting and guest performances. [6]

Digital media

  • The category for Best Live Production for Social Media will be collapsed into Best Interactive Production, and may now also submit in the television category for Best Live Entertainment Special if appropriate. [6]
  • A single merged category for Best Immersive Experience will now be presented if the number of eligible submissions in either Best Immersive Experience, Fiction or Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction falls below six, but separate categories will continue to be presented if submissions exceed that cutoff. [6]

News and sports

  • The separate categories for Best News Special (for pre-planned broadcasts about known news events such as elections) and Best Breaking News Special (for live coverage of unforeseen news events), which were introduced for the 12th Canadian Screen Awards but not actually presented that year, have been collapsed back down into a single category for Best Live News Special. [6]

Special awards

The first special award recipients were announced on March 5. [7]

Film

Best Motion Picture Best Direction
Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film
Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Film
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama
Best Animated Short John Dunning Best First Feature
Best Art Direction/Production Design Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design Best Editing
Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
Best Original Score Best Original Song
Best Makeup Best Hair
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary
Best Original Music in a Documentary Best Sound Design in a Documentary
Best Visual Effects Best Casting in a Film

Television

Programs

Best Drama Series Best Comedy Series
Animated program or seriesPre-School Program or Series
Children's or youth fictionChildren's or youth non-fiction
TV MovieHistory Documentary Program or Series
  • Boot Camp — Todd Berger, Julie Di Cresce, Lindsay Macadam, Gilles Laplante, Sabrina Spence, Jennifer Chen, Wendy McKernan, David Way, Aron Levitz, David Madden, Lindsay Weems Ramey
  • Buying Back My Daughter — Charles Cooper, Orly Adelson, Meagan Good, Allen Lewis, James Jope
  • Lowlifes — Charles Cooper, James Mattagne, Brad Luff, Eric Carnagey, Roger Lay Jr., Michael Shepard, Jon Kaplan, Allen Lewis, Patrick Tozer
  • 'Twas the Date Before Christmas — Jeff Vanderwal, Sherri Rufh, J.C. Mills
  • Wynonna Earp: Vengeance Emily Andras, Jordy Randall, Tom Cox, Brett Burlock, Sonia Hosko, Paolo Barzman, Jess Maldaner
Documentary programFactual program or series
Biography or Arts Documentary Program or SeriesLifestyle Program or Series
Reality/Competition Program or SeriesLive entertainment special
Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series (Rob Stewart Award)Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award)
Sketch comedy program or seriesComedy special
Golden Screen Awards
  • Fiction:
  • Reality:

Actors

Lead performance, dramaSupporting performance, drama
Lead performance, comedySupporting performance, comedy
Performance in a guest role in a comedy seriesPerformance in a guest role in a drama series
Ensemble performance in a comedy seriesEnsemble performance in a variety or sketch comedy series
Lead performance in a children's or youth program or seriesSupporting performance in a children's or youth program or series
Performance in a television film or miniseriesVoice performance

News and information

National newscastLocal newscast
News anchor, nationalNews anchor, local
National reporterLocal reporter
News or information seriesNews or information program
News or information segmentLive news special
Talk or entertainment news seriesPolitical news program or series
Host or interviewer, news or information program or seriesHost, lifestyle
Host, live entertainment specialHost in a variety, lifestyle, reality/competition, or talk program or series

Sports

Live sporting eventSports analyst
Sports hostSports play-by-play
Sports feature segmentSports opening
  • "72" (TSN) — Matthew Dorman, James Duthie, Darren Oliver, Rich Liani, Michael Banani, Devon Burns
  • "Just Keep Fighting: The Brady Leavold Story" (Sportsnet) — Michael Adach, Mark Wade, Zac Laszuk
  • "Just Us" (TSN) — Matthew Dorman, David Naylor, Darren Oliver, James Judges, David Midgley
  • "Mama Nat" (Sportsnet) — Donnovan Bennett, Heath Fashina, David Zelikovitz, Christine Mayall, Tony Law, Carla Antonio
  • "Olympic Reflections with Donnovan Bennett" (CBC) — Donnovan Bennett, Tim Thompson, Jeff Shelegy, Sherali Najak
Sports program or seriesTechnical production in a live sports event
  • 110th Grey Cup — Chris Bell, Shawn Taylor
  • 2024 Stanley Cup Finals : Game 7 — Murray Corbett, John Cuccaro, Myriam Dickner, Alex Harwood, Caitlind Lusty, Corey Saunders, Marc-Andre Lalonde, Larry MacDonald, Wil Enright, Brian Burnett, John Einarson, Adam Kruspe, Jeff Snider, Mike Brown, Austin Munday, Gaby Almeida, John Gourley, John Augi, Stephen Hanbury, Craig Hennessy, Kevin Schnurr, Stephen Oldfield, Carl Rousseau, Kristyn Taras, Liam Gerrie
  • 2024 Summer Olympics — Joel Perron, Dave Allmark, Mike Alderson, Roberto Capretta, T.J. Heideman

Craft awards

Editorial researchVisual research
Make-UpHair
Costume designVisual effects
  • Adam Beck, Terry Bradley, Jake Fullerton, Nial McFadyen, Kelly Milton, Brian Smeets, Ryan Smith, Susan Sullivan, Pedro Vilas and James Wallace, Dino Dex : "Dino Deep End"
  • Eric Gambini, Gillian Pearson and Sarah Krusch, Bones of Crows : "To Be Starved"
  • Matt Hansen, Darcy Arthurs, Colin Campbell, Lorne Kwechansky, Ken Nielsen, Michael Key, Paula Fania, Jenny Lim, Chad Cutler and Ingyun Hwang, Wynonna Earp: Vengeance
  • Sophia Jooyeon Lee, Brian Huynh, Steven Huynh, Justin Perreault and Michael Davidson, Davey and Jonesie's Locker : "There's No Place Like Homeostasis"
  • Mike Sevigny, The Trades : "Medhi Is Partied Out"
Production design/art direction in a fiction program or seriesProduction design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series
Casting, FictionCasting, Non-Fiction

Photography

Photography in a comedy seriesPhotography in a documentary program or factual series
Photography in a drama program or seriesPhotography in a lifestyle or reality program or series
Photography in a news or information program, series or segment

Editing

Editing in a children's or youth program or seriesEditing in a comedy program or series
Editing in a documentary program or seriesEditing in a drama program or series
Editing in a factual program or seriesEditing in a reality or competition program or series
  • Peter Antonakos, Kailey Birk, Eliana Borsa, Megan Day, Jonathan Dowler, Michael Emberley, Wesley Finucan, Ellora Dela Fuente, Jessica Graore, Andrew Gurney, Alexandra Mastronardi, Al Manson, Jeff Perry, Lindsay Ragone, Keith Ross, Mike Scott, Jon White, Jordan Wood, Holly Benson, Emily Gilhooley, Nathara Imenes, Alex Marsolais-Whicher, Heather Skeoch and Adam Sousa, Big Brother Canada : "Episode 18"
  • Elianna Borsa, Dan Cable, Jenny Reed, Mike Scott and Andrew Gurney, Top Chef Canada : "The Feast of Toronto"
  • Daniel Cable, Pat Fairbairn, Alexandra Mastronardi, Curtis Rogers and Olivia Shin, Best in Miniature : "Take It Outside"
  • Allan Hughes and Ellora Dela Fuente, The Great Canadian Baking Show : "Finale"
  • Al Manson, Elianna Borsa, Dan Cable, Frange Cruces, Ellora Dela Fuente, Chris Donaldson, Jonathan Dowler, Andrew Gurney, Vish Hansa, Chelsea Nyomi, Jeff Perry, Jenny Reed, Curtis Rogers, Keisha Rose, Jaime Sanchez, Heather Skeoch, Stephen Watt and Jon Wong, Canada's Ultimate Challenge : "The Handshake"

Sound

Sound in a fiction program or seriesSound in a documentary or factual program or series
  • Igor Bezuglov, Cailey Milito, Brandon Bak, Sean Karp, Justin Helle and Patrick Lefler, Dino Dex : "Chickenosaurus Rex, Part 2"
  • Brian Eimer, Michael Bonini, Sergei Kupriianov, Josh Pichardo and Jordan Cutler, Abducted Off the Street: The Carlesha Gaither Story
  • Martin Lee, Ella Melanson, Martin Gwynn Jones, Rob Warchol, Joe Mancuso, Zenon Waschuk and John Elliot, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent : "The Sound of Silence"
  • Mike Markiw, Robert “Arjay” Joly, Ethan Lentz, Matthew Hussey, Janice Ierulli, Dave Johnson, Mark Shnuriwsky, Sue Fawcett, Kevin Banks, John Elliot, Mike Woroniuk and Paul Shubat, Wynonna Earp: Vengeance
  • Miguel Nunes, Craig Berkey and Gregor Phillips, Bones of Crows : "To Let Go"
Sound in a lifestyle, reality or entertainment program or seriesSound in an animated program or series
  • Rob Andres and Stephen Mullett, Open Season: Call of Nature : "Radio Wild"
  • Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Anita Yung, Madelyn Southward, Kyle Peters, Katie Pagacz, Bethany Masters, Patton Rodrigues and Mitch Connors, Paw Patrol : "Rescue Wheels: Pups Save Adventure Bay!"
  • Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Kyle Peters, Bethany Masters, Luke Dante and Patton Rodrigues, Rubble & Crew : "The Crew Builds a Ballpark"
  • Tyler Tsang, Ethan Myers, Julian Rudd, Art Mullin, Drew Snyder, Levi Considine, Kevin Chamberlain, Chris Battaglia and Ryan Chalmers, Unicorn Academy : "Under the Fairy Moon"

Directing

AnimationChildren's or youth
ComedyDocumentary program
Documentary seriesDrama series
FactualLifestyle and information
Live sporting eventReality or competition program or series
TV MovieVariety or sketch comedy program or series

Music

Best Original Music, AnimationBest Original Music, Comedy
Best Original Music, DramaBest Original Music, Documentary
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality or EntertainmentBest Original Song

Writing

Animated program or seriesChildren's or youth
Comedy seriesDocumentary
Drama seriesFactual
Lifestyle or reality/competition program or seriesPreschool program or serues
Television filmVariety or sketch comedy program or series

All-platform awards

One major category is currently presented without regard to the distinction between film, television or web media content.

Stunt Coordination

Digital media

Original Program or Series, FictionOriginal Program or Series, Non-Fiction
Lead Performance in a Web Program or SeriesSupporting Performance in a Web Program or Series
Direction in a Web Program or SeriesHost in a Web Program or Series
Picture Editing in a Web Program or SeriesWriting in a Web Program or Series
Immersive Experience

References

  1. Connie Thiessen, "‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ among Canadian Academy ‘Special Award’ recipients". Broadcast Dialogue, March 5, 2025.
  2. "Comedian Lisa Gilroy to host Canadian Screen Awards, which move to streaming-only". North Shore News. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. Samritha Arunasalam, "Here's who is nominated for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, March 26, 2025.
  4. Etan Vlessing, "‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ Leads Canadian Screen Awards With 20 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter , March 26, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "This year's Canadian Screen Awards will not air on television, instead streaming on CBC Gem". The Globe and Mail. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Canadian Screen Awards Rules and Regulations Change Highlights". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
  7. Alex Nino Gheciu, "‘Acolyte’ star Manny Jacinto, ‘Porter’ co-creator Marsha Greene among special Screen Awards honourees". Toronto Star , March 5, 2025.