Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees

Today, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) announced the nominees for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards in 145 television, film and digital media categories, which also include the inaugural nominations in gender-neutral performance categories for lead and supporting performers in film and television.

“From legendary directors like David Cronenberg to new voices like Bilal Baig, the 2023 Canadian Screen Award nominees reaffirm that our country has an immensely talented industry, and we are lucky to call them Canadian,” said Tammy Frick, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “Supporting these artists has never been more important, and we are proud to be at the centre of those efforts. I’m thrilled to share my heartfelt congratulations with all of the nominees and look forward to raising a glass to them in person this April.”

John Young, Chair, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, added, “The nominations for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards shine a much-deserved spotlight on the brilliant creative minds behind some of the best Canadian television, film and digital media works of the past year, and we could not be more excited to gather in person — for the first time in four years — to celebrate these tremendous achievements.”

The 2023 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented in a series of seven intimate genre-based awards presentations, with esteemed members of the Canadian screen-based industry who brought us the best work from the last year, gathering in person at Meridian Hall in Toronto from Tuesday, April 11 through to Friday, April 14 (the Children’s & Animation Awards presented by Shaw Rocket Fund will be held April 12 at noon ET), all culminating with The Canadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee, broadcasting on Sunday, April 16 at 8 PM (9 AT, 9:30 NT) on CBC and CBC Gem.

Animation and related category nominees below; find the full list of nominees at academy.ca/nominees.

FILM

Best Animated Short

• Arctic Song – Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, Louise Flaherty, Alicia Smith, David Christensen, Nadia Mike
• The Flying Sailor – Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis, David Christensen
• Impossible Figures and Other Stories I – Marta Pajek, Piotr Szczepanowicz, Grzegorz Wacławek, Maral Mohammadian
• The Shadow of My Life – Hajar Moradi
• Triangle of Darkness – Marie-Noëlle Robidas-Moreau, Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière

TELEVISION

Best Animated Program or Series

• Big Blue – Frank Falcone, Gyimah Gariba, Rachel Reade Marcus – Guru Studio/CBC
• Denis and Me: Santa Who – Michelle Melanson, Diana Moore, Ken Cuperus, Denis Kopotun – Headspinner Prod./WildBrain
• The Snoopy Show – Anne Loi, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts, Paige Braddock, Craig Schulz, Mark Evestaff, Kimberly Small – WildBrain/Apple TV+
• Summer Memories – Adam Yaniv, Paul B. Cummings, Anthony Leo, Jason Surridge, Irene Weibel, Andrew Rosen, Ashley Ramsay, Oded Turgeman – A&N Productions/Aircraft Pictures/Yeti Farm Creative/WilldBrain
• Total DramaRama – Tom McGillis, George Elliott, Brian Irving, Jennifer Pertsch, Terry McGurrin – Fresh TV/Corus Ent.

Best Preschool Program or Series

• The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy – Rennata Lopez, Georgina Lopez – Lopii Prod./WildBrain
• Happy House of Frightenstein – Michelle Melanson, Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Mitchell Markowitz – Headspinner Prod./WildBrain
• PAW Patrol – Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Laura Clunie, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Dan Mokriy, Tracey Dodokin, Jason McKenzie, Damian Temporale – Spin Master Ent./ TVO
• Pikwik Pack – Frank Falcone, Rachel Reade Marcus, Kirsten Newlands – Guru Studio/Corus Ent.
• Proud to Be Me! Anti-Racism Special – Lisa Wisniewski, Emily Houghton, Julie Patterson-Porter, Julia Okoth – CBC Kids

Best Direction, Animation

• Big Blue – Riccardo Durante
• Happy House of Frightenstein – Darren Cranford
• PAW Patrol – Charles E. Bastien
• Pinecone & Pony – First Generation Films/Apple TV+ – Wayne-Michael Lee
• Total DramaRama – Keith Oliver & George Elliott

Best Writing, Animation

• 16 Hudson “Spice Box” – Big Bad Boo Studios/TVO – John May & Suzanne Bolch
• Pinecone & Pony “The Pwettiest Pony / Try This Club On For Size” – Stephanie Kaliner & Lakna Edirisinghe
• The Snoopy Show “Snoopy Swap” – Scott Montgomery
• Summer Memories “Truth or Dare” – Sara Peters
• Team Zenko Go “Pet Project / Mission Improbable” – Mainframe Studios/Netflix – J. Green & Sean Jara

Best Writing, Preschool

• Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe “The Paw and Claw Spa” – Redknot/Corus Ent. – Carolyn Hay
• Dino Ranch “Light Touch Tango”- Boat Rocker, Industrial Brothers, Jam Filled/CBC – Richard Young
• The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy “I Love Being Different” – Victoria Gallant
• The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy “I Love My Family” – Tyra Sweet
• Happy House of Frightenstein “Heirloom Doom” – Ken Cuperus & Sandy Jobin-Bevans

Best Sound, Animation

• PAW Patrol – Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Mitch Connors, Luke Dante, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues
• The Snoopy Show – Todd Araki, Andrew Downton, Jason Fredrickson, Adam McGhie
• Super Wish – Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Andrew McDonnell, Simon Berry
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: Race for the Sodor Cup – Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Andrew McDonnell, Simon Berry

Best Visual Effects

• Detention Adventure – Joe Kicak, Sebastian Harder
• History by the Numbers – Jonathon Corbiere, Flavio de Paula, Julia Nadeau, Steve Murphy, Suzanna Brusikiewicz, Tyler Sammy
• The Legacy Awards – Alex Nadon
• Odd Squad Mobile Unit – Matthew J.R. Bishop, Nial McFadyen, Susan Sullivan, Cody McCaig, Stephen Curran, James Wallace, Jeff Robinson, Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry, Steve Lowry
• Super Wish – Andy Powell, Raymond Pang

Best Original Music, Animation

• Let’s Go Luna! – Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia & Kris Kuzdak
• Pinecone & Pony – Caleb Chan & Brian Chan
• The Snoopy Show – Jeff Morrow
• Super Wish – Neil Parfitt
• Team Zenko Go – Brian Chan & Caleb Chan

Best Performance, Animation

• Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe – Julius Cho
• Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe – Melody Johnson
• The Snoopy Show – Hattie Kragten
• Summer Memories – Tricia Black
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – Glee Dango

DIGITAL MEDIA

Best Web Program or Series, Fiction

• Avocado Toast – Border2Border Ent.
• Mary & Flo on the Go! – Shaftesbury (Animated)
• Revenge of the Black Friend  – RBBF
• Tokens – A Token Entertainment Co.
• Topline – Shaftesbury

Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction

• The Choice – Infinite Frame Media
• Lou – UNTLD (Animated)
• Partita for 8 Voices – Laterna Films

Best Immersive Experience, Fiction

• Brainstream – NFB
• The Orchid and the Bee – NFB
• Unceded Territories – ZeMind Studios

Best Video Game

• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist – Northway Games
• JETT: The Far Shore – Superbrothers A/V
• Nobody Saves the World – Drinkbox Studios
• Ooblets – Laundray Bear Games, Glumberland
• Tunic – ISOCMETRICORP Games