The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Drama Film is an annual award, presented by the
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television as part of the
Canadian Screen Awards program, to honour the best leading performance in a
drama film.
After the academy announced in August 2022 that it was discontinuing its former gendered awards for
Best Actor
Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play.
The term most often refers to th ...
and
Best Actress, they presented only a single award for
Best Lead Performance in a Film at the
11th Canadian Screen Awards
11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables.
Name
"Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested i ...
in 2023.
[Jenna Benchetrit]
"Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards"
CBC News, April 13, 2023. The organization subsequently decided to increase the number of acting awards again, with the new awards separated by genre of film instead of performer gender; beginning with the
12th Canadian Screen Awards
The 12th Canadian Screen Awards is an upcoming ceremony, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They are scheduled to be held at the Can ...
in 2024, distinct awards will now be presented for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film and
Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film.
["Rules and Regulation Change Highlights"]
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, August 2023.
2020s
References
{{Canadian Screen Awards
Film awards for lead actor
Film awards for lead actress
Lead Performance in a Drama Film
Awards established in 2024
*Drama