Canadian Screen Award nominations
Films and TV shows nominated in selected categories for the Canadian Screen Awards.
Selected film nominations
Best picture:
- L'Affaire Dumont
- Inch'Allah
- Laurence Anyways
- Midnight's Children
- Rebelle/War Witch
- Still Mine
Best film director:
- Michael Dowse, Goon
- Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways
- Deepa Mehta, Midnight's Children
- Kim Nguyen, Rebelle
- Bernard Émond, Tout ce qu tu possèdes
Leading actor, film:
- James Cromwell, Still Mine
- Patrick Drolet, Tout ce qu tu possèdes
- Marc-André Grondin, L'Affaire Dumont
- David Morse, Collaborator
- Melvil Poupaud, Laurence Anyways
Leading actress, film:
- Evelyn Brochu, Inch'Allah
- Geneviève Bujold, Still Mine
- Marilyn Castonguay, L'Affaire Dumont
- Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways
- Rachel Mwanza, Rebelle
Best documentary:
- Alphée de Étoiles
- Indie Game: The Movie
- Over My Dead Body
- Stories We Tell
- The World Before Her
Best original screenplay:
- Jason Buxton, Blackbird
- Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways
- Kim Nguyen, Rebelle
- Michael McGowan, Still Mine
- Bernard Émond, Tout ce qu tu possèdes
Best adapted screenplay:
- David Cronenberg, Cosmopolis
- Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg, Goon
- Anita Doron, The Lesser Blessed
- Martin Villeneuve, Mars et Avril
- Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
Selected TV nominations:
Best animated TV show:
- Almost Naked Animals
- Jack
- Producing Parker
- Rated A for Awesome
Best comedy:
- Good God
- Kenny Hotz: Triumph of the Will
- Less Than Kind
- Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Mr. D
Best documentary program:
- Lone Twin
- Metal Evolution
- The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
- Pyros
- Trashopolis
Best dramatic miniseries:
- Cyberbully
- Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
- Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
- Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story 2
Best drama:
- Arctic Air
- Bomb Girls
- Continuum
- Flashpoint
- King
Best international drama:
- The Borgias
- The Crimson Petal and the White
- Titanic
Best music, variety or sketch comedy
- 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards
- Battle of the Blades
- Canada Sings
- The JUNO Awards 2012
- Rick Mercer Report
Best actress in a drama
- Erica Durance, Saving Hope
- Erin Karpluk, Being Erica
- Lori Gilbert, King
- Emily Rose, Haven
- Meg Tilly, Bomb Girls
Best lead actor in a drama
- Enrico Colatoni, Flashpoint
- Andra Fuller, The L.A. Complex 2
- Elias Koteas, Combat Hospital
- Luke Mably, Combat Hospital
- Steven Cree Molison, Blackstone
Selected news and digital nominees
Best news information series:
- 16 x 9 The Bigger Picture
- Connect with Mark Kelley
- CTV W5
- Marketplace
- The Fifth Estate
Best sports analysis or commentary:
- Hockey Night in Canada
- John Candy: True Double Blue
- London 2012 Olympic Games Primetime
- Oil Change: Overdrive
- Hockey Day in Canada 2012
Best cross-platform project:
- 8th Fire - Digital
- #FAQMP
- D-Day to victory Interactive
- Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden
- Kidnapped: The Search for Graham McMynn
Best original program or series for digital media:
- Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon
- Highrise: One Millionth tower
- Bear 71
- Masa Off Grid
- Bar Code