Schitt’s Creek leads with 21 nominations
TORONTO — The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (the Canadian Academy) today announced the nominees for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, which are presented in 141 film, television and digital media categories.
Leading both the television and overall Canadian Screen Award nominations is the final season of CBC’s Schitt’s Creek with 21 nominations, followed by CTV’s Cardinal: Until the Night and CBC’s Trickster, which each have 15 nominations.
In the film categories, Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum leads the nominations with 10, while Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy has nine and Charles Officer’s Akilla’s Escape has eight.
Digital media nominations are led by Bit Playas with six, followed by Hey Lady! with five, and Avocado Toast the series and Ghost BFF with four each.
The 2021 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented as a seven-part, genre-based series of presentations streamed live on Academy.ca, as well as the Canadian Academy Twitter and YouTube channels, from Monday, May 17 through Thursday, May 20, starting at 7 p.m. ET each night. The awards will culminate in the main event featuring a curated selection of prominent awards, streaming live on May 20 at 8 p.m. ET. The full schedule of events is available here.
For the full list of 2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominees, please click here.
