Vancouver: The statuettes weren’t ready for the winners, but spirits were high nonetheless for the first annual Leo Awards, sponsored by the B.C. Motion Picture Association May 5.

In the film categories, Little Criminals captured four Leos for best male performance (Brendan Fletcher), best screenwriter (Dennis Foon), best editor (Alison Grace) and best production designer (Lawrence Collett).

The War Between Us won for best dramatic production, best director (Anne Wheeler) and best sound (Gail McLean).

Best female performer, Deanna Milligan, won for Once in a Blue Moon, which also captured best score (Jim Guttridge and Daryl Bennett of Ferocious Fish Productions).

Best cinematography went to Vic Sarin for Urban Safari.

In the tv categories, Madison was named best series. Madison actor Sarah Strange was also named best female performance.

The Highlander series took three Leos including best screenwriter (David Tynan), best male performance (Jim Byrnes) and best director (Charles Wilkinson).

The Outer Limits’ Phil Linzey won for best cinematographer. Eight technicians from Lonesome Dove shared best sound honors.

Other winners were:

Documentary: The Mind of a Child, Gary Marcuse, producer

Director (documentary): Eva Wunderman, The Legacy of Truk Lagoon

Cinematography (documentary): Pauline Heaton and Kirk Tougas, A Last Wild Salmon

Editor (documentary): Janice Brown, A Rough Crossing

Experimental/Student Production: Full Service, Kit Moller, producer

Industrial/Corporate Production: Trail of the Great Bear: One Trail, Many Paths, Beth Russell-Towe and Andrea Claremont, producers

Animation: ReBoot, Chris Brough and Ian Pearson, producers

Music Video: That River, Doug Thomson, producer

Informational Series (tv): The Creators, Eileen Hoeter, producer

Short-form Drama: The Love Charm, Robert Randall and Mar Andersons, producers

Male Performance (short-form drama): Shawn McDonald, Live tv

Director (short-form drama): Annie O’Donoghue, Live tv

Sound (short-form drama): Gail McLean, Live tv

Female Performance (short-form drama): Babz Chula

Cinematography (short-form drama): Richard Choi, Back to Turtle Island

Screenwriter (short-form drama): Liz Scully, Goodthingstoo.