The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014."Canadian Screen Awards Unveil Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, January 13, 2015.
Nominations were announced on January 13, 2015. On the film side, Mommy led with 13 nominations, while on the television side the science fiction series Orphan Black also received 13 nominations.
The awards ceremony were hosted by Andrea Martin at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario. Awards in many of the technical categories were presented in a series of galas throughout the week before the main ceremony.
Changes to the awards over previous years included the introduction of new categories for Best Cinematography in a Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary.
Film Motion Picture Direction Mommy — Xavier Dolan, Nancy GrantCast No Shadow — Chris Agoston, Christian Sparkes, Allison White Fall — Mehernaz Lentin In Her Place — Albert Shin, Igor Drljaca, Yoon Hyun Chan Maps to the Stars — Martin Katz, Michel Merkt, Saïd Ben Saïd You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) — Luc Déry, Kim McCraw | valign="top" | Xavier Dolan, Mommy David Cronenberg, Maps to the Stars Atom Egoyan, The Captive Stéphane Lafleur, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Albert Shin, In Her Place Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role Antoine Olivier Pilon, Mommy Evan Bird, Maps to the Stars Bruce Greenwood, Elephant Song Michael Murphy, Fall Ryan Reynolds, The Captive Anne Dorval, Mommy Ahn Ji-hye, In Her Place Julianne Côté, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars Yoon Da-gyeong, In Her Place Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role John Cusack, Maps to the Stars Justin Chatwin, Bang Bang Baby Kris Demeanor, The Valley Below Marc-André Grondin, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Robert Pattinson, Maps to the Stars Suzanne Clément, Mommy Sandrine Bisson, 1987 Gil Hae-yeon, In Her Place Catherine St-Laurent, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Mia Wasikowska, Maps to the Stars Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Xavier Dolan, Mommy Atom Egoyan and David B. Fraser, The Captive Pearl Ball-Harding and Albert Shin, In Her Place Bruce Wagner, Maps to the Stars Stéphane Lafleur, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Nicolas Billon, Elephant Song Scott Abramovitch, The Calling Joel Thomas Hynes, Cast No Shadow Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary Super Duper Alice Cooper — Sam Dunn, Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyenAll That We Make (Fermières) — Annie St-Pierre, Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw Guidelines (La marche à suivre) — Jean-François Caissy, Johanne Bergeron, Colette Loumède Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame — Tony Girardin | valign="top" | Jutra — Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Marc Bertrand, René ChénierThe Chaperone 3D — Fraser Munden Seth's Dominion — Luc Chamberland, Gerry Flahive, Michael Fukushima, Marcy Page |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Live Action Short Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Animated Short |- | valign="top" | Hole — Martin Edralin, Laura Perlmutter, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith The Cut (La Coupe) — Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering Follow the Fox (Suivre la piste du renard) — Simon Laganière Little Brother (Petit frère) — Rémi St-Michel, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Eric K. Boulianne Sleeping Giant — Andrew Cividino, Karen Harnisch, Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger | valign="top" | Me and My Moulton — Lise Fearnley, Torill Kove, Marcy PageDay 40 — Sol Friedman Improvisation no.1: Cumulative Loops — Luigi Allemano Migration — Mark Lomond and Johanne Ste-Marie Soif — René Chénier, Michèle Cournoyer, Galilé Marion-Gauvin, Marcel Jean |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Art Direction/Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Cinematography |- | valign="top" | Paul Denham Austerberry and Nigel Churcher, Pompeii Phillip Barker, The Captive Xavier Georges, Cast No Shadow William Layton, Fall Colombe Raby, Mommy André Turpin, Mommy Norayr Kasper, Fall Mathieu Laverdière, Henri Henri Luc Montpellier, It Was You Charlie Michel La Veaux, Meetings with a Young Poet Costume Design Editing Wendy Partridge, Pompeii Valérie Levesque, 1987 Francesca Chamberland, Henri Henri Xavier Dolan, Mommy Sarah Dunsworth, Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It Xavier Dolan, Mommy Greg Ng, Afflicted Arthur Tarnowski, Henri Henri Albert Shin, In Her Place Ron Sanders, Maps to the Stars Overall Sound Sound Editing Greg Chapman, Peter Persaud, Andrew Stirk, Andrew Tay and Mark Zsifkovits, Pompeii Christopher Guglick, Dave Mercel, Steve Moore, Justin Sawyer and Alex Turner, Bang Bang Baby Christian Cooke, Michael O'Farrell and Orest Sushko, Maps to the Stars Daniel Bisson, Gilles Corbeil and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Meetings with a Young Poet Sylvain Brassard, Jo Caron, François Grenon and Luc Landry, Mommy Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Fred Brennan, Alex Bullick, J.R. Fountain, Kevin Howard and Jill Purdy, Pompeii Elma Bello, Fall Christian Rivest, Henri Henri Raymond Legault, Simon Meilleur, Martin Pinsonnault and Claire Pochon, Meetings with a Young Poet Sylvain Brassard, Benoît Dame, Isabelle Favreau and Guy Francoeur, Mommy Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song Howard Shore, Maps to the Stars Jeffrey Morrow, Cast No Shadow Dan Mangan and Jesse Zubot, Hector and the Search for Happiness Patrick Lavoie, Henri Henri Patrice Dubuc and Gaëtan Gravel, Meetings with a Young Poet Manjeet Ral, "Dal Makhani" (Dr. Cabbie) Ian LeFeuvre, "The Whisper in Me" (Dirty Singles) Lewis Furey, "Road to Rainbow's End" (Love Project) Patric Caird and Sonya Cote, "Danse Elegant" (Tru Love) Dan Mangan, "Wants" (The Valley Below) Make-Up Visual Effects Maïna Militza, Mommy Virginie Boudreau, 1987 Lizane Lasalle, Henri Henri Colleen Quinton, Meetings with a Young Poet Amanda O'Leary, Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It Keith Acheson, Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Naomi Foakes, Jo Hughes, Chris MacLean, Mohsen Mousavi, Scott Riopelle, Andy Robinson and Eric Robinson, Pompeii Jason Dowdeswell, Neil Eskuri, Patti Gannon, Ivan Hayden, Neil Impey, Zach Lipovsky, James Rorick and Adele Venables, Afflicted Ian Britton, Robert Crowther, Steve Elliott, Oleksiy Golovchenko, Matt Philip, Jiang Shuming, Jay Stanners, Rob Tasker, Perunika Yorgova and Lexi Young, Wet Bum Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary Patrick McLaughlin, Everything Will Be Geoffroy Beauchemin, Alex Margineanu, Sami Mermer, Francois Vincelette, The Sower (Le semeur) Nicolas Canniccioni, Jean-Pierre St-Louis, Where I'm From (D’ou je viens) Nicolas Canniccioni, Guidelines (La marche à suivre) Marie Davignon, Jessica Lee Gagné, Geneviève Perron, All That We Make (Fermières) Reginald Harkema and Alex Shuper, Super Duper Alice Cooper Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Guidelines (La marche à suivre) Tony Girardin, Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame Robert Kennedy, Altman Myriam Magassouba, All That We Make (Fermières) Claude Jutra Award Golden Screen Award Jeffrey St. Jules, Bang Bang Baby Pompeii
Television
Programs Drama series Comedy series Orphan Black 19-2 Continuum Motive Remedy Call Me Fitz Mr. D Seed Spun Out Tiny Plastic Men Animated program or series Documentary program Rocket Monkeys Fangbone! Grojband Justin Time Numb Chucks Our Man in Tehran The Lost Highway Once More, The Story of VIN 903847 Sector Sarajevo Takedown: The DNA of GSP Children's or youth fiction Children's or youth non-fiction Degrassi The Next Step Total Drama All-Stars Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) Giver Museum Diaries The Next Star Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie History Documentary Program or Series Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy Baby Sellers The Best Laid Plans Bunks Apocalypse: World War I 28 Heroes Camp X: Secret Agent School War Story Who Killed Gandhi? International Drama Lifestyle Program or Series Vikings The Great Martian War Income Property Buying & Selling with the Property Brothers The Illegal Eater One Night Stand with Annie Sibonney You Gotta Eat Here! Music Program or Series Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series 2014 MuchMusic Video Awards Corb Lund: Memphis Sun God's Greatest Hits Johnny Reid: A Christmas Gift to You We Day 2013 Unsung: Behind the Glee Alias Chaos on the Bridge Jingle Bell Rocks The Kid From La Puente Pre-School Program or Series Reality/Competition Program or Series The Adventures of Napkin Man Peg + Cat Stella and Sam Yup Yups Zerby Derby The Amazing Race Canada Big Brother Canada Masterchef Canada The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia Unusually Thicke Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award) The Nature of Things: "Invasion of the Brain Snatchers"Mission Asteroid Secrets in the Bones: The Hunt for the Black Death Killer Wild Canada Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan | valign="top" | Tales from the Organ Trade The Exhibition The Ghosts in Our Machine Out of Mind, Out of Sight Factual Program or Series Variety or sketch comedy program or series Ice Pilots NWT Cold Water Cowboys Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH Scam City Tessa & Scott Rick Mercer Report Funny as Hell Seth Rogen: Hilarity for Charity This Hour Has 22 Minutes Golden Screen Award for TV Drama/Comedy Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show Rookie Blue The Listener Motive Murdoch Mysteries Saving Hope The Amazing Race Canada Battle of the Blades Big Brother Canada Dragon's Den MasterChef Canada Diversity Award The Exhibition
Actors Lead actor, drama Lead actress, drama Jared Keeso, 19-2 Adam Beach, Arctic Air Dillon Casey, Remedy Mike McLeod, Forgive Me David Sutcliffe, Cracked Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black Megan Follows, Reign Meaghan Rath, Being Human Jennie Raymond, Sex & Violence Jackie Torrens, Sex & Violence Lead actor, comedy Lead actress, comedy Don McKellar, Sensitive Skin Gerry Dee, Mr. D Dave Foley, Spun Out Adam Korson, Seed Mark Meer, Tiny Plastic Men Joanna Cassidy, Call Me Fitz Andrea Martin, Working the Engels Carrie-Lynn Neales, Seed Kacey Rohl, Working the Engels Julia Voth, Package Deal Lead actor, television film or miniseries Lead actress, television film or miniseries Jonas Chernick, The Best Laid Plans David Hirsh, Twist of Faith Nathaniel Parker, Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery Kyle Schmid, Saul: Journey to Damascus Jodi Balfour, Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy Jennifer Finnigan, Baby Sellers Kate Hewlett, Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery Supporting actor, drama Supporting actress, drama Jordan Gavaris, Orphan Black Paul Amos, Lost Girl Benz Antoine, 19-2 Dan Petronijevic, 19-2 Hugh Thompson, Forgive Me Ali Liebert, Bomb Girls Jane Alexander, Forgive Me Olympia Dukakis, Sex & Violence Laurence Leboeuf, 19-2 Maxim Roy, 19-2 Supporting actor, comedy Supporting actress, comedy Jonathan Torrens, Mr. D Marty Adams, Spun Out Elliott Gould, Sensitive Skin Peter MacNeill, Call Me Fitz Jay Malone, Package Deal Lauren Ash, Spun Out Lauren Hammersley, Mr. D Anne Openshaw, Call Me Fitz Azura Skye, Working the Engels Naomi Snieckus, Mr. D Performance in a children's or youth program or series Performance in a guest role, drama series Aislinn Paul, Degrassi Richard Harmon, If I Had Wings Christian Potenza, Total Drama All-Stars Brittany Raymond, The Next Step Charlie Storwick, Some Assembly Required Callum Keith Rennie, Motive Nicola Correia-Damude, Remedy Clayne Crawford, Rogue Brenda Fricker, Forgive Me Carol Sinclair, Sex & Violence Performance in an animated program or series Performance in a variety or sketch comedy program or series Scott McCord, Justin Time Dan Chameroy, Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion Sean Cullen, Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion Mark Edwards, Rocket Monkeys Julie Lemieux, Dinopaws Rick Mercer, Rick Mercer Report