It is trophy season once again as the annual Canadian Screen Awards super spreader marathon is in full swing. Demand for the award itself has been so high Canadian Tire has completely sold out of ice scrapers and hockey pucks.
The glut of statue swapping began last Monday with The Broadcast News Awards, hosted by Brandon Gonez and The Documentary & Factual Awards, hosted by Sangita Patel. Awards are handed out over six nights for excellence in Canadian film and television. On the seventh day, the Academy rests.
There really are a lot of very deserving Canadians in the industry who get singled out at the CSAs. It was good to see the Crave documentary “Oscar Peterson: Black + White” receive four awards, including one for Mark Selby for Best Visual Research. The film clips and archival photo stills on that doc were outstanding and drawn from many far-flung sources.
The final gala will be televised Sunday night on CBC. Catherine O’Hara, Tatiana Maslany, Arisa Cox, Sidney Crosby, Andrew Phung, Ginella Massa, Ron MacLean, Jonathan & Drew Scott, Priyanka and Jessi Cruickshank will be presenting. The CBC dramedy Sort Of leads all shows with 13 nominations.
