The 2024 Canadian Screen Award nominations share the wealth on the documentary, non-fiction, and factual side of the awards. The Canadian Academy revealed its nominations today via a release with the film side of the documentaries seeing Beyond Paper and The Longest Goodbye in the lead with three nominations apiece, including Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary. Also nominated for the top prize were Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones, Twice Colonized, and Someone Lives Here, which each received three nominations. Perhaps the biggest surprise among the film doc nominees is the cold shoulder given to Swan Song, which just won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s Rogers Best Canadian Documentary award. (Someone Lives Here was also a TFCA nominee.) The acclaimed ballet doc netted a single nomination for sound, despite being one of the most widely praised docs on the festival circuit this fall. Last year’s big Canadian Screen Award winner To Kill a Tiger is currently an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
On the broadcast side, The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain scored six nominations including Best History Documentary Program or Series. That was followed by Black Community Mixtapes and Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, which both scored five nominations including Best Direction.
On the dramatic side, the Canadian Screen Awards scored massive hauls for BlackBerry, which scored 17 nominations including Best Picture. The dramedy by Matt Johnson won the Toronto Critics’ Rogers Best Canadian Film prize on Monday. Meanwhile, the Crave series Little Bird topped the nominations overall with a whopping 19 nominations including Best Series. Its companion doc Coming Home | Wanna Icipus Kupi also scored a nomination for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary to bring the Little Bird haul up to 20. Winners will be announced during Canadian Screen Week at the end of May with the big ceremony hosted by Mae Martin airing on Friday, May 31 at 8 PM (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC and CBC Gem.
The full list of documentary, non-fiction, and factual nominees at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards is as follows:
FILM
Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur long métrage documentaire Ted Rogers
Sponsor | Commanditaire | ROGERS
Beyond Paper | Au-delà du papier – Oana Suteu Khintirian, Nathalie Cloutier
Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones – Kaveh Nabatian
The Longest Goodbye – Paul Cadieux, Ido Mizrahy, Nir Sa’ar
Someone Lives Here – Zack Russell, Matt King, Andrew Ferguson, Marianna Khoury, Will Goldbloom, Tinu Sinha, Will Lomoro
Twice Colonized – Lin Alluna, Stacey Aglok Macdonald, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Emile Hertling Péronard, Bob Moore
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleure direction photographique dans un long métrage documentaire
Ben Giesbrecht, Luke Connor – Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
Étienne Roussy – Beyond Paper | Au-delà du papier
Patrick McGowan, Jason Providence – Coven
Kaveh Nabatian – Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones
Ernesto Pardo – The White Guard | La garde blanche
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur montage dans un long métrage documentaire
Rich Williamson – Cynara
Denys Desjardins, Michel Giroux – I Lost My Mom | J’ai placé ma mère
Anouk Deschênes – The Longest Goodbye
Marianna Khoury – Someone Lives Here
Derek Esposito, Cecilio Escobar – Summer Qamp
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleure musique originale dans un long métrage documentaire
Antoine Berthiaume – Greyland
Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala – I Lost My Mom | J’ai placé ma mère
Ramachandra Borcar – The Longest Goodbye
Kat Duma, Verity Susman, Matthew Simms – TRAMPS!
Olivier Alary, Johannes Malfatti – Twice Colonized
Best Sound Design in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleure conception sonore dans un long métrage documentaire
Catherine Van Der Donckt, Stéphane Cadotte, Jean Paul Vialard, Geoffrey Mitchell – Beyond Paper | Au-delà du papier
Sylvain Bellemare, Isabelle Lussier – Days | Les jours
Brian Eimer – Jane Goodall: Reasons For Hope
Sam Rodgers, James Lazarenko, Claire Dobson, Krystin Hunter, Graham Rogers, Jane Tattersall, Stefana Fratila, Paul Germann, Steve Medeiros, Marilee Yorston, Steve Hammond, David Yonson, Steve Copley – Swan Song
Hans Laitres, Sylvain Bellemare, Daniel Capeille – The White Guard | La garde blanche
Best Short Documentary | Meilleur court métrage documentaire
Sponsor | Commanditaire | Hot Docs
Cherry – Laurence Gagné-Frégeau
Madeleine – Raquel Sancinetti
Oasis – Louis-Emmanuel Gagné-Brochu, Justine Martin
Violet Gave Willingly – Claire Sanford
Zug Island – Nicolas Lachapelle
TELEVISION
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Sponsor | ROGERS
Category: Woman – TVO (Proximity Films) | Howard Fraiberg
CBC Marketplace: Mortgage Fraud Caught on Camera: Undercover Investigation – CBC | Tiffany Foxcroft, Nelisha Vellani
Coming Home | Wanna Icipus Kupi – APTN lumi (Rezolution Pictures) | Jennifer Podemski, Ernest Webb, Tanya Brunel, Michelle van Beusekom, Daniel Morin, Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick
Inside the Statue Wars – CBC (Saloon Media) | Steve Gamester, Yuma Dean Hester, Elizabeth St. Philip, Michael Kot
Naked: Sex and Gender – Crave (Primitive Entertainment, Spiegel TV) | Michael McMahon, Kevin McMahon, Kay Siering
Best History Documentary Program or Series
The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain – documentary Channel (Frequent Flyer Films Inc.) | Bryn Hughes, Carolyn Abraham, Michelle Shephard
Mi’kma’ki – CBC (Wanderer Entertainment Inc.) | Wendell Collier
Secret Agents of the Underground Railroad – CBC (Attraction) | Richard Jean-Baptiste, Richard Speer
Stuff the British Stole – CBC (Cream Productions, Wooden Horse TV) | Kate Harrison Karman, David Brady, Alan Erson, Richard Finlayson, Patrick Cameron
Telling Our Story – CBC Gem (Terre Innue) | Francine Allaire, Kim O’Bomsawin, Florent Vollant, Alexandre Bacon
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
Ageless Gardens – VisionTV (AG4 Productions Inc.) | Ian Toews, Mark Bradley, Moses Znaimer, Beverley Shenken
Apocalypse: Plan B – CBC (Grand Passage Media Inc.) | Caitlin Starowicz, Mark Starowicz
True Survivors – CBC (Handful of Films) | Carolyn Whittaker
The Water Brothers – TVO (SK Films) | Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Etalk: In Conversation With Jully Black – CTV (Bell Media Studios) | Sandra J. Benain, Beth Maher, Ryan Thompson, Tyrone Edwards, Manny Groneveldt
I’m Sandie Rinaldo – CTV News (CTV News / Bell Media) | Sandie Rinaldo, Rosa Hwang
Indspire Awards 2023 – CBC/APTN (Redcloud Studios Inc.) | Jennifer Podemski, Emma Jaconello, PJ Thornton
Queen of the Deuce – documentary Channel (Storyline Entertainment, Exile Films) | Ed Berreveld, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki, Don Walters, Bondi Wilson Walters
Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows – documentary Channel (URBANIA, National Film Board of Canada) | Annie Bourdeau, Pierre-Mathieu Fortin, Nathalie Cloutier, Raphaëlle Huysmans, Philippe Lamarre
Best Documentary Program
Broken – The Toxic Culture of Canadian Gymnastics – Crave (TSN) | Ken Volden, Matt Cade, Rick Westhead, Brett Mitchell, Paul Harrington, Riley Nimens
Charlotte’s Castle – TVO (Cave 7 Productions Inc.) | Jamie Kastner, Laura Baron Kastner
The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy – CBC (A Knitted Legacy Films Inc.) | Tiffany Joseph, Mary Galloway
Offside: The Harold Ballard Story – CBC (Lone Eagle Entertainment) | Michael Geddes, Chuck Tatham, Jason Priestley, Kevin Kimsa, Rachel Horvath, Mark Slone
War for the Woods – CBC (Makwa Creative, Antica Productions) | Tanya Talaga, Stuart Coxe, Nina Beveridge, Jolene Banning
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
All-Round Champion – TVO (marblemedia) | Matthew Hornburg, Mark J.W. Bishop, Steve Sloan, Donna Luke, Jeff Simpson, Andra Johnson Duke, Jim Bell, Kirtsten Hurd
Dream It To Be It – TVOKids (Lopii DITBI Productions Inc.) | Rennata López, Georgina López, Natasha Negrea, Kirsten Hurd
Green Squad – TVOKids (Apartment 11 Productions) | Jonathan Finkelstein, Mindy Laxer, Stephanie Blanshay, Natasha Negrea, Kirsten Hurd
Sunny’s Quest – TVOKids (Apartment 11 Productions) | Jonathan Finkelstein, Mindy Laxer, Sabine Daniel, Natasha Negrea, Kirsten Hurd
Best Factual Series
Bollywed – CBC (HeartHat Entertainment) | Carolyn Meland, Gurjeet Mann, Louise Wood
Cocaine, Prison & Likes: Isabelle’s True Story – Crave (Connect3 Media, Urbania Media) | Pablo Salzman, Annie Bourdeau, André Barro, Raphaëlle Huysmans, Philippe Lamarre
Dark Side of the Ring – Crave (Vice Productions (DSOTR4) Inc.) | Evan Husney, Jason Eisener, Paul Taylor, Howard Shefman, Vanessa Case, Guillermo Garcia
Little Big Community – APTN (Kasko Productions) | Angie Pepper O’Bomsawin, Angélique Richer
Thunder Bay – Crave (eOne) | Ryan McMahon, Jesse Brown, Jocelyn Hamilton, Toby Dormer
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Charlotte’s Castle – TVO (Cave 7 Productions Inc.) | Jamie Kastner
The Climate Baby Dilemma – CBC (90th Parallel Productions Ltd) | Victoria Lean
Indspire Awards 2023 – CBC/APTN (Redcloud Studios Inc. | Jennifer Podemski, Jade Harper
The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain – documentary Channel (Frequent Flyer Films Inc.) | Michelle Shephard
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Amazon Prime Video Canada (marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures) | Rob McCallum
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – Citytv (OYA Media Group) | Alison Duke, Ngardy Conteh George
Black Life: Untold Stories – Haven, But No Heaven CBC (Studio 112, Northwood Entertainment) | Alicia K. Harris
BUG SEX: It’s Complicated – CBC (Red Trillium Films Inc) | Andrew Gregg
Dark Side of Comedy – Joan Rivers – Crave (Vice Productions (Comedy 2) Inc.) | Marshall Jay Kaplan, John Choi
Last of the Right Whales – CBC (HitPlay Productions) | Nadine Pequeneza
Best Direction, Factual
Bollywed – I am social media – CBC (HeartHat Entertainment) | Sebastian Cluer
Deadly Science – Female Innovators – Super Channel (Go Button Media) | Daniel Oron
Lost Car Rescue – Slick Finds – History (Proper Television) | Bobbi Wilson
Still Standing – New Richmond, QC – CBC (Frantic Films) | Eva Thomas
Thunder Bay – Whodunit – Crave (eOne) | Ryan McMahon, Leslie Lucas
Best Writing, Documentary
Black Community Mixtapes – Toronto Carnival – Citytv (OYA Media Group) | Alison Duke
The Climate Baby Dilemma – CBC (90th Parallel Productions Ltd) | Victoria Lean
Last of the Right Whales – CBC (HitPlay Productions) | Nadine Pequeneza
The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain – documentary Channel (Frequent Flyer Films Inc.) | Michelle Shephard, Carolyn Abraham
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Amazon Prime Video Canada (marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures) | Rob McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Black Life: Untold Stories – Revolution Remix – CBC (Studio 112, Northwood Entertainment | Lina Cino, Aïcha Diop, Sunny Grewal
CBC Marketplace: Busting Miracle Cures: Hidden Camera Investigation – CBC (CBC) | Jenny Cowley, Eric Szeto
The Climate Baby Dilemma – CBC (90th Parallel Productions Ltd) | Victoria Lean, Brittany Wray, Simone Zucker, Ashley Renders
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Amazon Prime Video Canada (marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures) | Max Berger, Liz Hysen, Catherine Machado, Judy Ruzylo
Ice-Breaker: The ’72 Summit Series – Super Channel (White Pine Pictures, Adobe Productions International Inc.) | Robbie Hart, Gary J. Smith
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Black Life: Untold Stories – Revolution Remix – CBC (Studio 112, Northwood Entertainment) | João Vitor Corrêa, Jalana Lewis, Stefanie McCarrol
Dark Side of the Ring – Abdullah the Butcher: Legacy of Blood – Crave (Vice Productions (DSOTR4) Inc.) | Kyle Parry, Thea Toole, Jon Boucher
Ice-Breaker: The ’72 Summit Series – Super Channel (White Pine Pictures, Adobe Productions International Inc.) | Robbie Hart, Ania Smolenskaia, Sean Stoyles, Anastasia Trofimova, Connie Littlefield, Mick Gzowski
Little Bird – Love is all Around – Crave (OP Little Bird Inc., Rezolution Pictures (Little Bird) Inc.) | Joanna S. Anaquod, Jennifer Podemski, Na’kuset, Raven Sinclair, Sharon Anaquod, Charity Gadica
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Amazon Prime Video Canada (marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures) | Max Berger, Liz Hysen, Catherine Machado, Judy Ruzylo
Best Writing, Factual
Deadly Science – Female Innovators – Super Channel (Go Button Media) | Sarah Hewitt
Heavy Rescue: 401 – Deep, Steep and Stuck – Discovery Channel (Great Pacific Media) | Todd Serotiuk, Edi Osghian, Amanda Worrall
Paranormal Revenge – “Dark Pond” The Case of Todd Narron & “The Smile” The Case of Stephanie Bingham – CTV Sci-Fi Channel (Sphere Media) | Michael Allcock, Peter Horton
Still Standing – Oneida of the Thames, ON – CBC (Frantic Films) | Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Steve Dylan, Graham Chittenden, Aisha Brown
Thunder Bay – Whodunit – Crave (eOne) | Ryan McMahon, Michael Allcock
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Billionaire Murders – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Crave (eOne) | Elad Winkler, Ken Woo
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – Citytv (OYA Media Group) | Ashley Iris Gill, Keenan Lynch
Charlotte’s Castle – TVO (Cave 7 Productions Inc.) | Mark Caswell, Sasha Appler, Alan Poon
Dark Side of the Ring – The World According to Marty Jannetty – Crave (Vice Productions (DSOTR4) Inc.) | Keenan Lynch, Daniel Tahmizian
Rat City – CBC (Invert Films Inc.) | Jeff Morales
Best Picture Editing, Factual
Billionaire Murders – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Crave (eOne) | Christina To, Burak Ozgan
Dark Side of the Ring – Breaking the Cycle: The Graham Dynasty – Crave (Vice Productions (DSOTR4) Inc.) | Marc Ricciardelli, Curt Lobb
Mary Makes It Easy – Comfort Food – CTV Life Channel (Proper Television) | Clare Elson
Mary Makes It Easy – Fake It Til You Bake It – CTV Life Channel (Proper Television) | Jessica Graore
Sarah’s Mountain Escape – Shrink Wrap Reno – HGTV (Insight Productions LTD) | Radek Zurawiecki, James Hebbard
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Black Life: Untold Stories – Haven, But No Heaven – CBC (Studio 112, Northwood Entertainment) | Ashley Gilmour
Charlotte’s Castle – TVO (Cave 7 Productions Inc.) | David New
Dark Side of Comedy – Robin Williams – Crave (Vice Productions (Comedy 2) Inc.) | Steven Budd, AJ McLauchlin
The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain – documentary Channel (Frequent Flyer Films Inc.) | Nick Hector, CCE
Offside: The Harold Ballard Story – CBC (Lone Eagle Entertainment) | Ken Yan
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – Citytv (OYA Media Group) | Bridget Tang, Malcolm Wegg, Derek Brin
Eternal Spring (長春) – documentary Channel (Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.) | Bret Killoran, Chris Russell, Joe Scandella, Scott Hitchon, Francois Maurice, Ryan MacNeill
The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain – documentary Channel (Frequent Flyer Films Inc.) | David Draper, Rachael Zerafa, Michael Bonini, Brian Eimer
Rat City – CBC (Invert Films Inc.) | Ewan Deane
REVIVAL69: The Concert that Rocked the World – Crave (Screen Siren Pictures, Chapman Productions, LES FILMS A CINQ) | Matt Drake, Daniel Pellerin
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Best in Miniature – The Finale – CBC Gem (marblemedia) | Tim Luke
Blue Jays on Sportsnet – Sportsnet (Artform*) | Callum Maclachlan, Mark Hockin
Canada’s Ultimate Challenge – Kelowna, BC CBC (Insight Productions LTD) | Monika Geresz
The Great Canadian Baking Show – Holiday Special | CBC (Proper Television) | Michael “Spike” Parks, Mike Gelinas
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Amazon Prime Video Canada (marblemedia, Hawkeye Pictures) | Rudin Causi, Javed Ali
Best Original Music, Documentary
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – Citytv (OYA Media Group) | La-Nai Gabriel
BUG SEX: It’s Complicated – CBC (Red Trillium Films Inc) | Bruce Fowler, Neil Chapman
The Climate Baby Dilemma CBC (90th Parallel Productions Ltd) | Ben Fox
Last of the Right Whales CBC (HitPlay Productions) | Deanna H. Choi
The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain – documentary Channel (Frequent Flyer Films Inc.) | David Wall
Digital Media
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
2022 Reel Asian Awards – (Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, LAB0916) Christine Vu, Deanna Wong
Being Black in Canada: Friends and Allies – (CBC) Tamika Forrester, Nazima Walji, Nathaniel Smith, Alicia Lee
Farm Crime – (Big Cedar Films) Geoff Morrison, Lucy Cameron
Here & Queer – (CBC) Peter Knegt, Lucius Dechausay, Mercedes Grundy, Chelle Turingan
Indigenous Futures: How these teens are reclaiming their joy – (CBC Kids) Lisa Fender, Lenard Monkman, Angelica Cooper, Jaime McMahon, Sabrina Fabian, Nina Corfu, Sophia Smoke, Janna McGinn, Philip Street, Kevin Nepitabo, Jaison Empson, Bryan Harder, Mia Rodak, Marie McCann, Sally Catto
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
1 Man’s Treasure – The Offer – (Enter the Picture Productions, Canadian Content Studios) Jonathan Torrens
The Drop – Bottled Air, Trademark – (True West Films) Aisha Evelyna
Farm Crime – The Pigeon Ponzi – (Big Cedar Films) Maya Annik Bedward
Gay Mean Girls – The Business of Justice – (Obvious Allegory) Heyishi Zhang
Streams Flow From A River – Benny and the Jets – (Fae Pictures) Christopher Yip
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
Gary and His Demons – Forest of Despair – (Look Mom! Productions) Mark Little
Gay Mean Girls – The Business of Justice – (Obvious Allegory) Heyishi Zhang
How to Fail as a Popstar – The Producer – (Sphere Media) Vivek Shraya
Streams Flow From A River – Benny and the Jets – (Fae Pictures) Leonard Chan
Streams Flow From A River – Frank Liquor & Laundromat – (Fae Pictures) Christopher Yip
Best Picture Editing, Web Program or Series
Canadiana – How the Cold War Started in Ottawa – (The Canadiana Project Inc.) | David Schmidt, Kyle Cucco, Ashley Brook
How to Fail as a Popstar – The Record Deal (Sphere Media) Tiffany Beaudin, Pauline Decroix
I Hate People, People Hate Me – Bad-Existing – (LoCo Motion Pictures) Maureen Grant
Less Than Kosher – The Synagogue Viv Hasn’t Been to in 15 Years – (Filmcoop Inc.) Ben Lee Allan
Northern Tracks: A Canadian Mixtape – Joni Mitchell (Stratford Festival) Cameron Hucker, Jordan Krug
Best Production, Interactive
CardiacCrash: Chantal – (Heart & Stroke Foundation) [individual nominees not listed]
Dino Dana World – (Sinking Ship Entertainment) J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Ronald Ruslim, Kevin Gan, Andrew Ebert, Geordie Telfer
Fossil Hunt At Home (Sinking Ship Entertainment) – J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Ronald Ruslim, Kevin Gan, Andrew Ebert, Geordie Telfer
Illuminated Text – (Stratford Festival) Genna Dixon
Best Immersive Experience – Non-Fiction
Eternal Spring (長春) VR – (Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.) Jason Loftus, Masha Loftus, Kevin Koo, Yvan Pinard, Nick Machuletz, Nick Misketis
In Your Shoes VR – (ZeMind Studios) Jason Legge, Krista MacNeil, Julia Cusato, Patrick Weekes, Wayne Shipley, Caroline Leung
This Is Not a Ceremony – (National Film Board of Canada) Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), Dana Dansereau, Robert McLaughlin
