Schitt's leads CSA nods
Canadian film, TV and digital award nominations revealed in 141 categories
Schitt's just keeps piling up the praise.
The sixth and final season of hit CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek leads both the television and overall Canadian Screen Award nominations this year with 21, followed by Cardinal: Until the Night and Trickster with 15 each.
In the film categories, Jeff Barnaby's Blood Quantum tops nominations with 10, while Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy has nine and Charles Officer's Akilla's Escape has eight.
Bit Playas leads digital media nominations with six, Hey Lady! has five and both Avocado Toast the series and Ghost BFF have four.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) announced the nominees for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards in 141 film, TV and digital media categories on Tuesday.
Winners will be announced as a seven-part genre-based series of events streamed live on Academy.ca, as well as the Canadian Academy Twitter and YouTube channels from May 17 to May 20.
The ninth annual CSAs will be a showcase of the Canadian content that got us through a very precarious year and will honour the creators who brought unique stories to viewers' screens and into their lives.
Each presentation will be narrated by a notable Canadian and will focus heavily on the nominated works. The awards will culminate in the CSA main event, featuring a curated selection of prominent awards streaming live on May 20.
The presentations will also honour the 2020 Special Award recipients, a group of 11 esteemed Canadians including Earle Grey award recipient Tina Keeper, Radius award recipient (and Schitt's Creek co-creator and co-star) Dan Levy, lifetime achievement award recipient David Suzuki and academy icon award recipient Alex Trebek — the Sudbury, Ont.-born Jeopardy! host who died in November 2020.