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The Canadian film BlackBerry has become the most nominated movie in the history of the Canadian Screen Awards, with 17 nominations including best picture, best director (Matt Johnson), best adapted screenplay (Johnson and writing partner Matthew Miller), leading role in a comedy (Jay Baruchel) and best supporting role for both Johnson and Glenn Howerton. The film also has numerous technical nominations including cinematography, visual effects, makeup and editing.
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The nominations were released on Wednesday by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Other films with multiple nominations include Ariane Louis-Seize’s Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person with 12, and Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool with 11.
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On the TV side, the Crave Original limited series Little Bird led the nominations with 19, including best drama series and best lead performer in a drama series (Darla Contois and Ellyn Jade). The final seasons of the CBC comedies Sort Of and Workin’ Moms received 18 and 12 nominations, respectively.
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Blackberry’s achievement came two days after the Toronto Film Critics Association awarded Johnson the $50,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at its annual gala. The award has in previous years been $100,000, but this year the prize was split between best feature and best documentary.
Swan Song, Chelsea McMullan’s profile of National Ballet of Canada artistic director and former dancer Karen Kain, won the documentary prize.
Howerton, who plays Jim Balsilie, CEO of Research in Motion, in the film BlackBerry, won the TFCA’s inaugural prize for best performance in a Canadian film. In an acceptance speech delivered by video, Howarton noted that he is not a Canadian himself: “However, I would like to speak to somebody over there about becoming a Canadian, because I’m a giant fan of your country.”
The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards will be handed out in a series of awards shows at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto, May 28 through May 31.
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