The 7th annual

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 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 of Canadian Cinema and Television The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize the achievements of the over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals, most notably through the Canadian Scre ...

on February 7, 2019. Early coverage of the nominations highlighted the fact that the Best Picture category consisted entirely of French-language films from

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, with not a single English-language film named in the category. 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, the gala for creative fiction storytelling was held on March 27, the gala for digital production was held on March 28, and the gala for film craft categories was held in the afternoon of March 31. The broadcast ceremony had no overall host, with the academy clarifying that the decision was made before the

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made the same announcement."Canadian Screen Awards trying 'different style of awards show' with no host"

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, January 30, 2019. The ceremony did, however, included pretaped comedy segments from performers such as the casts of ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as a short welcome introduction by actor

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 drag queen

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. In film, ''

The Great Darkened Days ''The Great Darkened Days'' (french: La grande noirceur) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Maxime Giroux and released in 2018. Set during World War II, the film centres on Philippe (Martin Dubreuil), a draft dodger from Quebec who is living a ...

(La grande noirceur)'' was the year's big winner with five awards, although the Best Picture award went to ''

A Colony ''A Colony'' (french: Une colonie) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles and released in 2018. The film centres on Mylia (Émilie Bierre), a young girl starting high school who is torn between her new friends ...

(Une colonie)''."Anne with an E, Cardinal lead Canadian Screen Awards with seven wins apiece"
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'', March 31, 2019. In television, the drama series ''

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'' and ''

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'' 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 Kevin Tierney (August 27, 1950 – May 12, 2018) was a Canadian film producer from Montreal who co-wrote and produced the most popular Canadian film of all time at the domestic box office, ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'', for which he earned a Golden Re ...

Elizabeth Klinck Elizabeth Klinck is a visual researcher and clearance specialist in the Canadian and international documentary film industry. Some of the notable projects she has worked on include Werner Herzog's '' Into the Inferno'', Thorsten Schütte's '' Eat ...

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Roman Bittman Roman Norbert Bittman (June 5, 1941 - November 7, 2017) was a Canadian film and television producer, most noted as a longtime producer of news and current affairs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Born in Fort Vermilion, Alberta to a Germ ...

Margaret Collier Award The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, ...

Brad Wright Brad Wright (born May 2, 1961) is a Canadian television producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (with Jonathan Glassner), ''Stargate Atlantis'' (with Robert C. Cooper) and ''Stargat ...

*Industry Leadership Award:

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*Lifetime Achievement Award:

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 1 January 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005 ...

*Radius Award: Stephan James *

Earle Grey Award The Earle Grey Award is the lifetime achievement award for television acting of the Canadian Screen Awards, and its predecessor the Gemini Awards. It can be presented to an individual or collaborative team (such as SCTV or Royal Canadian Air Farce) ...

: Mary Walsh *Academy Icon Award:

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