“It is your talent, determination and yes, your sense of fun, which bring diverse stories to our many screens,” said Helga Stephenson, Academy CEO. “The Academy is proud to recognize you, the Canadians creators delivering excellence in television and digital media year-round.”
One of the big winners last night was the documentary, Our Man in Tehran, which picked up a total of four Canadian Screen Awards.
Following is a complete list of award-winners by category:
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research: Tales From The Organ Trade History Channel Canada (Shaw Media) Ric Esther Bienstock, Sheila Mandell, Anastasia Trofimova
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research: Apocalypse WWI – Fury TVO / Knowledge Network (TVO, Knowledge Network) Valerie Combard, Elizabeth Klinck
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series: UNSUNG: Behind the Glee TVO (TVO) (Shaftesbury) Scott Garvie, Christina Jennings, Moze Mossanen, Jeff Spriet
Best Cross-Platform Project – Children`s and Youth Sponsor | Bell Fund: Grojband – The Show Must Go On! (Secret Location, Fresh TV) Noora Abu Eitah, Ryan Andal, Pietro Gagliano, Tom McGillis, James Milward
Best Cross-Platform Project – Fiction: Played – Interference (Secret Location, Bell Media, Back Alley Film Productions) Ryan Andal, Lisa Collings, Melonie de Guzman, Marty Flanagan, Pietro Gagliano, Janis Lundman, James Milward, Greg Nelson, Chris Skinner, Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Best Cross-Platform Project – Non-Fiction: Big Brother Canada Digital (Secret Location) Ryan Andal, Lynne Carter, Michala Duffield, Zach Feldberg, Sean Fernie, Pietro Gagliano, CJ Hervey, Cynthia Long, James Milward, Emily Morgan, Christine Shipton
Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series: Wild Canada – The Eternal Frontier CBC (CBC) Jeff Turner
Best Direction in a Documentary Program: Our Man in Tehran TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) Drew Taylor (pictured), Larry Weinstein
Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series: Income Property – Jamie HGTV Canada (Shaw Media) Marc Simard
Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event: 2013 Grey Cup TSN (Bell Media) Paul Hemming
Best Direction in a Reality / Competition Program or Series: The Amazing Race Canada – What`s it Take to Get a Cup of Tea CTV (Bell Media) Rob Brunner
Best Documentary Program: Sponsor | bravoFACTUAL: Our Man in Tehran TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) (Rhombus Media Inc., Film House Inc.) Niv Fichman, Drew Taylor, Larry Weinstein
Best Factual Program or Series: Ice Pilots NWT History Channel Canada (Shaw Media) (Omnifilm Entertainment Ltd.) Michael Chechik, David Gullason, Gabriela Schonbach
Best History Documentary Program or Series: Apocalypse WWI TVO / Knowledge Network (TVO / Knowledge Network) (Ideacom international, CC&C) Josée Roberge, Eric Michel, Josette D. Normandeau, Louis Vaudeville, Pascale Ysebaert
Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series: W5 CTV (Bell Media) Tom Kennedy
Best Lifestyle or Talk Program or Series: Income Property HGTV Canada (Shaw Media) (SKIT Inc) Jennifer Dick, Jenna Keane, Al Magee, Scott McGillivray, Kit Redmond
Best Live Sports Event Sponsor | Dome Productions Olympics – Gold Medal Hockey Game – Women CBC (CBC) (CBC) Chris Irwin, Brian Spear
Best Local Newscast CBC News: Toronto CBC (CBC) (CBC Toronto) Dwight Drummond, Dayna Gourley, Alan Habbick, Anne-Marie Mediwake, Alexandra Sienkiewicz
Best National Newscast: Global National Global (Shaw Media) (Global News) Kenton Boston, Dawna Friesen, Michael Hennigar, Doug Sydora, Doriana Temolo
Best News Anchor, Local: Global BC News Hour Global BC (Shaw Media) Chris GailusBest News or Information Program CBC News: the fifth estate – Made in Bangladesh CBC (CBC) (CBC) Tarannum Kamlani, Mark Kelley, Lysanne Louter, Aileen McBride
Best News or Information Segment: W5 – The War Zone CTV (Bell Media) Mary Dartis, Garry Dwyer-Joyce, Paul Freer, Denis Langlois, Victor Malarek, Jerry Vienneau
Best News or Information Series: CBC News: the fifth estate CBC (CBC) (CBC News) Julian Sher, Jim Williamson
Best News Special CBC News: Moncton Shooting – The Capture of Justin Bourque CBC (CBC) (CBC News: The National, CBC News Network, CBC New Brunswick) Derek Desouza, Mark Harrison, Darrow MacIntyre, Mark Ross, Kate Scroggins
Best Original Interactive Production Produced for Digital Media: Fort McMoney (TOXA, NFB) David Dufresne, Raphaëlle Huysmans, Philippe Lamarre, Hugues Sweeney
Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series: Tales From The Organ Trade History Channel Canada (Shaw Media) John Welsman
Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media – Non-Fiction: A Short History of the Highrise (The New York Times, NFB) Katerina Cizek, Gerry Flahive, Jacqueline Myint, Jason Spingarn-Koff
Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series: Our Man in Tehran TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) John Minh Tran
Best Photography in a Lifestyle or Reality / Competition Program or Series: Survivorman – Survivorman: Argentina Travel & Escape / Science Channel (Blue Ant Media Production Inc/Discovery Communications LLC) Max Attwood
Best Photography in a News or Information Program, Series or Segment: 16×9 – Lev Tahor Global (Shaw Media) Kirk Neff
Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series: Our Man in Tehran TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) Steve Weslak
Best Picture Editing in a Factual Program or Series: Mayday – Into the Eye of the Storm Discovery Channel Canada (Bell Media) Daniel Hawkes
Best Picture Editing in a Reality/Competition Program or Series: The Amazing Race Canada – What`s it Take to Get a Cup of Tea CTV (Bell Media) Jonathan Dowler, Al Manson, Kyle Martin, Seth Poulin, Michael Tersigni
Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series: Big Brother Canada – Finale Slice (Shaw Media) Peter Faragher, Andy Roskaft, Sandra Svendsen
Best Reportage, Local: Mount Polley Mine Disaster Global (Shaw Media) John Daly, Jas Johal, Marc Riddell
Best Reportage, National CTV News – They Would Bury the Children Last CTV (Bell Media) Janis Mackey Frayer
Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series The Nature of Things – Invasion of the Brain Snatchers CBC / Radio-Canada (CBC /Radio-Canada) (CBC / Radio-Canada) Sue Dando, Mike Downie, FM Morrison, David Wells
Best Sound in a Documentary, Factual or Lifestyle Program or Series: Our Man in Tehran TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) Martin Lee, David McCallum, Sanjay Mehta, Brennan Mercer, Jane Tattersall
Best Sports Analyst in a Sports Program or Series: 2014 NHL Playoffs – Game 7- Los Angeles/Anaheim TSN (Bell Media) Ray FerraroBest Sports Feature Segment Re/Orientation TSN (Bell Media) Brent Blanchard, Mike Farrell, Paul Harrington, Josh Shiaman, Ken Volden, Aaron Ward
Best Sports Opening/Tease: 2013 Grey Cup TSN (Bell Media) Matt Dunn, Owen Ewers, Michael Farber, George Hupka
Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer: 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games CBC (CBC) Jim Hughson
Best Sports Program or Series: What If: The Unlikely Story of Toronto`s Baseball Giants Sportsnet (Rogers Media) (Fadoo Productions Inc, TBJ 2014 Docs Inc.) Corey Russell
Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Factual Series: Tales From The Organ Trade History Channel Canada (Shaw Media) Ric Esther Bienstock
Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality / Competition Program or Series: The Amazing Race Canada – What`s it Take to Get a Cup of Tea CTV (Bell Media) Rob Brunner, Mark LysakowskiDonald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Sponsor | Rogers Group of Funds Tales From The Organ Trade History Channel Canada (Shaw Media) (Associated Producers Ltd.) Ric Esther Bienstock, Felix Golubev, Simcha Jacobovici
Four previously announced Academy Special Award winners were also presented last night: The Diversity Award was given to The Exhibition (Damon Vignale, Robert Straight and Miho Yamamoto). The Humanitarian Award was given to Michael Landsberg. The Digital Media Trailblazing Award went to Jeffrey Elliott. And The Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism was given Ric Esther Bienstock.
Northernstars.ca congratulates all of the winners of a 2015 Canadian Sreen Award.
Also see: Canadian Screen Awards – Night Two. |