Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy leads the theatrical documentaries in today’s Canadian Screen Award nominations. The NFB doc about the Kainai nation’s response to the opioid crisis was the only film to score nominations across all three theatrical doc categories: the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary award, as well as best cinematography and best editing. Tailfeathers also earned a nomination for lead actress in Danis Goulet’s drama Night Raiders. The dystopian thriller led the dramatic film categories with 13 nominations, followed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s Scarborough with 11.
Other nominees in the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary are Captive, directed by Mellissa Fung; My Tree, directed by Jason Sherman; Prayer for a Lost Mitten, directed by Jean-François Lesage; and One of Ours, directed by Yasmine Mathurin. One of Ours also scored several nominations in the television categories.
On the broadcast side of the Canadian Screen Awards, Oscar Peterson: Black + White, directed by Barry Avich, leads the documentary nominees with six citations including Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series. Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery, directed by Sheona McDonald, follows with five nominations including Best Documentary Program.
Winners for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards will be announced during Canadian Screen Week running April 4 – 10. The documentary and factual winners are scheduled for April 4.
The full list of documentary/non-fiction nominees is as follows. Get the full list including drama here.
Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary
Sponsor | ROGERS
Captive – Mellissa Fung, Stuart Coxe
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy – Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, David Christensen, Lori Lozinski
My Tree – Jason Sherman, Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos, Matt Code
One of Ours – Yasmine Mathurin, Laura Perlmutter, Jennifer Kawaja, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith
Prayer for a Lost Mitten | Prière pour une mitaine perdue – Jean-François Lesage
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary
Nicholas Castel, Gabriel Swift, Bronson Whytcross, John Fulton – Coextinction
Rita Leistner – Forest for the Trees
Patrick McLaughlin – Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Vince Arvidson – The Magnitude of All Things
Marianne Ploska – Prayer for a Lost Mitten | Prière pour une mitaine perdue
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
Sophie Farkas Bolla – The Gig is Up
Natalie Lamoureux – I Might Be Dead By Tomorrow | Tant que j’ai du respir dans le corps
Hans Olson – Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Jennifer Abbott – The Magnitude of All Things
Ben Lawrence – My Tree
Best Short Documentary
Sponsor | Hot Docs
Babushka – Kristina Wagenbauer
The Brother | Le frère – Jérémie Battaglia, Amélie Lambert Bouchard
Nalujuk Night – Jennie Williams, Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando, Annette Clarke
Nuisance Bear – Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden
Still Processing – Sophy Romvari
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Sponsor | ROGERS
Big News – Catherine Legge, Saman Malik, Michelle Mètivier, Sarah Peterson, Michael Gruzuk
Dispatches from a Field Hospital – Matt Gallagher, Cornelia Principe
Ghosts of Afghanistan – Arnie Gelbart, Julian Sher, Natalie Dubois
No Responders Left Behind – Rob Lindsay, Jaime Sanchez, Kelly Zemnickis, Kristine Yanoff
We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation – Meagan Fiddler, Bertram Schneider
Best History Documentary Program or Series
British Columbia: An Untold History – Leena Minifie, Trish Dolman
History Erased – David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Brian Rice
How to Start a Revolution – Catherine Legge, Tarannum Kamlani, Geoff Turner, Francis Plourde, Anne MacRae
Meet and Eat at Lee’s Garden – Day’s Lee
Searching for Secrets – Steve Gamester, Michael Kot, Julie Chang
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
Borealis – Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin, Justine Pimlott, Felicity Justrabo
Inside The Great Vaccine Race – Dugald Maudsley, Gillian Main
Kids Vs. Screens – Leora Eisen, Jackie Carlos, Diana Warmé
Kingdom of the Polar Bears – Merit Jensen Carr, Sally Blake, Patrice Lorton
The Last Walrus – Nathalie Bibeau, Frederic Bohbot
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
CBC Arts: Exhibitionists – Nicole Brewster-Mercury, Teghan Beaudette, Lucius Dechausay, Mercedes Grundy, March Mercanti
Oscar Peterson: Black + White – Randy Lennox, Jeffrey Latimer, Barry Avrich, Mark Selby
Terry Fox: The Power of One – Maureen Riley, Michael Rossi, John Brunton, Lindsay Cox
This is Pop! – Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn, Amanda Burt
Writing the Land – Michael McMahon, Kevin McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin, Felicity Justrabo
Best Documentary Program
Being Black in Halifax – Fabienne Colas, Emile Castonguay
Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur – Carrie Mudd, James Buddy Day, Ryan Valentini, Diana Foley
Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery – Sheona McDonald, Betsy Carson
The Face of Anonymous – Ed Barreveld
Fresh Water – David Kalinauskas, Jim Kiriakakis, Sean Buckley, Ron Tite
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
All-Round Champion – Matthew Hornburg, Mark J.W. Bishop, Donna Luke, Steve Sloan, Michael A. Dunn, Andra Johnson Duke, Jim Bell, Marney Malabar
Gabby’s Farm – Bruno Dubé, Marlo Miazga, Sean Connolly, Corinna Lehr, Daniel Bourré, Chloe Gray, Marney Malabar, Agustin Guevara
How Do You Feel? – Francis Mitchell, Johnny Mitchell, David Mitchell, Marney Malabar
My Home, My Life! – Georgina López, Rennata López, Marney Malabar
Best Factual Series
Employable Me – Thomas Howe, Penny Wheelwright, Katie Lafferty, Claire Freeland
For Heaven’s Sake – Dean Perlmutter, Jonas Prupas, Courtney Dobbins, Mike Mildon, Jackson Rowe, Tony Yacenda, Dan Perrault, Joe Farrell, Jay Cheel
Highway Thru Hell – Mark A. Miller, Neil Thomas
Search and Rescue: North Shore – Jenny Rustemeyer, Murray Battle, Patrice Ramsay
Yukon Harvest – Jim Shockey, Todd Forsbloom, Erik Virtanen
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery – Sheona McDonald
Ghosts of Afghanistan – Julian Sher
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel – Joel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott
One of Ours – Yasmine Mathurin
Oscar Peterson: Black + White – Barry Avrich
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Being Black in Halifax – Kardeisha Provo, Tyler Simmonds, Dena Williams, Lily Nottage
British Columbia: An Untold History – Migration + Resilience – Kevin Eastwood
Kids Vs. Screens – Leora Eisen
This is Pop! – Auto-Tune – Jared Raab
Writing the Land (“Water”) – Stephanie Weimar
Best Writing, Documentary
Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery – Sheona McDonald
Ghosts of Afghanistan – Julian Sher, Graeme Smith, Natalie Dubois
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel – Joel Bakan
One of Ours – Yasmine Mathurin
Oscar Peterson: Black + White – Barry Avrich
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
British Columbia: An Untold History (“Change + Resistance”) – Leena Minifie, Jennifer Chiu
History Erased “(Bees, Bugs & “) – Aidan Denison, James Broadley, Chorong Kim
How It Feels to Be Free – Lola Waheed, Ruth Feldstein, Yoruba Richen, Arden Wray, Elizabeth Trojian
W5 (“Consumed by Conspiracy”) – Denise Kimmel, Chad Derrick, Danielle Hamamdjian
W5 (“Flight 752”) – Stephen Bandera, Shelley Ayres
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
British Columbia: An Untold History (“Migration + Resilience”) – Lanna Lucas, Casey Lees, Ben Mussett, Leah Siegel, Don Bourdon, Emma Metcalfe Hurst
How It Feels to Be Free – Erin Chisholm
Kingdom of the Polar Bears – Gina Cali
Oscar Peterson: Black + White – Mark Selby
W5 (“Flight 752”) – Stephen Bandera
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Borealis – John Minh Tran
British Columbia: An Untold History (“Change + Resistance”) – Alfonso Chin, Michael Bourquin
Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery – Simon Schneider, Monica Guddat
Kids Vs. Screens – Michael Grippo
The Last Walrus – Christian Bielz
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Dead Man’s Switch: A Crypto Mystery – Ness Van Hassel
Gangster’s Gold – Steve Weslak
Ghosts of Afghanistan – Susan Shanks
Inside The Great Vaccine Race – Cathy Gulkin
Oscar Peterson: Black + White – Nicolas Kleiman
Best Sound, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race (“Under the Big Top”) – John Diemer, Rob Taylor, Phil Nagy, Eric Leigh, Dane Kelly, Sarah Labadie
For Heaven’s Sake (“The Disappearance”) – Eric Apps
Junos 2021 – Mark Vreeken
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel – Velcrow Ripper, Randy Kiss
Oscar Peterson: Black + White – Richard Spence-Thomas, Teresa Morrow, Gary Vaughan
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Battle of the Blades – Finale – Alex Nadon
Big Brother Canada (“Premier”) – Peter Faragher, Kevin Halliday, Aaron Scholl, Andy Roskaft
Blown Away (“Mirror, Mirror”) – Tim Luke
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (“Portal To Hell”) – Lyle Jobe
Terry Fox: The Power of One – Alex Nadon
Best Original Music, Non-Fiction
Ageless Gardens -(“Sacred Spaces”) – Amanda Cawley
Born Bad – Rose Bolton
Coral Ghosts – Rose Bolton
The Covid Cruise – Erica Procunier
Inside The Great Vaccine Race – Michelle Osis
DIGITAL CATEGORIES
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
Sponsor | Independent Production Fund
ET Canada Pride – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Dallas Dixon
Farm Crime – Geoff Morrison, Christina Carvalho
Fatima in Kabul – Brishkay Ahmed
Royal Rewind – John Kampilis, Jodie Davis, Laura Carroll, Bob Pagrach, Alyssa Croezen, Nadine Parker, Jamie Samhan
Your Two Cents – Jonathan Torrens, Sylvia Beirnes
Best Production, Interactive
CBC Kids News Minecraft Back to School Special – Lisa Fender, Jamie McMahon, Philip Street, Nina Corfu, Sabrina Fabian, Kat Go, Angelica Cooper, Taylor Katzel, India McAlister, Mia Rodak, Marie McCann
Charity – Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Jeremy Mendes, Rob McLaughlin
Discriminator – Brett Gaylor
Far Away From Far Away – Michael Crummey, Bruce Alcock, Jeremy Mendes, Annette Clarke, Rob McLaughlin
Best Immersive Experience – Non-Fiction
Fossil Hunt – Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson, Ronald Ruslim, Gavin Friesen, Mark Cautillo, Jermaine Williams, Sarah Imrisek, Kevin Gan, Alex Bethke, Alex Gordon, Britney Coates, Jung Yoon, Andrew Ebert, Adriano Bertuzzo, Geordie Telfer
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience (“Episode Two: ADVANCE”) – Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael
