We're excited to share that @karinevanasse and @realstephj will join us as narrators of the #CdnScreenAwards on May 20 and will announce this year’s biggest winners from #CdnFilm and #CdnTV.
— The Canadian Academy (@TheCdnAcademy) May 11, 2021
Watch it on https://t.co/Dxlj5QG8qK, Twitter, or YouTube @thecdnacademy at 8:00 PM ET. pic.twitter.com/dmAmPjqbUs
The silver lining in the 2020 virtual Canadian Screen Awards was that regular people could watch all the awards being handed out. Most of the awards had been handed out in secrecy long before the CBC telecast in previous years.
Combining film and TV has been awkward in that neither gets the full attention they deserve. In 2020, they get a chance to shine individually as they deserve.
This year's awards has a jumble of top awards at the end but there is some separation between Canadian television and Canadian film.
Here is the schedule for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. The presentations will stream live at Academy.ca — as well as the Canadian Academy Twitter and YouTube channels. All times Eastern.
Monday News & Documentary 7 pm/Lifestyle & Reality 8 pm
Tuesday Children’s & Animation 7 pm/Digital & Immersive 8 pm
Wednesday Creative Arts & Performance 7 pm
Thursday Cinematic Arts 7 pm/Major awards 8 pm
The sports awards nominees will be announced in June and handed out in July.
2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominations
2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: Film
2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: Television
The 2021 ceremony won't look like our cover photo of Caroline Dhavernas and Karine Vanasse. Hoping the 2022 ceremony returns to that form.
As we noted above, Vanasse and Stephan James will supply the narration for the 2021 primary ceremony. Like last year, there will be different narrators throughout the week.
The CBC has carried the pre-pandemic gala presentations but won't carry the pandemic version in 2021. The online version allows more fans of Canadian film and television to watch on both sides of the border.
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CanadianCrossing.com television coverage
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We have our 3 finalists for the Audience Choice Award.
- Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy)
- Graham Wardle (Heartland)
- Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp)
We aren't saying Scrofano has a good chance to win. We do point out that her Wynonna Earp co-stars Katherine Barrell (2020) and Dominique Provost-Chalkley (2019) won the award in the last 2 years.
Barrell edged out Wardle and Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E) in 2020.
Chantel Riley (Frankie Drake Mysteries) and Priyanka (Canada’s Drag Race) made the Top 5 cut but did not go further.
The other 5 nominees were Sangita Patel (Home To Win & ET Canada); Arisa Cox (Big Brother Canada); Bryan & Sarah Baeumler (Island of Bryan); Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever); and Guled Abdi, Vance Banzo, Tim Blair, and Franco Nguyen (TallBoyz).
Michelle Latimer responds in her own words
Trickster has 15 Canadian Screen Award nominations. The CBC series didn't get nominated for Best Drama Series. Michelle Latimer, who responded this week, said this in The Globe and Mail Q&A.
"The CSAs disqualified Trickster from … well, I guess they disqualified me. I asked under what grounds they pursued that decision. I was basically told the decision was final and the consultation around the decision was confidential. What was most unfair was, how does a series get 15 nominations and not be considered for best series? That undermines the work of hundreds of people."
Twitter capture: @TheCdnAcademy
photo credit: Canadian Screen Awards/CBC
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