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AWARDS INTELLIGENCER: Here Come the Canadian Screen Awards – Thelma Adams reports

May 31, 2024May 30, 2024 Thelma Adams awards intelligencer, Blackberry, canadian screen awards, Grolsch People’s Choice Awards, Jay Baruchel, movie awards, TIFF, toronto international film festival

The 12th Annual Canadian Screen Awards are announced at a televised Awards Ceremony gala broadcast on the CBC, as the culmination of Canadian Screen Week, which began on May 28th. The kudos have been largely ignored by an American awards press that is already reading the tea leaves of 2025 following the announcement of the prestigious Palme D’Or awarded to American Sean Baker’s Anora at the Cannes Film Festival. It seems like a bit of an oversight, eh? To put this in context, the Toronto International Film Festival, held yearly in September, has become a launch point for the awards season, and a major stop for movies seeking Oscar buzz. How do the Canadian Screen Awards fit into the picture?

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SCARBOROUGH – Review by Liz Braun

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Liz Braun Anna Claire Beitel, canadian screen awards, Catherine Hernandez, Liam Diaz, Mekiya Fox, Rich Williamson, Scarborough, Shasha Nakhai, Toronto Film Critics’ Association

Scarborough is a splendid film based on Catherine Hernandez’s award-winning novel about the community where she grew up. Like the book, the film is a love letter to a place and a community that’s home to 650,000 people in Toronto’s east end. Directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson. the film centers on three children of 8 or 9 years old who rely on each other growing up in a tough neighborhood. Despite a tiny budget, the profoundly moving Scarborough won the Shawn Mendes Changemaker Award at TIFF last fall and now has 11 nominations at the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Catherine O’Hara: Canadian Screen Award, SCHITT’S CREEK and sexism – Brandy McDonnell reports

April 2, 2019April 4, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments canadian screen awards, catherine ohara, schitts creek

Catherine O’Hara has won the best comedy actress prize at the Canadian Screen Awards for her consistently uproarious turn as a former soap opera actress struggling to cope when her wealthy family loses all of its riches on the CBC sitcom Schitt’s Creek.