From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:
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From Pieta Woolley of the Georgia Straight:
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The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) will celebrate the winning words of 2007 on April 14 at the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards. More than 125 scripts were submitted for this year’s awards, honouring excellence in screenwriting. The entries have been narrowed down to 33 finalists in nine categories, including screenwriting for feature film, drama series, documentary film and more. Several special awards, including the WGC Showrunner Award, will also be handed out at the event.
Among the finalists, you will find the writers of television favourites such as Corner Gas, Robson Arms, Intelligence, Across the River to Motor City, This Hour has 22 Minutes and more, as well as the writers of feature films including The Stone Angel, Poor Boy’s Game and more. A complete list of finalists can be seen on the WGC website.
All winners will be announced at the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Awards on Monday, April 14, 2008. Guest host (and finalist) Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) will once again keep everyone in stitches as he keeps the celebrations rolling. Kyle Tingley (also a finalist for 22 Mins) will co-write the awards show with Crawford.
Last year’s winners included Sarah Polley for the screenplay of Away From Her, Kevin White and Brent Butt for Corner Gas and Susan Coyne & Bob Martin & Mark McKinney for Slings & Arrows.
This year’s finalists reflect the high level of achievement of Canadian screenwriters across the categories.
From CBC:
MARY WALSH AND LYRIQ BENT GUEST STAR ON THE HIT COMEDY SERIES SOPHIE, ON CBC TELEVISION
Mary Walsh guest stars on the second to last episode of the hit comedy series SOPHIE, Wednesday, March 26, at 8 p.m., on CBC Television. Walsh plays hard-nosed film director Sariah Sloan. It’s a negotiation Sophie (Natalie Brown), who owns Parker Talent Agency, will never forget.
When Estelle (Sara Botsford) and Melissa (Amy Lalonde) land rolls-of-a-lifetime, Sophie has to negotiate with the infamously difficult Sloan. Sloan is turned off by Sophie’s eagerness to be a mother first. With her relationship with Estelle in jeopardy and her business crumbling, Sophie has no choice but to ask her ex-fiancé Rick (Sebastian Spence) for help, a role that Rick has no desire to play.
On the final episode of the season, on Wednesday, April 2, Lyriq Bent (Angela’s Eyes, Platinum) stars as Andre, a mystery man, who unexpectedly reappears in Sophie’s life. Sophie hasn’t seen him since a magical tryst one weekend in New York City. She throws a birthday bash for herself, but the bigger surprise is the arrival of a man from her past, Andre, the stranger from New York. But the biggest surprise is yet to come when Sophie faces the dilemma of her life, does she tell Andre that he’s the father of Sophie’s baby?
