Canadian Screen Awards 2023: All The Animation, VFX, And Video Game Nominees

2023 Canadian Screen Awards Animation, VFX, and Video Game 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

Achievement in Visual Effects

• Mark Hall (Babysitter)
• Eric Gambini, Sarah Krusch Flanagan, Louis Mackall, Virginie Strub, Andrew Joe, Gabriel Chiang, Linus Burghardt (Bones of Crows)
• Peter MacAuley, Kayden Anderson, Tom Turnbull, Caitlin Foster (Crimes of the Future)
• James Anthony Young (Cult Hero)
• Jean-François (Jafaz) Ferland, Marie-Claude Lafontaine, Charles Lamoureux, Jean-François Crevier (Lines of Escape)
• Landon Bootsma, Dexter Davey, Ashley Hampton, Milton Muller, Dmitry Vinnik (Until Branches Bend)

TELEVISION

Best Animated Program or Series

• Big Blue, Frank Falcone, Gyimah Gariba, Rachel Reade Marcus
• Denis and Me: Santa Who, Michelle Melanson, Diana Moore, Ken Cuperus, Denis Kopotun
• The Snoopy Show, Anne Loi, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts, Paige Braddock, Craig Schulz, Mark Evestaff, Kimberly Small
• Summer Memories, Adam Yaniv, Paul B. Cummings, Anthony Leo, Jason Surridge, Irene Weibel, Andrew Rosen, Ashley Ramsay, Oded Turgeman
• Total Dramarama, Tom McGillis, George Elliott, Brian Irving, Jennifer Pertsch, Terry McGurrin

Best Pre-School Program or Series

• The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy, Rennata Lopez, Georgina Lopez
• Happy House of Frightenstein, Michelle Melanson, Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Mitchell Markowitz
• 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
• Pikwik Pack, Frank Falcone, Rachel Reade Marcus, Kirsten Newlands
• Proud to Be Me – Anti-Racism Special, Lisa Wisniewski, Emily Houghton, Julie Patterson-Porter, Julia Okoth

Best Direction, Animation

• Riccardo Durante (Big Blue “Fraidy Phil”)
• Darren Cranford (Happy House of Frightenstein “Heirloom Doom”)
• Charles E. Bastien (PAW Patrol “Rescue Knights: Quest for the Dragon’s Tooth”)
• Wayne-Michael Lee (Pinecone & Pony “What Would Freda Do? / A Token Of Toughness”)
• Keith Oliver, George Elliott (Total Dramarama “Total Trauma Rama / The Doomed Ballooned Marooned”)

Best Writing, Animation

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

Best Writing, Pre-School

• Carolyn Hay (Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe “The Paw And Claw Spa”)
• Richard Young (Dino Ranch “Light Touch Tango”)
• Victoria Gallant (The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy “I Love Being Different”)
• Tyra Sweet (The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy “I Love My Family”)
• Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans (Happy House of Frightenstein “Heirloom Doom”)

Best Sound, Animation

• Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Mitch Connors, Luke Dante, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues (Paw Patrol “Rescue Knights: Quest for the Dragon’s Tooth”)
• Todd Araki, Andrew Downton, Jason Fredrickson, Adam McGhie (The Snoopy Show “Happiness Is Your Favourite Thing”)
• Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas (Super Wish “Taste Buddies / Imagination Caboose”)
• Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Andrew McDonnell, Simon Berry (Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go “Music is Everywhere / Backwards Day”)
• Ryan Araki, John Baktis, Andrew McDonnell, Simon Berry (Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: Race for the Sodor Cup)

Best Visual Effects

• Joe Kicak, Sebastian Harder (Detention Adventure “Negative Space”)
• Jonathon Corbiere, Flavio de Paula, Julia Nadeau, Steve Murphy, Suzanna Brusikiewicz, Tyler Sammy (History by the Numbers “The Roaring 20s”)
• Alex Nadon (The Legacy Awards)
• Matthew J.R. Bishop, Nial McFadyen, Susan Sullivan, Cody McCaig, Stephen Curran, James Wallace, Jeff Robinson, Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry, Steve Lowry (Odd Squad Mobile Unit “Odd Together Now”)
• Andy Powell, Raymond Pang (Super Wish “The Floor is Definitely Not Lava”)

Best Original Music, Animation

• Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia, Kris Kuzdak (Let’s Go Luna! “Dig it Daddy-O”)
• Caleb Chan, Brian Chan (Pinecone & Pony “Lance Or Not / Treat Your Creature”)
• Jeff Morrow (The Snoopy Show “Dogs Don’t Say Goodbye”)
• Neil Parfitt (Super Wish “Legend of the Cake-Bun Bottom”)
• Brian Chan, Caleb Chan (Team Zenko Go “Harmony Harbor’s Holiday Surprise, Part 1 and 2”)

DIGITAL

Best Web Program or Series, Fiction

• Avocado Toast The Series, Charlie David, Heidi Lynch, Perrie Voss
• Mary & Flo on the Go!, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Jennifer McCann, Carmen Albano, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews
• Revenge of the Black Best Friend, Amanda Parris, Jonas Diamond, Julian De Zotti, Motion, Mercedes Grundy
• Tokens, Winnifred Jong, Trinni Franke
• Topline, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Romeo Candido, Davin Lengyel, Alex House

Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction

• The Choice, Joanne Popinska, Tom C. Hall
• Lou, Jean-Philippe Turgeon, Pascal Pelletier, Annick Daigneault, Martine Asselin, Sébastien Gros, John Hamilton
• Partita for 8 Voices, Michel D.T. Lam, Jean-Philippe Turgeon, Pascal Pelletier

Best Immersive Experience, Fiction

• Brainstream, Caroline Robert, Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit, Mathieu Charbonneau, Vincent Morisset, Sophie Shields-Rivard, Julianne Côté, Marie-Pier Gauthier, Isabelle Repelin, Louis-Richard Tremblay
• The Orchid and the Bee, Frances Adair Mckenzie, Jelena Popović, Michael Fukushima
• Unceded Territories, Paisley Smith, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Jason Legge, Patrick Weekes, Dirk van Ginkel

Best Video Game

• I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Sarah Northway
• JETT: The Far Shore, Craig D. Adams
• Nobody Saves the World, Drinkbox Studios
• Ooblets, Benjamin Wasser
• Tunic, Andrew Shouldice