Sunday, March 12, 2017

A step forward for Canadian diversity at 2017 CSAs


Tatiana Maslany (above) walked away with two big statues at Sunday's Canadian Screen Awards gala in Toronto. That's three if you count the award that Orphan Black (below) snagged for its farewell season. Pretty good for a show that nobody in Canada picked up until BBC America did. Oh, Canada...



Other big winners were Montreal director Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, the Jesse Owens biopic Race and Letterkenny for best TV comedy series.



The red carpet was more racially diverse than usual with the cast of Mohawk Girls (above), Kim's Convenience, Tattoo Cardinal (receiving the Earle Grey award) and American stand-up superstar, Dave Chappelle (below) posing before the paparazzi .


Chappelle presented a lifetime achievement award to the Just For Laughs Festival, "a national treasure" and compared kinder, gentler Canada to a "little gay brother I didn't know we had."



Christopher Plummer (above in the press room) accepted his lifetime achievement award with grace and wit, insisting, "By no means is this the end. The curtain has not yet fallen. It's simply stuck." It was a high point of the show.
These quips overshadowed Howie Mandel's flat jokes in between awards. Mandel lamely made fun of Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's Korean name, which made the few Asians in the audience fume. Lee had the last laugh by winning best actor in a TV comedy for playing Appa in Kim's Convenience (cast and crew below).


“I’m living in a dream. Thank you so much,” Lee began his acceptance speech. “I have to say that I am an immigrant and I am a Canadian. In this weird sort of political time, the portrayal of an immigrant family on a national broadcaster doing what all families do – which is try to make a life for themselves through the laughter, through the tears, through the fights, through the love – is so much more important now than ever before.”


Complete list of winners for the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast Gala

FILM

Best Motion Picture | Meilleur film
It’s Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde – Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Xavier Dolan

Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design | Meilleure direction artistique
Emmanuel Fréchette – Two Lovers and a Bear

Achievement in Cinematography | Meilleures images
André Turpin – It’s Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde

Achievement in Costume Design | Meilleurs costumes
Patricia McNeil – Nelly

Achievement in Direction | Meilleure réalisation
Xavier Dolan – It’s Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde

Achievement in Editing | Meilleur montage
Richard Comeau – Two Lovers and a Bear

Achievement in Make-Up | Meilleurs maquillages
Maïna Militza, Denis Vidal – It’s Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde

Achievement in Music – Original Score | Meilleure musique originale
Todor Kobakov, Steve London, David Braid – Born to be Blue



Achievement in Music – Original Song | Meilleure chanson originale
David Braid – Born to be Blue – “Could Have Been”

Achievement in Overall Sound | Meilleur son d’ensemble
Claude La Haye, Luc Boudrias, Pierre-Jules Audet, Patrick Rioux, Nicolas Dallaire – Race

Some of the creative team behind Race
Achievement in Sound Editing | Meilleur montage sonore
Pierre-Jules Audet, Jérôme Décarie, Michelle Cloutier, Stan Sakell, Jean-François Sauvé, Mathieu Beaudin, François Senneville, Luc Raymond, Jean-Philippe St-Laurent – Race

Achievement in Visual Effects | Meilleurs effets visuels
Martin Lipmann, Cynthia Mourou, Benoit Touchette, Jonathan Piché-Delorme, Frédéric Breault – Race

Adapted Screenplay | Meilleure adaptation
Xavier Dolan – It’s Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde

Original Screenplay | Meilleur scénario
Daniel MacIvor – Weirdos

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Interprétation masculine dans un premier rôle
Stephan James – Race

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Interprétation masculine dans un rôle de soutien
Vincent Cassel – It’s Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Interprétation féminine dans un premier rôle
Tatiana Maslany – The Other Half

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Interprétation féminine dans un rôle de soutien
Molly Parker – Weirdos

Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur long métrage documentaire
I Am the Blues – Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Bruce Cowley

Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleures images dans un long métrage documentaire
John Price – I Am the Blues

Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur montage dans un long métrage documentaire
Dave De Carlo – Giants of Africa

Best Short Documentary | Meilleur court métrage documentaire
This River – Katherena Vermette, Erika MacPherson, Alicia Smith, David Christensen

Best Live Action Short Drama | Meilleur court métrage dramatique
Mutants – Alexandre Dostie, Hany Ouichou, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette

Best Animated Short | Meilleur court métrage d’animation
Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand

TELEVISION

Best Dramatic Series
Orphan Black
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, John Fawcett, Graeme Manson, Claire Welland, Kerry Appleyard, Tatiana Maslany, Alex Levine, Peter Mohan

Best Comedy Series
Letterkenny
CraveTV (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Mark Montefiore, Patrick O’Sullivan, Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Orphan Black
Space (Bell Media)
(Temple Street)
Tatiana Maslany


Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role
Schitt’s Creek
CBC (CBC)
(Not A Real Company Productions, Inc)
Catherine O’Hara

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role
Kim’s Convenience
CBC (CBC)
(Thunderbird)
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee


Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
19-2
Bravo (Bell Media)
(Sphere Media Plus)
Adrian Holmes (above)

Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)
The Tragically Hip – A National Celebration
CBC (CBC)
(Insight Production Company Ltd.)
Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr
Documentary Channel (CBC)
(White Pine Pictures)
Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard, Peter Raymont

Best Sports Host in a Sports Program or Series
Rio 2016
CBC (CBC)
Scott Russell

Best Host in a Variety or Reality/Competition Program or Series
2016 Canadian Screen Awards
CBC (CBC)
(Frank Content)
Norm Macdonald

SPECIAL AWARDS


Academy Icon Award
Just for Laughs

Best First Feature Award
Johnny Ma – Old Stone

Cineplex Golden Screen Award for Feature Film
The 3 Little Pigs 2 | Les 3 p’tits cochons 2

Earle Grey Award
Tantoo Cardinal

Fan’s Choice Award
Natasha Negovanlis – Carmilla

Golden Screen Award for TV Drama or Comedy
Murdoch Mysteries
CBC (CBC)
(Shaftesbury)

Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Production Company)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Christopher Plummer

From the CSA gala red carpet:

The Baroness von Sketch Show 
Gerry Dee of Mr. D and two fans

Helene Joy, Murdoch Mysteries, one of the evening's big winners
Clara Pasieka, Inhuman Condition

Gerry Dee snaps a souvenir with his Mr. D castmates

Before The Streets
Kim Coates, Bad Blood

The producers and director of Operation Avalanche, nominated for best picture

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Jennifer Dale of What Would Sal Do? glamming it up

Michelle Nolden of Saving Grace
Monique Smart, SODEC. Half of best picture nominees were from Quebec.

Always funny, Rick Mercer

Raptors president Masai Ujiri, and of Giants of Africa

Stephanie Song and Fiona Fu of Blood and Water 

The Hello Destroyer star and creators, up for best picture



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