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Screen Nova Scotia announces 2021 award nominees

From a media release:

Screen Nova Scotia is pleased to officially announce the nominees for the 7th annual Screen Nova Scotia Awards Gala, which will take place virtually on Thursday, November 25th, at 8:30 PM. The awards recognize and celebrate the incredible talent, creativity, and passion that are the trademarks of Nova Scotia’s film, television and animation industry. There will be a limited in-person live screening party for the virtual awards taking place at the Marquee Club in Halifax for nominees and VIP guests, adhering to all current COVID-19 restrictions. The awards gala will return to a full-capacity live event in May 2022.

The individual video packages for each award category will go live on November 25th at 8:30 PM on Screen Nova Scotia’s Vimeo page (HERE) and will also be shared across social media. The videos will be easily accessible and free to watch (for reference, you can watch last year’s awards videos HERE).

Notable awards include the ACTRA Maritimes Awards for Outstanding Performances, the Film Crew Excellence Award, the Women in Film & Television Atlantic Award, and the Community Recognition Award, along with the Screen Nova Scotia Awards for best television, film, and animation.

New this year, ACTRA simplified their awards to remove categorization based on gender, type of role, and format. There are now four awards for “Outstanding Performance,” determined by a jury of their peers.

The winners of the Community Recognition Award and the Film Crew Excellence Award will be announced during the event. Please see a full list of all award nominees below.

Best Feature Film
-Bone Cage (Afro Viking Pictures, Bone Cage Productions)
-Tin Can (Cut/Off/Tail Pictures)
-Under the Weather (Picture Plant)

Best Documentary Film
-Bread in the Bones (Gorgeous Mistake Productions)
-The Killing of Phillip Boudreau (Tell Tale Productions)
-Good Earth (Ubuntu Media)
-Rare Bird Alert (Dream Street Pictures)

Best Short Film
-Deadstick John (Good Yawn Pictures)
-Disco Apocalypse (Blurry Logo Productions)
-Here to Help (Donair Film Productions) Inceldom (Afro Viking Pictures)

Best Television Series
-Diggstown, Season 2 (Freddie Films / Circle Blue Entertainment)
-I Am Syd Stone (Rebel Road Films)
-Spirit Talker (Tell Tale Productions)
-This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Season 28 (IoM Media Ventures)

Best Animated Series
-Curious George (Copernicus Studios)
-Love, Diana (Huminah Animation) Dennis and Me (Cartoon Conrad)
-Onyx Monster Mysteries (Huminah Animation)

ACTRA Maritimes Awards for Outstanding Performances (Group 1)
-Amy Trefry (Tin Can)
-Calem MacDonald (The Umbrella Academy)
-Stephanie MacDonald (Disco Apocalypse) Taylor Olson (Inceldom)
-Vinessa Antoine (Diggstown, Season 2)

ACTRA Maritimes Awards for Outstanding Performances (Group 2)
-Francine Deschepper (I Am Syd Stone)
-Kathryn McCormack (Disco Apocalypse)
-Sam Vigneault (Bone Cage)
-Simon Mutabazi (Tin Can) Taylor Olson (Bone Cage)

ACTRA Maritimes Awards for Outstanding Performances (Group 3)
-Amy Groening (Bone Cage)
-Billy MacLellan (Diggstown, Season 2)
-Calem MacDonald (The Detectives)
-Josh MacDonald (Diggstown, Season 2)
-Ursula Calder (Bone Cage)

ACTRA Maritimes Awards for Outstanding Performances (Group 4)
-Shelley Thompson (I Am Syd Stone)
-Allister MacDonald (Liar)
-Kevin Kincaid (I Am Syd Stone)
-Peter Sarty (Inceldom)
-Shelley Thompson (Disco Apocalypse)

WIFT-AT — Best Nova Scotia Director Award:
-Megan Wennberg (The Killing of Phillip Boudreau)
-Rachel Bower (I Am Skylar)
-Lara Cassidy (Tracy and Martina’s Cape Breton Christmas)
-Koumbie (The Sooner We Do #1)

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Screen Nova Scotia announces 2019 award nominees

From a media release:

Screen Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the nominees for the 5th annual Screen Nova Scotia Awards Gala, taking place Friday, May 3rd at 8:00 p.m. in the Schooner Room at Casino Nova Scotia. The awards recognize and celebrate the incredible talent, creativity, and passion that are the trademarks of Nova Scotia’s film, television and animation industry.

The event will be co-hosted by a star-studded cast, and a diverse audience of Nova Scotia’s brightest and most creative talents will be in attendance. Individual tickets and group tables are on sale now via Screen Nova Scotia’s website: www.screennovascotia.com. Please note that tickets are limited and last year’s show was a sold-out event.

Notable awards include the ACTRA Awards for Outstanding Performances, the Film Crew Excellence Award, the Digital Animators of Nova Scotia Award, the Women in Film & Television Atlantic Award, and the Community Recognition Award, along with Screen Nova Scotia awards for best television, film, and animation.

New this year, Paul Bronfman and William F. White International Inc. will be receiving the inaugural Industry Champion Award in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the production services company setting up shop in Halifax, and our appreciation of their continued and unwavering support of the Nova Scotia screen industry.

THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2018 SCREEN NOVA SCOTIA AWARDS GALA ARE:

Screen Nova Scotia Awards:

Best Feature Film
Aliens With Knives (Winter Light Productions)
Halloween Party (Northeast Films)
Hopeless Romantic (Northeast Films / LJH Films)
Splinters (Emotion Pictures)

Best Documentary Film
In French, S’il Vous Plaît! (Les Productions du 4e Mur)
Needles (Clerisy Entertainment)
The Social Shift (Mirror Image Media)
The Trauma Toll (Clerisy Entertainment)

Best Short Film
Bernie Langille Wants To Know…Who Killed Bernie Langille (Peep Media)
Borscht & Fresh Bread (Sarah Gignac)
Duck Duck Goose (Shelley Thompson)
It’s Only Monday (Nicole Steeves)

Best Television Series
Forgive Me – Season 3 (Emotion Pictures)
Mr. D – Season 8 (Topsail Entertainment)
This House Has 22 Minutes – Season XXV (DHX – Hour Productions)
Trailer Park Boys – Season 12 (Sunnyvale Productions)

Best Animated Series
Addison (Boulevard Productions)
Care Bears (Copernicus Studios)
Spaceman and Robotron (Lujo Films Inc. / Connections Productions)

ACTRA Maritimes Awards for Outstanding Performances:

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Female Role
Francine Deschepper (Duck Duck Goose)
Bette MacDonald (Mr. D)
Shelley Thompson (Splinters)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Male Role
Callum Dunphy (Splinters)
Bailey Maughan (Splinters)
Jordan Poole (Creeped Out)
T. Thomason (Halloween Party)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Female Role
Francine Deschepper (Hopeless Romantic)
Marietta Laan (Halloween Party)
Kathryn MacLellan (Hopeless Romantic)
Shelley Thompson (Halloween Party)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Male Role
Jeremy Ackerman (Forgive Me)
Taylor Olson (Hopeless Romantic)
Jordan Poole (Birthmarked)
Bill Wood (Mr. D)

WIFT-AT Award for Best Director:
Nicole Steeves (It’s Only Monday)
Shelley Thompson (Duck Duck Goose)
Jackie Torrens (Bernie Langille Wants to Know…Who Killed Bernie Langille)
Andrea Vandenboer (Climate Change and the Human Prospect)

DANS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Gwyneth Christoffel (Radical Age)
Paton Francis & Krista MacKinnon (Addison)
Don Pinsent & Team (Spaceman and Robotron)

Industry Champion Award:
Paul Bronfman, Chairman/CEO, William F. White International Inc.

Winners of the Community Recognition Award and the Film Crew Excellence Award will be announced live during the event.Facebooktwitterredditlinkedinmail