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The award was first established in 1949 by the Canadian Association for Adult Education, [1] under a steering committee that included the National Film Board's James Beveridge, the Canadian Foundation's Walter Herbert, filmmaker F. R. Crawley, the National Gallery of Canada's Donald Buchanan and diplomat Graham McInnes. [1]
The Canadian Screen Awards has roughly 130 categories in total. There are 30 film categories, 100 television categories, and 10 digital media categories. As with the Genie Awards, all Canadian films, regardless of language, are eligible to receive awards in the film categories.
The award was first presented in 1949 by the Canadian Film Awards under the title Film of the Year. Due to the economics of Canadian film production, however, most Canadian films made in this era were documentaries or short films rather than full-length narrative feature films.
First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. 1989 Jesus of Montreal: Nominated (original title: Jésus de Montréal). 2003 The Barbarian Invasions: Won (original title: Les Invasions barbares). First Canadian film to win Best Foreign Language Film. 2006 Water: Deepa Mehta: Nominated (original title: Water वाटर).
Award for Best Canadian Film ($8,000 prize) – Violent, Andrew Huculiak (Canada) Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film Award – The Cut, Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada) Rogers People's Choice Award – The Vancouver Asahi, Ishii Yuya (Japan) VIFF Most Popular Canadian Film Award – Preggoland, Jacob Tierney (Canada)
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Cinematography, to honour the best Canadian film cinematography.. The award was first presented in 1963 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, with separate categories for colour and black-and-white cinematography; the separate categories were discontinued after 1969, with only a single category ...
For the 93rd Academy Awards, Canada's original submission was Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy, but the film was disqualified in December 2020 for containing too much dialogue in English. [13] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Canada for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
The 28th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honouring the best films released in 2024, were announced on December 15, 2024. [1] [2] [3]The awards gala will be held, along with the winner announcements of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award and Rogers Best Canadian Documentary, at The Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto, hosted by Canadian actress Tamara Podemski, on February 24, 2025.