The 1st Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 3, 2013, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2012.War Witch leads Canadian Screen Award nominees. CBC News, January 15, 2013. This was the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards ceremony, following the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's decision, announced in 2012, to merge its formerly separate Genie Awards (for film) and Gemini Awards (for television) into a single ceremony."Canadian Screen Awards to replace Genies, Geminis". CBC News, September 4, 2012. In addition, the Canadian Screen Awards include awards for achievements in digital media.
Nominations were announced on January 15, 2013. The awards ceremony was hosted by Martin Short.
Ratings The program was watched by 756,000 Canadian viewers,"Good start for Screenies, Vikings and God" . Bill Brioux, March 5, 2013. approximately double the typical ratings for Genie or Gemini ceremonies in recent years.
Film Motion Picture Direction War Witch (Rebelle) — Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin L'Affaire Dumont — Nicole Robert Inch'Allah — Luc Déry, Kim McCraw, Stephen Traynor Laurence Anyways — Nathanaël Karmitz, Lyse Lafontaine Midnight's Children — David Hamilton, Doug Mankoff, Steven Silver, Neil Tabatznik, Andrew Spaulding Still Mine — Jody Colero, Avi Federgreen, Tamara Deverell | valign="top" | Kim Nguyen, War Witch (Rebelle) Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways Michael Dowse, Goon Bernard Émond, All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) Deepa Mehta, Midnight's Children Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role James Cromwell, Still Mine Patrick Drolet, All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) Marc-André Grondin, L'Affaire Dumont David Morse, Collaborator Melvil Poupaud, Laurence Anyways Rachel Mwanza, War Witch (Rebelle) Evelyne Brochu, Inch'Allah Geneviève Bujold, Still Mine Marilyn Castonguay, L'Affaire Dumont Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role Serge Kanyinda, War Witch (Rebelle) Jay Baruchel, Goon Kim Coates, Goon Stephan James, Home Again Elias Koteas, Winnie Seema Biswas, Midnight's Children Fefe Dobson, Home Again Alice Morel-Michaud, The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (Les Pee-Wee 3D) Gabrielle Miller, Moving Day Sabrina Ouazani, Inch'Allah Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Kim Nguyen, War Witch (Rebelle) Jason Buxton, Blackbird Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways Bernard Émond, All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) Michael McGowan, Still Mine Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, Goon David Cronenberg, Cosmopolis Anita Doron, The Lesser Blessed Martin Villeneuve, Mars and April (Mars et Avril) Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary Stories We Tell - Sarah Polley, Anita Lee Alphée of the Stars (Alphée des étoiles) - Eric De Gheldere, Hugo Latulippe, Colette Loumède Indie Game: The Movie - Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky Over My Dead Body - Virginie Dubois, Stéphanie Morissette, Brigitte Poupart The World Before Her - Ed Barreveld, Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe | valign="top" | The Boxing Girls of Kabul - Annette Clarke, Ariel Nasr The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar - Igor Drljaca Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste) - Deco Dawson, Catherine Chagnon Let the Daylight Into the Swamp - Anita Lee, Jeffrey St. Jules Three Walls - Zaheed Mawani, Andrea Bussmann |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Live Action Short Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Animated Short |- | valign="top" | Throat Song - Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok Macdonald First Snow (Première neige) - Michaël Lalancette Frost - Lauren Grant, Jeremy Ball, Robert Munroe Herd Leader (Chef de meute) - Fanny-Laure Malo, Sarah Pellerin, Chloé Robichaud The Near Future (Le futur proche) - Sophie Goyette | valign="top" | Paula - Julie Roy and Dominic Étienne Simard Bydlo - Julie Roy and Patrick Bouchard Demoni - Theodore Ushev Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne) - Richard Van Den Boom, Franck Dion and Julie Roy |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Art Direction/Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Cinematography |- | valign="top" | Emmanuel Fréchette and Josée Arsenault, War Witch (Rebelle) Arvinder Grewal, Antiviral André Guimond, L'Affaire Dumont Dilip Mehta, Midnight's Children Anne Pritchard, Laurence Anyways Nicolas Bolduc, War Witch (Rebelle) Philippe Lavalette, Inch'Allah Giles Nuttgens, Midnight's Children Bobby Shore, Goon Brendan Steacy, Still Mine Costume Design Editing Xavier Dolan and François Barbeau, Laurence Anyways Patricia Henderson, Mad Ship Wendy Partridge, Resident Evil: Retribution Wendy Partridge, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Éric Poirier, War Witch (Rebelle) Richard Comeau, War Witch (Rebelle) Roderick Deogrades, Still Mine Valérie Héroux, L'Affaire Dumont Sophie Leblond, Inch'Allah Kimberlee McTaggart, Blackbird Overall Sound Sound Editing Claude La Haye, Daniel Bisson and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, War Witch (Rebelle) Sylvain Arseneault, Steph Carrier, Lou Solakofski and Don White, Midnight's Children Olivier Calvert, Pascal Beaudin and Luc Boudrias, Mars and April (Mars et Avril) Philip Stall, Ian Rankin and Lou Solakofski, Antiviral Zander Rosborough and Allan Scarth, The Disappeared Martin Pinsonnault, Jean-François Sauvé, Simon Meilleur and Claire Pochon, War Witch (Rebelle) Pierre-Jules Audet, Michelle Cloutier, Thierry Bourgault D'Amico, Nathalie Fleurant and Cédrick Marin, L'Affaire Dumont Stephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick and Jill Purdy, Resident Evil: Retribution Sylvain Brassard, Stéphane Cadotte, Isabelle Favreau and Philippe Racine, Laurence Anyways Allan Scarth, Bob Melanson, Zander Rosborough and Cory Tetford, The Disappeared Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song Howard Shore, Cosmopolis Benoit Charest, Mars and April (Mars et Avril) Noia, Laurence Anyways Don Rooke, Hugh Marsh and Michelle Willis, Still Mine E. C. Woodley, Antiviral Emily Haines, James Shaw and Howard Shore, "Long to Live" (Cosmopolis) Erland and the Carnival, "Wanting" (Rufus) Erland and the Carnival, "Out of Sight" (Rufus) Make-Up Achievement in Visual Effects Colleen Quinton and Kathy Kelso, Laurence Anyways Katie Brennan, Karola Dirnberger and Paul Jones, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Cathie Davies-Irvine and Trason Fernandes, Antiviral Brenda Magalas and Lori Caputi, Goon Marlène Rouleau and André Duval, L'Affaire Dumont Dennis Berardi, Jason Edwardh, Matt Glover, Trey Harrell, Leann Harvey, Jo Hughes, Ethan Lee, Scott Riopelle, Eric Robinson and Kyle Yoneda, Resident Evil: Retribution Dennis Berardi, Keith Acheson, Michael Borrett, Wilson Cameron, Michael DiCarlo, Tom Nagy, Britton Plewes, Scott Riopelle, Matt Whelan and Wojciech Zielinski, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Carlos Monzon, Martin Belleau, Dominic Daigle, Nathalie Dupont, Gaël Hollard, Benoît Ladouceur, Viviane Levesque Bouchard, Jérémie Lodomez, Anie Normandin and Alexandra Vaillancourt, Mars and April (Mars et Avril) Ève Brunet, Marc Morissette and Alexandra Vaillancourt, War Witch (Rebelle) Ralph Maiers, Debora Dunphy, John Fukushima, Patrick Kavanaugh, Bill Martin, Chris Philips, Jeremy Price, Kenton Rannie and Lauren Weidel, Midnight's Children Claude Jutra Award Golden Reel Award Jason Buxton, Blackbird Resident Evil: Retribution
Television
Programs Drama series Comedy series Flashpoint Arctic Air Bomb Girls Continuum King Less Than Kind Good God Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. D Animated program or series Documentary program or series Producing Parker Almost Naked Animals Jack Rated A for Awesome The Nature of Things Lone Twin Metal Evolution Pyros Trashopolis Children's or youth fiction Children's or youth non-fiction Degrassi The Haunting Hour Mudpit That's So Weird! What's Up Warthogs! Artzooka! Finding Stuff Out Giver The Next Star Run Run Revolution Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie History or Biography Documentary Program or Series Magic Beyond Words Cyberbully Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II D-Day to Victory Battle Castle Curse of the Axe Darkness and Hope: Depression, Sports and Me Extraordinary Canadians International Drama Lifestyle Program or Series The Borgias The Crimson Petal and the White Titanic: Blood and Steel Income Property Chuck's Day Off Eat St. Hell on Hooves Pitchin' In Music, Variety, Sketch Comedy or Talk Program or Series Performing Arts or Arts Documentary Program or Series Rick Mercer Report 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards Battle of the Blades Canada Sings 2012 Juno Awards Love Shines The Captains Into the Arctic II Love Lies Bleeding Romeos and Juliets Pre-School Program or Series Reality/Competition Program or Series Stella & Sam Are We There Yet?: World Adventure Franklin and Friends My Big Big Friend Dragons' Den Canada's Greatest Know-It-All Canada's Handyman Challenge The Real Housewives of Vancouver Redemption Inc. Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award) The Nature of Things: "Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey" Descending The Nature of Things: "The Perfect Runner" The Nature of Things: "Smarty Plants: Uncovering the Secret World of Plant Behavior" When Dreams Take Flight | valign="top" | About Her 8th Fire The Market Prosecutor The Team Board of Directors' Tribute Canada Award Flashpoint Blind Spot: What Happened to Canada's Aboriginal Fathers?
Actors Lead actor, drama Lead actress, drama Enrico Colantoni, Flashpoint Andra Fuller, The L.A. Complex Elias Koteas, Combat Hospital Luke Mably, Combat Hospital Steven Cree Molison, Blackstone Meg Tilly, Bomb Girls Erica Durance, Saving Hope Erin Karpluk, Being Erica Amy Price-Francis, King Emily Rose, Haven Lead actor, comedy Lead actress, comedy Gerry Dee, Mr. D Ryan Belleville, Almost Heroes Shaun Majumder, This Hour Has 22 Minutes Bob Martin, Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Martin Short, I, Martin Short, Goes Home Wendel Meldrum, Less Than Kind Jennifer Irwin, Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, "Heights""Canadian Screen Award nominations announced" by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com Cathy Jones, This Hour Has 22 Minutes Natalie Lisinska, InSecurity Tommie-Amber Pirie, Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Lead actor, television film or miniseries Lead actress, television film or miniseries Shawn Doyle, John A.: Birth of a Country Jared Keeso, The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II Donal Logue, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Tim Rozon, Befriend and Betray Emily Osment, Cyberbully Jill Hennessy, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Poppy Montgomery, Magic Beyond Words Supporting actor, drama Supporting actress, drama Peter Outerbridge, John A.: Birth of a Country Michael Cram, Flashpoint Sergio Di Zio, Flashpoint Ryan Kennedy, Hannah's Law Peter Mooney, Camelot Wendy Crewson, Saving Hope Georgina Lightning, Blackstone Enuka Okuma, Rookie Blue Kelly Rowan, Cyberbully Ksenia Solo, Lost Girl Supporting actor, comedy Supporting actress, comedy Stuart Margolin, Call Me Fitz Benjamin Ayres, Less Than Kind Tyler Johnston, Less Than Kind Ross McMillan, Less Than Kind Jason Weinberg, Good God Joanna Cassidy, Call Me Fitz Keana Bastidas, The Yard Samantha Bee, Good God Catherine Fitch, Living in Your Car Jud Tylor, Good God Actor, performing arts or miniseries (individual or ensemble) Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) Christopher Plummer, The Tempest Guillaume Cote, Romeos and Juliets Elena Lobsanov, Romeos and Juliets Alberta Ballet Company, Love Lies Bleeding Rick Mercer, Rick Mercer Report Dallas Green, Juno Awards of 2012 Jonny Harris, Comedy Now!