CBC/Radio-Canada and its creative talent and production partners were recognized with 55 Canadian Screen Awards from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television over four days during Canadian Screen Week 2024, following 288 nominations announced earlier this year. CBC-originated film BLACKBERRY (Rhombus Media and Zapruder Films) won a record-setting 14 awards including Best Motion Picture, Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy, Achievement in Direction and Adapted Screenplay, while CBC original series THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES (IoM Media) swept its five categories, the finale season of SORT OF (Sphere Media) won four awards including Best Direction, Comedy for co-creator Fab Filippo, and SON OF A CRITCH (Project 10 Productions and Take The Shot Productions) won the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award.
Canadian Screen Week culminates later tonight with one-hour special THE 2024 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS hosted by comedian Mae Martin, airing at 8 p.m. (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC and CBC Gem. The special will feature joyous and emotional award-show moments and unprecedented access to nominees and Special Award winners, offering audiences a celebratory look at the best in Canadian film, television and digital media. Celebrating its 12th year, the Canadian Screen Awards honour homegrown excellence in scripted, unscripted, documentary, news and sports programming.
The full list of CBC/Radio-Canada’s wins can be found here.
Highlights include:
- CBC’s original scripted programming was recognized with 17 awards. THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES swept its five nominated categories, including Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series and Best Variety or Entertainment Special for THIS SPECIAL HAS 30 YEARS. For its final season, SORT OF won four awards including Best Direction, Comedy, while SON OF A CRITCH was recognized with the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award. Also for its final season, WORKIN’ MOMS was recognized for Best Original Music, Comedy. CBC Kids won three awards, including two for AUNTY B’S HOUSE including Best Lead Performer, Children’s or Youth for Khalilah Brooks and the Shaw Rocket Fund Kids’ Choice Award, and Best Writing, Preschool for DINO RANCH. CBC Gem original series took home three awards, with two awards for HOW TO FAIL AS A POPSTAR including Best Web Program or Series, Fiction and one for I HATE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HATE ME.
- CBC News won seven awards overall, including two for THE NATIONAL: Best News Anchor, National for Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and Best National Reporter for Jorge Barrera. Local CBC News was recognized with three awards: Best Local Newscast for CBC VANCOUVER NEWS AT 6, Best News Anchor, Local for CBC MONTREAL NEWS AT 6’s Debra Arbec, and Best Local Reporter for CBC WINNIPEG NEWS AT 6’s Bartley Kives. CBC News Explore’s ADRIENNE ARSENAULT REPORTS: INSIDE UKRAINE won Best News or Information Program, and CBC INDIGENOUS: TIME TO EAT won Best Lifestyle Program or Series.
- BLACKBERRY, which originated at CBC where the book Losing the Signal was optioned and developed over the course of four years, won a record-setting 14 awards including for Best Motion Picture, Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy for Jay Baruchel, Performance in a Supporting Role, Comedy for Glenn Howerton, Achievement in Direction and Adapted Screenplay. Other award-winning CBC/Radio-Canada films include THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, which won Performance in a Leading Role, Drama for Amrit Kaur, and HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON / VAMPIRE HUMANISTE CHERCHE SUICIDAIRE CONSENTANT, which won for Original Screenplay.
- CBC’s factual and arts programs received four awards. THE LEGACY AWARDS 2023 won Best Live Entertainment Special and THE 2023 JUNO AWARDS won Best Host, Live Entertainment Special for Simu Liu, while CBC Arts’ HERE & QUEER was recognized with Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction and STILL STANDING took home Best Direction, Factual.
- Documentary programming won nine awards: MR. DRESSUP: THE MAGIC OF MAKE-BELIEVE won five awards, including Best Direction, Documentary Program and THE PASSIONATE EYE’s TWICE COLONIZED won the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary. Factual series STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE was recognized with Best History Documentary Program or Series, while docuseries BLACK LIFE: UNTOLD STORIES and feature film SWAN SONG were each recognized with one craft award.
- CBC SPORTS PRESENTS’ Rob Snoek won Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer.