2013 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations Announced

The Canadian Screen Awards Nominations were recently announced, these are the new combination awards previously known as the Genies (for Canadian film) and Gemini's (for Canadian TV) awarded by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to recognize excellence in film, television and digital media productions.

I was thrilled to see many of the shows we chat about here at Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural were recognized including Haven, Lost Girl, Continuum, Being Human (North American), The Listener, Sanctuary, Camelot, XIII: The Series and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. And because always point out Star Trek whenever it does (or doesn't!) pop up, I have to also cheer for William Shatner's documentary The Captains in which he chats with actors who portrayed captains in the Star Trek universe.

I'm especially happy to see the nomination for Emily Rose of Haven who is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Haven for Audrey Parker's Day Off, I know last year we were very vocal about not seeing her in this category. Ksenia Solo also gets a big cheer for her nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series for Lost Girl - The Girl Who Fae'd With Fire/Truth and Consequences; last year she was nominated for (and won) a Gemini for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Oh Kappa My Kappa/Sorority/Fae Day.   Another happy moments is seeing the new Continuum getting lots of recognition with a whopping 5 nominations.  Congratulations to all the nominees!

Below I've listed a selection of the TV nominations for the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards, but only a selection.  Basically, if any show we talk about on Hexed was nominated, I've listed it below. I would have loved to share all the noms but it's in PDF format and 44 pages which is too much to translate! 

For a FULL LIST of the TV nominations (44 page PDF) click here
For the film nominations, click here
For the documentary nominations, click here
For the digitial media nominations, click here


A SELECTION of the TV Nominations for the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards *

Best Dramatic Series -Sponsored by Independent Production Fund

• Arctic Air
• Bomb Girls
• Continuum
• Flashpoint
• King

Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series

• The Captains
• Into the Arctic II
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Love Shines
• Romeos & Juliets

Best Achievement in Make-Up

• Combat Hospital - On the Brink, Cathie Davies-Irvine, David B. Scott
• Combat Hospital – Triage, Cathie Davies-Irvine
• Murdoch Mysteries - Murdoch in Wonderland, Debi Drennan
• Being Human - When I Think About You, I Shred Myself, Emilie Gauthier, Erik Gosselin
• I, Martin Short, Goes Home, Melissa Zimmerman, Judi Cooper-Sealy, Stella Margaritis, Sue Upton

Best Costume Design

• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Joanne Hansen
• The Firm - Chapter 3, Debra Hanson
• Sanctuary – Tempus, Christina McQuarrie
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - The Toddyssey, Heather Neale
• Hannah's Law, Wendy Partridge

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

• Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit, Sheri Elwood
• Good God - One Station Under God, Ken Finkleman
• Less Than Kind - Fugue State, Kelly Makin
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Ridicule, Patricia Rozema
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Black Tie Showdown, Craig David Wallace

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Jon Cassar
• Flashpoint - A Day In The Life, Jim Donovan
• Murdoch Mysteries - Dead End Street, Laurie Lynd
• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Adrienne Mitchell
• The Listener - She Sells Sanctuary, Kari Skogland

Best Original Music Score for a Series

• Flashpoint - Day Game, Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner
• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Jeff Danna
• Scaredy Squirrel - Perfect Pickle/Goat Police, Paul Intson
• Call Me Fitz - How Do You Say..., Richard Pell, Dylan Hemming
• Being Erica - Dr. Erica, Trevor Yuile

Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series

• Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit, Ian Bibby
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Vomiting, Douglas Koch
• InSecurity - Anger Management, Ken (Anton) Krawczyk, csc
• Kenny Hotz Triumph of the Will - Rags to Bitches, Matt Marek
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Two Girls, One Tongue, Michael Marshall

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Eric Cayla
• XIII: The Series – Pilot, David Greene
• Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story 2, Stephen Jackson
• The Borgias - The Borgia Bull, Paul Sarossy
• Combat Hospital – Triage, Gavin Smith

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

• The Listener - The Bank Job, Jean Coulombe CCE
• Rookie Blue - Every Man, Teresa Hannigan, C.C.E.
• The Firm – Pilot, Jane Kass
• The Pastor's Wife, Lara Mazur, C.C.E.
• Flashpoint – Grounded, Brett C. Sullivan

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series

• Lost Girl - Something Wicked This Fae Comes, Ian Brock
• Combat Hospital - Do No Harm, Rob Gray, Rosalie Board, Dennis Davenport
• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Aidan Leroux
• Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Stephen Roloff
• The L.A. Complex 2 - Taking the Day, Stephen Stanley, Gabriel Lamb

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Black Tie Showdown, Mark Gingras, Elma Bello, Katie Halliday, Stan Mak, Rudy Michael, Brad Thornton
• The Solstice Concerts - The Solstice Concerts with Ellsaple Isaac, Norm Lussier
• 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards, Anthony Montano, Doug McClement
• Detentionaire - Dudes of Darkness, Sean Pearson, Michael Mancuso, Scott McCrorie Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Bridges, Philip Stall, Sue Conley, Sid Lieberman, Kirk Lynds, Joe Morrow, Jane Tattersall

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

• The Crimson Petal and the White – First, Pierre Blain
• Flashpoint - Day Game, Janice Ierulli, Michael Baskerville, Richard Calistan, Steve Hammond, Joe Mancuso, Mark Shnuriwsky, Zenon Waschuk, Mike Woroniuk
• Rookie Blue – Butterflies, Bill McMillan, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Stephan Carrier, Sue Conley, Paul Germann, Martin Lee, Lou Solakofski
• The Borgias - The Borgia Bull, Jane Tattersall, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Andrew Jablonski, Goro Koyama, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Dale Sheldrake, Don White
• Camelot – Reckoning, Jane Tattersall, Stephan Carrier, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Ian Rankin, Dale Sheldrake, Don White

Best Visual Effects

• Being Human - The Ties That Blind, Marie- Eve Bedard Tremblay, Cynthia Carrier, Vanessa Delarosbil, Maxime Entringer, Aelis Heraud, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, Dominic Marcotte, Gabriel Morin, David Raymond
• The Borgias - The Choice, Doug Campbell, Kirk Brillon, Luke Groves, Bill Halliday, Irit Hod, Adam Jewett, Jim Maxwell, Steve Ramone, Ahmed Shehata, Tim Sibley
• Camelot - The Sword And The Crown, Bret Culp, Maria Gordon, Peter Lee, Bryan Luren, Julian Parry, Brian Smeets, Ryan Smith, Patrik Witzmann, Alphonso Young, Eugene Yue
• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Adam Stern
• Titanic, Thomas Turnbull, Ian Britton, Colin Davies, Amy Daye, Eric Doiron, Peter Giliberti, Ariel Joson, Ian McLeod, Chris Nokes, Mayur Patel

Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series

• Less Than Kind - Reparations and Renewal, Jenn Engels
• Less Than Kind - March Fourth, Mark McKinney, Garry Campbell
• Less Than Kind - Play it Again, Sam, Mark McKinney
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Two Girls, One Tongue, Charles Picco
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Bridges, Matt Watts

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Lost Girl - Into the Dark, Emily Andras
• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Simon Barry
• Flashpoint - Day Game, Aubrey Nealon
• Rookie Blue - A Good Shoot, Greg Nelson
• Being Erica - Dr. Erica, Jana Sinyor, Aaron Martin

Best Achievement in Casting

• The Firm – Pilot, Sharon Bialy csa, Sara Kay, Jenny Lewis, Sherry Thomas csa
• The Yard - The Economy, Jon Comerford, Lisa Parasyn
• Blackstone – Forgiveness, Rhonda Fisekci
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil – BYOBOPE, Sara Kay, Jim Heber, Jenny Lewis
• Lost Girl - Barometz. Trick. Pressure, Lisa Parasyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Flashpoint - Day Game, Enrico Colantoni
• The L.A. Complex 2 - Don't Say Goodbye, Andra Fuller
• Combat Hospital – Triage, Elias Koteas
• Combat Hospital - Reason to Believe, Luke Mably
• Blackstone – Hitchin, Steven Cree Molison

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Saving Hope – Heartsick, Erica Durance
• Being Erica - Please, Please Tell Me How, Erin Karpluk
• King - Lori Gilbert, Amy Price-Francis
• Haven - Audrey Parker's Day Off, Emily Rose
• Bomb Girls – Armistice, Meg Tilly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Flashpoint - The Better Man/Cost of Doing Business, Michael Cram
• Flashpoint – Shockwave/Blue on Blue, Sergio Di Zio
• Hannah's Law, Ryan Kennedy
• Camelot – Homecoming/The Battle of Bardon Pass, Peter Mooney
• John A: Birth of a Country, Peter Outerbridge

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Saving Hope - Out of Sight/A New Beginning, Wendy Crewson
• Blackstone - A Girl Walks Into A Bar/Hitchin, Georgina Lightning
• Rookie Blue - Out of Time/Cold Comforts, Enuka Okuma
• Cyberbully, Kelly Rowan
• Lost Girl - The Girl Who Fae'd With Fire/Truth and Consequences, Ksenia Solo

* For a full list of nominations, please see The Academy website here.

The Canadian Screen Awards will air on a 2-Hour Broadcast Live Sunday March 3, 2013 @ 8pm (8:30 N.T) on CBC.