1st Canadian Screen Awards

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1st Canadian Screen Awards
DateMarch 3, 2013
Location Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto
Hosted by Martin Short
Highlights
Most awardsFilm: War Witch (10)
TV: Flashpoint (7)
Most nominationsFilm: War Witch (12)
TV: Flashpoint (11)
Best Motion PictureWar Witch
Best Dramatic SeriesFlashpoint
Best Comedy Series Less Than Kind
Television/radio coverage
Network CBC
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The 1st Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 3, 2013, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2012. [1] This was the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards ceremony, following the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's decision, announced in 2012, to merge its formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) into a single ceremony. [2] In addition, the Canadian Screen Awards include awards for achievements in digital media. [2]

Contents

Nominations were announced on January 15, 2013. [1] [3] The awards ceremony was hosted by Martin Short. [1]

Ratings

The program was watched by 756,000 Canadian viewers, [4] approximately double the typical ratings for Genie or Gemini ceremonies in recent years. [4]

Film

Motion Picture Direction
Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role
Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role
Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay
Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary
Best Live Action Short Drama Best Animated Short
Art Direction/Production Design Cinematography
Costume Design Editing
Overall Sound Sound Editing
  • Blueribbon icon.png Martin Pinsonnault, Jean-François Sauvé, Simon Meilleur and Claire Pochon, War Witch (Rebelle)
  • Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Thierry Bourgault D'Amico, Nathalie Fleurant and Cédrick Marin, L'Affaire Dumont
  • Stephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick and Jill Purdy, Resident Evil: Retribution
  • Sylvain Brassard, Stéphane Cadotte, Isabelle Favreau and Philippe Racine, Laurence Anyways
  • Allan Scarth, Bob Melanson, Zander Rosborough and Cory Tetford, The Disappeared
Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song
Make-Up Achievement in Visual Effects
  • Blueribbon icon.png Dennis Berardi, Jason Edwardh, Matt Glover, Trey Harrell, Leann Harvey, Jo Hughes, Ethan Lee, Scott Riopelle, Eric Robinson and Kyle Yoneda, Resident Evil: Retribution
  • Dennis Berardi, Keith Acheson, Michael Borrett, Wilson Cameron, Michael DiCarlo, Tom Nagy, Britton Plewes, Scott Riopelle, Matt Whelan and Wojciech Zielinski, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
  • Carlos Monzon, Martin Belleau, Dominic Daigle, Nathalie Dupont, Gaël Hollard, Benoît Ladouceur, Viviane Levesque Bouchard, Jérémie Lodomez, Anie Normandin and Alexandra Vaillancourt, Mars and April (Mars et Avril)
  • Ève Brunet, Marc Morissette and Alexandra Vaillancourt, War Witch (Rebelle)
  • Ralph Maiers, Debora Dunphy, John Fukushima, Patrick Kavanaugh, Bill Martin, Chris Philips, Jeremy Price, Kenton Rannie and Lauren Weidel, Midnight's Children
Claude Jutra Award Golden Reel Award

Television

Programs

Drama series Comedy series
Animated program or seriesDocumentary program or series
Children's or youth fictionChildren's or youth non-fiction
Dramatic Mini-Series or TV MovieHistory or Biography Documentary Program or Series
  • Blueribbon icon.png D-Day to Victory
  • Battle Castle
  • Curse of the Axe
  • Darkness and Hope: Depression, Sports and Me
  • Extraordinary Canadians
International DramaLifestyle Program or Series
Music, Variety, Sketch Comedy or Talk Program or SeriesPerforming Arts or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Pre-School Program or SeriesReality/Competition Program or Series
Science or Nature Documentary Program or SeriesSocial/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award)
Board of Directors' Tribute Canada Award
  • Blueribbon icon.png Blind Spot: What Happened to Canada's Aboriginal Fathers?

Actors

Lead actor, drama Lead actress, drama
Lead actor, comedy Lead actress, comedy
Lead actor, television film or miniseriesLead actress, television film or miniseries
Supporting actor, dramaSupporting actress, drama
Supporting actor, comedySupporting actress, comedy
Actor, performing arts or miniseries (individual or ensemble)

News

Breaking news coverageBreaking news reportage, local
Breaking news reportage, nationalLocal newscast
National newscastNews information series

Sports

Live sporting event coverageSports analysis or commentary
Sports host or analystSports play-by-play

Craft awards

Editorial researchVisual research
  • Blueribbon icon.png Angela Gilbert, The Fifth Estate : "Scout's Honour"
  • Scott Calbeck, Raw Opium
  • Jennifer Clibbon, Lisa Ellenwood, David Wells and Sylvene Gilchrist, Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War
  • Marlene McArdle, Marketplace
  • David Ridgen, Confession to Murder
  • Blueribbon icon.png Darren Yearsley, Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War
  • Caitriona Cantillon and Laura Blaney, Inventions That Shook the World
  • Michelle Demeyere, Titanic: The Canadian Story
  • Eliot Galan, Jordan Paterson, Denise Fong and Junrong Du, From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration
  • Jessica Joy Wise, What's in a Name?
Make-UpCostume Design
Photography in a comedy seriesPhotography in a documentary program or factual series
  • Blueribbon icon.png Adam Ravetch, The Nature of Things : "Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey"
  • André Dupuis, Descending: "The Sea Less Travelled"
  • Mike McLaughlin and Daron Donahue, The Nature of Things : "The Perfect Runner"
  • Derek Rogers, Explosion 1812
  • Chris Romeike, The Team
Photography in a drama program or seriesPhotography in a lifestyle or reality program or series
Photography in a variety or sketch comedy program or seriesEditing in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series
  • Blueribbon icon.png Craig Webster, Less Than Kind : "Fugue State"
  • Trevor Ambrose and Roderick Deogrades, Good God : "One Station Under God"
  • Miles Davren and Allan Maclean, Rick Mercer Report : "Season 9, Episode 1"
  • John Reynolds, Garry Tutte, Aren Hansen, Daniel Sadler and Ken Yan, Canada Sings : "Toronto Zoo vs. 1-800 Got Junk?"
  • Glenn Sakatch, Love Lies Bleeding
Editing in a documentary program or seriesEditing in a dramatic program or series
Editing in an information program or seriesProduction design/art direction in a fiction program or series
  • Blueribbon icon.png Jonathan Wong, 16x9: The Bigger Picture: "Getting Into Cirque"
  • Kyle Martin, Derek Esposito, Nick Taylor and Seth Poulin, Top Chef Canada : "Food Through the Ages"
  • Jonathon L. Stewart and Justin Hall, Mantracker : "Shane & Brook"
  • Julian Wierzbicki, Chris Cassino and Robert Doughty, Run Run Revolution
Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or seriesSound in a comedy, variety or performing arts program or series
Sound in a drama program or seriesSound in an information program or series
  • Blueribbon icon.png Melodie Vaughan, Margus Jukkum, Richard Spence-Thomas and Gary Vaughan, Museum Secrets : "Inside the Imperial War Museum"
  • Stephen Barden, Ryan Ongaro and Tyler Whitham, Descending: "The Smoking Earth"
  • Perry Blackman, Brett Ardiel, Jamie Kidd and Larry MacDonald, Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice
  • Howard Rissin, John Schritt and Russ Dyck, The Nature of Things : "Smarty Plants: Uncovering the Secret World of Plant Behavior"
  • Jo Rossi, Art Young and Pablo Villegas, Pyros : "Blame it on Rio (For Auld Lang Syne)"
Visual effectsCasting
  • Blueribbon icon.png Adam Stern, Continuum : "A Stitch in Time"
  • Maxime Entringer, Marie-Eve Bedard-Tremblay, Cynthia Carrier, David Raymond, Aélis Héraud, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, Vanessa Delarosbil, Gabriel Morin and Dominic Marcotte, Being Human : "The Ties That Bind"
  • Stevie Ramone, Doug Campbell, Irit Hod, Kirk Brillon, Jim Maxwell, Tim Sibley, Adam Jewett, Ahmed Shehata, Luke Groves and Bill Halliday, The Borgias : "The Choice"
  • Tom Turnbull, Ian Britton, Colin Davies, Amy Daye, Eric Doiron, Peter Giliberti, Ariel Joson, Ian MacLeod, Chris Nokes and Mayur Patel, Titanic
  • Patrik Witzmann, Bret Culp, Julian Parry, Brian A. Smeets, Maria A. Gordon, Peter Lee, Bryan Luren, Jun Yue, Ryan Smith and Alphonso Young, Camelot : "The Sword and the Crown"

Directing

Animated program or seriesChildren's or youth
ComedyDocumentary program or series
Dramatic program or mini–seriesDramatic series
Lifestyle program or mini–seriesPerforming arts program or series
Reality or competition program or seriesVariety or sketch comedy program or series
Live sporting eventNews information program or series
  • Blueribbon icon.png Carmen Merrifield and Claude Vickery, The Fifth Estate : "Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden"
  • Mike Belley, Oil Change : "Episode 1"
  • Kathleen Coughlin, Marketplace : "When the Repairman Knocks"
  • Timothy Sawa, The Fifth Estate : "Scout's Honour"
  • Brian Sobie, The Extra Yard: Inside the 2011 Argos: "Episode 1"

Music

Non-fiction program or seriesOriginal score for a program
Original score for a series

Writing

Children's or youthComedy
DocumentaryDramatic program or miniseries
Drama seriesLifestyle or reality/competition program or series
Variety or sketch comedy program or series

Digital media

Original Program or Series, FictionCross-Platform Project, Fiction
  • Blueribbon icon.png Guidestones (iThentic, 3 o'clock.tv): Jonas Diamond, Lisa Baylin, Jeremy Diamond, Jay Ferguson, Denny Silverthorne, Catherine Talt
  • Out With Dad (JLeaver Presentations): Jason Leaver
  • Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Prison Dancer Web Inc.): Ana Serrano, Romeo Candido, Carmen De Jesus
  • Space Janitors (Space Mop): Geoff Lapaire, Davin Lengyel
  • What Are the Sevens? (Secret Location): James Milward, Ryan Andal, José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, Pietro Gagliano, Ashlee Lougheed
Original Program or Series, Non-FictionCross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction
  • Blueribbon icon.png Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden (CBC News, the fifth estate , Sean Embury, Fulscrn Digital Media Communications): Rachel Nixon, Marie Caloz, Marissa Nelson, Robert Sheppard, Jim Williamson
  • D-Day to Victory (Secret Location): James Milward, Ryan Andal, Noora Abu Eitah, Pietro Gagliano
  • 8th Fire (CBC): Annette Bradford, Jennifer Clibbon, Kelly Crichton, Phillip Djwa, Carole G. Gagnon, Jean Simard
  • #FAQMP (Stornoway Communications): Rosemary Fusca, Martha Fusca, Patrick Hickey, Kevin O'Keefe, Karyn Pugliese, Pamela Ward
  • Kidnapped: The Search for Graham McMynn (CBC News, the fifth estate , Sean Embury, Fulscrn Digital Media Communications): Jim Williamson, Marie Caloz, Gary Graves, Amber Hildebrant, Marissa Nelson
Cross-Platform Project, Children's

Multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsShow
12 War Witch
10 Laurence Anyways
8 Midnight's Children
7 L'Affaire Dumont
Still Mine
6 Goon
5 Inch'Allah
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
10 War Witch
2 Cosmopolis
Laurence Anyways
Midnight's Children

Special awards

Several special awards were given: [7]

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