Bell Media and Its Partners Take Home 56 Awards at 2016 Canadian Screen Awards

– Bell Media wins in major categories including Best Drama, Best Reality Series, Best National Newscast, Best Talk Program or Series, Best Entertainment Special, and Best Live Sports Event –
– CTV's THE AMAZING RACE CANADA garners six awards, including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series for the second year in a row –
– CTV News takes home three awards, including Best National Newscast –
– TSN leads sports category with seven wins –
– THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and CORNER GAS: THE MOVIE take home Golden Screen Awards –
– Eight films supported by Bell Media win 19 awards, including Room, which led all films with nine wins –
– ETALK provides extensive Canadian Screen Awards coverage tonight at 7 p.m. ET/PT –

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TORONTO, March 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Bell Media congratulates its production partners, team members, and talent on another impressive showing at the Canadian Screen Awards. Honoured with 37 television wins overall, Bell Media once again demonstrates its continued commitment to creating and developing exceptional original Canadian content.

Bell Media and its partners garnered three of the major television awards handed out at last night's closing gala, including Best Dramatic Series, Best Dramatic Actress, and Best Dramatic Actor. Bell Media-supported film projects won 19 awards, including Best Motion Picture, Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Viewers can catch a full recap of the Canadian Screen Awards, including all the red carpet arrivals and behind-the-scenes coverage with a special edition of ETALK tonight. ETALK AT THE CSAs airs at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO, and 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two and CTV GO.

"We are so fortunate to work in an industry with such a wide range of extraordinarily talented and passionate people across all disciplines," said Mary Ann Turcke, President, Bell Media. "Quality television has never been more in demand than it is today. From news and sports to drama to scripted and unscripted, Canadians embrace great homegrown TV and film, and I am extremely proud of the industry-leading content that Bell Media's partners and team members have created this year."

Space's juggernaut sci-fi drama ORPHAN BLACK from Temple Street Productions secured seven wins over the course of Canadian Screen Week, including Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for the third year in a row to Tatiana Maslany, Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role to Ari Millen, and Best Writing in a Dramatic Series. Bravo's hit drama 19-2 from Sphère Média Plus and Echo Media received three wins, including Best Dramatic Series and Best Direction in a Dramatic Series.

CTV's THE AMAZING RACE CANADA from Insight Production Company Ltd. won Best Reality/Competition Program or Series for the second year in a row, while Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series went to Jon Montgomery.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA also took home a Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show, while CORNER GAS: THE MOVIE garnered a Golden Screen Award for TV Drama/Comedy. The Golden Screen Awards recognize the most-watched television programs in the 2014-15 broadcast year.

CTV News received three awards, including Best National Newscast for CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME and Best Local Newscast for CTV NEWS VANCOUVER.

TSN garnered a total of seven awards, more than all other sports broadcasters combined, including Best Sports Feature Segment for the much talked about feature, "The Butterfly Child" and Best Live Sports Event for FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™.

Bell Media In-House Productions garnered four awards, including Best Talk Program or Series for THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW.

Eight winning films supported by The Movie Network and The Harold Greenberg Fund/Le Fonds Harold Greenberg won 19 awards, including: Room, which took home nine awards including Best Motion Picture, Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role; Hyena Road, which earned three wins; Brooklyn, which won two CSAs; the Bell Media Original Documentary, How To Change The World, which won for Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary; as well Sleeping Giant; Remember; Beeba Boys; and Scratch: A Hop-opera 

ETALK AT THE CSAs has all the biggest moments from the CSAs airing tonight at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO, and7:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two and CTV GO, including Jacob Tremblay's (Room) big homecoming and CSA win following his OSCAR^® debut. Continuing its ongoing Canadian Screen Week coverage, Senior Reporter Devon Soltendieck reports from the CSAs red carpet with all the star-studded arrivals, Co-Anchor Danielle Graham delivers extensive behind-the-scenes coverage from the ETALK backstage lounge, while with a special invite to the CSAs, ETALK surprises aspiring actress Leanna Shoniker with an opportunity to meet Toronto Mayor John Tory. Plus, Danielle Graham and Lainey Lui go head-to-head in a CSA edition fashion face-off and Jessi Cruickshank breaks down all things trending from last night's big show.

The full list of Bell Media television awards includes:

CTV Television and Digital (11)

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA (6)
Insight Production Company Ltd.

Best Reality / Competition Program or Series
John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Mark Lysakowski, Mike Bickerton, Sarah James, Kyle Martin, Daniela Battistella, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen

Best Direction in a Reality / Competition Program or Series
Rob Brunner – "Man I've Got a Big Butt"

Best Photography in a Lifestyle or Reality / Competition Program or Series
Ryan Shaw – "Take Your Clue and Gooo!"

Best Picture Editing in a Reality/Competition Program or Series
Seth Poulin, Jonathan Dowler, Ben O'Neil, Burak Ozgan, Michael Tersigni – "Who's Feeling Sporty Now"

Best Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series
Jon Montgomery – "Man I've Got a Big Butt"

Golden Screen Award for TV Reality Show
John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Mark Lysakowski, Mike Bickerton, Sarah James, Kyle Martin, Daniela Battistella, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen

THE 2015 JUNO AWARDS (1)
Insight Production Company Ltd.

Best Live Entertainment Special
John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Ed Robinson, Allan Reid, Lindsay Cox, Pam De Montmorency, Rose Marra

SAVING HOPE (1)
Entertainment One, ICF Films

Best Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media
Michelle Nolden – "Psychic Healing"

THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW (2)
Bell Media Production

Best Talk Program or Series
John Simpson, Michelle Crespi

Best Direction in a Lifestyle or Information Program or Series
Bob Haller

CORNER GAS: THE MOVIE (1)
Prairie Pants Productions Inc.

Golden Screen Award for TV Drama / Comedy
Brent Butt, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Jack Tunnicliffe, Robert de Lint, Janice Dawe

TSN (7)

2015 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP (3)
Best Live Sports Event
Jim Panousis, Steve Abitrante

Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer
Luke Wileman

Best Sports Opening/Tease
Matt Dunn, Michael Farber, Devon Burns, Darren Oliver, Steve Denheyer

"The Butterfly Child" (1)
Best Sports Feature Segment
Ross Rheaume, James Duthie, Brent Blanchard, Devon Burns, Michael Banani

2015 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR GOLD MEDAL GAME (3)
Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event
Andy Bouyoukos

Best Sports Analyst
Tie between Ray Ferraro and Bob McKenzie

SPACE (7)

ORPHAN BLACK (7)
Temple Street Productions

Best Achievement in Make-Up
Steven Lynch, Sandy Sokolowski

Best Original Music Score for a Series
Trevor Yuile – "Certain Agony of the Battlefield"

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Aaron Morton – "Certain Agony of the Battlefield"

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Matt Anas – "Newer Elements of Our Defence"

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Alex Levine – "Scarred by Many Past Frustrations"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Ari Millen – "Newer Elements of Our Defence"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Tatiana Maslany – "Certain Agony of the Battlefield"

CTV NEWS (3)

CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME (1)
Best National Newscast
David Hughes, Rosa Hwang, Allan Black, Mark Borchiver, Lisa LaFlamme – CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme

W5 (1)
Best News or Information Segment
Victor Malarek, Mary Dartis, Litsa Sourtzis, André Lapalme, Jerry Vienneau, Brian Mellersh – "Hands of God"

CTV NEWS (Vancouver) (1)
Best Local Newscast – CTV NEWS AT SIX with Mike Killeen and Tamara Taggart
Ethan Faber, Les Staff, Rhonda Fuller, Len Catling, Charles Wright

BRAVO (3)

19-2 (3)
Sphère Média Plus and Echo Media

Best Dramatic Series
Jocelyn Deschenes, Virginia Rankin, Bruce M. Smith, Luc Chatelain, Greg Phillips, Saralo MacGregor, Jesse McKeown

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Daniel Grou (Podz) – "School"

Best Achievement in Casting
Robin D. Cook, Andrea Kenyon, Randi Wells, Marissa Richmond – "School"

MTV (5)

DEGRASSI (4)
Epitome Pictures Inc.

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski, Matt Huether, Stephanie Williams, Stefan Brogren

Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Aislinn Paul

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Phil Earnshaw – "Finally, Part 2"

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Matt Huether – "Give Me One Reason"

WE DAY 2014 (1)
MTV

Best Music Program or Series
Sheila Sullivan, John Kampilis, Ken Katigbak

MUCH (1)

2015 MUCH MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS (1)
Much

Academy Special Awards: Outstanding Technical Achievement Award
Much Music Video Awards – Router-Based Production Audio Design

Nominated films supported by Bell Media's The Movie Network and production fund The Harold Greenberg Fund include:

CANAL D (1)

Sugar Coated (1)
TVO (TVO)/Canal D (Bell Media)

Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Michele Hozer, Janice Dawe

THE MOVIE NETWORK, THE HAROLD GREENBERG FUND/LE FONDS HAROLD GREENBERG (19)

Room (9)
Pre-buy by The Movie Network

Best Motion Picture
David Gross, Ed Guiney

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jacob Tremblay

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Brie Larson

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Joan Allen

Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design
Ethan Tobman, Mary Kirkland

Achievement in Direction
Lenny Abrahamson

Achievement in Editing
Nathan Nugent

Achievement in Make-Up
Sid Armour

Adapted Screenplay
Emma Donoghue

Hyena Road (3)
Pre-buy by The Movie Network

Achievement in Overall Sound
Lou Solakofski, Ian Rankin, Joe Morrow, Russ Dyck, Graham Rogers, James Bastable, André Azoubel, Don White, Jack Hereen

Achievement in Sound Editing
Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Martin Gwynn Jones, Barry Gilmore, David Evans, Dave Rose, Brennan Mercer, Ed Douglas, Kevin Banks, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm

Achievement in Visual Effects
Phil Jones, Sarah Wormsbecher, Eric Doiron, Anthony DeChellis, Lon Molnar, Geoff D.E. Scott, Nathan Larouche, Mark Fordham

Brooklyn (2)
Pre-buy by The Movie Network

Achievement in Cinematography
Yves Bélanger

Achievement in Music - Original Score
Michael Brook

Sleeping Giant (1)
Acquisition by The Movie Network

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nick Serino

Remember (1)
Pre-buy by The Movie Network
Equity Investment by The Harold Greenberg Fund

Original Screenplay
Benjamin August

Beeba Boys (1)
Pre-buy by The Movie Network

Achievement in Costume Design
Joanne Hansen

How To Change the World (1)

Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
James Scott

Scratch - A Hip-opera | Scratch - Un Hip-Opéra (1)
Loan converted into equity investment – Le Fonds Harold Greenberg

Achievement in Music - Original Song – ''C'est aujourd'hui que je sors''
Jenny Salgado

About Bell Media Independent Production
Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada's most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit series commissioned by CTV include ratings success stories SAVING HOPE, MOTIVE, the record-breaking THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, and MASTERCHEF CANADA. CTV recently announced its first-ever serialized drama CARDINAL. Among the original scripted series on Bell Media pay and specialty channels are the internationally acclaimed ORPHAN BLACK, the smash-hit thriller BITTEN, Space's most-watched original series KILLJOYS, Bravo's most-watched original drama 19-2, award-winning dramedy SENSITIVE SKIN, upcoming cult comedy LETTERKENNY, and the new original drama FRONTIER. Bell Media specialty channels are also home to hit factual series HIGHWAY THRU HELL, COLD WATER COWBOYS, and CANADA'S WORST DRIVER, among others.

About Bell Media
With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV, Canada's #1 television network; 34 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada's most-watched specialty channels in English and French; and four pay TV services, including The Movie Network and Super Écran. Bell Media is also Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 106 licensed radio stations in 54 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral Out of Home, one of Canada's most dynamic and innovative out-of-home advertising companies with a network of more than 13,500 advertising faces in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia. Bell Media also operates more than 200 websites; delivers TV Everywhere with premium subscription on-demand streaming service CraveTV, as well as its innovative GO video streaming services including CTV GO, Discovery GO, TMN GO, and TSN GO; operates multi-channel network Much Digital Studios; holds an equity stake in digital startup Hubub; is partners in Cirque du Soleil Media, a joint venture with Cirque du Soleil; and owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.

SOURCE Bell Media

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