Bell Media and Its Partners Take Home 52 Awards at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards

TORONTO (March 12, 2018) – Bell Media congratulates its production partners, team members, and talent on a stellar performance at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards. Garnering a total of 52 awards across television, film, and digital, Bell Media continues to be recognized for its ongoing commitment to creating exceptional original Canadian content. With a total of 33 wins in television and digital categories, Bell Media and its partners took home four of the major television awards handed out at last night’s closing gala, including Best Lead Actor, Drama Program or Limited Series (Billy Campbell, CARDINAL), Best Lead Actress, Drama Series (Tatiana Maslany, ORPHAN BLACK), and two awards for THE AMAZING RACE CANADA – Best Reality/Competition Program or Series, and the Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show. Viewers can catch a full recap of the Canadian Screen Awards, including red carpet arrivals and behind-the-scenes coverage, with ETALK’s special ETALK AT THE CSAs, airing tonight (Monday, March 12) at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO, and 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two and CTV GO. “We are immensely proud of the achievements of Bell Media team members and partners who continue to produce the very best original Canadian series and films,” said Randy Lennox, President, Bell Media. “My biggest congratulations to our inspiring award winners and nominees across news, sports, scripted, factual, reality, lifestyle, and music programming, many of whom we welcomed and celebrated at Bell Media House this past week.” “As well, congratulations to Beth Janson and everyone at the Academy on another spectacular Canadian Screen Week and Awards.” CTV’s acclaimed Canadian drama series CARDINAL, from Sienna Films and eOne in association with CTV, garnered a total of six awards, including Campbell’s Best Lead Actor win, Best Supporting Actress, Drama for Allie MacDonald, and Best Original Music, Fiction for Todor Kobakov. CTV’s THE AMAZING RACE CANADA from Insight Productions took home six awards, including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series for the fourth year in a row; Best Direction, Reality/Competition; Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition; and the Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show. Space’s juggernaut sci-fi drama ORPHAN BLACK from Temple Street Productions secured three wins for its final season, including Tatiana Maslany being named Best Lead Actress, Drama Series for the fifth year in a row; Best Writing, Drama Series; and Best Achievement in Make-Up. In addition, Space’s WYNONNA EARP was recognized with the digital award for Best Cross-Platform Project – Fiction. The CraveTV Original Series LETTERKENNY, from New Metric Media, won in two significant categories for the second year in a row: Best Direction, Comedy, and Best Writing, Comedy. Bell Media Original Productions’ CANADA IN A DAY took home two awards, including Best Direction, Documentary Program, and Best Picture Editing, Documentary. THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW from Bell Media Studios was named Best Talk Program or Series for the third year in a row; Discovery’s Original Production MAYDAY won Best Factual Series; THE 2017 JUNO AWARDS was recognized as Best Live Entertainment Special; and RUSH: TIME STAND STILL, supported by premium pay TV network The Movie Network, was recognized as Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series. With a near sweep of its eight nomination categories, TSN took home seven awards, more than all other sports broadcasters combined, including Best Sports Host for James Duthie (2017 TRADECENTRE), Best Sports Analyst for Jack Armstrong (RAPTORS BASKETBALL ON TSN), Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer for Luke Wileman (2016 MLS CUP), and Best Live Sports Event (2016 MLS CUP). CTV News received two awards, with CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME winning Best National Newscast, and W5 being recognized with the prestigious Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research. Bell Media-supported films won 19 awards, led by Maudie winning all seven categories in which it was nominated, including Best Motion Picture, Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Sally Hawkins); Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Ethan Hawke); and Achievement in Direction (Aisling Walsh). The Breadwinner won for Adapted Screenplay in addition to three awards for Achievements in Music and Sound. Hochelaga, Land of Souls also received four awards, recognized for its Art Direction/Production Design, Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Overall Sound. Support for films comes from The Harold Greenberg Fund/Le Fonds Harold Greenberg, as well as pre-buys and acquisitions from premium pay TV networks The Movie Network and Super Écran. In addition, Bell Media congratulates Bell Let’s Talk on being recognized with the 2018 Humanitarian Award. This Special Award, accepted by Bell Let’s Talk Chair Mary Deacon, recognizes an extraordinary humanitarian contribution or act of compassion. One of its most-anticipated broadcasts of the year, ETALK caps off its coverage of Canadian Screen Week with full coverage from last night’s Canadian Screen Awards gala. Devon Soltendieck reports from the show’s red carpet riser and Danielle Graham hosts winners and stars in ETALK’s backstage lounge, including CSA winners Tatiana Maslany, Billy Campbell, the cast of LETTERKENNY, Margaret Atwood, and Sarah Gadon. ETALK’s special ETALK AT THE CSAs airs tonight (Monday, March 12) at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO, and 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two and CTV GO. The full list of Bell Media television and film winners includes: Television and Digital Awards (33) CTV CTV/Bell Media Studios THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW Bell Media Studios Best Talk Program or Series Michelle Crespi, John Simpson CTV Original Programming CARDINAL Sienna Films and eOne in association with CTV Best Lead Actor, Drama Program or Limited Series Billy Campbell Best Supporting Actress, Drama Allie MacDonald Best Original Music, Fiction Todor Kobakov Best Photography, Drama Steve Cosens Best Picture Editing, Drama Teresa De Luca Best Achievement in Casting Jon Comerford THE AMAZING RACE CANADA Insight Production Company Ltd. Best Reality/Competition Program or Series John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Mark Lysakowski, Mike Bickerton, Sarah James, Kyle Martin, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Steff Millman, Catherine Petersen Best Direction, Reality/Competition Rob Brunner Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition “Can I See Your Kuna?” – Ryan Shaw Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition “Finale” – Al Manson, Jonathan Dowler, Clare Elson, John Niedzielski, Jay Prychidny, Jordan Wood, Michael Tersigni Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition “Can I See Your Kuna?” – Mark Lysakowski, Rob Brunner, Jennifer Pratt Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Mark Lysakowski, Mike Bickerton, Sarah James, Kyle Martin, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Steff Millman, Catherine Petersen CANADA IN A DAY Screen Siren Pictures Inc. Best Direction, Documentary Program Trish Dolman Best Picture Editing, Documentary Nick Hector THE 2017 JUNO AWARDS Insight Production Company Ltd. Best Live Entertainment Special John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Randy Lennox, Allan Reid, Mark Cohon, Lindsay Cox, Pam De Montmorency, Tracy Galvin, Kristeen Von Hagen, Luciano Casimiri, Mark Vreeken, Howard Baggley, Simon Bowers, Doug McClement, Alex Nadon TSN 2016 MLS CUP Best Live Sports Event Jim Panousis and Steve Abitrante Best Direction, Live Sports Event Richard Wells Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer Luke Wileman 2016 GREY CUP Best Sports Opening/Tease Craig Chambers, Devon Burns, Troy Hacock 2017 TRADECENTRE Best Sports Host James Duthie Raptors Basketball on TSN Best Sports Analyst Jack Armstrong THE MISSION Best Sports Feature Segment Josh Shiaman, Brent Blanchard, Sid Bailey, and Gary Hawke CTV NEWS CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME Best National Newscast Lisa LaFlamme, David Hughes, Rosa Hwang, Allan Myers, Allan Black W5 Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research “W5: Making a Terrorist” – Madeline McNair, Brennan Lefler, Victor Malarek Space ORPHAN BLACK Boat Rocker Media Best Achievement in Make-Up “To Right the Wrongs of Many” – Stephen Lynch Best Writing, Drama Series “To Right the Wrongs of Many” – Graeme Manson, Renee St. Cyr Best Lead Actress, Drama Series Tatiana Maslany WYNONNA EARP Digital Best Cross-Platform Project – Fiction Daniel Dales, Jarrett Sherman, Alex Lalonde, Emily Andras, Jordy Randall, Tom Cox CraveTV LETTERKENNY New Metric Media Inc. Best Direction, Comedy “The Election” – Jacob Tierney Best Writing, Comedy “Relationships” – Jacob Tierney, Jared Keeso Discovery MAYDAY Cineflix (Mayday 16) Inc. Best Factual Series Alex Bystram, Kim Bondi, Martin Pupp The Movie Network RUSH: TIME STAND STILL Fadoo Productions Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series Allan Weinrib, Pegi Cecconi, Ray Danniels, John Virant, Corey Russell THE MOVIE NETWORK, THE HAROLD GREENBERG FUND/LE FONDS HAROLD GREENBERG (19) Maudie Equity and development financing by The Harold Greenberg Fund Pre-buy by The Movie Network Best Motion Picture Bob Cooper, Mary Young Leckie, Mary Sexton, Susan Mullen Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Sally Hawkins Achievement in Direction Aisling Walsh Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Ethan Hawke Original Screenplay Sherry White Achievement in Costume Design Trysha Bakker Achievement in Editing Stephen O’Connell The Breadwinner Equity and development financing by The Harold Greenberg Fund Pre-buy by The Movie Network Achievement in Music – Original Score Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna Achievement in Music – Original Song Qais Essar, Joshua Hill – “The Crown Sleeps” Achievement in Sound Editing Nelson Ferreira, John Elliot, J.R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo, Tyler Whitham Adapted Screenplay Anita Doron Hochelaga, Land of Souls | Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes Equity investment by Le Fonds Harold Greenberg Pre-buy by Super Écran Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design | Meilleure direction artistique François Séguin Achievement in Cinematography | Meilleures images Nicolas Bolduc Achievement in Overall Sound | Meilleur son d’ensemble Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Daniel Bisson, Louis-Antoine Lassonde Achievement in Visual Effects | Meilleurs effets visuels Alain Lachance, Yann Jouannic, Hugo Léveillé, Nadège Bozetti, Antonin Messier-Turcotte, Thibault Deloof, Francis Bernard Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World Pre-buy by The Movie Network Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Lisa Roth, Stevie Salas, Tim Johnson, Diana Holtzberg, Jan Rofekamp, Ernest Webb Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary Alfonso Maiorana Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary Benjamin Duffield, Jeremiah Hayes The Ravenous | Les affamés Equity investment by Le Fonds Harold Greenberg Pre-buy by Super Écran Achievement in Make-Up | Meilleurs maquillages Érik Gosselin, Marie-France Guy