With the Canadian Screen Award nominations having dropped earlier this week, it’s clear this year’s ceremony is set to be a star-studded year full of representation.
In the television category, the CBC comedy Sort Of starring, written, and created by Pakistani actor Bilal Baig, picked up a whopping 15 nominations, including best comedy series, writing, music, and acting (for Baig, and co-stars Amanda Cordner and Amanda Brugel). Meanwhile, fellow CBC sitcom Run the Burbs, created by and starring Andrew Phung, earned five nominations, with Phung and co-star Rakhee Morzaria competing for lead comedy performer.
It’s worth noting, too, after Baig and Cordner declined to submit themselves for acting consideration at last year’s awards due to the gender binary categories, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has now installed gender-neutral categories for lead and supporting roles.
In the film category, Anthony Shim’s Korean family drama Riceboy Sleeps shines with six nominations, including best picture, director, screenplay, and lead actor. Iranian director Sadaf Foroughi’s coming of age teen drama Summer with Hope follows with three nominations, including best picture, while the powerful and devastating Indian documentary To Kill a Tiger also earned three nods, including best documentary.
The star of the night, however, looks like it’s already set to be former Kim’s Convenience and current Marvel star Simu Liu, who picked up four nominations, including hosting and writing (along with Leonard Chan and Julie Kim) the 2022 Juno Awards and a Special Award nomination.
The Canadian Screen Awards will be held off camera during Canadian Screen Week from April 11 to 14 in Toronto, while comedian Samantha Bee will host a Canadian Screen Awards one-hour special on CBC and CBC Gem on April 16.
Below is a list of some of this year’s Asian nominees and nominees of Asian-led projects:
Film
Best Motion Picture
Riceboy Sleeps – Anthony Shim
Summer with Hope – Kiarash Anvari, Sadaf Foroughi
Achievement in Cinematography
Christopher Lew – Riceboy Sleeps
Achievement in Direction
Anthony Shim – Riceboy Sleeps
Achievement in Editing
Anthony Shim – Riceboy Sleeps
Faran Moradi – Tehranto
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Matthew Chan – Stay the Night
Achievement in Visual Effects
Andrew Joe, Gabriel Chiang – Bones of Crows
Original Screenplay
Anthony Shim – Riceboy Sleeps
Sadaf Foroughi – Summer with Hope
Performance in a Leading Role
Seung-Yoon Choi – Riceboy Sleeps
Performance in a Supporting Role
Leili Rashidi – Summer with Hope
Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary
Nisha Pahuja, Anita Lee, Atul Gawande – To Kill a Tiger
Ryan Sidhoo, Mario Soriano – Handle with Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
To Kill a Tiger
Achievement in Costume Design
Tenzin
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
Ramachandra Borcar – Scrap
To Kill a Tiger
Best Short Documentary
The Goats of Monesiglio – Raj Dhillon
Best Animated Short
Impossible Figures and other stories I – Maral Mohammadian
The Shadow Of My Life – Hajar Moradi
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
Ramachandra Borcar – Scrap
To Kill a Tiger
Television
Best TV Movie
Saying Yes to Christmas
Best Drama Series
Departure – Vincent Shiao, Teresa M. Ho
SkyMed
Transplant
Best Comedy Series
Children Ruin Everything – Meaghan Rath
Fakes
Sort Of – Jennifer Kawaja, Bilal Baig
Best News or Information Series
The Fifth Estate
Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Roast Battle Canada – Russell Peters
TallBoyz – Franco Nguyen
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
The Big Sex Talk – Nabil Mehchi
Mary Makes It Easy – Michelle Li
Best Live Entertainment Special
The Junos 2022 – Simu Liu, Leonard Chan, Julie Kim
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Summit 72 – Naveen Prasad
Best Talk Program or Series
The Marilyn Denis Show – Sush Rao
The Social – Brian Lloyd
Best Documentary Program
A.rtificial I.mmortality – Ann Shin
Best Animated Program or Series
The Snoopy Show – Anne Loi
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Malory Towers – Anne Loi
The Next Step – Romeo Candido, Shaleen Sangha
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
Leo’s Pollinators – Raj Panikkar
Best Sports Program or Series
2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games – Sunil Thakolkaren
Best Variety or Entertainment Special
ET Canada Presents One on One with Trevor Noah – Fay Philavanh, Shreya Khanna
Best Entertainment News Program or Series
Entertainment Tonight Canada
Etalk
Best Morning Show
Breakfast Television – Roshni Murthy
Best Direction, TV Movie
Love at Sky Gardens – Samantha Wan
Best Direction, Drama Series
Gloria Ui Young Kim – Heartland:”The Long Game”
Best Direction, Comedy
Aleysa Young – Run The Burbs: “Blockbuster”
Joyce Wong – Sort Of: “Sort Of I Love You”
Sort Of: “Sort Of Janazah”
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
Harbinder Singh – Raufikat’s Better Bake Along: “Toasty Pineapple Pastries”
Best Direction, Children’s or Youth
Romeo Candido – The Next Step: “One Song Glory”
Warren P. Sonoda – Odd Squad Mobile Unit: “Odd Together Now”
Best Direction, Animation
Wayne-Michael Lee – Pinecone & Pony: “What Would Freda Do? / A Token Of Toughness”
Best Direction, Factual
Michelle Mama – Lost Car Rescue: “Muscle Cars”
Best Writing, Drama Series
Transplant: “Tariq”
Transplant: “Unstuck in Time”
Best Writing, Comedy
Sort Of: “Sort Of Broke”
Bilal Baig – Sort Of: “Sort Of I Love You”
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy
Simu Liu, Leonard Chan, Julie Kim – The Junos 2022
Franco Nguyen – TallBoyz: “Don’t swear in front of the song”
Best Photography, Comedy
Gayle Ye – Detention Adventure: “Singing in the Raign”
Iris Ng – Strays: “House Sitting”
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Kevin C. W. Wong – Mary Makes It Easy: “BBQ’s and A’s”
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Iris Ng, Stephen Chung – A.rtificial I.mmortality
Lulu Wei – Sex with Sue
Ken Ng – The Talented Mr. Rosenberg
Best Photography, News or Information
John Minh Tran – Arctic Blue
Best Picture Editing, Drama
Dev Singh – The Porter: Episode 108
Best Picture Editing, Factual
Ken Yan – National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Swapna Mella – The Great Canadian Baking Show: “Patisserie Week”
Best Picture Editing, Comedy
Sort Of: “Sort Of 2gethr”
Sort Of: “Sort Of Amsterdam”
Best Sound, Fiction
Goro Koyama – Sort Of: “Sort Of Future”
Transplant – Rumination
Best Sound, Animation
Todd Araki – The Snoopy Show: “Happiness Is Your Favourite Thing”
Ryan Araki – Super Wish: “Taste Buddies / Imagination Caboose”
Ryan Araki – Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: “Music is Everywhere/Backwards Day”
Ryan Araki – Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: “Race for the Sodor Cup”
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction
Sort Of: “Sort Of Janazah”
Best Costume Design
Sort Of: “Sort Of 2gethr”
Best Visual Effects
Raymond Pang – Super Wish: “The Floor is Definitely Not Lava”
Best Original Music, Animation
Let’s Go Luna!: “Dig it Daddy-O” – Amin Bhatia
Pinecone & Pony: “Lance Or Not / Treat Your Creature” – Caleb Chan, Brian Chan
Team Zenko Go: “Harmony Harbor’s Holiday Surprise, Part 1 and 2” – Caleb Chan, Brian Chan
Best Original Music, Comedy
Detention Adventure: “Singing in the Raign” – Amin Bhatia
Sort Of: “Sort Of Who She Is” – Vivek Shraya
Best Original Music, Documentary
Dear Jackie – Ramachandra Borcar
Best Original Music – Original Song
Sort Of: “Sort Of Broke” (“Superpowers”)
Best Sports Feature Segment
Pivot – The Sheldon Guy Story – Farhan Lalji
Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
Mayko Nguyen – Hudson & Rex
Hamza Haq – Transplant
Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble)
Russell Peters, Sabrina Jalees, Ron Josol – Roast Battle Canada
Franco Nguyen – TallBoyz
Best Performance, Children’s or Youth
Ali Prijono – Detention Adventure
Saara Chaudry – Holly Hobbie
Alyssa Hidalgo – Odd Squad Mobile Unit
Best Achievement in Casting, Fiction
Run The Burbs
Transplant
Best News Anchor, National
Ian Hanomansing, Andrew Chang – The National
Best Host, Live Entertainment Special
Rupi Kaur, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee – 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Simu Liu – The Junos 2022
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Lilly Singh – Canada’s Got Talent
Ann Pornel – The Great Canadian Baking Show
Best Performance, Animation
Julius Cho – Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe
Glee Dango – Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
Best Lead Performer, Comedy
Rakhee Morzaria – Run The Burbs
Andrew Phung – Run The Burbs
Bilal Baig – Sort Of
Best Supporting Performer, Comedy
Al Mukadam – Pretty Hard Cases
Sort Of
Best Guest Performance, Comedy
Run The Burbs: “Blockbuster”
Sort Of: “Sort Of Amsterdam / Sort Of I Love You”
Digital Media
Best Web Program or Series, Fiction
Tokens – Winnifred Jong
Topline – Romeo Candid
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
Being Black in Canada: My Journey Here – Farhan Ahmad, Andree Lau
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
Winnifred Jong – Tokens: “The Goal”
Romeo Candido – Topline: “Sky Is Falling”
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
Romeo Candido, Marie Beath Badian – Topline: “Sky Is Falling”
Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series
Connie Wang – Tokens
Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series
Nelu Handa – Avocado Toast The Series
Tokens
Best Host, Web Program or Series
Sangita Patel, Carlos Bustamante – ET Canada Live
Best Immersive Experience – Non-Fiction
Partita for 8 Voices – Michel D.T. Lam
Best Immersive Experience – Fiction
The Orchid and the Bee – Michael Fukushima
Special Awards
RADIUS AWARD
Simu Liu
