Awards and Prizes
A total of 94 CMF-funded projects won 201 prizes in 20 prestigious Canadian award ceremonies during 2015-2016. Outside Canada, 29 CMF-funded projects received nominations of which 11 won prizes in eight international competitions.
English-language Drama projects that garnered the most recognition, in Canada and on a global scale were The Book of Negroes, Schitt’s Creek, Orphan Black and Degrassi. In the French-language market, the series Les Beaux Malaises, 19-2, Nouvelle Adresse and Unité 9 captured the most awards
2015 Canadian Screen Awards
Title | Category |
19-2 | Best Drama |
19-2 | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series |
19-2 | Best Achievement in Casting |
Balletlujah | Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series |
Degrassi | Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series |
Degrassi | Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Degrassi | Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Degrassi | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Finding Stuff Out | Best Children's or Youth Non Fiction Program or Series |
Finding Stuff Out | Best Host in a Pre-school, Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Hockey Wives | Best Picture Editing in a Factual Program or Series |
Hurt | Ted Rodgers Best Feature Length Documentary |
Ice Pilots NWT | Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series |
Ice Pilots NWT | Best Writing in a Factual Program or Series |
Jellyfish Rule! | Best Visual Research |
Numb Chucks | Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series |
Numb Chucks | Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series |
Orphan Black | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |
Orphan Black | Best Original Music Score for a Series |
Orphan Black | Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series |
Orphan Black | Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series |
Orphan Black | Best Writing in a Dramatic Series |
Orphan Black | Best Achievement in Make-up |
Orphan Black | Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |
Remedy | Best Performance in a Guest Role Dramatic Series |
Rick Mercer Report | Best Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series |
Rick Mercer Report | Best Picture Editing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series |
Rick Mercer Report | Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series |
Rocket Monkeys | Best Animated Program or Series |
Saving Hope: psychic healing | Best Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media sponsor |
Schitt's Creek | Best Comedy |
Schitt's Creek | Best performance by an actress in a feature supporting role or Guest role in a comedic series |
Schitt's Creek | Best performance by an actor in a feature supporting role or Guest role in a comedic series |
Schitt's Creek | Best Performance by an actress in a continuing leading comedic role |
Schitt's Creek | Best Performance by an actor in a continuing leading comedic role |
Schitt's Creek | Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series |
Schitt's Creek | Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series |
Schitt's Creek | Best Picture Editing in a Comedy Program or Series |
Schitt's Creek | Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series |
Snowtime (the dog who stopped the war) | Golden Screen Award for best Canadian box-office |
SOL | Best Documentary Program |
Songs of Freedom | Best Direction in a Documentary Program |
Songs of Freedom | Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series |
Songs of Freedom | Best Sound in a Non-Fiction Program or Series |
Still Standing | Best Factual Program or Series |
Sugar Coated | Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary |
Sunnyside | Best Photography in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series |
Sunnyside | Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) |
The Book of Negroes Interactive | Best Cross-Platform Project, Fiction (Digital Nominee) |
The Book of Negroes | Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a dramatic program or limited series |
The Book of Negroes | Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a dramatic program or limited series |
The Book of Negroes | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series |
The Book of Negroes | Best TV Movie or Limited Series |
The Book of Negroes | Best Costume Design |
The Book of Negroes | Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series |
The Book of Negroes | Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series |
The Book of Negroes | Best Sound in a Comedy or Dramatic Program or Series |
The Book of Negroes | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series |
The Book of Negroes | Best Original Music Score for a Program |
The Great Human Odyssey | Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Serie |
The Great Human Odyssey | Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series |
Vietnam: Canada's Shadow War | Best History Documentary Program or Series |
Vikings | Best International Drama |
Vikings | Best Visual Effects |
X company | Best Performance by an actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series |
2015 Prix Gémeaux
Title | Category |
19-2 | Best seasonal drama series |
19-2 | Best production: Seasonal drama series |
19-2 | Best writing: Seasonal drama series |
19-2 | Best editing: Fiction |
19-2 | Best casting: Fiction |
19-2 | Best musical theme: All categories |
19-2 | Best actor in a leading role: Seasonal drama series |
21 jours | Best editing: Public affairs, documentary – series |
30 vies | Best daily drama series |
30 vies | Best production: Daily drama series |
30 vies | Best writing: Daily drama series |
30 vies | Best actor in a leading role: Daily drama series |
Anticosti : La chasse au pétrole extrême | Best original soundtrack: Documentary |
Apocalypse | Best documentary series: Society |
Apocalypse | Best screenplay: Documentary |
Apocalypse | Best research: Public affairs, documentaries all categories |
Apocalypse | Best sound: Magazine, public affairs, documentaries all categories |
Arrange-toi avec ça! | Best youth show or series: Variety/magazine |
Au secours de Béatrice | Best writing: Annual drama series |
Au secours de Béatrice | Best actress in a leading role: Annual drama series |
Bye Bye 2014 | Best sound: Humor, variety all categories |
Chasseurs d'épaves | Best documentary show or series: Nature, science and environment |
Cyberagression | Best show or series: Docufiction |
Dis-moi tout | Best research: Youth |
En direct de l'univers | Best director of photography or lighting: Humor, variety all categories |
En thérapie | Best actor in a leading role: Daily drama series |
En thérapie | Best actress in a leading role: Daily drama series |
En thérapie | Best actress in a leading support role: Daily drama series |
Infoman | Best comedy series |
Infoman | Best research: Talk show, magazine |
Infoman | Best animation: Humor, variety series or special |
La Voix | Best variety or performing arts series |
La Voix | Best production: Variety or performing arts series or special |
Le berceau des anges | Best original soundtrack: Fiction |
Le Chalet | Best youth production: Fiction |
Le Chalet | Best writing: Youth |
Le rêve de Champlain | Best digital production (website and/or mobile app) for a show or series: Documentary |
Le théâtre des opérations | Best director of photography: Public affairs, documentaries all categories |
Les appendices | Best performance: Comedy |
Les Argonautes | Best youth show or series: Fiction |
Les Argonautes | Best leading role: Youth |
Les beaux malaises | Best comedy |
Les beaux malaises | Best production: Comedy |
Les beaux malaises | Best set decoration: Fiction |
Les beaux malaises | Best actor in a leading role: Comedy |
Les beaux malaises | Best actress in a leading role: Comedy |
Les beaux malaises | Best actor in a leading role: Comedy |
Les beaux malaises | Best actress in a leading support role: Comedy |
Les gars des vues | Best editing: humor, variety all categories |
Les pêcheurs | Best humoristic special |
Les pêcheurs | Best production: Humor |
Les pêcheurs | Best writing: Humor |
Les pêcheurs | Best digital production (website and/or mobile app) for a show or series: Fiction |
Miron, un homme revenu d'en dehors du monde | Best documentary show or series: Arts and Culture |
Miron, un homme revenu d'en dehors du monde | Best editing: Public affairs, documentary – show |
Nouvelle adresse | Best director of photography: Fiction |
Nouvelle adresse | Best costume design: All categories |
Nouvelle adresse | Best make-up/hair: All categories |
Nouvelle adresse | Best actress in a leading role: Seasonal drama series |
Nouvelle adresse | Best actor in a leading role: Seasonal drama series |
Nouvelle adresse | Best actress in a leading support role: Seasonal drama series |
O' | Best actress in a leading role: Annual drama series |
Rachel, la star aux pieds nus | Best documentary show or series: Biography or portrait |
Rachel, la star aux pieds nus | Best production: Single documentary |
Unité 9 | Best annual drama series |
Unité 9 | Best production: Annual drama series |
Unité 9 | Best sound: Fiction |
Unité 9 | Best actor in a leading role: Annual drama series |
Unité 9 | Best actress in a leading support role: Annual drama series |
Volteface | Best documentary series: Society |
Vrak la vie | Best supporting role: Youth |
Other Canadian awards
Title | Awards | Category |
19-2 | Gala ARTIS | Actor/Québec serial dramas |
Angry Inuk | Hot Docs Awards | Vimeo On Demand Audience Award |
Annedroids | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Grand Prize for Best Production, All Categories |
Big Block Singsong | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Best Television Program, Interstitial, All Ages Category |
Bunks | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Best Television Program, All Genres, Ages 9–12 Category |
Ce soir tout est permis | Gala ARTIS | Variety or entertainment show host |
Chariot | Prix Numix | Game production: Independent production |
Clandestine | Canadian Video Game Awards | Best Innovation and Best Technology |
Degrassi | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Best Television Program, All Genres, Teen Category |
En thérapie | Prix Numix | Production de convergence : Variété et dramatique |
Fangbone! | Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards | Animation |
Fangbone! | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Best Television Program, Animation, Ages 9–14 Category |
Forgive Me | Screen Nova Scotia Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead or Featured Role |
Guidestones | Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards | Digital Series Scripted |
Haida Gwaii | Hot Docs Awards | Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award |
Highway Thru Hell | Leo Awards | Documentary Program or Series - Sound Editing |
Infoman | Gala les Olivier | TV humoristic special |
Infoman | Gala les Olivier | TV humoristic series |
Lance et compte | Gala ARTIS | Actress/Québec TV series |
Les Appendices | Prix Numix | Web TV production: Humor and variety |
Les Argonautes | Prix Numix | Convergence production: Youth |
Les Beaux Malaises | Gala ARTIS | Actor/Québec comedies |
Les Beaux Malaises | Gala les Olivier | TV comedy |
Les Beaux Malaises | Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards | Sitcom |
MiniTFO | Marketing Awards | Multicultural Marketing, Original Integrated: Bronze |
Motive | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series - Picture Editing |
Mr. D | Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards | TV Comedy |
Murdoch Mysteries: The Infernal Device | DIGI Awards | Interactive content - Fiction |
Numb Chucks | Actra Awards | Outstanding Performance-Voice |
O' | Gala ARTIS | Actor/Québec serial drama |
Okpik's Dream | Prix du CALQ | Œuvre de la relève à Montréal 2015 |
Package Deal | Leo Awards | Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series - Picture Editing |
Schitt's Creek | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Half Hour |
Schitt's Creek | Actra Awards | Outstanding Performance-Female |
Sensitive Skin | CanadianCinema Editors Awards | Half Hour |
Still Standing | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Half-Hour Scripted |
Strange Empire | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series - Cinematography |
The Adventures of Napkin Man | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Best Television Program, All Genres, Ages 3–5 Category |
The Book of Negroes | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | TV Movie or Mini-series |
The Book of Negroes | DGC Aawards | Best Picture Editing - Television Movie/Mini-series |
The Day My Butt Went Psycho | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Animation |
The Incredible Tales of Weirdwood Manor | DIGI Awards | Mobile Entertainment |
The Legend of Sarila | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence | Best Television Program, Animation, Ages 6–8 Category |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Canadian Comedy Awards | Best TV Show |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Canadian Comedy Awards | Best Direction in a TV Series or Special |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Canadian Comedy Awards | Best Writing in a TV Series or Special |
Trucktown | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Best Editing in Animation |
Unité 9 | Zapettes d'or | Fictional character of the year |
Unité 9 | Gala ARTIS | Actor/Québec serial drama |
Vrak la vie | Gala ARTIS | Youth show performer |
Warrior Games | Leo Awards | Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series - Cinematography |
International awards
Title | Awards | Category | Country/Region |
Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures | Daytime Emmy | Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series | USA |
Human Harvest | Peabody Awards | Documentary | USA |
One World Kitchen | The Sichuan TV Festival | Most Innovative Lifestyle Show | China |
Pirate's Passage | Kidscreen Awards | Best One-Off, Special or TV movies | USA |
Product of Italy | Best App Ever Awards | Best Cooking App | USA |
Ruby Skye PI : The Maltese Puppy | International Academy of Web Television Awards | Best Children's Series | USA |
Schitt's Creek | Golden Maple Awards | Best Newcomer | USA |
SOS: Save our Skins | International Academy of Web Television Awards | Best Genre series | USA |
The Book of Negroes | NAACP | Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Tv) | USA |
Vikings | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | USA |
The Incredible Tales of Weirdwood Manor | Kidscreen Awards | Best game app -Tablet | USA |