Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents one or more annual awards for the Best Screenplay for a Canadian film. Originally presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, from 1980 until 2012 the award continued as part of the Genie Awards ceremony.[1] As of 2013, it is presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.[2]
In their present form, two awards are presented for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, although historically this division was not always observed. In the Canadian Film Awards era, two awards were usually presented in Feature and Non-Feature (television films, short films, etc.) categories, although on two occasions the feature category was further divided into separate categories for Original and Adapted Screenplay, resulting in the presentation of three screenplay awards overall, and on two occasions only one award for Non-Feature Screenplay was presented. Under current Academy rules, the categories are collapsed into one if either category has fewer than five eligible submissions within the qualifying period; however, if both categories receive five or more eligible submissions, then separate awards are presented even if one category or the other ends up with fewer than five final nominees.[3]
1960s
Year | Nominee | Film | Ref |
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1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Phillip Hersch | Wojeck: "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" | [4] | |
1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Joan Finnigan | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | [4] |
1970s
Year | Nominee | Film | Ref |
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1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Feature) | |||
William Fruet | Goin' Down the Road | [4] | |
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Ian McNeill | Freud: The Hidden Nature of Man | [4] | |
1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Clément Perron | Mon oncle Antoine | [4] | |
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Don Arioli | Propaganda Message and Hot Stuff | [4] | |
1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Gilles Carle | The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) | [4] | |
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Michel Tremblay | Françoise Durocher, Waitress | [4] | |
1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Jacques Benoît, Denys Arcand | Réjeanne Padovani | [4] | |
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Alvin Goldman, Douglas Jackson | The Sloane Affair | [4] | |
1974 | |||
No awards presented this year | [4] | ||
1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Original Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Michel Brault | Orders (Les Ordres) | [4] | |
Adapted Screenplay (Feature) | |||
William Weintraub | Why Rock the Boat? | [4] | |
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Patricia Watson | A Bird in the House | [4] | |
1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Ted Allan | Lies My Father Told Me | [5] | |
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
David King | For Gentlemen Only | [4] | |
1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Original Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Robin Spry, Peter Pearson, Peter Madden | One Man | [4] | |
Zale Dalen | Skip Tracer | [6] | |
Marcel Sabourin | J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) | ||
Ratch Wallace | Ragtime Summer | ||
Adapted Screenplay (Feature) | |||
James DeFelice | Why Shoot the Teacher? | [4] | |
Richard Benner | Outrageous! | [6] | |
Patricia Watson | Who Has Seen the Wind | ||
Stephen Zoller | Metal Messiah | ||
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Cam Hubert | Dreamspeaker | [4] | |
1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | |||
Screenplay (Feature) | |||
Martyn Burke | Power Play | [4] | |
Richard Gabourie | Three Card Monte | [7] | |
William Gray, John Hunter | Blood and Guts | ||
Screenplay (Non-Feature) | |||
Gilles Carle | The Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine) | [4] |
1980s
1990s
2000s
Year | Nominees | Film | Ref |
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2000 21st Genie Awards | |||
Screenplay | |||
Denis Villeneuve | Maelström | [31] | |
Denys Arcand, Jacob Potashnik | Stardom | ||
Frank Borg | My Father's Angel | ||
Michel Marc Bouchard, Gilles Desjardins | The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines) | ||
Clement Virgo | Love Come Down | ||
2001 22nd Genie Awards | |||
Screenplay | |||
Paul Apak Angilirq | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | [32] | |
Renny Bartlett | Eisenstein | ||
Catherine Martin | Marriages (Mariages) | ||
Judith Thompson | Lost and Delirious | ||
André Turpin | Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) | ||
2002 23rd Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Deepa Mehta | Bollywood/Hollywood | [33] | |
Atom Egoyan | Ararat | ||
Paul Gross, John Krizanc | Men with Brooms | ||
Robert Morin | The Negro (Le nèg') | ||
Jean-Phillipe Pearson, Patrice Robitaille, Ricardo Trogi | Québec-Montréal | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Sharon Riis | Savage Messiah | [33] | |
Dominique Demers | The Mysterious Miss C. (La Mystérieuse mademoiselle C.) | ||
Patrick McGrath | Spider | ||
Edward Riche | Rare Birds | ||
Judith Thompson | Perfect Pie | ||
2003 24th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | ||
Louis Bélanger | Gaz Bar Blues | [34] | |
Sébastien Rose | How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause) | ||
Ken Scott | Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) | ||
Peter Wellington | Luck | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Robert Lepage | Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) | ||
Maurice Chauvet | Owning Mahowny | [34] | |
Daniel MacIvor | Marion Bridge | ||
Charles Martin Smith | The Snow Walker | ||
Esta Spalding | Falling Angels | ||
2004 25th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Francis Leclerc, Marcel Beaulieu | Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) | [35] | |
Denise Filiatrault | Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) | ||
Federico Hidalgo, Paulina Robles | A Silent Love | ||
Don McKellar, Michael Goldbach | Childstar | ||
David "Sudz" Sutherland | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Luc Dionne, Sylvain Guy | Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) | [35] | |
Joël Champetier, Daniel Roby | White Skin (La Peau blanche) | ||
Jerry Ciccoritti | Blood | ||
Todd Klinck, Jaie Laplante, John Palmer | Sugar | ||
Jacob Tierney | Twist | ||
2005 26th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Jean-Marc Vallée, François Boulay | C.R.A.Z.Y. | [36] | |
Louise Archambault | Familia | ||
Michael Dowse | It's All Gone Pete Tong | ||
Deepa Mehta | Water | ||
Luc Picard | Audition (L'Audition) | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Atom Egoyan | Where the Truth Lies | [36] | |
Diane Cailhier | The Outlander (Le Survenant) | ||
David Christensen | Six Figures | ||
Luc Dionne | Aurore | ||
Nathalie Petrowski | Maman Last Call | ||
2006 27th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Philippe Falardeau | Congorama | ||
Martin Girard, Ghyslaine Côté | A Family Secret (Le secret de ma mère) | [37] | |
Stéphane Lapointe | The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) | ||
Ken Scott | The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance) | ||
Ken Scott | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Robert Favreau, Gil Courtemanche | A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) | ||
Mike Clattenburg, Robb Wells | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie | ||
François Létourneau | Cheech | ||
2007 28th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Steven Knight | Eastern Promises | [38] | |
Denys Arcand | Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) | ||
Douglas Coupland | Everything's Gone Green | ||
Pierre Lamothe, Claude Lalonde | The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) | ||
Marc-André Lavoie, Simon Olivier Fecteau and David Gauthier | Bluff | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Sarah Polley | Away From Her | [38] | |
Michael Donovan | Shake Hands With the Devil | ||
Maureen Medved | The Tracey Fragments | ||
2008 29th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Bernard Émond | The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) | [39] | |
Randall Cole | Real Time | ||
Travis McDonald | Normal | ||
Deepa Mehta | Heaven on Earth | ||
Guillaume Vigneault | Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Marie-Sissi Labrèche, Lyne Charlebois | Borderline | [39] | |
Richie Mehta, Shaun Mehta | Amal | ||
Jeremy Podeswa | Fugitive Pieces | ||
2009 30th Genie Awards | |||
Original screenplay | |||
Jacques Davidts | Polytechnique | [40] | |
David Bezmozgis | Victoria Day | ||
Atom Egoyan | Adoration | ||
Émile Gaudreault, Ian Lauzon | Father and Guns (De père en flic) | ||
Charles Officer, Ingrid Veninger | Nurse.Fighter.Boy | ||
Adapted screenplay | |||
Kari Skogland | Fifty Dead Men Walking | [40] | |
Tony Burgess | Pontypool | ||
Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq, Madeline Ivalu | Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) |
2010s
2020s
See also
References
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