As Canadian Screen Week continues, the week-long series of events and galas honouring excellence in the Canadian entertainment industry shifted its sights to the Internet, paying tribute to the best of homegrown digital storytelling.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television honoured digital storytelling at a gala ceremony, held Thursday night in Toronto, where Canadian Screen Awards were presented to the winners in various digital categories.
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The televised Canadian Screen Awards will air on Sunday, March 31; in the meantime, here’s the full list of winners announced at Thursday nights’s Gala Honouring Digital Storytelling:
BEST CROSS-PLATFORM PROJECT
WINNER: CBC News: Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo
(CBC News)
(Portfolio Entertainment Inc.)
Connie Walker, Marnie Luke, Jennifer Fowler, Mieke Anderson, Heather Evans, Bria John, Brenda Witmer
BEST CROSS-PLATFORM PROJECT
WINNER: Dino Dana Digital
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson, Ronald Ruslim, Gavin Friesen, Javier Plana, Mark Cautillo, Brian Andrade, Jermaine Williams, Andrew Eastmond, Andrew Ebert, Nathan Langdon, Roslyn Stockton, Sean Hamilton, Alex Gordon, Leisha-Marie Riddel, Deanna Ip, Leo Kouvaris, Adriano Bertuzzo, Kevin Gan, Michael Pearce, Rachel Cravit, Christopher Coey, Geordie Telfer
BEST ORIGINAL INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION
WINNER: Nuclear Dissent
(Jam3)
Pablo Vio, Heather Phenix, Sean Crawford, Booker Sim, Sula Greene, Steven Mengin, John Flores, Calum Moore, Peter Altamirano, Craig Hill, Alejandro Mesa, Amelie Rosser, Vadim Namniak, Gauthier Pompougnac
BEST WRITING, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER: Gary and His Demons – Guy on the Tiger
(Look Mom! Productions)
Mark Little
BEST DIRECTION, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER: Deerbrook
(MacLaren Productions Inc.)
Grayson Moore, Aidan Shipley, Connor Illsley, Jon Riera
BEST WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES, FICTION
WINNER: How to Buy a Baby
(LoCo Motion Pictures Inc.)
Lauren Corber, Wendy Litner
BEST WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES, NON-FICTION
WINNER: The Artists: The Pioneers Behind the Pixels
(The Artists (CANADA) Inc.)
Christina Piovesan, Peter Mishara, Omar Majeed
BEST IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, FICTION
WINNER: A Curious Mind with Dominic Monaghan
(CreamVR)
David Brady, Jonathon Corbiere, Andrew MacDonald, Tristan Cezair, Tyler Sammy, Nick Counter
BEST IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, NON-FICTION
WINNER: Biidaaban: First Light
(National Film Board of Canada)
Lisa Jackson, Mathew Borrett, Rob McLaughlin, Dana Dansereau
BEST VIRTUAL REALITY GAME
WINNER: Museum of Symmetry
(National Film Board of Canada)
Paloma Dawkins, Maral Mohammadian, Michael Fukushima
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER: The Writers’ Block
(Frantic Films)
Jayne Eastwood
BEST HOST, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER: etalk Live: The Oscars Balcony
(Bell Media)
Danielle Graham, Lainey Lui
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE, WEB PROGRAM OR SERIES
WINNER: PYOTR495
(Drive-In Keep Out Productions)
Alex Ozerov
