Canadian Screen Awards for Cinematic Arts

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(May 28) – Watch the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Virtual Presentations for Cinematic Arts on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and academy.ca starting at 7:00 PM ET. Join the conversation by using our official awards hashtag #CdnScreenAwards on your favourite social platform. Want to see a full list of 2020 Canadian Screen Award nominees? You can now view the 2020 Program Book virtually on the Academy website. All winners will be highlighted in gold on this page.



John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award | Prix du meilleur premier film John Dunning

Black Conflux – Nicole Dorsey

Mad Dog Labine – Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard

Murmur – Heather Young

Sympathy for the Devil | Sympathie pour le diable – Guillaume De Fontenay

The Twentieth Century – Matthew Rankin


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

Leanna Chea – 14 Days, 12 Nights | 14 jours, 12 nuits

Nour Belkhiria – Antigone

Larissa Corriveau – Ghost Town Anthology | Répertoire des villes disparues

Alison Midstokke – Happy Face

Yamie Grégoire – Kuessipan


Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Interprétation masculine dans un rôle de soutien

Rémy Girard – And the Birds Rained Down | Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Matt Johnson – Anne at 13,000 ft

Andy McQueen – Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Daniel Stern – James vs His Future Self

Douglas Grégoire – Kuessipan


Golden Screen Award for Feature Film | Prix écran d’or pour un long métrage

Compulsive Liar | Menteur – Denise Robert, Emile Gaudreault


Best Live Action Short Drama | Meilleur court métrage de fiction

Forêt Noire – Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Julie Groleau

Juste moi et toi – Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Johannie Deschambault, Christine Falco

Kinship – Jorge Camarotti

Mon Boy – Sarah Pellerin, Fanny-Laure Malo, Annie-Claude Quirion

Pick – Alicia K. Harris, Rebeca Ortiz, Venessa Harris


Best Animated Short | Meilleur court métrage d’animation

Docking – Trevor Anderson, Alyson Richards

Giant Bear | ᓇᓄᕐᓗᒃ – Monica Ittusardjuat, Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies, Emily Paige

Pinch – Diego Maclean

Shannon Amen – Chris Dainty, Maral Mohammadian, Michael Fukushima

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days – Regina Pessoa, Abi Feijó, Julie Roy, Reginald de Guillebon


Achievement in Editing | Meilleur montage

Wiebke von Carolsfeld – An Audience of Chairs

Geoffrey Boulangé, Sophie Deraspe – Antigone

Cam McLauchlin – Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Simone Smith – Goalie

Lara Johnston – Mouthpiece


Achievement in Cinematography | Meilleures images

Josée Deshaies – A Brother’s Love | La femme de mon frère

Greg Middleton – American Woman

Catherine Lutes – Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Brendan Steacy – Lucky Day

Norm Li – The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open


Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design | Meilleure direction artistique

Jennifer Morden, Danny Haeberlin – Riot Girls

Chris Crane – Run This Town

Marian Wihak, Svjetlana Jaklenec – Stand!

François Séguin – The Song of Names

Dany Boivin – The Twentieth Century


Achievement in Costume Design | Meilleurs costumes

Patricia McNeil – A Brother’s Love | La femme de mon frère

Marissa Schwartz, Mara Zigler – American Woman

Caroline Poirier – And the Birds Rained Down | Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Anne Dixon – The Song of Names

Patricia McNeil – The Twentieth Century


Achievement in Hair | Meilleures coiffures

Peggy Kyriakidou – American Woman

Dann Campbell – Riot Girls

Nathan Rival – The Kindness of Strangers

Michelle Coté – The Song of Names

Nermin Grbic – The Twentieth Century


Achievement in Makeup | Meilleurs maquillages

Sponsored by | Commanditaire par CMU College of Makeup Art & Design

Candice Ornstein – American Woman

Randy Daudlin – Goalie

Brandi Boulet, Chris Bridges – Riot Girls

Emily O’Quinn, Steve Newburn, Neil Morrill – Run This Town

Fanny Vachon – The Song of Names


Achievement in Visual Effects | Meilleurs effets visuels

Sponsored by | Commanditaire par SPINVFX

Sam Javanrouh, Helen Thach – Astronaut

Adam Jewett, Steve Ramone, Michelle Brennen, Tim Sibley, Aneesh Bhatnager, Saikrishna (Sai) Aleti, Peter Giliberti, Alex Basso, Arminus Billones, Marshall Lau – Brotherhood

Steven Sangster – Road to the Lemon Grove

Benoît Brière, Kinga Sabela – Sympathy for the Devil | Sympathie pour le diable

Marc-Antoine Rousseau, Alain Lachance, Jean-Pierre Riverin – The Song of Names


Achievement in Sound Editing | Meilleur montage sonore

Paul Germann, Claire Dobson, John Sievert, Jason Charbonneau, Randy Wilson – Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Krystin Hunter, Brent Pickett, Paul Germann, Goro Koyama, Sandra Fox – Goalie

Dashen Naidoo, Tyler Whitham, Stephen Barden, Scott Donald, Nelson Ferreira – Lucky Day

Nelson Ferreira, Dashen Naidoo, J.R. Fountain, Dustin Harris – Run This Town

Francine Poirier, Claude Beaugrand, Michel B. Bordeleau, Raymond Legault, Lise Wedlock,
Natalie Fleurant – The Song of Names


Achievement in Overall Sound | Meilleur son d’ensemble

Sponsored by | Commanditaire par Eggplant Picture & Sound

Jean Camden, Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Stéphane Larivière, Jocelyn Caron – And the Birds Rained Down | Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Stéphane Bergeron, Frédéric Cloutier – Antigone

David Ottier, Matt Chan, Graham Rogers – Goalie

Gavin Fernandes, Normand Lapierre – Jouliks

Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Mark Appleby, Daniel Bisson – The Song of Names


Achievement in Music – Original Score | Meilleure musique originale

Ian LeFeuvre, Stephen Krecklo – James vs His Future Self

Robert Carli – Lie Exposed

Peter Chapman – Riot Girls

Andrew Lockington – The Kindness of Strangers

Howard Shore – The Song of Names


Achievement in Music – Original Song | Meilleure chanson originale

Bramwell Tovey, Richard Bell – Brotherhood – “I’ve Got a Big One”

Ian LeFeuvre – James vs His Future Self – “Travel Through”

Peter Chapman, Leslie Seaforth (More Or Les) – Riot Girls – “We Run The World”

Howard Shore – The Song of Names – “The Song of Names (Cantor Prayer)”


Adapted Screenplay | Meilleure adaptation

Louise Archambault – And the Birds Rained Down | Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Sophie Deraspe – Antigone

Denis Côté – Ghost Town Anthology | Répertoire des villes disparues

Myriam Verreault, Naomi Fontaine – Kuessipan

Guillaume De Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Jean Barbe – Sympathy for the Devil | Sympathie pour le diable


Original Screenplay | Meilleur scenario original

Jonas Chernick, Jeremy LaLonde – James vs His Future Self

Anne Émond – Jeune Juliette

Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers – The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Matthew Rankin – The Twentieth Century

Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas – White Lie


Achievement in Direction | Meilleure réalisation

Kazik Radwanski – Anne at 13,000 ft

Sophie Deraspe – Antigone

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn – The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Matthew Rankin – The Twentieth Century

Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas – White Lie


Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Interprétation masculine dans un premier rôle

Gilbert Sicotte – And the Birds Rained Down | Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Ryan McDonald – Black Conflux

Mark O’Brien – Goalie

Marc-André Grondin – Mafia Inc.

Dan Beirne – The Twentieth Century


Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Interprétation féminine dans un premier rôle

Deragh Campbell – Anne at 13,000 ft

Nahéma Ricci – Antigone

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers – The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Violet Nelson – The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Kacey Rohl – White Lie


Best Motion Picture | Meilleur film

Anne at 13,000 ft – Dan Montgomery, Kazik Radwanski

Antigone – Marc Daigle

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open – Tyler Hagan, Lori Lozinski

The Twentieth Century – Ménaïc Raoul, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette

White Lie – Karen Harnisch, Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas, Katie Bird Nolan, Lindsay Tapscott