Anne garners 13 Canadian Screen Award nominations
The CBC/ Netflix TV series Anne has a leading 13 nominations heading into this year’s Canadian Screen Awards.
The TV adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic novel is followed by Cardinal and Kim’s Convenience with 12 nominations apiece, and Alias Grace and Schitt’s Creek with 11 each. On the film side, Ava, Never Steady, Never Still and Hochelaga, Land of Souls lead with eight nominations each.
Maudie and The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches are next with seven nominations apiece.
The awards gala will be broadcast on CBC-TV on March 11 from the Sony Cen- tre for the Performing Arts in Toronto.
Acclaimed Toronto author Margaret Atwood and former CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge will also be among nine recipients of a special award at the show.
Mansbridge will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award “for his exceptional lifetime of work, which has had a profound impact on the media industry in Canada and abroad.”
The Margaret Collier Award will be awarded posthumously to Denis McGrath. Other special awards recipients include Jay Switzer, Clark Johnson, Pat Ellingson, Karyn Pugliese, the Rick Mercer Report series, and Bell Let’s Talk campaign.