The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal dominated the Canadian Screen Award winners of the documentary, factual, lifestyle, and reality awards last night. The ceremony honouring the best in broadcast non-fiction during Canadian Screen Week gave a clean sweep to the four part Prime Video series about the Hip. No Dress Rehearsal won all seven categories in which it was nominated—a leader in the documentary side of the awards. It picked up honours including Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series and Best Direction, Documentary Series for Mike Downie. The prize for Best Direction, Documentary Program went to Ben Addelman and Ziya Tong for Plastic People.
And in a win for what many consider a top prize of the evening, the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program went to “Contract to Kill” by Raj Ahluwalia and Allya Davidson for The Fifth Estate.
The documentary winners in the film categories will be announced tonight.
The full list of broadcast non-fiction Canadian Screen Award winners is as follows:
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Michael Downie, Jake Gold, Bryn Hughes, Kim Creelman, David Wells, Kalin Moon, Gord Sinclair, Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Don Allan
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Jason Perreira, Robert Sinko, Sanjay Mehta
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Chris Romeike
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Peter Denes
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music
CBC Gem | (Pink Towel Canada Inc., Zinc Media)
Julie Bristow, Greg Sanderson, Idris Elba, Sabrina Elba, Margot Daley, Guy Evans
Best Writing, Factual
We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) – Jay-I
Crave | (90th Parallel Productions Ltd)
Stuart Henderson, Emma Kassirer, Kirk Ramsay
Best Picture Editing, Factual
Dark Side of the Ring – The Ballad of ‘Earthquake’ John Tenta
Crave | (Vice Studios Canada)
Marc Ricciardelli, Jason Cook
Best Direction, Factual
For the Culture with Amanda Parris – Diaspora Wars
CBC Gem | (CBC)
Amanda Parris, Saman Malik
Best Factual Series
Who Owns the World
TVO (TVO) | (Who Owns Productions Inc., Hawkeye Pictures)
Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
Here & Queer
(CBC)
Peter Knegt, Lucius Dechausay, Mercedes Grundy, Chelle Turingan
Best Host, Web Program or Series
About That with Andrew Chang
(CBC)
Andrew Chang
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Elspeth Domville, David Wells
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Three: It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Courtney Miceli, Kalin Moon, Jacob Akman
Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – Snatch Game: The Rusical
Crave | (Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada World Two Productions Inc.)
John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Dane Kelly, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, Alastair Sims
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Sponsor | Crave
Canada’s Drag Race – From Drags to Riches: The Rusical
Crave | (Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada Four Productions Inc.)
Brandon Ash Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Big Brother Canada – Episode 18
Global (Corus Entertainment) | (Insight Productions LTD)
Peter Antonakos, Kailey Birk, Elianna Borsa, Megan Day, Jonathan Dowler, Michael Emberley, Wesley Finucan, Ellora Dela Fuente, Jessica Graore, Andrew Gurney, Alexandra Mastronardi, Al Manson, Jeff Perry, Lindsay Ragone, Keith Ross, Mike Scott, Jon White, Jordan Wood, Holly Benson, Emily Gilhooley, Nathara Imenes, Alex Marsolais-Whicher, Heather Skeoch, Adam Sousa
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Sponsor | e=mc2 productions
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics – Day 15 – Bell Paris Prime / Toyota Primetime
CBC (CBC) | (CBC Sports)
Orin Isaacs
Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute Award | Prix Hommage du conseil d’administration de l’Académie
John Brunton
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
TELUS Optik TV | (White Pine Pictures)
Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong
Best Direction, Documentary Series
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Four: Grace, Too
Amazon Prime Video Canada | (Fully and Complete Productions Inc.)
Michael Downie
Best Writing, Documentary
The Knowing – Stealing Children
documentary Channel (CBC) | (Makwa Creative)
Tanya Talaga, Courtney Montour
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Crave | (Cream Productions)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Philip Clarke, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Kathryn Liptrott, Joe Derrick, Patrick Cameron
Best Original Music, Documentary
Swan Song – Queen Behaviour
CBC | (CBC, Visitor Media, Mercury Films)
Katie Austra Stelmanis
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
The Fifth Estate: Contract to Kill
CBC | (CBC)
Raj Ahluwalia, Allya Davidson
Best Documentary Program
It’s Not Funny Anymore: Vice to Proud Boys
documentary Channel (CBC) | (C3 Media, Urbania)
Pablo Salzman, Annie Bourdeau, Philippe Lamarre, Raphaëlle Huysmans, Thomas Morton
Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave | (Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada Four Productions Inc.)
Heather Muir
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
Indigenous Art Adventures
APTN (APTN)
Lance Cardinal, Sean Rickner, Lisa Ducharme
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Premiere Ball
Crave | (Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada Four Productions Inc.)
Shelagh O’Brien
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race – Premiere Ball
Crave | (Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada Four Productions Inc.)
Andrew Kinsella, Tara Smith
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave | (Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada Four Productions Inc.)
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
The Amazing Race Canada – Caution Double Pass Ahead
CTV (Bell Media) | (Insight Productions LTD)
Ryan Shaw
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
The Social – Earth Day Special
CTV (Bell Media)
Gillian E. Parker
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
Mary Makes It Easy
CTV Life Channel (Bell Media) | (Proper Television)
Allison Grace, Lesia Capone, Cathie James, David Donohue, Mary Berg, Jackie Frank, Michelle Li, Bessie McDonald-Gussack
Best Host, Lifestyle
Mary Makes It Easy
CTV Life Channel (Bell Media) | (Proper Television)
Mary Berg
