Canadian Screen Awards 2024: All The Animation, VFX, And Video Game Nominees

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has announced the 2024 Canadian Screen Award nominations.

This year’s CSAs, Canada’s equivalent of the Oscars and Emmys if they were combined, will be held on the weekend of May 28-31 at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, the headquarters of the public broadcaster that will air the final night of the awards on May 31.

Despite the region’s flourishing indie feature animation sector and an influx of major Hollywood studios setting up satellite offices in Canada, the CSAs still don’t have a feature animation category. That said, there are numerous tv and digital categories dedicated to the craft, and the short film selection is stacked as always.

Here is a complete list of all the animation, vfx, and video game nominees for this year’s CSAs.

Film

Animated Series or Program

• Interstellar Ella
• Pinecone & Pony
• Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
• The Snoopy Show
• Wild Kratts

Sound Editing

• Pierre-Jules Audet, Marie-Miel Lacasse Hévey, Monique Vézina and Natalie Fleurant, Ru
• John Blerot, Hands That Bind
• Alex Bullick, Jill Purdy, Rob Bertola and Craig MacLellan, Infinity Pool
• Matthew Chan, Gabe Knox, Michelle Irving, Lucas Prokaziuk, Stefan Fraticelli and Jason Charbonneau, BlackBerry
• R. Fountain, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Sound Mixing

• Tyler Bogaert, Ian Rankin and Will Stephens, The Young Arsonists
• Matthew Chan, Bret Killoran, Nathan Street, Paul Lynch, Randy Wilson, Ron Mellegers and Justin Helle, BlackBerry
• Bernard Gariépy Strobl and J.R. Fountain, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
• Hans Laitres, Guillaume Daoust, Maxime Vermette, Daniel Bisson and Mathieu Maillé, Ru
• Brent Planiden and Chris Ferguson, Cold Road

Visual Effects

• Jeff Bruneel, James Miligan, Tamara Young, Nick Winger and Adam Graves, In Flames
• Adam Graves, The King Tide
• Marie-Claude Lafontaine, JF (Jafaz) Ferland and Simon Beaupré, One Summer (Le temps d’un été)
• Andy Robinson, Infinity Pool
• Tristan Zerafa, Lou Gatti, Matthew Nayman and Mike Boers, BlackBerry

Television/Short Film

Animated Short

• Aphasia (Aphasie) — Marielle Dalpé, Marc Bertrand
• Miserable Miracle (Misérable Miracle) — Ryo Orikasa, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Jelena Popović, Nobuaki Doi, Rob McLaughlin, Michael Fukushima
• Return to Hairy Hill (Retour à Hairy Hill) — Emily Paige, Daniel Gies
• The Temple (Le Temple) — Alain Fournier
• Where Rabbits Come From (D’où viennent les lapins) — Colin Ludvic Racicot, Bertrand Paquette, Simon Allard

Pre-School Series or Program

• Aunty B’s House
• Builder Brothers Dream Factory
• Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood
• Dino Ranch
• PAW Patrol

Direction, Animation

• Diana Basso and Joey So, Rubble & Crew
• Martin Kratt and Louis Champagne, Wild Kratts
• Tammy Langton, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood
• Wayne-Michael Lee, Pinecone & Pony
• Heejung Yun and Paul Riley, Rosie’s Rules

Writing, Animation

• Jocelyn Geddie, Pinecone & Pony: “Speak from the Art”
• Stephanie Kaliner, Pinecone & Pony: “The Sturdy Stone”
• Mar7tin Kratt, Wild Kratts: “Clever Raven”
• Corey Liu, Pinecone & Pony: “Pinecone and Horse”
• Louise Moon, PAW Patrol: “All Paws on Deck”

Writing, Pre-School

• Ken Cuperus, Aunty B’s House: “A Trip to Paris”
• Katherine Sandford, Mittens & Pants: “Bunny Family Wedding”
• Ashley Spires, Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe: “A Guide To Being the WURST”
• Tyra Sweet and Rennata López, Bestest Day Ever with My Best Friend: “Henry the Tortoise’s Bestest Day Ever”
• Richard Young, Dino Ranch: “The Odd Partners”

Picture Editing, Animation

• Jamie Ebata and Kirk Hudson, Super Wish: “The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home”
• Paul Gitlin and Marc Brenzil, Daniel Spellbound: “The Tickle Pit”
• Joshua Guitar, Pinecone & Pony: “The Sturdy Stone”
• Carolina Tran-Yong, Red Ketchup: “Dope and the Red Rope”

Sound, Animation

• Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell and Richard Spence-Thomas, Super Wish: “The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home”
• Gregorio Gomez, Greg Stewart, Angelo Nicoloyannis, John Franco, Bonnie Lambie and Rick Senechal, Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
• Mike Mancuso, Joe Tetreau, Evan Turner, Ryan Eligh, Patrick Mallan and Matt McKenzie, Pinecone & Pony: “The Sturdy Stone”
• Ethan Myers, Julian Rudd, Art Mullin, Sebastian Biega, Chris Battaglia and Kevin Chamberlain, Unicorn Academy
• Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Luke Dante, Katie Pagacz, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues and Mitch Conners, PAW Patrol: “Aqua Pups Save a Floating Castle”

Music, Animation

• Caleb Chan and Brian Chan, Pinecone & Pony: “The Sturdy Stone”
• Jeremy Fisher and Matt Ouimet, Jeremy and Jazzy: “You Can Be Anything”
• Ian LeFeuvre and Earl Tomo, Builder Brothers Dream Factory: “Dancing Shoes”
• Neil Parfitt, Super Wish: “The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home”
• Erica Procunier, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: “The Mystery of Lookout Mountain”

Original Song

• Caleb Chan and Brian Chan, “Builder Brothers Dream Factory Theme” — Builder Brothers Dream Factory
• Steph Copeland, “Love Is a Mystery” — The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost
• Meiro Stamm and Antonio Naranjo, “Mittens & Pants Theme” — Mittens & Pants
• Kimberly Villagante, “Made Up My Mind” — Sort Of
• Carmen Yanuziello, “Don’t Carry Things That Weigh You Down” — Sort Of

Digital Media

Writing, Web Program or Series

• Leonard Chan, Streams Flow from a River: “Benny and the Jets”
• Mark Little, Gary and His Demons: “Forest of Despair”
• Vivek Shraya, How to Fail as a Popstar: “The Producer”
• Christopher Yip, Streams Flow from a River: “Frank Liquor & Laundromat”
• Heyishi Zhang, Gay Mean Girls: “The Business of Justice”

Production, Interactive

• CardiacCrash: Chantal
• Dino Dana World
• Fossil Hunt at Home
• Illuminated Text

Immersive Experience – Non-Fiction

• Eternal Spring VR
• In Your Shoes VR
• This Is Not a Ceremony

Immersive Experience – Fiction

• Broken Spectre
• Journey to Foundation
• Survivorman VR

Video Game

• Little Learning Machines
• Return to Grace
• Venba