M att Johnson’s BlackBerry has garnered the most film nominations for the 12th Canadian Screen Awards.

The dramedy about the rise and fall of BlackBerry company Research in Motion, produced by Rhombus Media and Zapruder Films, has picked up a record-breaking 17 nominations overall in the film category.

Following BlackBerry in nominations is Ariane Louis-Seize’s Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant; Art et essai) with 12 and Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool (Film Forge, Elevation Pictures) with 11.

All three films are up for Best Motion Picture, with six films nominated in the category overall. The other three films are Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges; Nemesis Films), Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s Richelieu (Le Foyer Films), and Sophie Dupius’s Solo (Bravo Charlie).

The directors nominated for Achievement in Direction are Johnson for BlackBerry, Cronenberg for Infinity Pool, Louis-Seize for Humanist Vampire, Plante for Red Rooms, Dupius for Solo, and Henri Pardo for Kanaval (Yzanakio, Wady Films).

Nominees in the adapted screenplay category are Johnson and Matthew Miller for BlackBerry, Sarah-Maude Beauchesne for Billie Blue (Coeur de slush; Christal Films), Eric K. Boulianne and Francis Leclerc for The Dishwasher (Le plongeur; Sphere Media), Alexandra Weir for North of Normal (Independent Edge Films, JoBro Productions), Fawzia Mirza for The Queen Of My Dreams (Baby Daal Productions, Shut Up & Colour Pictures) and Jacques Davidts for Ru (Amalga Créations Médias).

Nominees for original screenplay are Louis-Seize and Christine Doyon for Humanist Vampire, Cronenberg for Infinity Pool, Plante for Red Rooms, Cody Lightning and Samuel Miller for Hey, Viktor! (North Country Cinema), Monia Chokri for The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain; Metafilms, MK Productions), and Delphine Girard for Through the Night (Quitter la nuit; Versus Production, Colonelle Films, Haut et Court).

The films up for the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award are Richelieu, Humanist Vampire, Kanaval, Through the Night, Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames (CityLights Media, Other Memory Media), and Luis De Filippis’s Something You Said Last Night (JA Productions, Cinédokké).

The nominees for Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary are Oana Suteu Khintirian’s Beyond Paper (National Film Board of Canada), Kaveh Nabatian’s Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones, Ido Mizrahy’s The Longest Goodbye (Filmoption), Zack Russell’s Someone Lives Here (LaRue Entertainment), and Lin Alluna’s Twice Colonized (Anorak Film, Red Marrow Media, EyeSteelFilm).

The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards include expanded performer categories, with leading and supporting awards split into drama and comedy.

Nominees for Performance in a Leading Role, Drama are Mia Goth and Alexander Skarsgård for Infinity Pool, Rayan Dieudonné for Kanaval, Juliette Gariépy for Red Rooms, Ariane Castellanos for Richelieu, Théodore Pellerin for Solo, Amrit Kaur for The Queen Of My Dreams, and Oyin Oladejo for Orah (Circle Blue Entertainment).

Up for Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy are Susan Kent and Chris Locke for Who’s Yer Father? (63 Lights Entertainment), Félix-Antoine Bénard and Sara Montpetit for Humanist Vampire, Jay Baruchel for BlackBerry, Cody Lightning for Hey, Viktor!, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau for The Nature of Love, and Alexandra Billings for Queen Tut (Fae Pictures, Hawkeye Pictures).

The Performance in a Supporting Role, Drama nominees are Frances Fisher and Aden Young for The King Tide (Woods Entertainment, Sara Fost Pictures), Charles-Aubey Houde for The Dishwasher, Martin Dubreuil for Kanaval, Laurie Babin for Red Rooms, Nelson Coronado for Richelieu, Chantal Thuy for Ru, and Alexis Vincent-Wolfe for Slash/Back (Mixtape VR, Red Marrow Media, Scythia Films, Stellar Citizens).

The nominees for Performance in a Supporting Role, Comedy are Glenn Howerton and Johnson for BlackBerry, Steve Laplante and Noémie O’Farrell for Humanist Vampire, Marc-André Leclair and Guy Nadon for One Summer (Le temps d’un été; Attraction), Hannah Cheesman for Hey, Viktor! and Charlie Gillespie for Suze (Wildling Pictures).

The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards will be handed out between May 28 to 31, with the Cinematic Arts Awards ceremony taking place on May 30.

A full list of nominees is available on the Canadian Academy website.

Image courtesy of Elevation Pictures