Canadian Screen Award Winners

Room leads the Canadian Screen Award nominations.
Photo: Caitlin Cronenberg / Elevation Pictures

Film winners for the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards! Full list of nominees here.

Best Picture

★Room

Best Director:

★Lenny Abrahamson, Room
-Becomes the first non-Canadian to win since Bruce Beresford for Black Robe (1991)

Actor in a Leading Role:

★Jacob Tremblay, Room
-Calls Christopher Plummer a legend, has the cutest speech of the night 

Actress in a Leading Role:

★Brie Larson, Room
-A no-show, but adds a Candy to her Oscar

Actor in a Supporting Role:

★Nick Serino, Sleeping Giant

Actress in a Supporting Role:

★Joan Allen, Room
 

Best Original Screenplay:

★Remember, Benjamin August

Adapted Screenplay:

★Room, Emma Donoghue

Achievement in Costumes:

★Beeba Boys, Joanne Hansen

Achievement in Cinematography:

★Brooklyn, Yves Bélanger

Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design:

★Room - Ethan Tobman, Mary Kirkland

Achievement in Film Editing:

★Room, Nathan Nugent

Achievement in Make-up:

★Room, Sid Armour, Jennifer Gould

Achievement in Music – Original Score

★Brooklyn, Michael Brooke

Achievement in Music – Original Song

★Scratch: A Hip-opera

Achievement in Overall Sound

★Hyena Road

Achievement in Sound Editing

★Hyena Road

 

Achievement in Visual Effects:

★Hyena Road

Ted Rogers Award for Best Documentary Feature:

★Hurt - Alan Zweig, Peter Gentile

Achievement in Cinematography – Documentary

★The Last of the Elephant Men - Arnaud Bouquet

Achievement in Editing – Documentary

★How to Change the World - James Scott

Best Documentary Short

★Bacon and God's Wrath- Sol Friedman

Best Live Action Short

★She Stoops to Conquer - Zack Russell, Marianna Khouri

Best Animated Short

★The Ballad of Immortal Joe - Hector Herrera, Pazlitt Cahlon

Discovery Award

(Festival film with budget under $250 000)
★Winner: Mina Walking

Best First Feature Award

★Winner: River - Jamie M. Dagg