The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has announced the 2023 Canadian Screen Award nominations, dedicated to honoring Canadian productions from cinema, television, and digital media.
Sadly, the Canadian Screen Awards don’t have a category for animated features, but this year’s animated short competition boasts an impressive lineup. The National Film Board of Canada is, as usual, well represented in this year’s field. The NFB backed three of the five nominated shorts, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis’ The Flying Sailor; Germaine Arnattaujuq, Neil Christopher, and Louise Flaherty’s Arctic Song (produced with Taqqut Productions Inc.); and Marta Pajek’s Impossible Figures and other stories I (produced with Animoon). The other nominees are Hajar Moradi’s The Shadow Of My Life, produced by Vivido Inc., and Marie-Noëlle Robidas-Moreau’s Triangle of Darkness, produced by Embuscade Film.
The 2023 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented across seven themed awards presentations at Meridian Hall in Toronto from Tuesday, April 11 to Friday, April 14. The Children’s & Animation Awards presented by Shaw Rocket Fund will be held on April 12. CBC and CBC Gem will air a final televised Canadian Screen Awards presentation hosted by Samantha Bee on Sunday, April 16.