6th Canadian Screen Awards


The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017. Nominations were announced on January 16.
The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of advance galas on March 6, 7 and 8.

Film

Nominees and winners are:
Motion PictureDirection

  • Aisling Walsh, Maudie
  • Robin Aubert, Ravenous
  • Alexis Durand-Brault, It's the Heart That Dies Last
  • Sadaf Foroughi, Ava
  • Ian Lagarde, All You Can Eat Buddha
  • Actor in a leading roleActress in a leading role
  • Nabil Rajo, Boost
  • Antoine L'Écuyer, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Tzi Ma, Meditation Park
  • Émile Proulx-Cloutier, We Are the Others
  • Gabriel Sabourin, It's the Heart That Dies Last
  • Sally Hawkins, Maudie
  • Denise Filiatrault, It's the Heart That Dies Last
  • Shirley Henderson, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Mahour Jabbari, Ava
  • Marine Johnson, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Actor in a supporting roleActress in a supporting role
  • Ethan Hawke, Maudie
  • Sylvio Arriola, All You Can Eat Buddha
  • Jahmil French, Boost
  • Sladen Peltier, Indian Horse
  • Natar Ungalaaq, Iqaluit
  • Bahar Noohian, Ava
  • Oluniké Adeliyi, Boost
  • Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Porcupine Lake
  • Clare Coulter, Cross My Heart
  • Brigitte Poupart, Ravenous
  • Original ScreenplayAdapted Screenplay
  • Sherry White, Maudie
  • Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout, Adventures in Public School
  • Sadaf Foroughi, Ava
  • Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Sarah Kolasky and Adam Garnet Jones, Great Great Great
  • Anita Doron, The Breadwinner
  • Nicole Bélanger, Cross My Heart
  • Susan Coyne, The Man Who Invented Christmas
  • Simon Lavoie, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Gabriel Sabourin, It's the Heart That Dies Last
  • Feature Length DocumentaryShort Documentary
  • Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Lisa Roth, Stevie Salas, Tim Johnson, Diana Holtzberg, Jan Rofekamp, Ernest Webb
  • ManicKalina Bertin, Marina Serrao, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
  • A Moon of Nickel and Ice Christine Falco, François Jacob, Vuk Stojanovic
  • Resurrecting HassanCarlo Guillermo Proto, Roxanne Sayegh, Pablo Villegas, Maria Paz Gonzalez
  • Unarmed VersesCharles Officer, Lea Marin
  • Take a Walk on the Wildside – Lisa Rideout, Lauren Grant, Sasha Fisher
  • Babe, I Hate to GoAndrew Moir
  • Three ThousandAsinnajaq, Kat Baulu
  • Live Action Short DramaAnimated Short
  • FluffyLee Filipovski
  • The Beep Test Maxime Aubert, Audrey D. Laroche
  • Garage at Night Daniel Daigle, Aurélie Breton
  • Plain and Simple Raphaël Ouellet, Annick Blanc
  • Pre-DrinkMarc-Antoine Lemire, Maria Gracia Turgeon
  • The Tesla World Light – Matthew Rankin, Julie Roy
  • Dam! The Story of Kit the BeaverKjell Boersma, Josh Clavir
  • Fox and the WhaleRobin Joseph
  • Hedgehog's HomeEva Cvijanović, Vanja Andrijević, Jelena Popović
  • ManivaldChintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić, Jelena Popović
  • Art Direction/Production DesignCinematography
  • François Séguin, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Guillaume Couture, Cross My Heart
  • Sophie Jarvis and Elizabeth Cairns, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Siamak Karinejad, Ava
  • Marjorie Rhéaume, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Nicolas Bolduc, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Nicolas Canniccioni, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Sina Kermanizadeh, Ava
  • Mathieu Laverdière, We Are the Others
  • Norm Li, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Costume DesignEditing
  • Trysha Bakker, Maudie
  • Julie Bécotte, We Are the Others
  • Mario Davignon, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Brigitte Desroches, Cross My Heart
  • Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, All You Can Eat Buddha
  • Stephen O'Connell, Maudie
  • Kiarash Anvari, Ava
  • Darragh Byrne, The Breadwinner
  • Louis-Philippe Rathé, It's the Heart That Dies Last
  • Simone Smith, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Overall SoundSound Editing
  • Claude La Haye and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Philippe Attié, Boost
  • Sylvain Bellemare, All You Can Eat Buddha
  • Pierre Bertrand, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher and Maxime Potvin, Cross My Heart
  • Matt Drake, Nate Evans and Christopher O'Brien, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Nelson Ferreira, John Elliot, J. R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo and Tyler Whitham, The Breadwinner
  • Claude Beaugrand, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Sylvain Bellemare, All You Can Eat Buddha
  • Marie-Claude Gagné, Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2
  • Christian Rivest, Antoine Morin, Thibaud Quinchon, Guy Pelletier and Guy Francœur, '
  • Achievement in Music: Original ScoreAchievement in Music: Original Song
  • Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, The Breadwinner
  • Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool and Alexis Martin, Cross My Heart
  • Pierre-Philippe Côté, Ravenous
  • Ben Fox, Never Steady, Never Still
  • Terry Riley and Gyan Riley, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Qais Essar and Joshua Hill, "The Crown Sleeps" – The Breadwinner
  • Dani Bailey, "Rid the Dark" – Hunting Pignut
  • Joey Sherrett, Chris Gordon and Nathaniel Huskinson, "CTS Thief" – Boost
  • Make-UpVisual Effects
  • Érik Gosselin and Marie-France Guy, Ravenous
  • Kathryn Casault, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Sonia Dolan, The Man Who Invented Christmas
  • Bruno Gatien, All You Can Eat Buddha
  • Marlène Rouleau, Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2
  • Alain Lachance, Yann Jouannic, Hugo Léveillé, Nadège Bozetti, Antonin Messier-Turcotte, Thibault Deloof and Francis Bernard, Hochelaga, Land of Souls
  • Jonathan Piché Delorme, Fabienne Mouillac, Alain Lachance, Caroline Guagliardo, Alexandre Tremblay, Thibault Deloof and Benoit Gagnon, We Are the Others
  • Greg Behrens, Brendan Taylor, Jasmine Scott and Martin O'Brien, The Man Who Invented Christmas
  • Marc Hall, Jonathan Cyr, Emmanuel Bazin, Clément Natiez and Emmanuelle Gill, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Marc Hall, The Cyclotron
  • Best Cinematography in a DocumentaryBest Editing in a Documentary
  • Alfonso Maiorana,
  • Mike McLaughlin, Unarmed Verses
  • Duraid Munajim, My Enemy, My Brother
  • Carlo Guillermo Proto, Resurrecting Hassan
  • Vuk Stojanovic, François Jacob and Ilya Zima, A Moon of Nickel and Ice
  • Benjamin Duffield and Jeremiah Hayes,
  • Frank Cassano, Sled Dogs
  • Anouk Deschênes, Manic
  • François Jacob and Jéricho Jeudy, A Moon of Nickel and Ice
  • Roland Schlimme, Long Time Running
  • John Dunning Discovery AwardSpecial awards
  • Black CopCory Bowles, Aaron Horton
  • The DevoutConnor Gaston, Amanda Verhagen
  • Wexford PlazaJoyce Wong, Matt Greyson, Harry Cherniak
  • Best First Feature: Ava – Sadaf Foroughi'''
  • Golden Screen Award: Father and Guns 2
  • Television

    Programs

    Actors

    News and information

    Sports

    Craft awards

    Directing

    Music

    Writing

    Digital media

    Multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsFilm
    8Ava
    8Hochelaga, Land of Souls
    8Never Steady, Never Still
    7The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
    7Maudie
    6All You Can Eat Buddha
    6The Breadwinner
    6Cross My Heart
    6It's the Heart That Dies Last
    5Boost
    5Ravenous

    AwardsFilm
    7Maudie
    4The Breadwinner
    4Hochelaga, Land of Souls
    3'
    2Ava

    NominationsShow
    13Anne
    12Cardinal
    12Kim's Convenience
    11Alias Grace
    11Schitt's Creek
    9Letterkenny
    9Mary Kills People
    8'
    8Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    8the fifth estate
    8W5
    7The Amazing Race Canada
    619–2
    6Baroness von Sketch Show
    6Orphan Black
    6Top Chef Canada
    52016 Grey Cup
    5Frontier
    5Hotel Transylvania
    5The Life-Sized City
    5Rick Mercer Report
    5Vikings
    5Workin' Moms

    AwardsShow
    6Alias Grace
    6The Amazing Race Canada
    6Cardinal
    5Baroness von Sketch Show
    32016 MLS Cup
    3Kim's Convenience
    3Orphan Black
    3PAW Patrol
    3Schitt's Creek
    3Vikings

    Special awards

    Several special awards were given: