Nominees announced for 2021 Canadian Screen Awards

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...