Canadian Screen Awards Nominations

Rebelle leads the Canadian Screen Awards with 12 noms.

And I thought the Ben Affleck snub was big news! The Canadian Academy gave a big cold shoulder to director David Cronenberg and his film Cosmopolis this morning by shutting out the film in all major categories except for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Music (both score and song). I'm very disappointed, since Cosmopolis is arguably Cronenberg's best Canadian film in over a decade. It's a divisive film to be sure, but what happened? The performances certainly deserved recognition, especially Twilight star Robert Pattinson, who proved he deserves more consideration as an actor, and Sarah Gadon, Canada's newest 'it girl'. It was a great year for Canadian films, though, so Cosmopolis made room for films that will benefit from the exposure.

Pattinson's lack of recognition isn't nearly as egregious as the omission of Christopher Plummer's performance in Barrymore. I'll bite my tongue over this snub, but the omission is by all regards ludicrous. Did nobody else see that performance? Likewise, I can't really complain about the absence of Cosmopolis, since I was rooting for Deepa Metha and Midnight's Children in the Best Director/Best Picture categories and they thankfully got the recognition they deserve. Midnight's Children competes for the top prize with our Oscar nominee Rebelle, which is a worthy front-runner with 12 nominations. I'm very happy that Inch'Allah was recognized in the Best Picture category, along with a Best Actress nomination for Evelyne Brochu. I'm also thrilled at the nominations for Bernard Emond's All That You Possess (director, actor, screenplay) and the acting nominations for Suzanne Clement (Laurence Anyways) and Seema Biswas (Midnight's Children).

Other great nominations are Stories We Tell's appearance in the Best Documentary category, plus the strong showing in the shorts categories, especially Frost (live action), Let the Daylight into the Swamp and The Boxing Girls of Kabul (documentary), and a strong quartet of shorts in the animated category. The NFB made a strong showing in these categories, didn't they! (Throw more money their way, Mr. Harper!) Overall, though, the nominations reveal the strength of Canadian films in 2012, plus hint at several films to watch out for in 2013, such as Still Mine and Home Again.

The film nominees are:

BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM

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L'AFFAIRE DUMONT - Nicole Robert

INCH'ALLAH - Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

LAURENCE ANYWAYS - Lyse Lafontaine

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - David Hamilton

REBELLE / WAR WITCH - Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin

STILL MINE - Tamara Deverell, Jody Colero, Avi Federgreen, Michael McGowan 

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION / MEILLEURE RÉALISATION

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MICHAEL DOWSE - Goon

XAVIER DOLAN - Laurence Anyways

DEEPA MEHTA - Midnight's Children

KIM NGUYEN - Rebelle / War Witch

BERNARD ÉMOND - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

JAMES CROMWELL – Still Mine

PATRICK DROLET - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess

MARC-ANDRÉ GRONDIN - L'affaire Dumont

DAVID MORSE - Collaborator

MELVIL POUPAUD - Laurence Anyways

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

JAY BARUCHEL - Goon

KIM COATES - Goon

STEPHAN JAMES - Home Again

SERGE KANYINDA - Rebelle

ELIAS KOTEAS - Winnie

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

EVELYNE BROCHU - Inch'Allah

GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD – Still Mine

MARILYN CASTONGUAY - L'affaire Dumont

SUZANNE CLÉMENT - Laurence Anyways

RACHEL MWANZA - Rebelle / War Witch

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

SEEMA BISWAS - Midnight's Children

FEFE DOBSON - Home Again

ALICE MOREL MICHAUD – Les Pee Wee 3D

GABRIELLE MILLER - Moving Day

SABRINA OUAZANI - Inch'Allah

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN / MEILLEURE DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE

EMMANUEL FRECHETTE, JOSÉE ARSENAULT - Rebelle / War Witch

ARVINDER GREWAL - Antiviral

ANDRÉ GUIMOND - L'affaire Dumont

DILIP MEHTA - Midnight's Children

ANNE PRITCHARD - Laurence Anyways

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEILLEURES IMAGES

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NICOLAS BOLDUC - Rebelle / War Witch

PHILIPPE LAVALETTE - Inch'Allah

GILES NUTTGENS - Midnight's Children

BOBBY SHORE - Goon

BRENDAN STEACY – Still Mine

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN / MEILLEURS COSTUMES

XAVIER DOLAN, FRANÇOIS BARBEAU - Laurence Anyways

PATRICIA HENDERSON - Mad Ship

WENDY PARTRIDGE - Resident Evil: Retribution

WENDY PARTRIDGE - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

ÉRIC POIRIER - Rebelle / War Witch

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE

RICHARD COMEAU - Rebelle / War Witch

RODERICK DEOGRADES – Still Mine

VALÉRIE HÉROUX - L'affaire Dumont

SOPHIE LEBLOND - Inch'Allah

KIMBERLEE MCTAGGART – Blackbird

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP / MEILLEURS MAQUILLAGES

KATIE BRENNAN, KAROLA DIRNBERGER, PAUL JONES - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

BRENDA MAGALAS, LORI CAPUTI - Goon

CATHIE DAVIES-IRVINE, TRASON FERNANDES - Antiviral

MARLÈNE ROULEAU, ANDRÉ DUVAL - L'affaire Dumont

COLLEEN QUINTON, KATHY KELSO - Laurence Anyways

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE / MEILLEURE MUSIQUE ORIGINALE

NOIA - Laurence Anyways

BENOIT CHAREST - Mars et Avril

DON ROOKE, HUGH MARSH, MICHELLE WILLIS – Still Mine

HOWARD SHORE - Cosmopolis

E.C. WOODLEY - Antiviral

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG / MEILLEURE CHANSON ORIGINALE

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EMILY HAINES, JAMES SHAW, HOWARD SHORE - Cosmopolis - Long to Live

ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL - Rufus - Wanting

ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL - Rufus - Out of Sight

ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND / MEILLEUR SON D'ENSEMBLE

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SYLVAIN ARSENEAULT, STEPH CARRIER, LOU SOLAKOFSKI, DON WHITE - Midnight's Children

OLIVIER CALVERT, PASCAL BEAUDIN, LUC BOUDRIAS - Mars et Avril

CLAUDE LA HAYE, DANIEL BISSON, BERNARD GARIÉPY STROBL - Rebelle / War Witch

PHILIP STALL, IAN RANKIN, LOU SOLAKOFSKI - Antiviral

ZANDER ROSBOROUGH, ALLAN SCARTH - The Disappeared

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING / MEILLEUR MONTAGE SONORE

PIERRE-JULES AUDET, MICHELLE CLOUTIER, THIERRY BOURGAULT D'AMICO, NATHALIE FLEURANT, CÉDRICK MARIN - L'affaire Dumont

MARTIN PINSONNAULT, JEAN-FRANCOIS B. SAUVÉ, SIMON MEILLEUR, CLAIRE POCHON - Rebelle / War Witch

STEPHEN BARDEN, STEVE BAINE, KEVIN BANKS, ALEX BULLICK, JILL PURDY - Resident Evil: Retribution

SYLVAIN BRASSARD, STÉPHANE CADOTTE, ISABELLE FAVREAU, PHILIPPE RACINE - Laurence Anyways

ALLAN SCARTH, BOB MELANSON, ZANDER ROSBOROUGH, CORY TETFORD - The Disappeared

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEILLEUR SCÉNARIO

JASON BUXTON - Blackbird

XAVIER DOLAN - Laurence Anyways

KIM NGUYEN - Rebelle / War Witch

MICHAEL MCGOWAN - Still Mine

BERNARD ÉMOND - Tout ce que tu possèdes / All That You Possess

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEILLEURE ADAPTATION

DAVID CRONENBERG - Cosmopolis

JAY BARUCHEL, EVAN GOLDBERG - Goon

ANITA DORON - The Lesser Blessed

MARTIN VILLENEUVE - Mars et Avril

SALMAN RUSHDIE - Midnight's Children

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS / MEILLEURS EFFETS VISUELS

DENNIS BERARDI, KEITH ACHESON, MICHAEL BORRETT, WILSON CAMERON, MICHAEL DICARLO, TOM NAGY, BRITTON PLEWES, SCOTT RIOPELLE, MATT WHELAN, WOJCIECH ZIELINSKI - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

CARLOS MONZON, MARTIN BELLEAU, DOMINIC DAIGLE, NATHALIE DUPONT, GAËL HOLLARD, BENOÎT LADOUCEUR, VIVIANE LEVESQUE BOUCHARD, JÉRÉMIE LODOMEZ, ANNIE NORMANDIN, ALEXANDRA VAILLANCOURT - Mars et Avril

DENNIS BERARDI, JASON EDWARDH, MATT GLOVER, TREY HARRELL, LEANN HARVEY, JO HUGHES, ETHAN LEE, SCOTT RIOPELLE, ERIC ROBINSON, KYLE YONEDA - Resident Evil: Retribution

ÈVE BRUNET, MARC MORISSETTE, ALEXANDRA VAILLANCOURT - Rebelle / War Witch

RALPH MAIERS, DEBORA DUNPHY, JOHN FUKUSHIMA, PATRICK KAVANAUGH, BILL MARTIN, CHRIS PHILIPS, JEREMY PRICE, KENTON RANNIE, LAUREN WEIDEL - Midnight's Children

TED ROGERS BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY AWARD Sponsor / Commanditaire : Rogers Group of Funds

ALPHÉE DES ÉTOILES - Hugo Latulippe, Eric De Gheldere, Colette Loumède

INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE - Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky

OVER MY DEAD BODY - Brigitte Poupart, Virginie Dubois, Stéphanie Morissette

STORIES WE TELL - Sarah Polley, Anita Lee

THE WORLD BEFORE HER - Nisha Pahuja, Ed Barreveld, Cornelia Principe 2013

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

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THE BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL - Ariel Nasr, Annette Clarke

THE FUSE: OR HOW I BURNED SIMON BOLIVAR - Igor Drljaca

KEEP A MODEST HEAD - Deco Dawson, Catherine Chagnon

LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE SWAMP - Jeffrey St. Jules, Anita Lee

THREE WALLS - Zaheed Mawani, Andrea Bussman

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT DRAMA

CHEF DE MEUTE - Chloé Robichaud, Fanny-Laure Malo, Sarah Pellerin

FROST - Jeremy Ball, Lauren Grant, Robert Munroe

LE FUTUR PROCHE / THE NEAR FUTURE - Sophie Goyette

PREMIÈRE NEIGE / FIRST SNOW - Michaël Lalancette

THROAT SONG - Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok MacDonald

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

BYDLO - Patrick Bouchard, Julie Roy

DEMONI - Theodore Ushev

EDMOND WAS A DONKEY - Franck Dion, Richard Van Den Boom, Julie Roy

PAULA - Dominic Étienne Simard, Julie Roy

All nominations in the TV and digital categories can be found here.

The winners will be revealed on March 3rd.