| 5th Canadian Screen Awards | |
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| Date | March 12, 2017 |
| Location | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto |
| Hosted by | Howie Mandel |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Film: It's Only the End of the World (6) TV: Orphan Black (9) |
| Most nominations | Film: It's Only the End of the World (9) TV: Orphan Black (14) |
| Best Motion Picture | It's Only the End of the World |
| Best Dramatic Series | Orphan Black |
| Best Comedy Series | Letterkenny |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC |
| Produced by | Barry Avrich |
The 5th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 12, 2017, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2016. [1] Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017. [2]
Awards in many of the technical categories were presented in a series of galas, collectively called Canadian Screen Week, in the days leading up to the main ceremony. At the main ceremony, the film It's Only the End of the World and the television series Orphan Black won the most awards in film and television categories, with six and nine awards, respectively. [3]
The ceremony was hosted by Howie Mandel. [4] His performance was not well received by critics; Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail criticized Mandel's recurring joke of dubbing the awards the STDs – for "Screen, television, Digital" – in response to the fact that the awards still do not have an official short-form name in the manner of "Oscar" for the Academy Awards, [4] while Norman Wilner of NOW criticized Mandel's "hacky crowd work and even hackier bits", concluding that "I'm sure this stuff kills at Casino Rama, but when you're supposed to be anchoring an awards show it just seems cheap and lazy." [5]
Both critics wrote that the broadcast's best moments came from various winners' moving and funny acceptance speeches, including Tatiana Maslany's emotional response to winning the award for Best Actress in a Film for The Other Half ; Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's moving speech about how honoured he was to win Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Kim's Convenience , a series which celebrated the immigrant contribution to Canadian society; Christopher Plummer's grace and humility in accepting a lifetime achievement award; and Catherine O'Hara's decision to accept her award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in character as Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek . [4] [5]
At the broadcast, George Stroumboulopoulos announced that beginning in 2018, the academy's annual award for Science or Nature Documentary Program would be named the Rob Stewart Award in memory of documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart, who died in January 2017. [6]
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| Animated program or series | Documentary program |
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| Children's or youth fiction | Children's or youth non-fiction |
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| Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie | History Documentary Program or Series |
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| Performing arts program | Lifestyle Program or Series |
| Music Program or Series | Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series |
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| Pre-School Program or Series | Reality/Competition Program or Series |
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| Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series | Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award) |
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| Factual Program or Series | Variety or sketch comedy program or series |
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| Live entertainment special | Talk program or series |
| Golden Screen Award for TV Drama/Comedy | Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show |
| News special | News reportage, local |
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| News reportage, national | Local newscast |
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| National newscast | News or information series |
| News anchor, local | News anchor, national |
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| Host or interviewer, news or information program or series | News or information program |
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| Host in a variety or reality competition program or series | Host in a lifestyle, talk or entertainment news program or series |
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| Sports feature segment | Sports opening |
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| Editorial research (Barbara Sears Award) | Visual research (Barbara Sears Award) |
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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 | Photography in a variety or sketch comedy program or series |
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| Editing in a comedy program or series | Editing in a dramatic program or series |
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| Editing in a variety or sketch comedy 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 a variety or animated program or series | Visual effects |
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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 program or mini–series | Live sporting event |
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| Reality or competition program or series | Variety or sketch comedy program or series |
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| Immersive Experience | Original Interactive Production |
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| Original Program or Series, fiction | Original Program or Series, Non-Fiction |
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| Cross-Platform Project, fiction | Cross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction |
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| Cross-Platform Project, Children's | Direction |
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| Nominations | Film |
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| 9 | It's Only the End of the World |
| 8 | Race |
| 6 | Before the Streets |
| Operation Avalanche | |
| Weirdos | |
| 5 | Born to Be Blue |
| Old Stone |
| Awards | Film |
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| 6 | It's Only the End of the World |
| 4 | Race |
| 2 | Born to Be Blue |
| I Am the Blues | |
| Two Lovers and a Bear | |
| Weirdos |
| Nominations | Show |
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| 14 | Orphan Black |
| 13 | Schitt's Creek |
| 11 | Kim's Convenience |
| 10 | 19–2 |
| 9 | Vikings |
| 8 | CBC News: The National |
| Letterkenny | |
| 7 | Frontier |
| The Amazing Race Canada | |
| 6 | Mr. D |
| Rio 2016 | |
| The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration | |
| Wynonna Earp | |
| 5 | 2016 Juno Awards |
| Baroness von Sketch Show | |
| Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr | |
| Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas | |
| Odd Squad | |
| Reign | |
| Slasher | |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | |
| X Company |
| Awards | Show |
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| 9 | Orphan Black |
| 5 | CBC News: The National |
| 6 | The Amazing Race Canada |
| 4 | Kim's Convenience |
| Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas | |
| The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration | |
| 3 | Baroness von Sketch Show |
| Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr | |
| Letterkenny | |
| Still Standing |
Several special awards were given: [8]
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