The 10th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 4–10 April 2022 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2021. The presentations were held as a series of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with awards in top categories presented via a CBC Television special on 10 April 2022 hosted by comedy troupe TallBoyz.
Nominations were announced on 15 February.Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022. In film, the top nominees were Scarborough and Night Raiders, with 11 nods apiece, while in television the series Sort Of was the leader with 13 nominations.Greg David, "Nominations announced for the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards". TV, eh?, February 15, 2022. Scarborough and Transplant were tied for most-awarded film and television series, with both receiving 8 awards (including Best Motion Picture and Best Dramatic Series respectively).
Ceremony information For the third consecutive year, the in-person awards gala was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Barry Hertz, "2022 Canadian Screen Awards go virtual again, but with CBC back onboard". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2022. Unlike the previous two ceremonies, the Canadian Screen Awards would return to CBC Television, airing an hour-long special on 10 April 2022 to present the awards in top categories. The special was hosted by the sketch comedy troupe TallBoyz.
The awards in non-televised genre and technical categories were presented via a series of virtual Canadian Screen Week presentations, beginning with broadcast news, documentary, and factual awards on 4 April, sports and digital on 5 April; children's, animation, lifestyle and reality on 6 April, television craft and performance on 7 April, and cinematic arts on 8 April.
Category presenters included Catherine O'Hara, Tatiana Maslany, Sidney Crosby, Ron MacLean, Jonathan and Drew Scott, Arisa Cox, Andrew Phung and Priyanka."Catherine O’Hara, Tatiana Maslany among stars to appear at Canadian Screen Awards". The Globe and Mail, March 25, 2022. Actor Simu Liu also appeared in sketches with TallBoyz. The advance Canadian Screen Week presentations were hosted by Brandon Gonez, Sangita Patel, Jennifer Hedger, Supinder Wraich, Deepa Prashad, Mary Berg, Akiel Julien, Ennis Esmer and Laurence Leboeuf."Prix Écrans canadiens : Laurence Leboeuf animera la remise de prix des Arts cinématographiques". CTVM, March 15, 2022.
Special awards Recipients of the academy's special awards were announced on January 18.Etan Vlessing, "Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to Receive Canadian Screen Awards Special Honor". The Hollywood Reporter, January 18, 2022.
Board of Directors Tribute Award: Vince Commisso, John Galway Gordon Sinclair Award: Rassi Nashalik Radius Award: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Changemaker Award: Kayla Grey, Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Amanda Parris Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Cole
Film Best Motion Picture Best Director Scarborough — Shasha Nakhai Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) — Luc Déry, Kim McCraw Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois) — Yanick Létourneau Night Raiders — Tara Woodbury, Paul Barkin, Ainsley Gardiner, Georgina Conder, Danis Goulet Wildhood — Gharrett Patrick Paon, Julie Baldassi, Bretten Hannam | valign="top" | Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson, Scarborough Anthony Scott Burns, Come True Danis Goulet, Night Raiders Philippe Grégoire, The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs) Bretten Hannam, Wildhood Best Actor Best Actress Liam Diaz, Scarborough Rogelio Balagtas, Islands Pavle Čemerikić, The White Fortress (Tabija) Phillip Lewitski, Wildhood Thomas Antony Olajide, Learn to Swim Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Night Raiders Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Lune Alana Hawley Purvis, Range Roads Aliya Kanani, Scarborough Julia Sarah Stone, Come True Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Joshua Odjick, Wildhood Esteban Comilang, Islands David La Haye, Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Claude Legault, Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) Mark O'Brien, The Righteous Cherish Violet Blood, Scarborough Tanja Björk, The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs) Kate Corbett, The Righteous Marine Johnson, Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) Gail Maurice, Night Raiders Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay Danis Goulet, Night Raiders Igor Drljaca, The White Fortress (Tabija) Bretten Hannam, Wildhood Kaveh Nabatian, Without Havana (Sin la Habana) Mark O'Brien, The Righteous Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis, Charlotte Sylvain Guy, Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Fred Pellerin, The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps) Éric Tessier, You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) Best Feature Length Documentary Best Short Documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy — Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, David Christensen, Lori Lozinski Captive — Mellissa Fung, Stuart Coxe My Tree — Jason Sherman, Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos, Matt Code One of Ours — Yasmine Mathurin, Laura Perlmutter, Jennifer Kawaja, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue) — Jean-François Lesage | valign="top" | Nalujuk Night — Jennie Williams, Latonia Hartery, Kat Baulu, Rohan Fernando, Annette Clarke Babushka — Kristina Wagenbauer The Brother (Le Frère) — Jérémie Battaglia Nuisance Bear — Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden Still Processing — Sophy Romvari |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Live Action Short Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Animated Short |- | valign="top" | Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit) — Katerine Martineau, Guillaume Collin Fanmi — Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, François Bonneau, Carmine Pierre-Dufour In the Jam Jar — Étienne Hansez, Colin Nixon Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques) — Annie St-Pierre, Sarah Mannering, Fanny Drew Ousmane — Jorge Camarotti | valign="top" | Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice — Zacharias Kunuk, Neil Christopher, Nadia Mike, Jonathan Frantz Boobs (Lolos) — Marie Valade Flowing Home (Như một dòng sông) — Sandra Desmazières, Dora Benousilio, Julie Roy The Hangman at Home — Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Avi Amar, Katayoun Dibamehr, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Marc Bertrand, Julie Roy Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics — Terril Calder, Jelena Popović |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Art Direction/Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Casting |- | valign="top" | Arnaud Brisebois, Jean Babin and Ève Turcotte, The Time Thief (L'arracheuse de temps) Jean Babin, Maria Chapdelaine André-Line Beauparlant, Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) Nigel Churcher, The Exchange Danny Haeberlin, All My Puny Sorrows Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson, Scarborough Stephanie Gorin, Wildhood Rene Haynes, Night Raiders Heidi Levitt, All My Puny Sorrows Jenny Lewis and Sara Kay, The Retreat Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Sara Mishara, Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) Pierre Gill, You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) Tess Girard, Drifting Snow Daniel Grant, All My Puny Sorrows Rich Williamson, Scarborough Kendra Terpenning, Night Raiders Lea Carlson, The Exchange Josée Castonguay, The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps) Francesca Chamberland, Maria Chapdelaine Francesca Chamberland, The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland) Best Editing Best Hair Michelle Szemberg and Orlee Buium, All My Puny Sorrows Aube Foglia, Night of the Kings (La nuit des rois) Dev Singh, Cinema of Sleep Arthur Tarnowski, Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) Yvann Thibaudeau, Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur) Martin Lapointe, Maria Chapdelaine André Duval, The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland) Debra Johnson, The Exchange Janie Otis, The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps) Denis Parent and Jean-Luc Lapierre, Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Best Original Score Best Original Song Jonathan Goldsmith, All My Puny Sorrows Suad Bushnaq, Jasmine Road Spencer Creaghan, Motherly Darren Fung, Cinema of Sleep Stephen Krecklo, Between Waves Tika Simone and Casey Manierka-Quaile, "And Then We Don't" — Learn to Swim Erika Angell and Simon Angell, "Lovers Are Falling" — Woman in Car David Braid, "Ring Them Fantasy" — Delia's Gone Nicolas Errèra and Craig Walker, "Drop the Rock" — Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur) Jean Martin and Tanya Tagaq, "Surface Nord" — Bootlegger Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Krystin Hunter, Paul Germann and Stefana Fratila, Scarborough J. R. Fountain, Nelson Ferreira, Mark Dejczak, Robert Hegedus and Steve Hammond, PAW Patrol: The Movie Martin Gwynn Jones, Brent Pickett, Jane Tattersall and Brennan Mercer, All My Puny Sorrows Sean Karp, Blag Ahilov, Will Preventis, Noah Siegel, Jakob Thiesen and Igor Bezuglov, Dino Dana: The Movie Daniel Pellerin, Jeremy Fong and Kristi McIntyre, Kicking Blood Lou Solakofski, Graham Rogers, Stephen Marian, Alexis Feodoroff and Tim Chaproniere, Night Raiders Joe Morrow, Lou Solakofski, Jonathan St. Clair and Thomas Dube, All My Puny Sorrows Gavin Fernandes, Pierre Bertrand, Jocelyn Caron and Giuseppe Petrella, Brain Freeze Bernard Gariépy Strobl, J. R. Fountain and Erik Culp, PAW Patrol: The Movie Eric Taylor, Miles Roberts and Matt Chan, Scarborough Best Makeup Best Visual Effects Traci Loader, Night Raiders Djina Caron, Maria Chapdelaine Erik Gosselin and Edwina Voda, Brain Freeze Kristin Loeck and Calla-Syna Dreyer, Dangerous Karlee Morse and Stephanie Pringle, The Retreat Martin Tori, Darwin Go, John Mariella and Frank Rueter, Night Raiders Alex Boothby, All My Puny Sorrows Marc Côté, Michael Beaulac, Robert Rioux, Lisa Purisima, Maxime Lepage, Anouk Cazalis, Alex Harvey, Wesley Lemieux, Daniel Coupal and Randy Santandrea, Brain Freeze Matthew J.R. Bishop, Ila Soleimani, Jeff Robinson, Aravindan Rajasingham, Gustavo Fernandes, Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry, Steve Lowry and Tarl Lambert, Dino Dana: The Movie Alain Lachance, Loïc Laurelut, Eric Clément and Marie-Claude Lafontaine, The Time Thief (L'arracheuse de temps) Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary Marianne Ploska, Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue) Vince Arvidson, The Magnitude of All Things Nicholas Castel, Gabriel Swift, Bronson Whytcross and John Fulton, Coextinction Rita Leistner, Forest for the Trees Patrick McLaughlin, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Ben Lawrence, My Tree Jennifer Abbott, The Magnitude of All Things Sophie Farkas Bolla, The Gig Is Up Natalie Lamoureux, I Might Be Dead by Tomorrow (Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps) Hans Olson, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy John Dunning Best First Feature Golden Screen Award Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson, Scarborough Martin Edralin, Islands Danis Goulet, Night Raiders Philippe Grégoire, The Noise of Engines (Le Bruit des moteurs) Kaveh Nabatian, Without Havana (Sin la Habana) PAW Patrol: The Movie
Television
Programs Drama series Comedy series Transplant Coroner Moonshine The North Water Vikings Sort Of Jann Kim's Convenience Letterkenny Strays Animated program or series Documentary program Corner Gas Animated Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood Go, Dog. Go! The Snoopy Show Wild Kratts: Cats and Dogs Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur Being Black in Halifax Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery The Face of Anonymous Fresh Water Children's or youth fiction Children's or youth non-fiction The Hardy Boys Endlings Lockdown Odd Squad Mobile Unit All-Round Champion Gabby's Farm How Do You Feel? My Home, My Life Television Movie History Documentary Program or Series I Was Lorena Bobbitt The Christmas Setup The Color of Love Faith Heist Midnight at the Magnolia How to Start a Revolution British Columbia: An Untold History History Erased