January 13, 2015 - Toronto, Ontario - National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions and craftspeople have received 17 nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, recognizing excellence in film, television and digital media.
Ted Rogers Best Feature-Length Documentary Award
• La marche à suivre (Guidelines), dir. Jean-François Caissy
Best Short Documentary Film
• Seth’s Dominion, dir. Luc Chamberland
• Jutra, dir. Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, co-produced by MJSTP Films and the NFB
Best Animated Short
• Me and My Moulton, dir. Torill Kove, produced by the NFB and Mikrofilm AS
• Soif, dir. Michèle Cournoyer, produced by Unité centrale and the NFB
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
• Out of Mind, Out of Sight, dir. John Kastner, produced by J.S. Kastner Productions and the NFB, commissioned by TVO
Best Original Interactive Production Produced for Digital Media
• Fort McMoney, created by David Dufresne, produced by TOXA and the NFB, in collaboration with ARTE
• Circa 1948, co-created by Stan Douglas and the NFB
• Seven Digital Deadly Sins, co-created by the NFB, The Guardian and Jam3
Best Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media–Non-Fiction
• The Devil’s Toy Redux, produced by the NFB in collaboration with ARTE
• A Short History of the Highrise, co-produced by the NFB and The New York Times
Best Cinematography in a Feature-Length Documentary
• Nicolas Canniccioni, La marche à suivre
• Jean-Pierre St-Louis and Nicolas Canniccioni, Where I’m From (D’où je viens)
• Patrick McLaughlin, Everything Will Be
Best Editing in a Feature-Length Documentary
• Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, La marche à suivre
Best Direction in a Documentary Program
• John Kastner, Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
• Michael Hannan, Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Quick Facts
Canadian Screen Awards are presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television over three nights, with the Television & Digital Media Awards Gala taking place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto on February 24 and 25, followed by a two-hour live broadcast of the Canadian Screen Awards Gala on CBC-TV from the Four Seasons Centre, on March 1, 2015, starting at 8 p.m.
Associated Links
Canadian Screen Awards: http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards
Stay Connected
Online screening room: NFB.ca
Facebook: facebook.com/nfb.ca
Twitter: twitter.com/thenfb
-30-
Media Relations
Jennifer Mair
NFB Publicist
Tel.: 416-954-2045
Cell: 416-436-0105
E-mail: j.mair@nfb.ca
Twitter: @NFB_Jennifer
Lily Robert, Director, Corporate Communications and Corporate Affairs
Tel.: 514-283-3838
Cell: 514-296-8261
E-mail: l.robert@nfb.ca
About the NFB
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) creates groundbreaking interactive works, social-issue documentaries and auteur animation. The NFB has produced over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 9 Canadian Screen Awards, 10 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. To access acclaimed NFB content, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV.
