BlackBerry led the film winners at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards on Thursday (May 30).

The third day of Canadian Screen Week rounded off with the Cinematic Arts Awards, hosted by TV personality Sabine Daniel.

BlackBerry (Rhombus Media, Zapruder Films) dominated the night, winning a total of 11 awards, including Performance in a Support Role, Comedy for Glenn Howerton.

The film also picked up Best Adapted Screenplay for director Matt Johnson (pictured) and Matthew Miller, as well as awards for cinematography, editing, art direction, costume design, original score, and more.

Brandon Cronenberg’s third feature, Infinity Pool (Film Forge, Elevation Pictures), won two awards, for achievement in make-up and achievement in visual effects.

The other film to win two awards was Motherland for Best Live Action Short Drama and Performance in a Live Action Short Drama for Behtash Fazlali.

Best Performance in a Supporting Role, Drama went to Chantal Thuy for Ru (Amalga Créations Médias)

The award for original screenplay went to Ariane Louis-Seize and Christine Doyon for Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Art et essai).

Director Zarrar Kahn won the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award for the feature In Flames (CityLights Media, Other Memory Media).

Best Short Documentary was awarded to Madeleine from filmmaker Raquel Sancinetti, while Where Rabbits Come From/D’où viennent les lapins, from Colin Ludvic Racicot, Bertrand Paquette, and Simon Allard, won Best Animated Short.

Canadian Screen Week continues Friday (May 31) with the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Gala. The documentary, factual, lifestyle, and reality awards were given on May 30, the television craft and performance awards were handed out on May 29, while the news, entertainment and sports categories were announced on May 28.

The full list of winners are available on the Canadian Academy website.

Photo by George Pimentel