The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) announced today the nominees for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards in 141 film, television, and digital media categories. The awards will be presented as a seven-part genre-based series of presentations streamed live on Academy.ca — as well as the Canadian Academy Twitter and YouTube channels — from Monday, May 17, 2021 through Thursday, May 20, 2021. Below are the B.C. films and talent nominated for this year’s awards.
Sugar Daddy
Nominations: Achievement in Editing, Christine Armstrong; Achievement in Music – Original Song Marie-Hélène L. Delorme; 2021 Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Colm Feore
Monkey Beach
Nominations: Adapted Screenplay, Johnny Darrell, Andrew Duncan, Loretta Sarah Todd
The World is Bright
Nominations: 2021 Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary, Ying Wang, Jian Ping Su, Jordan Paterson; 2021 Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary, Lawrence Le Lam
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Nominations: 2021 Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary, Peter Roeck
The Kid Detective
Nominations: Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design: Jennifer Morden, Matthew Bianchi
The French Exit
Nominations: Adapted Screenplay, Patrick deWitt
Rustic Oracle
Nominations: Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Carmen Moore – Rustic Oracle
Jesse Jams
Nominations: Best Short Documentary, Trevor Anderson, Alyson Richards, Alexandra Lazarowich, Penny Frazier, Kim Hsu Guise, Lizzy Karp, Christina Willings
Takaya: Lone Wolf
Nominations: Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series, Cheryl Alexander
The Internet of Everything
Nominations: Best Documentary Program, Brett Gaylor
Holly Hobbie
Nominations: Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, Anthony Leo
NarcoLeap
Nominations: Best Web Program or Series, Fiction, Kate Green, Amber Orchard
Frankie Drake Mysteries – Counterpunch
Nominations: Best Direction, Drama Series, Mina Shum
Kim’s Convenience – Beacon of Truth
Nominations: Best Direction, Comedy, Siobhan Devine
Jann – The Tunies, What Did Jann Do
Nominations: Best Writing, Comedy, Jennica Harper
Jade Fever – Heavy Lighting
Nominations: Best Picture Editing, Factual
The 2021 Canadian Screen Awards will take place Monday, May 17, 2021 through Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET. View the schedule of events at Academy.ca. View the full press release here; for a full list of 2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominees, visit Academy.ca/nominees.
