February 15, 2022
Canadian Screen Awards Nominations
DGC Members and Productions receive over 100 Canadian Screen Awards nominations! Congratulations and best of luck to all those nominated for a 2022 CSA.
The awards will be presented over six days during Canadian Screen Week, including the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards show, which will be broadcast on CBC and CBC Gem on Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. Click here for the full schedule.
FILM
Best Motion Picture
Night Raiders
Wildhood
Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design
Danny Haeberlin - All My Puny Sorrows
Nigel Churcher - The Exchange
Jean Babin - Maria Chapdelaine
Ève Turcotte, Jean Babin - Maria Chapdelaine
Achievement in Direction
Anthony Scott Burns - Come True
Danis Goulet - Night Raiders
Shasha Nakhai - Scarborough
Bretten Hannam - Wildhood
Achievement in Editing
Michelle Szemberg, Orlee Buium - All My Puny Sorrows
Dev Singh - Cinema of Sleep
Achievement in Sound Mixing
J.R Fountain - Paw Patrol: The Movie
Achievement in Sound Editing
Martin Gwynn Jones, Brennan Mercer, Brent Pickett and Jane Tattersall - All My Punny Sorrows
Sean Karp, Will Preventis, Noah Siegel - Dino Dana: The Movie
Kristi McIntyre - Kicking Blood
J.R. Fountain, Nelson Ferreira, Mark Dejczak, Robert Hegedus, Steve Hammond - Paw Patrol: The Movie
Krystin Hunter, Paul Germann - Scarborough
Original Screenplay
Danis Goulet - Night Raiders
Mark O'Brien - The Righteous
Ted Rogers Best Feature-Length Documentary
Matt Code – My Tree
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers - Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Best Short Documentary
Jérémie Battaglia - The Brother | Le Frere
Best Live Action Short Drama
Anne St-Pierre - Like the Ones I Used to Know | Les Grandes Claques
John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award
Danis Goulet - Night Raiders
Shasha Nakhai - Scarborough
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
Ben Lawrence - My Tree
Jennifer Abbott - The Magnitude of all Things
Best Animated Short
Terril Calder - Meneath: the Hidden Island of Ethics
TELEVISION
Best TV Movie
I Was Lorena Bobbit
Faith Heist
The Color of Love
The Christmas Setup
Midnight at the Magnolia
Best Drama Series
Coroner
Moonshine
The North Water (Post Only)
Transplant
Vikings
Best Comedy Series
Jann
Kim’s Convenience
Letterkenny
Sort Of
Strays
Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Tallboyz
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Matt Gallagher - Dispatches From a Field Hospital
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Kevin Eastwood - British Columbia: An Untold History
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Jennifer Abbott, The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Endlings
Hardy Boys
Lockdown
Odd Squad Mobile Unit
Best Direction, TV Movie
Sharon Lewis - Death She Wrote
JB Sugar - Faith Heist
Gail Harvey - Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Danishka Esterhazy - I Was Lorena Bobbit
Gloria Kim - Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves Story
Best Direction, Drama Series
Charles Officer - Coroner - Eyes Up
Tracey Deer - Hudson & Rex
Sharon Lewis - Murdoch Mysteries - The .38 Murdoch Special
Warren Sonoda - Murdoch Mysteries - Murdoch Escape Room
Helen Shaver - Vikings - All at Sea
Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy
Shelagh O'Brien - Roast Battle Canada - Episode 1
Bruce McCulloch - TallBoyz - You're The Dads Now!
Best Direction, Comedy
Siobhan Devine - Kim's Convenience
Winnifred Jong - Pretty Hard Cases - Gliders
Renuka Jeyapalan - Sort Of - Sort Of A Party
Fab Filippo - Sort Of - Sort Of Mary Poppins
Aleysa Young - Workin' Moms - FACK
Best Direction, Children's or Youth
Graeme Lynch - All-Round Champion - Boxing
Melanie Orr - Endlings - One World One Family
Melanie Orr - The Hardy Boys - What Happened In Bridgeport
Nicole Stamp - Lockdown - The Confession
J.J. Johnson, Stefan Scaini - Odd Squad Mobile Unit - H2 Oh No / In Your Dreams
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Shelagh O’Brien – Canada's Drag Race - Under The Big Top
Graeme Lynch – Race Against the Tide - Things That Go Bump in the Night
Best Direction, Factual
Cat Hostick - Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life - Portal to Hell
Best Writing, Comedy
Fab Filippo - Sort Of - Sort Of Gone
Best Writing, Children's or Youth
Nicole Stamp - Lockdown - Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Best Picture Editing, Drama
Teresa de Luca - Coroner - Christmas Day
Kimberlee McTaggart - Moonshine
Kathy Weinkauf - Murdoch Mysteries - Murdoch Escape Room
Simone Smith - SurrealEstate - For Sale by Owner
Michael Doherty - Wynonna Earp - Old Souls
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Cathy Gulkin – Inside The Great Vaccine Race
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Jonathan Dowler – Big Brother Canada - Finale
Best Picture Editing, Comedy
Aren Hansen - Kim's Convenience - Appa & Linus
Kyle Martin - Letterkenny - Sleepover
Lisa Grootenboer - Pretty Hard Cases - Jellybeans
Sam Thomson, Craig Webster - Sort Of - Sort Of Back Again
Marianna Khoury - Workin' Moms - FACK
Best Sound, Fiction
Janice Ierulli, Mark Shnuriwsky - Frankie Drake Mysteries - Sweet Justice
Jane Tattersall, Matthew Chan, Ian Rankin, Martin Gwynn Jones, Brennan Mercer - The North Water - Homo Homini Lupus
Paul Germann, Martin Gwynn Jones - Sort Of - Sort Of Miracle
Janice Ierulli, Matthew Hussey, Mark Shnuriwsky - Vikings - The Last Act
Janice Ierulli, Matthew Hussey, Mark Shnuriwsky - Wynonna Earp
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction
Bob Sher - Murdoch Mysteries - Murdoch and the Tramp
Emmanuel Fréchette - The North Water
Chris Crane, Joel Guzman - Sort Of - Sort Of A Party
Trevor Smith - Wynonna Earp - Hell Raisin' Good Time
Best Visual Effects
Dominic Remane – Vikings - The Signal
DIGITAL MEDIA
Best Web Program or Series, Fiction
21 Black Futures
For The Record
Next Stop
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
Brishkay Ahmed - Fatima in Kabul
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
Charles Officer - 21 Black Futures - The Death News
Sudz Sutherland - For the Record - Climax
Alicia K. Harris - Next Stop - Aftermath
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
Jonathan Torrens - Your Two Cents
Kathleen S. Jayme - Farm Crime
Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction
J.J. Johnson – Fossil Hunt
Best Performance, Animation
Lorne Cardinal - Corner Gas Animated