The present, which noticed its sixth and closing season run final 12 months, additionally topped the CSA nominations record in 2020 and shared the honour with Anne with an E in 2019. It swept the comedy class on the Emmys in September, and final month gained the Golden Globe for finest comedy whereas star Catherine O’Hara took house the award for finest actress.
On the CSAs, the present is competing for finest writing and finest route for a comedy, in addition to finest comedy collection. Father-son duo Dan and Eugene Levy are up for finest lead actor in a comedy, whereas Annie Murphy and Catherine O’Hara are up for finest lead actress.
The Schitt’s Creek nominations had been amongst a quite a few honours given to departing reveals. CTV’s Cardinal, which broadcast its fourth and closing season final 12 months, had the second-most nods with 15 and tied with CBC’s ill-fated Trickster — which was cancelled earlier this 12 months after its first season.
Finest comedy collection
- Baroness Von Sketch Present
- Kim’s Comfort
- Letterkenny
- Schitt’s Creek
- Workin’ Mothers
Barely additional down the record was Kim’s Comfort with 11 nods — additionally it is nominated for finest comedy and finest comedy writing and route, whereas stars Paul Solar-Hyung Lee and Jean Yoon are up for finest lead actor and actress.
The sitcom is broadcasting its closing season this 12 months, although two of its different stars — Nicole Energy and Andrew Phung — will seem in their very own new, half-hour authentic comedies. These are set to launch in the course of the upcoming 2021-22 broadcast season.
Phung is nominated for finest supporting actor in a comedy collection for his work on Kim’s Comfort.
Finest lead actress, TV comedy
- Jean Yoon, Kim’s Comfort
- Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
- Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
- Dani Sort, Workin’ Mothers
- Catherine Reitman, Workin’ Mothers
Finest lead actor, TV comedy
- Paul Solar-Hyung Lee, Kim’s Comfort
- Jared Keeso, Letterkenny
- Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek
- Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Additionally up for 11 awards, together with finest comedy, is Workin’ Mothers, whereas Baroness Von Sketch Present is within the operating for six.
Blood Quantum, a horror flick a few zombie rebellion on a First Nations reserve, topped the movie nominations with 10 nods, together with finest authentic screenplay, finest actor for lead star Michael Greyeyes and achievement in visible results.
Regardless of that, the movie was not nominated for finest movement image.
That honour did go to Humorous Boy — director Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of the novel of the identical identify — a few Tamil younger man coming of age in the course of the Sri Lankan civil battle.
The movie, which is nominated in 9 classes on the CSAs, was initially Canada’s submission to the Oscars for finest worldwide movie, although it was later rejected by the Academy for falling in need of their language necessities..
Finest movement image
- Beans
- Humorous Boy
- Nadia, Butterfly
- The Nest
- Souterrain (Underground)
Finest authentic screenplay
- Charles Officer, Wendy Brathwaite, Akilla’s Escape
- Jeff Barnaby, Blood Quantum
- Evan Morgan, The Child Detective
- Sean Durkin, The Nest
- Sophie Dupuis, Souterrain (Underground)
Earlier than its rejection, the movie stirred controversy for a scarcity of Tamil actors in its core solid, as effectively as what Mehta herself known as a “dodgy” illustration of the Tamil language. Mehta stated the actors’ voices had been later re-recorded, and the movie confirmed up amongst 366 eligible for finest image on the Oscars — the best quantity in 50 years.
Charles Officer’s crime drama Akilla’s Escape scooped up eight nods, although it was additionally left off the very best movement image record. It was adopted by the Oka Disaster-inspired Beans and rape-revenge thriller Violation with 5 nods every.
The final two movies garnered their administrators — Tracey Deer and co-directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli respectively — nominations for the John Dunning finest first function movie award.
The awards moved to a digital format final 12 months, because the COVID-19 pandemic pressured awards reveals to impose social distancing tips. The reside gala occasions had been cancelled and the announcement of winners postponed, in a transfer that organizers stated would probably trigger a “disastrous” monetary fallout.
This 12 months’s awards will happen from Might 17-20, as a part of a seven-part, genre-based collection of shows streamed from www.academy.ca in addition to the Canadian Academy Twitter and YouTube channels.
The principle occasion, which can function a “curated collection of outstanding awards,” will stream reside on Might 20 at 8:00 pm ET.
Choose 2021 nominees:
Finest lead actress, drama collection
- Kristin Kreuk, Burden of Reality
- Karine Vanasse, Cardinal
- Vinessa Antoine, Diggstown
- Crystle Lightning, Trickster
- Melanie Scrofano, Wynonna Earp
Finest lead actor, TV drama collection
- Peter Mooney, Burden of Reality
- Billy Campbell, Cardinal
- Roger Cross, Coroner
- Hamza Haq, Transplant
- Joel Oulette, Trickster
Finest performing arts program
- La Bohème
- FreeUp! Emancipation Day Particular
- Othello
- We’re Humorous That Method: The Digital Pleasure Particular
Finest documentary program
- Firm City
- Discovering Sally
- Hockey Mother
- The Web of All the pieces
- They Name Me Dr. Miami
Finest historical past documentary program or collection
- Dishonest Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust
- Enslaved: The Misplaced Historical past of the Transatlantic Slave Commerce
- Combat to the End
- Unabomber: In His Personal Phrases
- Witches of Salem
Finest sketch comedy present & ensemble efficiency
- Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Baroness Von Sketch Present
- Cathy Jones, Mark Critch, Susan Kent, Trent McClellan, This Hour has 22 Minutes
- Maggie Cassella, Katie Rigg, Carolyn Taylor, Gavin Crawford, Lea DeLaria, Colin Mochrie, Kinley Mochrie, Deb McGrath, We’re Humorous That Method: The Digital Pleasure Particular
Finest efficiency, youngsters’s or youth
- Lilly Bartlam, Detention Journey
- Simone Miller Castoro-Qualizza, Detention Journey
- Tomaso Sanelli, Detention Journey
- Saara Chaudry, Dino Dana
- Ruby Jay, Holly Hobbie
Finest native newscast
- CBC Vancouver Information at 6
- CityNews at 6
- CTV: Information Toronto at 6
- World Information BC
Finest information anchor, nationwide
- Melissa Ridgen, Dennis Ward, APTN Nationwide Information
- Andrew Chang, Adrienne Arsenault, Ian Hanomansing, CBC Information: The Nationwide
- Lisa LaFlamme, CTV: Nationwide Information with Lisa LaFlamme
- Dawna Friesen, World Nationwide
Finest information anchor, native
- Debra Arbec, CBC Montreal Information at 6
- Tom Murphy, Amy Smith, CBC Nova Scotia Information
- Dwight Drummond, CBC Toronto Information at 6
- Chris Ensing, CBC Windsor Information at 6
- Michelle Dubé, Nathan Downer, CTV: Information Toronto at 6
Donald Brittain award for finest social/political documentary program
- 9/11 Youngsters
- Above the Legislation
- Assholes: A Concept
- Meat the Future
- The Walrus and the Whistleblower
Finest tailored screenplay
- Taylor Olson, Bone Cage
- Patrick deWitt, French Exit
- Shyam Selvadurai, Deepa Mehta, Humorous Boy
- Catherine Léger, Goddess of the Fireflies | La déesse des mouches à feu
- Johnny Darrell, Andrew Duncan, Loretta Sarah Todd, Monkey Seashore
Finest efficiency by an actor in a number one function, movie
- Saul Williams, Akilla’s Escape
- Michael Greyeyes, Blood Quantum
- Alex Wolff, Fortress within the Floor
- Lance Henriksen, Falling
- Joakim Robillard, Souterrain (Underground)
Finest efficiency by an actress in a number one function, movie
- Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
- Carrie Coon, The Nest
- Carmen Moore, Rustic Oracle
- Rosalie Pépin, Vacarme
- Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Violation
Finest nationwide newscast
- APTN Nationwide Information
- CBC Information: The Nationwide
- CTV: Nationwide Information with Lisa LaFlamme
- World Nationwide
Finest information or data program
- APTN: Nation to Nation – Stopping the Ripple
- CBC Information: the fifth property – The Post-mortem (Half 1)
- CBC Information: The Nationwide – January 8, 2020
- CBC Vancouver: Unmasking Racism
- W5: The Invisible Man
An entire record of nominees in all classes is obtainable at academy.ca.
