There will probably be no Quebec tidal wave this year at the Canadian Cinema Screen Awards gala. The indigenous dystopian film Night Raiders and suburban drama Scarborough won 11 nominations each, notably in the category of best film. They will compete in this category with Wildhoodthe Quebec film drunken birds and Twelfth Nighta Canada-Ivory Coast co-production (with France and Senegal).
drunken birdsby Ivan Grbovic, is also nominated for the images of Sara Mishara, for the artistic direction and the editing, as well as for the interpretation of Claude Legault and Marine Johnson.
The Time Snatcherby Francis Leclerc, is nominated in five categories, notably for the film adaptation of Fred Pellerin’s tale, artistic direction and special effects.
the Maria Chapdelaine by Sébastien Pilote obtains four nominations, essentially to salute the craftsmen who recreated Lac-Saint-Jean in 1910 — artistic direction, hairdressing, costumes, make-up.
On the documentary side, Prayer for a lost mittenby Jean-François Lesage, is in the running for best feature film and for images (in beautiful black and white) by Marianne Ploska.
In addition, all the finalists in the “short fiction” category are from Quebec: Fanny, Girls don’t walk alone at night, In the Jam Jar, Ousmane and The big slaps — who had been shortlisted for the Oscars this year.
In television, the first season of Sort Ofon CBC, tops the list of finalists with 13 nominations, including Best TV Comedy and Best Script.
Laurence Leboeuf is in the running for her interpretation in the hospital series Transplant which is nominated in five categories, including “best drama series”.
Due to the pandemic, the gala has been streamed online for the past two years, but the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television says the party will return to CBC and CBC Gem this year with a pre-recorded show of a time, April 10.