The 13th annual Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) nominations have been announced, with Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (Lark Productions, Cameron Pictures) and Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language (Metafilms) leading in the television and film categories, respectively.

The Citytv police procedural (pictured left) has received 20 nominations across 110 television categories including Best Drama Series; two nominations for Best Direction, Drama Series; a best supporting performance nod for Karen Robinson; two lead performer nominations in the drama category for Kathleen Munroe and Aden Young; and three guest performer nominations for Blessing Adedijo, Amanda Brugel and Sydney Ozerov-Myer.

The series has notched the third-most CSA nominations ever, behind only CBC’s Schitt’s Creek‘s 26 nominations in 2020 and 21 the following year.

Other top nomination earners in the TV categories include CTV’s Children Ruin Everything (New Metric Media), and CBC series Bones of Crows (Ayasew Ooskana Pictures, Marie Clements Media, Screen Siren Pictures and Grana Productions) and Run the Burbs (Pier 21 Films) have all been recognized with 12 nominations each.

Playback‘s 2024 Doc of the Year, Prime Video’s The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal was the most nominated documentary series with seven. Meanwhile, Crave’s Canada’s Drag Race (Blue Ant Studios) is the most nominated reality series with nine.

Universal Language (pictured right) has notched 13 nominations, Best Motion Picture among them, in the 31 film categories. Other nods for the film are in the supporting category, comedy for Saba Vahedyousefi, Mani Soleymanlou and Danielle Fichaud; leading comedy performances for Rajina Esmaeilli and Pirouz Nemati; as well as a screenplay nod for Rankin, Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi.

The other nominees for Best Motion Picture are The Apprentice (Scythia Films, Tailored Films, Profile Pictures), Gamma Rays (Coop Vidéo de Montréal), Darkest Miriam (Younger Daughter Films, Low End, Through the Lens Entertainment), Village Keeper (Smallaxx Motion Pictures) and Who Do I Belong To (Midi la Nuit, Tanit Films, Instinct Bleu).

Additional films to garner nominations include David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds (Prospero Pictures, SBS Productions, Saint Laurent Productions) follows with nine while Sam McGlynn’s Deaner ’89 (Eagle Vision, PSA Productions) and Karen Chapman’s Village Keeper have both received seven.

Crave’s My Dead Mom (LoCo Motion Pictures) earned the most digital media nominations with eight followed by KindaTV’s Stories from my Gay Grandparents (Play Media) with six and Bell Fibe TV1’s Everybody’s Meg (Hey Old Friends Productions) with four.

Voiceover work in live-action and animation is being recognized in the expanded Best Voice Performance category. Technical production teams are being honoured under Best Live Sports Event, Technical Production and morning shows are being recognized under the Best Talk or Entertainment News Series category.

The 13th annual CSAs will be handed out in five ceremonies from May 30 to June 1, culminating in a 90-minute broadcast at 8 pm EST hosted by Edmonton-born Lisa Gilroy on CBC Gem.

A more detailed breakdown of the film nominations can be found here, while the television nominations can be found here.

Image courtesy of Lark Productions, Metafilms