Spare My Bones, Coyote! and Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story lead the film and television categories, respectively, in this year’s Canadian Screen Award nominations. The doc directed by Jonah Malek topped the film side with three nominations including Best Feature Length Documentary, while the doc by Alison Duke scored eight nominations in the TV field including Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program, leading the documentary categories overall. Spare My Bones, Coyote! follows a group of volunteers as they recover the remains of migrants who died while trying to cross the Arizona Desert. Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story showcases the life, music, and legacy of the singer whose titular tune has been sampled by countless artists since its release. Winners for the Canadian Screen Awards will be announced across Canadian Screen Week at the end of May.
The documentary nominees are as follows:
Film Nominations
Best Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur long métrage documentaire
Endless Cookie – Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver, Daniel Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Chris Yurkovich, Jason Ryle, Neil Mathieson
James Bay 1975: The Shock of Two Nations | Baie James 1975 : le choc des nations – Marie-Pierre Corriveau, Karine Dubois, Ernest Webb, Catherine Bainbridge, Myriam Berthelet, Mathieu Fournier, Mélanie Lameboy, Archita Ghosh, Daniel Morin
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – Dan Levy, Ally Pankiw, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal
Spare My Bones, Coyote! | Mais où va-t-on, Coyote? – Dominique Dussault, Jonah Malak
The Track – Ryan Sidhoo, Graham Withers
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleure direction photographique dans un long métrage documentaire
Etienne Roussy – Among Mountains and Streams | Parmi les montagnes et les ruisseaux
Marcel Mueller – CIRCO
Kyle Sandilands – Everest Dark
Glauco Bermudez, François Messier-Rheault – Shifting Baselines
Iris Ng – There Are No Words
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur montage dans un long métrage documentaire
Cindy Au Yeung – Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
Andrew Beach, Graham Withers – It’s All Gonna Break
Nicole Bazuin – Modern Whore
Ricardo Acosta, CCE – Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Greg Ng, Hart Snider – Saints and Warriors
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleure musique originale dans un long métrage documentaire
Tom Third – Modern Whore
Gagan Singh – Singhs in the Ring
Marc Bell – Spare My Bones, Coyote! | Mais où va-t-on, Coyote?
Genevieve Vincent – The Stand
Edo Van Breemen – The Track
Best Sound Design in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleure conception sonore dans un long métrage documentaire
Andrew Zukerman – Endless Cookie
Eli Haligua, Blair Moog, Fatih Ragbet, Gulay Acar – Fairy Creek
Gregor Phillips, D’wayne Murray, Ramsay Bourquin, May Guimarães, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch, Jake Kerr, Peter Robinson – Saints and Warriors
Simon Plouffe – Seeing Through the Darkness | Les yeux ne font pas le regard
Sylvain Brassard – Spare My Bones, Coyote! | Mais où va-t-on, Coyote?
Best Short Documentary | Meilleur court métrage documentaire
Sponsor | Commanditaire | Hot Docs
King’s Court – Serville Poblete, Kate Vollum, Chanda Chevannes
La Mayordomía – Martin Edralin
The Muse – Wanda Nolan, Liz Cowie, Rohan Fernando, Nathalie Cloutier
My Memory-Walls | Mes murs-mémoire – Axel Robin
Send and Receive – Dominique Keller
Television Nominations
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
The Fifth Estate: The Shadow War on Libraries
Allya Davidson, Emmanuel Marchand, Rachel Ward, Grant LaFleche
The Good Canadian
Leena Minifie, David Paperny, Sarah Jane Flynn
Marketplace: The Secret Cost of Housing
Jeremy McDonald, Nelisha Vellani, Sneha Agrawal, Tomi Joseph Raji
The Ozempic Effect: Beyond The Waistline
Paul Kemp, C. Hudson Hwang, AJ Leitch
W5’s Avery Haines Investigates: Our Son the Terror Suspect
Avery Haines, Joseph Loiero
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Sponsor | Blue Ant Media
The Christine Jessop Story
James Hyslop, Joanne Virgo, AJ Demers, Erik Barmack, Folklaur Chevrier
Mafia: Most Wanted
Trish Dolman, Sherry Fynbo, Steven Thibault
Mysteries of the Ancient Dead
Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan
Stuff the British Stole
David Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Felicity Justrabo
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Marie-Christine Pouliot, Richard Speer, Stéphanie Thibault
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
Animal Pride
Carolyn Whittaker
Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon
The Good Virus
Rosie Dransfeld, Vanessa Dylyn
Niobe Thompson
Shirley Vercruysse
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Ngardy Conteh George, Alison Duke
Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity
Jason Charters, Liam Romalis
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together
David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Paul Johnson, Susan de Cartier, Corey Russell, Francine DiBacco, Dale Heslip
Etalk: Phenomenon
Beth Maher, Manny Groneveldt, Cody Kreller, Jesse Scheer
Play it Loud! How Toronto Got Soul
Andrew Munger
Best Documentary Program
Gold Bars: Who the F*ck is Uncle Ludwig?
Danny Webber, Billie Mintz
The Loneliest Race
Hannah Donegan, Ann Shin, Erica Leendertse
Lucas: An Endangered Human Species
Vincent Leroux, Sonia Bérubé
Michèle Hozer, Bryn Hughes, Nathalie Cook
Tootoo
Adam Scorgie, Shane Fennessey, Jim Wright, Rocky Mudaliar, Jade Ansell, Scottie Upshall
Best Factual Series
50,000 First Dates: A True Story
Carrie Mudd, Brent Hodge
The Assembly
Sean De Vries, Stephen Sawchuk
Crime Scene Investigators
Tanya Blake, Sherri Rufh, Michael Sheehan
Dark Side of the Ring
Howard Shefman, Guillermo Garcia, Jason Eisener
Into the Void
Barry Davis, Jason Eisener, Guillermo Garcia
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Alison Duke
Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity
Larry Weinstein
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together
Dale Heslip
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Jean-François Poisson
Ali Weinstein
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Foodspiracy
Elizabeth Trojian
Mafia: Most Wanted – Behind The Bosses
Trish Dolman
Alison Duke
Sounds Black – The Seeds
Cazhhmere Downey
Stuff the British Stole – Operation Legacy
Stephanie Weimar
Best Writing, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Alison Duke
Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big A.I., Big Brother
Fred Peabody
Don’t Come Upstairs
Mika Collins, Mike Lobel
Foodspiracy
Elizabeth Trojian, Victoria Lean
Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon
Alison Duke, Meagan Brown, Sami Tesfazghi
Jamie Kastner
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Jalana Lewis
The Fifth Estate: The Shadow War on Libraries
Rachel Ward, Grant LaFleche, Matthew Pierce
The Good Canadian
Chantelle Bellrichard, Jennifer Chiu, Paul Barnsley, Derrick O’Keefe, Anna Mehler Paperny
Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon
Meagan Brown, Tania Cooper, Sheldon Shaw
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Sophie Charest, Nancy Audet
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Amy Fritz
Dark Side of the Ring – Blood, Fire and the Original Sheik
Thea Toole, Kyle Parry
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Stefanie McCarrol, Tammy Egan, Judy Ruzylo
Mafia: Most Wanted – Watch Your Back
Juan Andrés Bello, João Vitor Corrêa, Casey Lees, Lanna Lucas
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Shannon L’Hérault
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Don’t Come Upstairs
Gabriela Osio Vanden
Iris Ng
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet – Reclaim
John Minh Tran
The Pitch
John Minh Tran
The Spoils
Mark Caswell
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Eugene Weis, CCE
Big Feminine Energy
Steven Budd
The Pitch
Michèle Hozer, Pauline Decroix
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Guillaume Rodrigue
Your Tomorrow
Caitlin Durlak
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Michelle Irving, Jordan Guy, Elma Bello, Derek Brin
Don’t Come Upstairs
Kalvin Mallari, Diana Bahirian, Brianna Todd
Incandescence
Velcrow Ripper, David Pullmer, Miguel Nunes, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch
The Pitch
Sanjay Mehta, Jason Hopfner, Ian Rodness, Jeremy Kessler, Deanna Marano
The Spoils
Mike Duncan
Best Original Music, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Orin Isaacs
Into the Universe: Mysteries of the Cosmos – Beyond the Singularity
Adrian Ellis
Mafia: Most Wanted – Behind The Bosses
Jesse Zubot, Josh Zubot, Jason Sharp
The Pitch
Russell Walker, Neil Chapman
The Spoils
Tom Third
![Jennifer Baichwal (director, at centre), Peter Mettler (director of photography, right) John Price (camera assistant, at far right), and crowd in Wushan, China, during production of Manufactured Landscapes (2006). [Credit:] Mercury Filmworks / Mongrel Media](https://povmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MF1-480x384.jpg)
