Canadian Screen Awards 2022: All The Animation Nominees

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television have announced their 2022 Canadian Screen Award nominations, which celebrate Canadian productions across cinema, television, and digital media.

As usual, the National Film Board of Canada has multiple nominees in the shorts category: Flowing Home, Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics, and The Hangman at Home, which was also conceived as a vr project. Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, which like Flowing Home was shortlisted for the Oscar, and Boobs round out the list.

Animated features don’t have an award, but there are plenty of animation categories on the series side. CTV Comedy Channel’s Corner Gas Animated, a regular at the Canadian Screen Awards, leads the pack with eight nominations — including, somewhat absurdly, four out of five for Best Performance. Global mega-franchise Paw Patrol, which is produced in Canada by Spin Master Entertainment and Guru Studio, comes next with four nominations.

The Canadian Screen Awards encompass a huge number of categories, only some of which cover animation, vfx, and gaming. The awards will be presented over six days in early April, culminating with the main ceremony on April 10; the animation categories will be announced on April 6.

The nominees in animation, vfx, and gaming are listed below:

Best Animated Short

• Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice (Zacharias Kunuk, Neil Christopher, Nadia Mike, Jonathan Frantz)
• Boobs (Marie Valade)
• Flowing Home (Sandra Desmazières, Dora Benousilio, Julie Roy)
• The Hangman at Home (Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot, Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Avi Amar, Katayoun Dibamehr, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Marc Bertrand, Julie Roy)
• Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics (Terril Calder, Jelena Popović)

Achievement in Visual Effects, Film

• All My Puny Sorrows (Alex Boothby)
• Brain Freeze (Marc Côté, Michael Beaulac, Robert Rioux, Lisa Purisima, Maxime Lepage, Anouk Cazalis, Alex Harvey, Wesley Lemieux, Daniel Coupal, Randy Santandrea)
• Dino Dana: The Movie (Matthew J.R. Bishop, Ila Soleimani, Jeff Robinson, Aravindan Rajasingham, Gustavo Fernandes, Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry, Steve Lowry, Tarl Lambert)
• Night Raiders (Martin Tori, Darwin Go, John Mariella, Frank Reuter)
• The Time Thief (Alain Lachance, Loïc Laurelut, Eric Clément, Marie-Claude Lafontaine)

Best Animated Program or Series

• Corner Gas Animated
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Brent Butt, Virginia Thompson, Andrew Carr, Jensenne Roculan, Joel Gregorio, Jonas Diamond, Robert de Lint, Cassie Pyatt
• Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood
  Family Channel (WildBrain)
  (9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films, Fred Rogers Productions)
  Angela C. Santomero, Ellen Doherty, Vince Commisso, Alexandra Cassel Schwartz, Christopher Loggins, Jennifer Bradley, Nora Keely, Sarah Wallendjack, Sonia Santarelli
• Go, Dog. Go!
  Netflix (Netflix)
  (WildBrain Studios)
  Adam Peltzman, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts, Amir Nasrabadi, Morgana Duque
• The Snoopy Show
  AppleTV+ (AppleTV+)
  (WildBrain Studios)
  Josh Scherba, Anne Loi, Stephanie Betts, Paige Braddock, Craig Schulz, Mark Evestaff, Kimberly Small
• Wild Kratts: Cats and Dogs
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films, Kratt Brothers Company)
  Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt, Vince Commisso, Blake Tohana, Cheryl Knapp

Best Pre-School Program or Series

• Dino Ranch
  CBC (CBC)
  (Boat Rocker Studios)
  Matthew Fernandes, Jon Rutherford, Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, Tammy Semen, Arthur Spanos, Bob Higgins, Anna Keenan
• Happy House of Frightenstein
  Family Jr. (WildBrain)
  (Headspinner Productions Inc.)
  Michelle Melanson, Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Mitchell Markowitz
• Miss Persona
  Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
  (Nelvana Ltd)
  Kimberly Persona
• Paw Patrol
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Spin Master Entertainment)
  Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Laura Clunie, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Dan Mokriy, Shayna Fine, Pascale LeBlanc, Jason McKenzie, David Sharples, Damian Temporale
• Pikwik Pack
  Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
  (Guru Studio)
  Frank Falcone, Rachel Reade Marcus, Kirsten Newlands

Best Direction, Animation

• Corner Gas Animated – “Haunt for Dread October”
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Stephen Evans
• Paw Patrol – “Moto Pups: Pups vs the Ruff-Ruff Pack”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Spin Master Entertainment)
  Charles E. Bastien
• Pikwik Pack – “Tibor’s Butterfly Buddy”
  Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
  (Guru Studio)
  Todd Kauffman, Mark Thornton
• The Snoopy Show – “Good Luck, Chuck”
  Apple TV+ (Apple TV+)
  (WildBrain Studios)
  Behzad Mansoori-Dara, Rob Boutilier
• Wild Kratts – “Cats and Dogs”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films, Kratt Brothers Company)
  Martin Kratt

Best Writing, Animation

• Corner Gas Animated – “Law & Quarter”
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Jennifer Siddle
• Corner Gas Animated – “Plots and Plans”
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Brent Butt, Kyah Green
• Happy House of Frightenstein – “Hide and Go Eek”
  Family Jr. (WildBrain)
  (Headspinner Productions Inc.)
  Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans
• Paw Patrol – “Moto Pups: Pups vs the Ruff-Ruff Pack”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Spin Master Entertainment)
  Andy Guerdat, Steve Sullivan
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – “I am Temple Grandin”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films)
  Charles Johnston

Best Sound, Animation

• Let’s Go Luna! – “Leo the Viking”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Brown Bag Films, 9 Story Media Group)
  Mike Mancuso, Joe Tetreau, Patrick Mallan, Ryan Eligh, Matt McKenzie
• Mighty Express – “Big Bart’s Wild Ride”
  Netflix (Netflix)
  (Spin Master Entertainment)
  Brendan Quinn, Julian Rudd, Ryan Chalmers, Art Mullin, Scott McCrorie, Evan Turner
• Paw Patrol – “Moto Pups: Pups vs the Ruff-Ruff Pack”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Spin Master Entertainment)
  Richard Spence-Thomas, Timothy Muirhead, Mitch Connors, Luke Dante, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues
• Ranger Rob – “Fossil Finders Keepers in Big Sky Park”
  Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
  (Nelvana Limited)
  Mike Mancuso, Matt McKenzie, Sue Robertson, Joe Tetreau
• The Snoopy Show – “Happiness Is a Dancing Dog”
  AppleTV+ (AppleTV+)
  (WildBrain Studios)
  Todd Araki, Jason Fredrickson, Adam McGhie, Marcel Duperreault, Andrew Downton

Best Original Music, Animation

• Happy House of Frightenstein – “Wolfie’s Lost Howl”
  Family Jr. (WildBrain)
  (Headspinner Productions Inc.)
  Peter Chapman
• Let’s Go Luna! – “The Way of the Gaucho”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (Brown Bag Films, 9 Story Media Group)
  Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia, Kris Kuzdak
• Pikwik Pack – “Suki’s Hero”
  Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
  (Guru Studio)
  Asher Lenz, Stephen Skratt
• Ranger Rob – “Fossil Finders Keepers in Big Sky Park”
  Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
  (Nelvana Limited)
  Neil Parfitt
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – “I am Ella Fitzgerald”
  TVOKids (TVO)
  (9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films)
  Meiro Stamm

Best Performance, Animation

• The Bravest Knight
  CBC (CBC)
  (Big Bad Boo Studios)
  RuPaul
• Corner Gas Animated
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Lorne Cardinal
• Corner Gas Animated
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Corrine Koslo
• Corner Gas Animated
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Eric Peterson
• Corner Gas Animated
  CTV Comedy (Bell Media)
  (Vérité Films, Sparrow Media)
  Tara Spencer-Nairn

Best Visual Effects, TV

• Endlings – “One World One Family”
  CBC (CBC)
  (Sinking Ship Entertainment)
  Matthew J.R. Bishop, Terry Bradley, Jeff Robinson, James Wallace, Ila Soleimani, Belma Abdicevic, Tom Perry, Steve Lowry, Nial McFadden, Stephen Curran
• The North Water – “The Devils of the Earth”
  Super Channel (Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.)
  (Rhombus Media Inc.)
  Lisa Sepp-Wilson, Justine Rosette Nelligan, Richard Bergeron, Michael Michaud, Shamiran Graungaard, Jeff Bruneel, Marie-Lou Gingras
• Overlord and the Underwoods – “Game Over”
  CBC Gem (CBC)
  (marblemedia)
  Brian Huynh, Sophia Jooyeon Lee, Steve Huynh, Justin Perreault, Russell Challenger, Michael Davison, Marlon Bondoc, Evan Churchill
• Vikings – “The Signal”
  History (Corus Entertainment)
  (Take 5 Productions Inc.)
  Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Leann Harvey, Becca Donohoe, Thomas Morrison, Ovidiu Cinazan, Jim Maxwell, Kieran McKay, Warren Lawtey, Maria Gordon

Best Immersive Experience, Non-Fiction

• Fossil Hunt
  (Sinking Ship Entertainment)
  Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson, Ronald Ruslim, Gavin Friesen, Mark Cautillo, Jermaine Williams, Sarah Imrisek, Kevin Gan, Alex Bethke, Alex Gordon, Britney Coates, Jung Yoon, Andrew Ebert, Adriano Bertuzzo, Geordie Telfer
• Space Explorers: The ISS Experience – “Episode Two: ADVANCE”
  (Felix & Paul Studios)
  Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael

Best Immersive Experience, Fiction

• Blasters of the Universe: Infinity Forever
  (Secret Location)
• Paranormal Pest Patrol
  (Secret Location)
• The Passengers
  (Couzin Films & Les Produits Frais)
  Ziad Touma

Best Video Game Narrative

• Echo Generation
  (Cococucumber Inc)
  Martin Gauvreau, Vanessa Chia
• Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
  (ManaVoid Entertainment)
  Christopher Chancey, Kim Berthiaume, Pascal Nataf
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
  (Falling Squirrel Inc.)
  David Evans
• Wayfinder
  (National Film Board of Canada)
  Matt DesLauriers, Nicholas Klassen, Rob McLaughlin

Images at top, left to right: “Corner Gas Animated,” “Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice,” “Paw Patrol”