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13th Canadian Screen Awards

Awards ceremony for film, TV, and digital media of 2024 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 13th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 30 May to 1 June 2025, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2024.[1] The main gala was held on 1 June, hosted by comedian Lisa Gilroy, and was broadcast live on CBC Television and streaming on CBC Gem.

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Nominees were announced on March 26.[2] Universal Language received the most nominations in film categories with 13, while Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent topped the field in television categories with 20 nominations.[3] Canada's Drag Race was the most-awarded work overall with eight, while Universal Language would win the most awards in film categories with six.

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The Canadian Screen Week programme of events prior to the main gala (including non-televised ceremonies for technical and genre categories) were consolidated and reduced to two days (30 and 31 May).[4]

After multiple ceremonies in which television coverage was limited to an hour-long virtual ceremony or tape delayed highlights special on CBC Television, the Academy announced that live coverage of the gala ceremony would return. It was initially announced that this coverage would be exclusive to the CBC's streaming platform CBC Gem.[4] Just days before the ceremony, the Academy announced that the ceremony would in fact air on CBC Television as well, indicating that the original streaming-only decision had been made in part because of the possibility of conflicts with CBC coverage of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs;[5] Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final had been scheduled for 1 June if necessary, but the series was completed on 28 May after five games,[6][7] thus freeing the 1 June date.[8]

Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail felt that the situation could have been avoided entirely if the awards had reverted back to their traditional early spring scheduling, instead of retaining the late-May scheduling that was introduced in 2024.[5] According to Academy CEO Tammy Frick, the Academy had chosen to stick with the late-May scheduling as that aligned the awards with the annual television upfronts season, as well as the period of industry activity between the Cannes Film Festival and the Banff World Media Festival.[5]

Category changes

Film

  • The eligibility criteria for films, which were dropped to a minimum of four commercial screenings at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on film distribution in 2020, were increased to five commercial screenings.[9]
  • Due to evidence that some first-time film directors have mistakenly overlooked submitting their films for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award in the past, first-time film directors would now be automatically considered in that category regardless of whether they had actively submitted for it or not.[9]
  • Minor technical changes were also added to the eligibility criteria for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction or Production Design.[9]

Television

  • Actors who played the same character in a series of television films would now be considered for the series performance categories instead of the television film performance categories.[9]
  • People credited as contributing writers would now be eligible to be included in writing nominations.[9]
  • The categories for Best Talk Series, Best Entertainment News Series and Best Morning Show were collapsed into a single new category for Best Talk or Entertainment News Series.[9]
  • The category for Best Performing Arts Program was discontinued, with programs in that category now eligible for either Best TV Movie or Best Variety and Entertainment Special.[9]
  • The category for Best Performance in Animation was renamed Best Voice Performance, considering voice acting across all forms of visual presentation.[9]
  • The category for Best Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series was discontinued, although the ensemble category for comedy series was retained.[9]
  • Minor technical changes were also introduced in music categories, as well as improved clarity about the distinction between supporting and guest performances.[9]

Digital media

  • The category for Best Live Production for Social Media was collapsed into Best Interactive Production, and may now also submit in the television category for Best Live Entertainment Special if appropriate.[9]
  • A single merged category for Best Immersive Experience is now presented if the number of eligible submissions in either Best Immersive Experience, Fiction or Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction falls below six. Separate categories would continue to be presented if submissions exceed that cutoff.[9]

News and sports

  • The separate categories for Best News Special (for pre-planned broadcasts about known news events such as elections) and Best Breaking News Special (for live coverage of unforeseen news events), which were introduced for the 12th Canadian Screen Awards but not actually presented that year, were collapsed back down into a single category for Best Live News Special.[9]
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Special awards

The special award recipients were announced on March 5.[10]

Other notes

Kiefer Sutherland introduced the In Memoriam segment, including a special tribute to his father Donald Sutherland.[11] The In Memoriam reel was accompanied by a live performance by Murray Lightburn of his song "Once Upon a Time in Montreal".

Film

More information Best Motion Picture, Best Direction ...
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Television

Programs

More information Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series ...

Actors

More information Lead performance, drama, Supporting performance, drama ...

News and information

More information National newscast, Local newscast ...

Sports

More information Live sporting event, Sports analyst ...

Craft awards

More information Editorial research, Visual research ...

Photography

More information Photography in a comedy series, Photography in a documentary program or factual series ...

Editing

More information Editing in a children's or youth program or series, Editing in a comedy program or series ...

Sound

More information Sound in a fiction program or series, Sound in a documentary or factual program or series ...

Directing

More information Animation, Children's or youth ...

Music

More information Best Original Music, Animation, Best Original Music, Comedy ...

Writing

More information Animated program or series, Children's or youth ...
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All-platform awards

One major category is currently presented without regard to the distinction between film, television or web media content.

More information Stunt Coordination ...
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Audience awards

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Digital media

More information Original Program or Series, Fiction, Original Program or Series, Non-Fiction ...
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