Busy Toronto prodco Shaftesbury Films is attached to 17 nominations at this year’s Directors Guild of Canada Awards, having garnered multiple nods for the CTV MOW In God’s Country and the TMN/MC series ReGenesis — both of which were on the shortlist announced Monday.

Shaftesbury co-CEO Christina Jennings notes that nearly every show her company produced last year was nominated in at least one category.

‘For us, corporately, it’s wonderful to get all this recognition… but it’s just great to see it for the people themselves who worked really hard,’ she tells Playback Daily.

In God’s Country, about a woman trapped in a polygamous marriage, received four nominations, including best television movie/miniseries, up against CBC programs including the mini Dragon Boys, the MOW Heyday and the crisis drama October 1970. In God’s Country also secured nods for director John L’Ecuyer, production designer Taavo Soodor, and sound editors Jonas Kuhnemann and Mark Beck.

The third season of ReGenesis fared well, with five nominations, including best direction for Gail Harvey for the episode ‘Unbearable,’ and Shawn Alex Thompson for ‘Let It Burn.’ The sci-fi series, which will begin shooting its fourth season next week in Hamilton and Toronto, also received nods for production design, picture editing and sound editing.

Jennings says it will likely be the last season, though they will wait and see how ReGenesis performs when it debuts in the U.S. this fall in syndication.

‘Anything could happen… We’re not finalizing the series. You could definitely bring it back… but we’ll see how the U.S. goes,’ she says.

Other Shaftesbury series that were recognized with one nom each include the family movie Me and Luke, the kids series Life with Derek, the live-action/animation Dark Oracle and the TV movie The Robber Bride, which also garnered an Emmy nod last month. The mini Above and Beyond, a copro with St. John’s, NL-based Pope Productions, received three nominations.

Meanwhile, Sarah Polley’s Away from Her leads the feature film categories with five noms, followed by Clement Virgo’s Poor Boy’s Game and Andrew Currie’s Fido, with four each. Polley, Virgo and Currie are pinned against Bon Cop, Bad Cop director Érik Canuel for best director honors.

Rob Stewart’s conservation doc Sharkwater and Allan King’s EMPz 4 Life will vie for best documentary boasting rights alongside the National Film Board’s Killer’s Paradise and HGTV’s Recreating Eden.

The awards ceremony takes place Sept. 29 in Toronto, hosted by thesp Peter Keleghan. It will honor veteran director Paul Almond with a lifetime achievement award, while production manager Marilyn Stonehouse will receive the inaugural Don Haldane Distinguished Service Award.