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33-619: Originally launched in 1983 by the Edmonton Learners Centre, the event was known as the Third World Film Festival and concentrated primarily on documentary films about international development. It was rebranded as the Global Visions Film Festival in 1998, expanding its focus to program a wider selection of documentary films, and then adopted its current name in 2015. The event is a qualifying festival for

66-930: The 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, host Howie Mandel made a recurring joke of suggesting that they be nicknamed "STDs" (an abbreviation of "screen, television, and digital", but a double entendre of another use of the abbreviation ). The show is currently commonly known as the CSAs. To be eligible for nominations, a title must be either a Canadian production or co-production; international film or television projects shot in Canada without direct Canadian production involvement are not eligible. Canadians cannot receive nominations for working on foreign productions that were not otherwise eligible for CSA consideration, but foreign nationals may be nominated for work on eligible Canadian films. A feature film must have received at least one full week of commercial theatrical screenings in at least two of

99-781: The ACTRA Awards , which were presented for television from 1972 to 1986. The Academy took over the CFAs in 1978 to create the new Genie Awards, and took over the ACTRAs in 1986 to create the Gemini Awards. The Academy additionally created the Bijou Awards in 1981 as a new home for CFA specialty categories, such as television films, that had not been retained by the Genie Awards, but presented them only once before discontinuing that program. In April 2012,

132-523: The Academy Awards , where the eligibility rules permit films from streaming services. Despite this conflict, films which premiered theatrically, but did not surpass the theatrical screening criteria and thus were never submitted in film categories before being released on a television or streaming platform, are eligible to receive nominations in the television categories; as well, the more flexible eligibility criteria noted below, which were introduced during

165-555: The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television , the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards —the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be

198-473: The COVID-19 pandemic in light of the disruptions that it caused to film distribution, remain in place as of 2024 despite the reopening of movie theatres, and thus now permit some films distributed on streaming platforms to enter film categories. Under certain circumstances, it may also be possible for a film to be nominated in both film and television categories. For example, the 2020 documentary film One of Ours

231-481: The Calgary , Edmonton , Halifax , Montreal , Ottawa , Quebec City , Saskatoon , St. John's , Toronto , Vancouver , Victoria and/or Winnipeg markets between 1 January of the qualifying year and the date of the awards ceremony in the presentation year. A film may be submitted and even nominated before it has fully met these criteria, so long as it can provide satisfactory proof that the criteria will be fulfilled by

264-657: The Canadian Screen Awards . This Edmonton -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Canadian film festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards (French: Les prix Écrans canadiens ) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film , English-language television , and digital media ( web series ) productions. Given annually by

297-519: The TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, but due to Omicron variant and restrictions being reimplemented in the province of Ontario , the presentation was once again held as a virtual event. A television presentation returned, with winners in top categories announced during an hour-long, pre-recorded special on CBC Television hosted by TallBoyz . While in-person presentations were reinstated for 2023,

330-425: The Academy announced further changes for the 12th Canadian Screen Awards , instituting a new genre separation for best leading and supporting performances in drama and comedy films, and introducing a new category for best performance in a live action short film. No change was introduced in television acting categories, which already feature a genre separation for drama and comedy. At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards ,

363-758: The Academy announced that it would merge the Geminis and the Genies into a new awards show that would better recognize Canadian accomplishments in film, television, and digital media. On 4 September 2012, the Academy announced that the new ceremony would be known as the Canadian Screen Awards, reflecting the multi-platform nature of the presentation's expanded scope and how Canadians consume media content. The inaugural ceremony , hosted by comedian Martin Short and broadcast by CBC Television , took place on 3 March 2013. Due to

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396-536: The April 10 broadcast were presented in a series of Canadian Screen Week livestreams over the week before the main ceremony: broadcast news and documentary and factual awards on April 4; sports programming and digital categories on April 5; children's, animation, lifestyle and reality on April 6; television craft and performance on April 7; and cinematic arts on April 8. In film, the top nominees were Scarborough and Night Raiders , with 11 nods apiece, while in television

429-744: The Genie Awards, all Canadian films, regardless of language, are eligible to receive awards in the film categories. However, as with the Gemini Awards, only English-language productions are eligible for television categories: the Academy continues to hold the Prix Gémeaux , a separate ceremony honouring French-language television productions. Defunct categories : 10th Canadian Screen Awards The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were held on April 10, 2022, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2021. Nominations were announced on February 15. Due to

462-421: The academy's special awards were announced on January 18. One major category is currently presented without regard to the distinction between film, television or web media content. Nominees for the fan-voted Audience Choice award were announced on February 1. Although normally individual actors or personalities are nominated in the category, in 2022 the academy chose to honour shows. The audience choice award

495-471: The board would consider the suggestions and potentially announce a naming choice in time for the 2014 ceremony. No formal nickname was announced at the time; numerous media outlets settled on the informal "Screenies". At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, host Norm Macdonald called in his opening monologue for the awards to be named the Candys; several presenters and winners followed his lead throughout

528-512: The broadcast on CBC Television remained a pre-recorded special featuring highlights from the non-televised galas, linked by host Samantha Bee , rather than a live event. In August 2022, the Academy announced that it would discontinue its past practice of presenting gendered awards for film and television actors and actresses; beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, gender-neutral awards for Best Performance will be presented, with eight nominees per category instead of five. In 2023,

561-438: The calendar year. Documentary and short films are also automatically deemed eligible for nomination if they have won an award at an eligible Canadian or international film festival within the qualifying period, even if they have not fully met the Canadian screening criteria. For television categories, the qualifying period corresponds more closely to the traditional television season than the calendar year, beginning 1 September of

594-413: The date of the ceremony. Film festival screenings are not directly relevant to the inclusion criteria for feature films; as long as it meets the commercial screening criteria, a film may in fact have had its initial film festival premiere up to 1.5 years earlier than 1 January of the qualifying year. Although due to the more periodic nature of Canadian film distribution it may be possible for a film to meet

627-409: The evening, referring to the award as "The Candy" in their presentation announcements or acceptance speeches, and John Candy's former SCTV colleagues Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara both endorsed Macdonald's proposal in the press room. Macdonald had not sought input from the Academy itself prior to his monologue, although he ran the idea past the ceremony's broadcast producer Barry Avrich . At

660-470: The film BlackBerry , which documented the rise and fall of the BlackBerry phone , broke the record for the most nominations for a film in the history of the Canadian Screen Awards , with 17 nominations. As of 2023, the Academy has not announced any official nickname, such as "Oscar" for the Academy Awards . Many Canadian television and film critics and others have suggested potential nicknames, including

693-508: The most important film and television categories are presented during the live broadcast. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Canadian Screen Awards did not hold an in-person presentation between 2020 and 2022. All ceremonies were held as virtual events beginning with the 8th Canadian Screen Awards , with the non-televised galas replaced by streaming presentations during Canadian Screen Week, with no television broadcast. The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held at

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726-1111: The most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in Spain. The award's historic roots stem from the Canadian Film Awards , which were presented for film from 1949 to 1978, and

759-420: The number of awards presented, many of the less prominent awards are presented at a series of untelevised galas during Canadian Screen Week , the week leading up to the televised ceremonies. On the night of the main gala, the ceremony also starts approximately two hours earlier than the telecast, with additional awards being presented whose winners are recognized in short montages during the main ceremony, and only

792-503: The number of commercial theatrical screenings required for eligibility was temporarily reduced to just four screenings in one of the regular markets. Other new changes at the 9th ceremony included the renaming of the Overall Sound category to Sound Mixing, and the introduction of a new category for Best Casting in films. Feature documentaries are eligible if they have received three commercial theatrical screenings anywhere in Canada within

825-420: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada , the main presentation of top award categories on April 10 were again staged as a pre-taped virtual special rather than at a live theatrical gala; however, unlike the 2020 and 2021 presentations, which were streamed solely on the academy's social media accounts, the 2022 presentation was broadcast on CBC Television and CBC Gem . Awards in the categories not highlighted on

858-445: The qualifying criteria in more than one separate year, a film may not be resubmitted to the awards committee more than once. The eligibility criteria for feature films have sometimes faced criticism from some independent film producers, however, as they effectively excluded films which pursue distribution strategies more strongly based on streaming media platforms such as Netflix or Crave from consideration in film categories — unlike

891-493: The same time period as narrative features, or if they have screened at two qualifying film festivals within the calendar year. Animated short films are eligible if they have received one commercial theatrical screening anywhere in Canada, or have been screened at two qualifying festivals, within the calendar year; live action short films are eligible if they have received one commercial theatrical screening anywhere in Canada, or have been screened at three qualifying festivals, within

924-563: The second year before the ceremony and ending, depending on the category, either 31 August or 15 November of the year before the ceremony. An ongoing television series whose season straddles the cutoff date for its category is still eligible if it has aired at least one-third of its episodes within the eligibility period; if it does not meet that test, then it must wait until the following year. The Canadian Screen Awards has roughly 130 categories in total. There are 30 film categories, 100 television categories, and 10 digital media categories. As with

957-453: The series Sort Of was the leader with 13 nominations. Reviewing the film nominations, Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail characterized them as "the perfect slate", on the grounds that they had struck an excellent balance between the traditional tensions around whether an award nomination slate should celebrate films that are already relatively well-known or highlight underrated work that merits further attention. The April 10 broadcast

990-480: The straightforward abbreviation "Screenies"; tributes to film and television legends including "Candys" in memory of actor John Candy , "Pickfords" in honour of actress Mary Pickford and "Normans" in honour of director Norman Jewison ; "Angels" as a descriptive reference to the trophy's "wings"; and "Gemininies" as a portmanteau of the awards' former names. The Academy invited suggestions from viewers via social media, with CEO Helga Stephenson suggesting that

1023-684: The television categories at the same ceremony. However, a film cannot be considered in both film and television categories that directly duplicate each other; for instance, a film cannot be considered for both Best Picture and Best TV Movie . Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on theatrical film distribution in 2020, special rules for the 9th Canadian Screen Awards permitted films that were commercially screened on an Academy-approved list of video on demand platforms after having been planned for conventional theatrical distribution, as well as films that were screened online as part of any Canadian film festival that proceeded virtually in 2020; as well,

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1056-407: Was a nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 due to its theatrical run; however, as the Academy does not present awards for best direction or best writing in theatrical documentary films, but does present awards for best direction and writing in television documentaries, its television broadcast later in the year earned Yasmine Mathurin nominations in

1089-518: Was hosted by the sketch comedy troupe TallBoyz . Category presenters included Catherine O'Hara , Tatiana Maslany , Sidney Crosby , Ron MacLean , Jonathan and Drew Scott , Arisa Cox , Andrew Phung and Priyanka . Actor Simu Liu also appeared in sketches with TallBoyz. The advance Canadian Screen Week presentations were hosted by Brandon Gonez , Sangita Patel , Jennifer Hedger , Supinder Wraich , Deepa Prashad, Mary Berg , Akiel Julien , Ennis Esmer and Laurence Leboeuf . Recipients of

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