The 10th
Canadian Screen Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...
were held on April 10, 2022, to honour achievements in
Canadian
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film, television and digital media production in 2021.
[Etan Vlessing]
"Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Receive Canadian Screen Awards Special Honor"
''The Hollywood Reporter
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'', January 18, 2022. Nominations were announced on February 15.
Due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
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, the main presentation of top award categories on April 10 were again staged as a pre-taped virtual special rather than at a live theatrical gala; however, unlike the 2020 and 2021 presentations, which were streamed solely on the Academy's social media accounts, the 2022 presentation was broadcast on
CBC Television
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and
CBC Gem
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.
[Barry Hertz]
"2022 Canadian Screen Awards go virtual again, but with CBC back onboard"
''The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', February 7, 2022. Awards in the categories not highlighted on the April 10 broadcast were presented in a series of Canadian Screen Week livestreams over the week before the main ceremony: broadcast news and documentary and factual awards on April 4; sports programming and digital categories on April 5; children's, animation, lifestyle and reality on April 6; television craft and performance on April 7; and cinematic arts on April 8.
[Greg David]
"Nominations announced for the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards"
''TV, eh?'', February 15, 2022.
In film, the top nominees were ''
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'' and ''
Night Raiders'', with 11 nods apiece, while in television the series ''
Sort Of
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'' was the leader with 13 nominations.
[
Reviewing the film nominations, Barry Hertz of '']The Globe and Mail
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'' characterized them as "the perfect slate", on the grounds that they had struck an excellent balance between the traditional tensions around whether an award nomination slate should celebrate films that are already relatively well-known or highlight underrated work that merits further attention.
Hosts and presenters
The April 10 broadcast was hosted by the sketch comedy troupe TallBoyz
''TallBoyz'' is a Canadian television sketch comedy troupe best known for their 2019-2022 CBC Television sketch comedy series.
The series stars Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair and Franco Nguyen, who have worked for several years in stage-bas ...
.["Prix Écrans canadiens : Laurence Leboeuf animera la remise de prix des Arts cinématographiques"]
''CTVM'', March 15, 2022. Category presenters included Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her comedy work on ''Second City Television'' (1976–84) and ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020) and in films such as '' After Hours'' (1985), ''Beetleju ...
, Tatiana Maslany
Tatiana Gabriele Maslany ( ; born September 22, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for playing multiple characters in the science fiction thriller television series ''Orphan Black'' (2013–2017), which won her a Primetime Emmy ...
, Sidney Crosby
Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed " The Next One", he was selected first o ...
, Ron MacLean, Jonathan and Drew Scott
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The home-renovation program, which is ...
, Arisa Cox
Arisa Cox (born December 7, 1978) is a Canadian television and radio personality, best known as the host of ''Big Brother Canada''.[Andrew Phung
Andrew Phung is a Canadian actor, improviser, and comedian. He played the character Kimchee Han on the CBC Television sitcom ''Kim's Convenience''."A Convenience truth; Andrew Phung stars in new TV series about an Asian corner store". ''Ottawa Ci ...]
and Priyanka
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."Catherine O’Hara, Tatiana Maslany among stars to appear at Canadian Screen Awards"
''The Globe and Mail
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'', March 25, 2022. Actor
Simu Liu
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also appeared in sketches with TallBoyz.
The advance Canadian Screen Week presentations were hosted by
Brandon Gonez,
Sangita Patel
Sangita Patel (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian television personality, currently the host of HGTV's ''Home to Win'' and an on-air personality of ''Entertainment Tonight Canada''.
Life and career
Patel completed her university degree in elec ...
,
Jennifer Hedger,
Supinder Wraich, Deepa Prashad,
Mary Berg,
Akiel Julien
Akiel Julien is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as LaTroy in the teen drama series ''The Next Step (Canadian TV series), The Next Step'', for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in ...
,
Ennis Esmer
Ennis Esmer (born December 29, 1978) is a Turkish-Canadian actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer and presenter. He is best known for his roles as Osman 'Oz' Bey in ''The Listener'', Kurtis 'Maz' Mazhari in ''Private Eyes'', Nash in '' ...
and
Laurence Leboeuf
Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress.
Biography
Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce for elementary and later on, she went to Villa Maria for hig ...
.
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Special awards
Recipients of the Academy's special awards were announced on January 18.[
*Board of Directors Tribute Award: Vince Commisso, John Galway
*]Gordon Sinclair Award The Gordon Sinclair Award is a Canadian journalism award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for excellence in broadcast journalism. Originally presented as part of the ACTRA Awards, it was transferred to the new Gemini Awar ...
: Rassi Nashalik
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Early life
Nashalik was born o ...
*Radius Award: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan ( ; born 28 December 2001) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her leading role as Devi Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series ''Never Have I Ever'' (2020–present) and as Priya Mangal in the Pixar film ''Turni ...
*Changemaker Award: Kayla Grey
Kayla Grey (born January 2, 1993) is a Canadian television sportscaster, currently working as an anchor for '' SportsCentre'' on TSN.
Career
A graduate of Toronto's College of Sports Media, Grey began her broadcasting career in Winnipeg as a ...
, Kathleen Newman-Bremang
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She has also worked as a television produ ...
, Amanda Parris
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*Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Cole
Film
Television
Programs
Actors
News and information
Sports
Craft awards
Directing
Music
Writing
All-platform awards
One major category is currently presented without regard to the distinction between film, television or web media content.
Audience awards
Nominees for the fan-voted Audience Choice award were announced on February 1.[Jamie Samhan]
"The 2022 Canadian Screen Awards’ Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award Nominees Announced"
''ET Canada
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'', February 1, 2022. Although normally individual actors or personalities are nominated in the category, in 2022 the Academy chose to honour shows.
The audience choice award was actually won by a show that had not been officially listed as one of the ten nominees;[ the process for this category does permit "]write-in
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" campaigns.[
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Digital media
References
External links
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