Brother became more like oh, brother after winning 12 Canadian Screen Awards out of its 14 nominations. Clement Virgo adapted the screenplay and directed the portrayal of Jamaican-Canadian siblings growing up in Scarborough in the Greater Toronto Area during the 1990s.
The film took major awards for Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Virgo), Best Performance in a Leading Role (Lamar Johnson), Best Performance in a Supporting Role (English actor Aaron Pierre), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Virgo).
Anthony Shim won Best Original Screenplay for Riceboy Sleeps. Charlotte Le Bon (Falcon Lake) won the John Dunning Award for Best First Feature Film. To Kill a Tiger, which won the Best Canadian Film (in name only) at the Toronto International Film Festival, won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.
Brother also won CSAs for casting, sound mixing, sound editing, original score, art direction, hair, and costume design.
@brother_movie Nominated for a record 14 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture. Now Playing in select theatres! pic.twitter.com/qYbEB4Qycf
— BROTHER (@brother_movie) April 7, 2023
Crimes of the Future from David Cronenberg won awards for visual effects and makeup. Sara Mishara won for cinematography on Stéphane Lafleur's Viking. Simone Smith won achievement in editing for I Like Movies from Chandler Levack.
Kate Hewlett won best original song for The Swearing Song from The Swearing Jar, a film adaptation of her play.
Best Motion Picture
Babysitter
Brother*
Falcon Lake
Riceboy Sleeps
Summer with Hope
Viking
Best Director
Clement Virgo Brother*
David Cronenberg Crimes of the Future
Charlotte Le Bon Falcon Lake
Anthony Shim Riceboy Sleeps
Stéphane Lafleur Viking
Performance in a Leading Role
Monia Chokri Babysitter
Lamar Johnson Brother*
Joseph Engel Falcon Lake
Kelly Depeault Noémie dit oui
Seung-Yoon Choi Riceboy Sleeps
Maxime Le Flaguais Rodéo
Larissa Corriveau That Kind of Summer | Un Été Comme Ça
Steve Laplante Viking
Performance in a Supporting Role
Nadia Tereszkiewcz Babysitter
Mohammed Marouazi Breathe | Respire
Marsha Stephanie Blake Brother
Aaron Pierre Brother*
K.C. Collins Chien Blanc
Sara Montpetit Falcon Lake
Jean-Luc Kanapé Nouveau-Québec
Leili Rashidi Summer with Hope
2023 Canadian Screen Award nominations
2023 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: Film
Original Screenplay
Marie Clements Bones of Crows
Anthony Shim Riceboy Sleeps*
Sadaf Foroughi Summer with Hope
Sophie Jarvis Until Branches Bend
Stéphane Lafleur, Eric K. Boulianne Viking
Adapted Screenplay
Catherine Léger Babysitter
Clement Virgo Brother*
Charlotte Le Bon Falcon Lake
Best Feature Length Documentary
Batata
Dear Audrey
Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
To Kill a Tiger*
zo reken
Best First Feature Film Award
Falcon Lake*
The Maiden
Noémie dit oui
Rodéo
Wolves
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Brother who took home 12 total awards at the #CdnScreenAwards 💫 Here's a favourite moment from @TomPowerCBC's interview with Director Clement Virgo. Catch up on their full conversation: https://t.co/fnHoeRfFrA | https://t.co/mE3gODjNIU https://t.co/KQ3FNvluJi pic.twitter.com/mhdQuouqlR
— Q (@QwithTomPower) April 14, 2023
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There were so many good Canadian films in 2022, some of which got nominees. Sara Montpetit was the best part (not saying much) of Maria Chapdelaine, but really got a chance to shine in Falcon Lake. I want to see Viking very much. I Like Movies and North of Normal were joys to watch. Brother and Riceboy Sleeps deserved all of their praise and more. I want to see Babysitter again, maybe twice more.
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