The 7th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018."Award Season is Upon Us". Northern Stars, December 31, 2018.
Nominations were announced by the Academy on February 7, 2019."Canadian Screen Awards: 'Anne With an E,' 'Schitt's Creek' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2019. Early coverage of the nominations highlighted the fact that the Best Picture category consisted entirely of French-language films from Quebec, with not a single English-language film named in the category."Canadian Screen Awards 2019: English-Canadian films shut out of best picture category". Now, February 7, 2019. This was also the first year that the ceremony did not have a host.
Ceremony
The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of advance Canadian Screen Week galas in the week before the main ceremony. The gala for non-fiction programming was held on March 26,"Gord Downie's Secret Path, Amazing Race and CBC News among Canadian Screen Awards winners". CBC News, March 26, 2019. the gala for creative fiction storytelling was held on March 27,"The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". ET Canada, March 28, 2019. the gala for digital production was held on March 28,"Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 28, 2019. and the gala for film craft categories was held in the afternoon of March 31."Les Québécois remportent plus de la moitié des trophées à l'avant-gala des prix Écrans canadiens". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2019.
The broadcast ceremony had no overall host, with the academy clarifying that the decision was made before the Academy Awards made the same announcement."Canadian Screen Awards trying 'different style of awards show' with no host". CP24, January 30, 2019. The ceremony did, however, included pretaped comedy segments from performers such as the casts of Baroness von Sketch Show and Letterkenny, as well as a short welcome introduction by actor Andrew Phung and drag queen Tynomi Banks."The Canadian Screen Awards were a celebration of our humour and even our niceness". Toronto Star, April 1, 2019.
In film, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) was the year's big winner with five awards, although the Best Picture award went to A Colony (Une colonie)."Anne with an E, Cardinal lead Canadian Screen Awards with seven wins apiece". Toronto Star, March 31, 2019. In television, the drama series Anne with an E and Cardinal tied for the most wins, with seven awards each.
Special awards The first recipients of the academy's special awards were announced on January 15."Canadian Screen Awards announce special honorees". News 1130 CKWX, January 15, 2019.
Board of Directors Award: Kevin Tierney, Elizabeth Klinck, Carole Vivier, Roman Bittman Margaret Collier Award: Brad Wright Industry Leadership Award: Entertainment One Lifetime Achievement Award: Deepa Mehta Radius Award: Stephan James Earle Grey Award: Mary Walsh Academy Icon Award: The Kids in the Hall
Film Motion Picture Direction A Colony (Une colonie) – Fanny Drew, Sarah ManneringFamily First (Chien de garde) – Étienne Hansez Genesis (Genèse) – Galilé Marion-Gauvin The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) – Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) – Christian Larouche, Guillaume Colboc, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky | valign="top" | Jasmin Mozaffari, Firecrackers Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, A Colony (Une colonie) Sophie Dupuis, Family First (Chien de garde) Maxime Giroux, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Daniel Roby, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role Théodore Pellerin, Family First (Chien de garde) Martin Dubreuil, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Paul Nutarariaq, The Grizzlies Brandon Oakes, Through Black Spruce Michael Rowe, Crown and Anchor Émilie Bierre, A Colony (Une colonie) Valeria Henríquez, The Padre Rose-Marie Perreault, Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages) Brigitte Poupart, Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau) Carla Turcotte, Sashinka Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role Richard Clarkin, The Drawer Boy Paul Ahmarani, Genesis (Genèse) Paul Doucet, With Love (L'Amour) Michel Robin, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, A Colony (Une colonie) Sarah Gadon, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Irlande Côté, A Colony (Une colonie) Romane Denis, Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Anna Lambe, The Grizzlies Kate Moyer, Our House Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Catherine Léger, Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Renée Beaulieu, Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau) Marc Bisaillon, With Love (L'Amour) Philippe Lesage, Genesis (Genèse) Guillaume Lemans, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Robert Budreau, Stockholm Sharon Lewis, Brown Girl Begins Nathan Parker, Our House Arturo Pérez Torres, The Drawer Boy Paul Risacher, Claude Landry and Maxime Landry, Racetime (La Course des tuques) Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary Anthropocene: The Human Epoch – Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward BurtynskyThe Devil's Share (La Part du diable) – Colette Loumède, Luc Bourdon Immaculate Memories: The Uncluttered Worlds of Christopher Pratt – Kenneth J. Harvey Letter from Masanjia – Leon Lee What Walaa Wants – Christy Garland, Matt Code, Anne Köhncke, Justine Pimlott, Anita Lee | valign="top" | My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes – Charlie TyrellBonfires – Martin Bureau On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi – Barry Avrich, Howie Mandel, Brandon Gross, Skyler Gross Prince's Tale – Jamie Miller Voices of Kidnapping – Ryan McKenna |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Live Action Short Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Animated Short |- | valign="top" | Fauve – Jérémy Comte, Maria Gracia Turgeon, Evren BoisjoliThe Colour of Your Lips (La couleur de tes lèvres) – Annick Blanc, Maria Gracia Turgeon The Fish and the Sea – Phillip Thomas For Nonna Anna – Luis De Filippis Mahalia Melts in the Rain – Émilie Mannering, Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Sarah Mannering, Fanny Drew | valign="top" | Animal Behaviour – Alison Snowden, David Fine, Michael FukushimaBiidaaban (The Dawn Comes) – Amanda Strong Caterpillarplasty – David Barlow-Krelina, Jelena Popović The Subject (Le sujet) – Patrick Bouchard, Julie Roy A Visit (Une visite) – Parissa Mohit |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Art Direction/Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Cinematography |- | valign="top" | Patricia McNeil and Sylvain Dion, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Emmanuel Fréchette, The Hummingbird Project Marie-Claude Gosselin, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Iñigo Navarro, The Padre Elisa Sauve, Octavio Is Dead! Sara Mishara, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Daniel Grant, Octavio Is Dead! Ian Lagarde, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Sara Mishara, Allure Paul Sarossy, The Padre Costume Design Editing Patricia McNeil, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Lea Carlson, Stockholm Eugénie Clermont, A Colony (Une colonie) Hanna Puley, Octavio Is Dead! Mara Zigler, Firecrackers Simone Smith, Firecrackers Richard Comeau, Stockholm Elric Robichon, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Jules Saulnier, Sashinka Arthur Tarnowski and Nicolas Chaudeurge, The Hummingbird Project Overall Sound Sound Editing Pierre Mertens, Thomas Gauder and Alexis Oscari, The Hummingbird Project Michel Lecoufle, 1991 Stéphane Barsalou and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, With Love (L'Amour) Gilles Corbeil and Stéphane Bergeron, The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Frédéric Cloutier, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Louis Desparois, The Nest (Le nid) Martin Pinsonnault, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Christian Rivest, Stéphane Bergeron and Guy Pelletier, Racetime (La Course des tuques) Lee Walpole and Thomas Huhn, Stockholm Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song Alaska B, Through Black Spruce Olivier Alary, Allure Philippe Brault, The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Naren Chandavarkar and Benedict Taylor, Black Kite Yves Gourmeur, The Hummingbird Project Dan General, Thomas Lambe and Adam Tanuyak, "Trials" – The Grizzlies Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Litovitz and Alia O'Brien, "Ghost of Love (Onakabazien Remix)" – Octavio Is Dead! Jean-Sébastien Williams, "Help Is on the Way" – Sashinka Makeup Hair Françoise Quilichini, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Lauryn Ford, Crown and Anchor Carla Hutchinson, Brown Girl Begins Tammy-Lou Pate, Venus Fanny Vachon, The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) Peggy Kyriakidou, Stockholm Renée Chan, Love Jacked Daniel Jacob, 1991 Anne Moralis, André Duval, The Hummingbird Project Johanne Paiement, Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary Nicholas de Pencier, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Nicolas Canniccioni, First Stripes (Premières armes) Christy Garland, What Walaa Wants Étienne Roussy, The Other Rio (L'autre Rio) Matthieu Rytz, Anote's Ark Michel Giroux, The Devil's Share (La Part du diable) Michael Aaglund and Graeme Ring, What Walaa Wants Dave Kazala, Dolphin Man Rich Williamson, Take Light Graham Withers, Transformer Visual Effects John Dunning Best First Feature Award Benoit Brière and Bruno Maillard, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) William Chang and Brian Huynh, Our House Philippe Frère, Stéphane Thibert, Alexandre Rouil, Véronique Dessard, Loïc Poës, Barthélémy Beaux, Morgan Hardy, Bernard Devillers and Gaël Durant, The Hummingbird Project Fredrik Nord, Stockholm Jean-François Talbot and Jean-Pierre Boies, 1991 A Colony (Une colonie) – Geneviève Dulude-De Celles Family First (Chien de garde) – Sophie Dupuis Firecrackers – Jasmin Mozaffari The Nest (Le nid) – David Paradis Touched – Karl R. Hearne Special awards Golden Screen Award: ''1991'' – Ricardo Trogi
Television
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