The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal and Okuimono lead the documentary nominees for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. The docs top the fields in television and film, respectively, with seven and five nominations each.
The winners for the Canadian Screen Awards will be announced during Canadian Screen Week, which runs May 30 to June 1. The Documentary, Factual, and Lifestyle Awards are on May 30.
The full list of documentary and non-fiction nominees is as follows. Awards are listed in the order in which categories were presented in the release.
FILM
Best Feature Length Documentary
Analogue Revolution: How Feminist Media Changed the World – Marusya Bociurkiw, Eponine Young
Disco’s Revenge – Peter Mishara, Omar Majeed, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal, Sam Sutherland, Dave Harris, Nile Rodgers, Vivian Scott Chew, Stanley Nelson Jr.
Okurimono – Laurence Lévesque, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault, Catherine Boily
Wilfred Buck – Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Alicia Smith, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, David Christensen
Yintah – Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano, Bob Moore, Sam Vinal, Doris Rosso, Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary
Olivier Tétreault, Paul-Claude Demers, François Messier-Rheault – Diary of a Father | Journal d’un père
Ashley Iris Gill – Disco’s Revenge
Christopher Nunn – Intercepted
Sébastien Blais – Okurimono
Michael Toledano – Yintah
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
Jon Affolter, Heath Affolter, Nathan Affolter, Thomas Affolter – Altona
Geoff Klein – I Shall Not Hate
Sonia Godding Togobo – A Mother Apart
Marie-Pier Grignon – Okurimono
David Schmidt – Wilfred Buck
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
Richard Reed Parry – Adrianne & the Castle
Murray Lightburn – Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
Sei Nakauchi Pelletier – Diary of a Father | Journal d’un père
Wilhelm Brandl – Okurimono
Olivier Alary, Johannes Malfatti – Yintah
Best Sound Design in a Feature Length Documentary
Patrice LeBlanc, Luc Boudrias – Diary of a Father | Journal d’un père
Alex Lane – Intercepted
Marie-Pierre Grenier, Camille Demers-Lambert, Nataq Huault, Olivier Germain, Alexis Farand – Okurimono
David Rose – Wilfred Buck
Benoît Dame, Catherine Van Der Donckt – Yintah
Best Short Documentary
Sponsor | Commanditaire | Hot Docs
Afterwards | Après-coups – Romane Garant Chartrand, Nathalie Cloutier
The Bird in My Backyard – Ryan Wilkes
Hello Stranger – Amélie Hardy, Sarah Mannering, Fanny Drew
perfectly a strangeness – Alison McAlpine
Who Loves the Sun – Arshia Shakiba, Zaynê Akyol
TELEVISION
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Against All Odds: The Unstoppable Story of Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital – Mark Selby, Barry Avrich
APTN Investigates: Food for Profit – Tom Fennario, Brittany Guyot, Paul Barnsley, Allya Davidson, Ivan Angelovski, Steven D’Souza, Lisa Ellenwood, Linda Guerriero
The Fifth Estate: Contract to Kill – Raj Ahluwalia, Allya Davidson
S-yéwyáw: Awaken – Ecko Aleck, Liz Marshall, Alfonso Salinas, Charlene SanJenko
An Unfinished Journey – Nadine Pequeneza, Charlotte Uzu
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Atomic Reaction – Bernie Finkelstein, David Hatch
Believe – Daniel Oron, Natasha Ryan
The Knowing – Tanya Talaga, Stuart Coxe, Geoff Siskind, Jordan Huffman
Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music – Julie Bristow, Greg Sanderson, Idris Elba, Sabrina Elba, Margot Daley, Guy Evans
Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator – Paul Kemp, C Hudson Hwang, AJ Leitch
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes – Yvonne Drebert
Jawsome: Canada’s Great White Sharks – Sonya Lee, Chelsea Turner, Jeff Turner
Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak – Nabil Mehchi, Frank Fiorito
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Philip Clarke, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Joe Derrick, Patrick Cameron
Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics – Peter Raymont, Stephen Paniccia, Vanessa Dylyn, Rick Smith, Steve Ord
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Etalk Presents: The Devery Jacobs Interview – Michaella Montana, Joanna Adams, Kate Frank, Beth Maher, Manny Groneveldt
Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will – Carrie Mudd
The National: Céline Dion: I Will Sing Again – Chad Paulin, Adrienne Arsenault, Sean Brocklehurst, Nicole Brewster-Mercury, Jared Thomas
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Michael Downie, Jake Gold, Bryn Hughes, Kim Creelman, David Wells, Kalin Moon, Gord Sinclair, Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois
Women of this Land – Stephanie Joline, Jessica Brown, Jackie Torrens
Best Documentary Program
It’s Not Funny Anymore: Vice to Proud Boys – Pablo Salzman, Annie Bourdeau, Philippe Lamarre, Raphaëlle Huysmans, Thomas Morton
My Brother, Soleiman – Eric Pedicelli, Yusuf Zine
Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum – Jamie Kastner, Laura Baron Kastner
Saving the Animals of Ukraine – Elizabeth Trojian, Elliott Halpern
Words Left Unspoken – Josiane Blanc, Rayne Zukerman, Dominic Desjardins
Best Factual Series
In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery – Pablo Salzman, Suze Hannagan, Thomas Robins, Michael Kronish, Kim Roberts, Benjamin Duffield, John Ritchie
Little Big Community – Angie Pepper O’Bomsawin, Angélique Richer, Vincenzo Giannelli
PD True – Mary Bissell
Who Killed WCW? – Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Evan Husney, Jason Eisener, Paul Taylor, Guillermo Garcia, Brian Gewirtz, Lee Hoffman
Who Owns the World – Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum – Jamie Kastner
Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics – Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong
Saving the Animals of Ukraine – Anton Ptushkin
Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator – Paul Kemp
Words Left Unspoken – Josiane Blanc
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Fluid: Life Beyond The Binary – Michelle Mama
The Knowing – Stealing Children – Tanya Talaga, Courtney Montour
Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music – Episode 3 – Alison Duke
Swan Song – Opening Night – Chelsea McMullan
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Four: Grace, Too – Michael Downie
Best Writing, Documentary
Born Hungry – Barry Avrich
The Knowing – Stealing Children – Tanya Talaga, Courtney Montour
Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum – Jamie Kastner
Swan Song – Queen Behaviour – Chelsea McMullan, Sean O’Neill
Words Left Unspoken – Josiane Blanc
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
For the Culture with Amanda Parris – The Glass Cliff – Amanda Parris, Saman Malik, Yasmine Mathurin, Sara Yacobi-Harris, Christine Charles, Christine Jean-Baptiste
The Knowing – Stealing Children – Tanya Talaga, Jordan Huffman, Dan McFarlane, Beverly Andrews, James Miller
Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator – C Hudson Hwang, Lewis Gordon, Paul Kemp
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Three: It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken – Courtney Miceli, Kalin Moon, Jacob Akman
We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) – Jay-I – Susan Schafer
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Dark Side of the Ring – The Life and Legends of Harley Race – Thea Toole, Kyle Parry, Jon Boucher
The Knowing – Stealing Children – Tanya Talaga, Laura Blaney, Jordan Huffman, Beverly Andrews, James Miller, Elspeth Domville
Searching for Satoshi: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bitcoin Creator – Joel Elliot, Melissa James, Paul Kemp, Lewis Gordon
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge – Elspeth Domville, David Wells
We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) – Jay-I – Maggie McCaw
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes – The Last Whitefish? – Zachary Melnick
Born Hungry – Ken Ng
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Dusk or Dawn – John Tran
Swan Song – Opening Night – Shady Hanna, Tess Girard
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge – Chris Romeike
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Hairy Tales – Ken Yan
Harder Better Faster Stronger – Ryan Monteith
NUKED – Cathy Gulkin CCE
Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics – Ania Smolenskaia
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge – Peter Denes
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Born Hungry – Richard Spence-Thomas, Gary Vaughan
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Shelter – Michael Bonini, Brian Eimer, Dylan Broda
Swan Song – Opening Night – Sam Rodgers, James Lazarenko, Claire Dobson, Stefana Fratila, Paul Germann, Jane Tattersall, Graham Rogers
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal – Part Two: On the Verge – Jason Perreira, Robert Sinko, Sanjay Mehta
We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) – Jay-I – Michelle Irving, Nick Davey, Drew Snyder, Julian Ardial Ramirez
Best Original Music, Documentary
Believe – Christianity – Adrian Ellis, Nick Walker Grimshaw
La Loche – Bruce Cockburn
My Brother, Soleiman – Ben Fox
Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum – Tom Third
Swan Song – Queen Behaviour – Katie Austra Stelmanis
