The 5th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 12, 2017, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2016. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017.
Awards in many of the technical categories were presented in a series of galas, collectively called Canadian Screen Week, in the days leading up to the main ceremony. At the main ceremony, the film It's Only the End of the World and the television series Orphan Black won the most awards in film and television categories, with six and nine awards, respectively.
Broadcast The ceremony was hosted by Howie Mandel."Lurching from boring to weird, Canadian Screen Awards did produce notable moments". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 2017. His performance was not well received by critics; Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail criticized Mandel's recurring joke of dubbing the awards the STDs – for "Screen, television, Digital" – in response to the fact that the awards still do not have an official short-form name in the manner of "Oscar" for the Academy Awards, while Norman Wilner of NOW criticized Mandel's "hacky crowd work and even hackier bits", concluding that "I'm sure this stuff kills at Casino Rama, but when you're supposed to be anchoring an awards show it just seems cheap and lazy.""Moving moments at this year's Screenies". Now, March 13, 2017.
Both critics wrote that the broadcast's best moments came from various winners' moving and funny acceptance speeches, including Tatiana Maslany's emotional response to winning the award for Best Actress in a Film for The Other Half; Paul Sun-Hyung Lee's moving speech about how honoured he was to win Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Kim's Convenience, a series which celebrated the immigrant contribution to Canadian society; Christopher Plummer's grace and humility in accepting a lifetime achievement award; and Catherine O'Hara's decision to accept her award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in character as Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek.
At the broadcast, George Stroumboulopoulos announced that beginning in 2018, the academy's annual award for Science or Nature Documentary Program would be named the Rob Stewart Award in memory of documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart, who died in January 2017."Rob Stewart honored at Canadian Screen Awards". Tribute, March 13, 2017.
Film Motion Picture Direction It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) – Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Xavier DolanBad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) – Luc Vandal, Lorraine Dufour Before the Streets (Avant les rues) – Chloé Leriche Hello Destroyer – Daniel Domachowski, Haydn Wazelle Old Stone – Xianjian Wu, Chi-an Lin, Jing Wang, Sarah Stallard Operation Avalanche – Matthew Miller, Lee Kim, Matt Johnson Race – Louis-Philippe Rochon, Dominique Séguin, Jean-Charles Lévy, Luc Dayan Searchers (Maliglutit) – Zacharias Kunuk Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) – Hany Ouichou Weirdos – Marc Almon, Mike MacMillan, Bruce McDonald | valign="top" | Xavier Dolan, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie, Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) Kevan Funk, Hello Destroyer Matt Johnson, Operation Avalanche Chloé Leriche, Before the Streets (Avant les rues) Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role Stephan James, Race Jared Abrahamson, Hello Destroyer Lawrence Barry, Riverhead Chen Gang, Old Stone Andrew Gillis, Werewolf Tatiana Maslany, The Other Half Nathalie Doummar, Boundaries (Pays) Carmen Ejogo, Born to Be Blue Sasha K. Gordon, Natasha Bhreagh MacNeil, Werewolf Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role Vincent Cassel, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Henry Czerny, The Other Half Evan Mercer, Riverhead Jacques Newashish, Before the Streets (Avant les rues) Michael Reventar, Kidnap Capital Molly Parker, Weirdos Nathalie Baye, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Kwena Bellemare-Boivin, Before the Streets (Avant les rues) Sherri Shepherd, Jean of the Joneses Gabrielle Tremblay, Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Daniel MacIvor, Weirdos Kevan Funk, Hello Destroyer Zacharias Kunuk, Searchers (Maliglutit) Johnny Ma, Old Stone Stella Meghie, Jean of the Joneses Xavier Dolan, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Bachir Bensaddek, Montreal, White City (Montréal la blanche) David Bezmozgis, Natasha Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary I Am the Blues — Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Bruce CowleyGulîstan, Land of Roses — Zaynê Akyol, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering, Yanick Létourneau, Mehmet Aktas, Denis McCready Koneline: Our Land Beautiful — Nettie Wild, Betsy Carson The Prison in Twelve Landscapes — Brett Story Waseskun — Steve Patry, Nathalie Cloutier, Denis McCready, Colette Loumède | valign="top" | This River — Katherena Vermette, Erika MacPherson, Alicia Smith, David ChristensenFrame 394 — Rich Williamson, Shasha Nakhai, Ed Barreveld The Road to Webequie — Ryan Noth, Tess Girard Stone Makers (Carrière) — Jean-Marc E. Roy, Colette Loumède, Denis McCready, Claudia Chabot Tshiuetin — Caroline Monnet, Éric Cinq-Mars |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Live Action Short Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Animated Short |- | valign="top" | Mutants — Alexandre Dostie, Hany Ouichou, Gabrielle Tougas-FréchetteA Funeral for Lightning — Emily Kai Bock Oh What a Wonderful Feeling — François Jaros, Fanny-Laure Malo Star — Émilie Mannering, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering Wild Skin (La Peau sauvage) — Ariane Louis-Seize, Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Hany Ouichou | valign="top" | Blind Vaysha — Theodore Ushev, Marc BertrandI Am Here — Eoin Duffy, Maral Mohammadian, Shirley Vercruysse I Like Girls (J'aime les filles) — Diane Obomsawin, Marc Bertrand Mamie — Janice Nadeau, Marc Bertrand, Corinne Destombes Red of the Yew Tree (If ou le rouge perdu) — Marie-Hélène Turcotte, Félix Dufour-Laperrière |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Art Direction/Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Cinematography |- | valign="top" | Emmanuel Fréchette, Two Lovers and a Bear André-Line Beauparlant, Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) David Brisbin, Isabelle Guay and Jean-Pierre Paquet, Race Aidan Leroux and Joel Richardson, Born to Be Blue Matt Likely, Weirdos André Turpin, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Glauco Bermudez, Before the Streets (Avant les rues) Josée Deshaies, Nelly Leung Ming Kai, Old Stone Scott Moore, Werewolf Costume Design Editing Patricia McNeil, Nelly Bethana Briffett, Weirdos Mario Davignon, Race Megan Oppenheimer, Operation Avalanche Marjatta Nissinen, The Girl King Richard Comeau, Two Lovers and a Bear Michael Long, Old Stone Ashley McKenzie, Werewolf Claude Palardy, Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) Duff Smith, Weirdos Overall Sound Sound Editing Claude La Haye, Luc Boudrias and Pierre-Jules Audet, Race Sylvain Brassard, Michel Lecoufle, Stephen De Oliveira and Nicholas Gagnon, King Dave Matt Chan, Operation Avalanche Marcel Chouinard, Philippe Lavigne, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher and Louis Collin, Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) François Grenon, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Pierre-Jules Audet, Jérôme Décarie, Michelle Cloutier, Stan Sakell, Jean-François Sauvé, Mathieu Beaudin, François Senneville, Luc Raymond and Jean-Philippe Saint-Laurent, Race Sylvain Brassard, Guy Francoeur, Benoît Dame and Guy Pelletier, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Sylvain Brassard, Guy Pelletier and Christian Rivest, King Dave Matt Chan, James Patrick and Frieda Bay, Operation Avalanche Miguel Nunes, Ryan Thompson, Gina Mueller and Maureen Murphy, The Unseen Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song Todor Kobakov, Steve London and David Braid, Born to Be Blue Alain Mayrand, Numb Taymaz Saba, Window Horses Michael White, Hevn (Revenge) Jesse Zubot, Two Lovers and a Bear David Braid, "Could Have Been" – Born to Be Blue Nikan Boivin, "Sokecimyekw" – Before the Streets (Avant les rues) Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne, "Natalie" – King Dave Matthew Schellenberg, "Draw Blood" – Lovesick Daniel Stimac, "Almost Had It All" – A Date with Miss Fortune Make-Up Visual Effects Maïna Militza and Denis Vidal, It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Kathryn Casault, Two Lovers and a Bear Lynda McCormack, Born to Be Blue Melissa Meretsky, Jennifer Walton and Lisa Belyea, The Northlander Natalie Trépanier and Réjean Goderre, Race Martin Lipmann, Cynthia Mourou, Benoît Touchette, Jonathan Piché-Delorme and Frédéric Breault, Race Bob Habros, Adele Venables, Julika Pape, Milos Djakovic, Adam Kube, Mike Wearing and Richard Darwin, The Unseen Tristan Zerafa, Operation Avalanche Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary John Price, I Am the Blues Joan Poggio, Gun Runners Derek Rogers, The Skyjacker's Tale Chris Romeike, Giants of Africa Van Royko, Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Dave De Carlo, Giants of Africa Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Gulîstan, Land of Roses Michael Brockington, Koneline: Our Land Beautiful Nathalie Lamoureux, Waseskun Eric Pedicelli, Black Code Best First Feature Golden Screen Award Johnny Ma, Old Stone The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (Les 3 p'tits cochons 2)"Les 3 P’tits Cochons 2 wins Golden Screen Award". Playback, March 6, 2017. John Dunning Discovery Award Randall Okita, The Lockpicker
Television
Programs Drama series Comedy series Orphan Black 19–2 Blood and Water This Life Vikings Letterkenny Kim's Convenience Mohawk Girls Mr. D Schitt's Creek Animated program or series Documentary program The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale Beat Bugs The Deep Fangbone! My Millennial Life Hold Your Fire Looking for Mike Survivors Rowe Wasted Children's or youth fiction Children's or youth non-fiction Odd Squad Backstage Degrassi: Next Class Make It Pop Wild Kratts Science Max Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) We Are Savvy Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie History Documentary Program or Series Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas Odd Squad: The Movie Slasher Unclaimed War Story: Afghanistan Newfoundland at Armageddon The Pass System Reunion of Giants Performing arts program Lifestyle Program or Series The Taming of the Shrew The Adventures of Pericles You Gotta Eat Here! CityLine The Great Canadian Cookbook Leave It to Bryan Masters of Flip Music Program or Series Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series 2016 Juno Awards 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards We Day 2016 Hip-Hop Evolution Interrupt This Program Justice for MLK: The Hunt for James Earl Ray Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl Pre-School Program or Series Reality/Competition Program or Series PAW Patrol The Adventures of Napkin Man Kids' CBC Training Day Peg + Cat Scout and the Gumboot Kids The Amazing Race Canada Big Brother Canada Canada's Smartest Person Knock Knock Ghost Masterchef Canada Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award) The Nature of Things – "Moose: A Year in the Life of a Twig Eater"Kenya Wildlife Diaries The Nature of Things – "My Brain Made Me Do It" The Nature of Things – "Trapped in a Human Zoo" Volcanic Odysseys | valign="top" | Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr After the Last River I, Pedophile The War at Home Factual Program or Series Variety or sketch comedy program or series Still Standing Curse of the Frozen Gold Keeping Canada Alive Real Detective This Is High School Baroness von Sketch Show The Beaverton Canada's Walk of Fame 2015