It was deja vu all over again on night two of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Once again, Orphan Black and Degrassi led the field for number of trophies won, just like they did in 2014.
Temple Street Productions’ Orphan Black was the big winner of the night (again), taking home eight trophies (again) with Epitome Pictures’ Degrassi in second place (again) picking up four awards (again).
Orphan Black, which airs on Bell Media’s Space specialty channel, won the top prize in the categories of Best Achievement in Casting, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, Best Original Music Score for a Series, Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series, and Best Photography and Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series. Jordan Gavaris also won a best performance by a supporting actor prize for his role in the Orphan Black episode “Mingling its Own Nature With It.”
Degrassi won the top prize in the kids programming categories on Wednesday night, taking the award for Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series. Degrassi also took home trophies for Best Direction and Best Writing in a Children or Youth Program or Series. Aislinn Paul won the award for Best Performance in a Children or Youth Program or Series for her work in the Degrassi episode “My Own Worst Enemy.”
Elsewhere in kids’ programming prizes, Breakthrough Entertainment’s The Adventures of Napkin Man won the award for Best Pre-School Program or Series. Yannick Bisson – better known for his role in Murdoch Mysteries – also earned The Adventures of Napkin Man an award for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children’s or Youth Program or Series. Breakthrough Entertainment also scored two wins with its Rocket Monkeys series, in the categories of Best Animated Program or Series and Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series.
The Rick Mercer Report won three awards on Wednesday evening, including Best Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series, Best Writing and Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series. Call Me Fitz won prizes for best writing in a comedy series, as well as Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Animated Program or Series.
Other multiple-winners on Wednesday night included the Don McKellar-directed HBO Canada series Sensitive Skin, with prizes for Best Direction and Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series. Vikings, a Canada-Ireland coproduction from Toronto’s Take 5 Productions and Ireland’s World 2000, took home trophies for Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series and Best Visual Effects.
A full list of the winners can be found below. To see who each winner competed against, check out our CSAs Nominations Primer.
Best Achievement in Casting
Orphan Black – Governed By Sound Reason and True Religion / Space (Bell Media) / Sharon Forrest, Susan Forrest
Best Achievement in Make-Up
Murdoch Mysteries – Friday the 13th, 1901 / CBC (CBC) / Deb Drennan
Best Animated Program or Series
Rocket Monkeys / Teletoon (Corus Entertainment)/Breakthrough Entertainment / Dan Abdo, Mauro Casalese, Mark Evestaff, Joan Lambur, Ira Levy, Jason Patterson, Stephanie VanBruggen, Peter Williamson
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Degrassi /MuchMusic/MTV (Bell Media) / Epitome Pictures Inc./ Stefan Brogren, Sarah Glinski, Matt Huether, David Lowe, Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Stephanie Williams
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! / YTV (Corus Entertainment) /marblemedia / Mark J.W. Bishop, Susan Edwards, Matthew Hornburg, Stephen J. Turnbull
Best Costume Design
Murdoch Mysteries – Murdoch in Ragtime /CBC (CBC) /Alexander Reda
Best Direction in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series
Degrassi – Hypnotize / MuchMusic / MTV (Bell Media) / Phil Earnshaw
Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
Sensitive Skin – The Return Of The Other Davina / HBO Canada (Bell Media/ Corus Entertainment) / Don McKellar
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
The Best Laid Plans /CBC (CBC) /Peter Moss
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Orphan Black – Mingling its Own Nature With It / Space (Bell Media) / TJ Scott
Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
We Day 2013/ MTV (Bell Media) / John Keffer
Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series
The Day My Butt Went Psycho – I Dream of Deucie / Planet of the Butt Monkeys / Teletoon (Corus Entertainment) /Matt Ferguson
Best Entertainment Special
Michael Bublé’s 3rd Annual Christmas Special / CTV (Bell Media) /Chanci Ventures / Bruce Allen
Best Host in a Pre-School, Children’s or Youth Program or Series
The Adventures of Napkin Man – Just Me in a Tree / CBC (CBC) / Yannick Bisson
Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series
Don’t Drive Here – Port-Au-Prince / Discovery Channel Canada (Bell Media) / Andrew Younghusband
Best Music Program or Series
2014 MuchMusic Video Awards / MuchMusic (Bell Media) / Bell Media / Steve Jarman, John Kampilis, Sheila Sullivan
Best Original Music Score for a Program
Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery / CBC (CBC) / Robert Carli
Best Original Music Score for a Series
Orphan Black – By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried / Space (Bell Media) / Trevor Yuile
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
Orphan Black – Mingling its Own Nature With It / Space (Bell Media) / Jordan Gavaris
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy / Global (Shaw Media) /Ali Liebert
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series
Mr. D – Donor Dinner / CBC (CBC) / Jonathan Torrens
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series
Spun Out – Stalkblocker / CTV (Bell Media) / Lauren Ash
Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series
Degrassi – My Own Worst Enemy / MuchMusic/MTV (Bell Media) / Aislinn Paul
Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
Motive – Pitfall / CTV (Bell Media) / Callum Keith Rennie
Best Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media
Guidestones: Sunflower Noir / iThentic, 3 o’clock.tv / Supinder Wraich
Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)
Rick Mercer Report – Episode 16 / CBC (CBC) / Rick Mercer
Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series
Justin Time – Ole Ole / Family Channel / Disney Jr (DHX Media) / Scott Matheson-McCord
Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series
Sensitive Skin – The Three Sisters / HBO Canada (Bell Media/ Corus Entertainment) / Douglas Koch
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Orphan Black – By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried / Space (Bell Media) / Aaron Morton
Best Photography in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
The JUNO Awards 2014 / CTV (Bell Media) / Alex Nadon
Best Picture Editing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Sensitive Skin – The Return Of The Other Davina / HBO Canada (Bell Media/ Corus Entertainment) / Matthew Hannam
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Orphan Black – Governed As It Were By Chance / Space (Bell Media) / D. Gillian Truster
Best Pre-School Program or Series
The Adventures of Napkin Man / CBC (CBC) / Breakthrough Entertainment, Little Airplane,Little Tugboat / Suzie Gallo, Ira Levy, Brenda Nietupski, Josh Selig, Sharon Summerling, Tone Thyne, Stephanie VanBruggen, Peter Williamson
Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series
Orphan Black – Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done / Space (Bell Media) / Liz Calderhead, John Dondertman
Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Animated Program or Series
Call Me Fitz – A Very Special Fitzmas / TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) / Fred Brennan, Alexis Eskandari, Matthew Harrold, Allen Ormerod, Paul Shikata
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series
Vikings – The Choice / History Channel Canada (Shaw Media) / Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Stephen Muir, Robert Warchol, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Dale Sheldrake, Yuri Gorbachow, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm, Daniel Birch
Best Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Rick Mercer Report / CBC / Island Edge Inc. / Gerald Lunz, Rick Mercer, Tom Stanley
Best Visual Effects
Vikings – Invasion / History Channel Canada / Shaw Media / Dennis Berardi, Michael Borrett, Ovidiu Cinazan, Jeremy Dineen, Maria Gordon, Bill Halliday, Eric Lacroix, Jim Maxwell. Julian Parry, Dominic Remane
Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series
Rocket Monkeys – One and a Half Friends / Teletoon (Corus Entertainment) / Seán Cullen
Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series
Degrassi – Unbelievable / MuchMusic/MTV (Bell Media) / Matt Huether
Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series
Call Me Fitz – Baby’s First Brothel / TMN / Movie Central (Bell Media / Corus Entertainment) / Derek Schreyer
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Babysellers / Lifetime; Shaw Media / Suzette Couture
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Orphan Black – By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried / Space (Bell Media) / Graeme Manson
Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Rick Mercer Report– Episode 16 / CBC (CBC) / Rick Currie, Greg Eckler, Chris Finn, Rick Mercer, Tim Steeves, George Westerholm