Awards and Prizes
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) continues to support high-quality television programs and digital content that garner industry-wide recognition at Canada’s major award ceremonies. In fact, 90 CMF-funded projects won over 177 prizes in 17 Canadian competitions. At the same time, CMF-supported projects are also recognized for their quality, creativity, and innovation all over the world. As a result, ten projects won in six international competitions.
The following tables illustrate our commitment to support and contribute to successful projects, bridging cultures and bringing Canadian themes and stories far beyond our borders.
2010 Gemini Awards
| Program Title | Category |
| 22 Minutes | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series |
| A World of Wonders | Best Original Music |
| Being Erica | Best Sound in a Dramatic Series |
| Being Erica Webisodes | Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction |
| Bloodletting And Miraculous Cures | Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series |
| Broke | Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program |
| Canada's Super Speller | Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series |
| Cat Ladies | Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series |
| Cra$h & Burn | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |
| Cra$h & Burn | Best Writing in a Dramatic Series |
| Degrassi: The Next Generation | Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
| Degrassi: The Next Generation | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
| Durham County | Best Achievement in Main Title Design |
| Durham County | Best Achievement in Make-Up |
| Fire Jammers | Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series |
| Fire Jammers | Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series |
| Flashpoint | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series |
| Flashpoint | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series |
| Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glen Gould | Best Biography Documentary Program |
| Guns | Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| Guns | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting |
| Guns | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| Guns | Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| Guns | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| Ice Pilots, NWT | Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series |
| Iron Road | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story | Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series |
| Kids In The Hall: Death Comes To Town | Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series |
| Less Than Kind | Best Comedy Program or Series |
| Less Than Kind | Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series |
| Less Than Kind | Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series |
| Licence To Drill | Best Direction in a Documentary Series |
| Licence To Drill | Best Documentary Series |
| Nureyev | Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series |
| Nureyev | Best Photography in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series |
| Overruled! | Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series |
| Producing Parker | Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series |
| Pure Pwnage | Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series |
| Reel Injun | Best Direction in a Documentary Program |
| Reel Injun | Best Visual Research |
| Reel Injun | Canada Award |
| Taste Buds | Best Cross-Platform Project - Children’s and Youth |
| The Border | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series |
| The Cupcake Girls | Best Reality Program or Series |
| The Great Sperm Race | Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program |
| The Line | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series |
| The Ocean Room | Best Pre-School Program or Series |
| The Summit | Best Achievement in Casting |
| The Summit | Best Dramatic Mini-Series |
| The Summit | Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Program, Mini-Series or TV Movie |
| The Tudors | Best Costume Design |
| The Tudors | Best Dramatic Series |
| The Tudors | Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series |
| The Tudors | Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series |
| Tosca: Flexing at 49 | Best General/Human Interest Series |
| Wapos Bay | Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
2010 Prix Gémeaux
| Program Title | Category |
| 3 600 secondes d'extase III (40-65) | Best Writing - Sitcom |
| 3 600 secondes d'extase III (40-65) | Best Performance - Sitcom |
| Aveux I (1-12) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Dramatic Series |
| Aveux I (1-12) | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role - Dramatic Series |
| Aveux I (1-12) | Best Writing in a Dramatic Series |
| Aveux I (1-12) | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series |
| Aveux I (1-12) | Best Dramatic Series |
| En direct de l'univers I (1-23) | Best Production Design (all categories) |
| Félix Leclerc I (1-4) | Best Biography |
| Galère II (La) (13-22) | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role - Comedy |
| Gentleman (Le) I (1-8) | Best Sound in a Dramatic Series |
| Gratien Gélinas : un géant aux pieds d'argile | Best Scenario in a Documentary |
| Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin (Les) IV (40-52) | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role - Comedy |
| Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin (Les) IV (40-52) | Best Writing in a Comedy |
| Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin (Les) IV (40-52) | Best Direction in a Comedy |
| Hors Série II (14-26) | Best Website for a Program or a Series |
| Infoman VIII (181-205) | Best Sitcom |
| Infoman VIII (181-205) | Best Sitcom Special |
| Infoman VIII (181-205) | Best Direction - Sitcom |
| Les pieds dans la marge I (1-26) | Best Writing - Children's and Youth |
| Les pieds dans la marge I (1-26) | Best Animated Series - Children's and Youth |
| Les pieds dans la marge I (1-26) | Best Children's and Youth Program or Series - Variety/Magazine |
| Les pieds dans la marge I (1-26) | Best Direction in a Children's and Youth Program - Variety/Magazine |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Actress in a Leading Role - Dramatic Series |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Actor in a Featured Supporting Role - Dramatic Series |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Website for a Program or a Series - Dramatic Series, Sitcom, Variety or Animated Series |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Musical Theme - All Categories |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Costume Design - All Categories |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Photography in a Dramatic Series |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Original Score in a Dramatic Series |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Set Design in a Dramatic Series |
| Musée Éden I (1-9) | Best Make-up/Hair - All categories |
| Parent II (21-44) (Les) | Best Actress in a Leading Role - Comedy |
| Parent II (21-44) (Les) | Best Comedy |
| Petits géants (Les) | Best Documentary - Culture |
| Promesse (La) V (105-130) | Best Actor in a Featured Supporting Role - Soap Opera |
| Providence VI (123-144) | Best Directing in a Soap Opera |
| Tactik II (61-180) | Best Fiction Program or Series - Children's and Youth |
| Tactik II (61-180) | Best Direction in a Fiction - Children's and Youth |
| Une grenade avec ça? IV (73-98) | Best Performance in a Leading Role - Children's and Youth |
| Une grenade avec ça? IV (73-98) | Best Performance in a Supporting Role - Children's and Youth |
| Urbania III : le Québec en 12 lieux | Best Graphic Design - All Categories |
| Vrais gagnants (Les) | Best Editing - Public Affairs or Documentaries Program |
| Yamaska I (1-21) | Best Actress in a Leading Role - Soap Opera |
| Yamaska I (1-21) | Best Actor in a Leading Role - Soap Opera |
| Yamaska I (1-21) | Best Soap Opera |
Other Canadian awards
| Program Title | Award Show | Category |
| 3 600 secondes d'extase III (40-65) | Gala les Olivier | Variety & Comedy |
| 65 Red Roses | Banff World Television Awards (The Rockies) | Social & Humanitarian Documentaries |
| A Hard Name | Genie Awards | Best Feature Length Documentary |
| Annie et ses Hommes | Artis Award | Audience Award |
| Aveux I (1-12) | Banff World Television Awards (The Rockies) | Best Fiction - Francophone |
| Being Erica | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Female |
| Being Erica Webisodes | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Short Subject |
| Blackstone | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Alberta Actress |
| Blackstone | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Director/Drama Over 30 |
| Blackstone | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Dramatic Production Under 60 |
| Blackstone | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity |
| Blackstone | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Screenwriter/Drama Over 30 |
| Blaise le blasé | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Award |
| C'est parti mon tipi ! | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Jury Award |
| Dix Fois Dix | ARTV Springboard to the World Award | ARTV Springboard to the World Award |
| Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glen Gould | Golden Sheaf Awards | Documentary Arts and Culture |
| Heartland | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Alberta Actor |
| Heartland | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Dramatic Series |
| Heartland | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Overall Sound/Drama |
| How To Be Indie | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Youth |
| Ice Pilots, NWT | Leo Awards | Best Documentary Series |
| Ice Pilots, NWT | Leo Awards | Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series |
| Ice Pilots, NWT | Leo Awards | Best Sound Editing in a Documentary Program or Series |
| Inuit Odyssey | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Cinematographer/Non-Fiction Over 30 |
| Inuit Odyssey | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Editor/Non-Fiction Over 30 |
| Inuit Odyssey | Golden Sheaf Awards | Global Issues Award |
| Iron Road | Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) Awards | TV Drama Cinematography |
| Jimmy Two Shoes | ACTRA Awards | Outstanding Voice Performance |
| Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama |
| La voix des Mechif | National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation Awards | Education |
| Lance et compte : le grand duel | Artis Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a miniseries from Quebec |
| Lance et compte : le grand duel | Artis Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a miniseries from Quebec |
| Le printemps de Mélie | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Grand Prize |
| Le printemps de Mélie | Banff World Television Awards (The Rockies) | Animation Programs |
| League of Super Evil | Leo Awards | Best Animation Program or Series |
| League of Super Evil | Leo Awards | Best Direction/Storyboarding in an Animation Program or Series |
| League of Super Evil | Leo Awards | Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series |
| Les Invincibles | Gala les Olivier | TV Comedy |
| Les Parent | Artis Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Soap Opera from Quebec |
| Les pieds dans la marge I (1-26) | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Award |
| Les vrais gagnants | Banff World Television Awards (The Rockies) | Documentaries - Francophone |
| Less Than Kind | ACTRA Awards | Outstanding Male Performance |
| Less Than Kind | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Episodic 1/2 hour |
| Lost Girl | Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) Awards | TV Series Cinematography |
| Max & Ruby | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Children & Preschool |
| Nureyev | Golden Sheaf Awards | Best Performing Arts & Entertainment |
| One Ocean Interactive | Canadian New Media Awards | Best Web-Based Game |
| Pitchin' In | Banff World Television Awards (The Rockies) | Lifestyle & Information Programs |
| Sam Chicotte | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Award |
| Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Best Costume Design in a Dramatic Series |
| Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series |
| Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series |
| Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Best Make-Up in a Dramatic Series |
| Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Best Production Design in a Dramatic Series |
| Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series |
| Tactik II (61-180) | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Award |
| Tactik II (61-180) | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Award for Best Multiplatform Original Contents for a Children's and Youth Program |
| Tactik II (61-180) | Artis Award | Best Artist - Children's and Youth Program |
| Tasered | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Documentary Over 30 |
| Tasered | Alberta Film & Television Awards (Rosie Awards) | Best Overall Sound/Non-Fiction |
| The Experimental Eskimos | Golden Sheaf Awards | National Film Board Kathleen Shannon Award |
| The Summit | WGC Screenwriting Awards | MOW & Miniseries |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Variety |
| Total Drama Action | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Animation |
| Une grenade avec ça? IV (73-98) | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Audience Award |
| Urbania.tv | Canadian New Media Awards | Best Online Portal |
| Urbania.tv | Numix Award | Convergent Production - Information and Magazine |
| Walter | Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) Awards | Excellence Award |
| Wapos Bay | Golden Sheaf Awards | Children's & Youth Productions |
| Wolf Canyon | Leo Awards | Best Cinematography in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series |
| Wolf Canyon | Leo Awards | Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series |
| Wolf Canyon | Leo Awards | Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series |
| Wolf Canyon | Leo Awards | Best Performance or Host(s) in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series |
| Wolf Canyon | Leo Awards | Best Picture Editing in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series |
International awards
| Program Title | Award Show | Category | Country |
| 65 Red Roses | Omaha Film Festival 2010 | Audience Choice for Best Documentary | USA |
| Call Me Fitz | Roma Fiction Festival | Best Leading Actor in the TV Comedy section | Italy |
| Durham County | Houston International Film Festival: Remi Award | Platinum Award | USA |
| Durham County | Monte-Carlo Television Festival: Golden Nymph Awards | Outstanding Actress | Monaco |
| Our Home & Native Land: Canada's First Nations Heroines | Houston International Film Festival: Remi Award | Bronze Award | USA |
| Out in the Cold | Houston International Film Festival: Remi Award | Bronze Award | USA |
| Overruled!: Virtual Teen Court | PromaxBDA Promotion & Marketing North America Awards | Design Award: Interactive: Dvd, Interactive TV, Mobile, Immerging Interactive Applications Promotions (Gold) | USA |
| Rush: A Documentary | Tribeca Film Festival | Audience Appreciation Award | USA |
| Science & Crime | Houston International Film Festival: Remi Award | Platinum Award | USA |
| The White Archer | Houston International Film Festival: Remi Award | Platinum Award | USA |
| Up Against The Wall | Houston International Film Festival: Remi Award | Special Jury Award | USA |
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