Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe leads the winners of the documentary, factual, lifestyle, and reality pack at the Canadian Screen Awards. The documentary about the beloved children’s TV icon scored five wins including Best Director for Rob McCallum. Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival where it scored the People’s Choice Award for documentary. It streams globally on Prime Video.
Other winners included Black Community Mixtapes, which scored three trophies including cinematography for the CityTV series. Coming Home/Wanna Icipus Kupi, which streams on Crave/APTN, scored the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program (arguably the unofficial top prize among the doc crowd) for its behind the scenes look at the creation of the dramatic series Little Bird. The series steamrolled the TV awards yesterday, netting multiple wins including Best Director, Drama Series for Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Best Ensemble Performance, and Best Supporting Performance, Drama for Braeden Clarke.
The show also offered the inaugural honour for sustainable production, which recognized Science North’s Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope.
Additional documentary winners will be announced when the film awards are handed out later this week. Nominees include Someone Lives Here, Twice Colonized, and The Longest Goodbye.
The Canadian Screen Award winners for documentary, factual, lifestyle, and reality are as follows:
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
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Coming Home | Wanna Icipus Kupi – Jennifer Podemski, Ernest Webb, Tanya Brunel, Michelle van Beusekom, Daniel Morin, Catherine Bainbridge, Linda Ludwick
Best Documentary Program
Broken – The Toxic Culture of Canadian Gymnastics – Ken Volden, Matt Cade, Rick Westhead, Brett Mitchell, Paul Harrington, Riley Nimens
Best Factual Series
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Thunder Bay – Ryan McMahon, Jesse Brown, Jocelyn Hamilton, Toby Dormer
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
The Water Brothers – Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Etalk: In Conversation with Jully Black – Sandra J. Benain, Beth Maher, Ryan Thompson, Tyrone Edwards, Manny Groneveldt
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Stuff the British Stole – Marc Fennell, Kate Harrison Karman, Alan Erson, Richard Finlayson, Patrick Cameron, David Brady
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Rob McCallum
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Dark Side of Comedy – Joan Rivers – Marshall Jay Kaplan, John Seongho Choi
Best Writing, Documentary
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Rob McCallum, Jordan Christopher Morris
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Black Life: Untold Stories – Haven, But No Heaven – Ashley Gilmour
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Bonjour Hi – Shelagh O’Brien
Best Direction, Factual
Still Standing – New Richmond, QC – Eva Thomas
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
The Marilyn Denis Show – The Final Farewell – John Keffer
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
The Amazing Race Canada – Light the Candle -Ryan Shaw
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – Ashley Iris Gill, Keenan Lynch
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Rudin Causi, Javed Ali
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Spy Queens – Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Kevin Hazlehurst
Best Writing, Factual
Thunder Bay – Whodunit – Ryan McMahon, Michael Allcock
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Max Berger, Liz Hysen, Catherine Machado, Judy Ruzylo, Greg Floyd, Victoria Pike
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe – Max Berger, Liz Hysen, Catherine Machado, Judy Ruzylo
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Grand Finale – Jonathan Dowler
Best Picture Editing, Factual
Billionaire Murders – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Christina To, Burak Ozgan
Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Bonjour Hi – John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, Alastair Sims
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – Bridget Tang, Malcolm Wegg, Derek Brin
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Paranormal Revenge – “Love you to Death” The Case of Lori Kinrade & “Photo Negative” The Case of Clyde Morrison – Greg Johnston
Best Original Music, Documentary
Black Community Mixtapes – Hip Hop – La-Nai Gabriel
Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Heather Muir
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
CBC Indigenous: Time to Eat – Meagan Fiddler
Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News
The Marilyn Denis Show – Marilyn Denis
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor
Sustainable Production Award, presented by CBC
Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope by Science North
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marilyn Denis
