Awards and Prizes
109 CMF-funded projects won (includes honourable mentions) over 200 prizes in 26 prestigious Canadian award ceremonies during 2011-2012. Globally, outside of Canadian borders, 31 CMF-funded projects won prizes in 13 international contests.
Drama projects that garnered the most recognition, in Canada and on a global scale were Call Me Fitz, Heartland, Blackstone, The Borgias, DeGrassi, Flashpoint and Hiccups. French-language drama 19-2 captured by far the most number of awards.
2011 Gemini Awards
Title | Category |
18 to Life | Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role |
Acquainted with the Night | Best Direction in a Documentary Program |
Artzooka | Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Being Erica | Best Sound in a Dramatic Series |
Blackstone | Best Achievement in Main Title Design |
Blackstone | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |
Call Me Fitz | Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series |
Call Me Fitz | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series |
Call Me Fitz | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series |
Call Me Fitz | Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series |
Call Me Fitz | Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series |
Call Me Fitz | Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series |
Call Me Fitz | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role |
Code Breakers | Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series |
Code Breakers | Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program |
Conviction Kitchen | Best Direction in a Reality Program or Series |
DatingGuy.com | Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction |
Degrassi | Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series |
Degrassi | Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Degrassi | Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Durham County | Best Achievement in Casting |
Fakers | Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series |
Fakers | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
Flashpoint | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series |
Flashpoint | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series |
Flashpoint | Best Writing in a Dramatic Series |
Heartland | Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series |
Ice Pilots NWT | Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series |
Ice Pilots NWT | Best Photography in an Information Program or Series |
League of Superevil | Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series |
Life With Murder | Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program |
Living in Your Car | Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series |
Lost Girl | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series |
Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews | Best Biography Documentary Program |
Nazi Hunters | Best Direction in a Documentary Series |
Nazi Hunters | Best History Documentary Program |
Rick Mercer Report | Best Comedy Program or Series |
Season of Song: The Canadian Tenors and Friends | Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) |
Season of Song: The Canadian Tenors and Friends | Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series |
Shattered | Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |
Sleepyhead | Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
Sleepyhead | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
Spliced | Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
The Borgias | Best Costume Design |
The Borgias | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series |
The Borgias | Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series |
The Borgias | Best Dramatic Series |
The Mighty Jungle | Best Pre-School Program or Series |
The National Parks Project | Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series |
The Pig Farm | Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research |
The Tudors | Best Original Music Score for a Program or Series |
The Tudors | Best Visual Effects |
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series |
Village on a Diet | Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series |
Yonge Street | Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series |
2011 Prix Gémeaux
Title | Category |
19-2 | Best Sound in a Dramatic Program |
19-2 | Best Original Music Score in a Dramatic Program |
19-2 | Best Original Music Theme in All Categories |
19-2 | Best Writing in a Dramatic Series |
19-2 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Dramatic Role |
19-2 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Dramatic Role |
19-2 | Best Dramatic Series |
19-2 | Best Direction in a Dramatic Series |
19-2 | Best Photography in a Dramatic Program |
19-2 | Best Photo Editing in a Dramatic Program |
3600 secondes d'extase | Best Comedy Series |
3600 secondes d'extase | Best Writing in a Comedy Program |
3600 secondes d'extase | Best Performance in a Comedy Program |
Birmanie l'indomptable, la résistance d'un peuple | Best Original Music Score in a Documentary Program or Series |
Comme par magie | Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Series or Special |
Destinées | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Dramatic Role |
En direct de l'univers | Best Sound in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series |
Enquêtes | Best Documentary Series |
Fan Club | Best Youth Variety or Magazine Program or Series |
Fan Club | Best Host in a Youth Series or Program |
Infoman 2010 | Best Editing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series |
La Galère | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Comedy Role |
La Galère | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Comedy Role |
La part d'ombre | Best Editing in a Public Affairs or Documentary Series - Episode |
La part d'ombre | Best Sound in a Magazine, Public Affairs or Documentary Program or Series |
La Promesse | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Dramatic Role |
La Reine malade | Best Documentary in a Science and Nature Program or Series |
Last Call Indien | Diversity Award |
Le sexe autour du monde | Best Original Public Affairs, Documentary, Magazine or Sports New Media Program or Series |
Les aigles | Best Direction in a Variety or Magazine Youth Program or Series |
Les Dames en bleu | Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series |
Les Parent | Best Comedy Program or Series |
Les rescapés | Best Set Design in a Dramatic Program or Series |
Mauvais Karma | Best Writing in a Comedy Program |
Naufragés des villes | Best Direction in a Public Affairs or Documentary Series |
Naufragés des villes | Best Photography in a Public Affairs or Documentary Program or Series |
Naufragés des villes | Best Editing in a Public Affairs or Documentary Series |
Penthouse 5-0 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Comedy Role |
Providence | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Dramatic Role |
Tactik | Best Youth Fiction Program or Series |
Tactik | Best Direction in a Youth Fiction Program or Series |
Tactik | Best Writing in a Youth Program or Series |
Tactik | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Youth Program or Series Role |
Tactik | Best Website for a Youth Program or Series |
Toc Toc Toc | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Youth Program or Series Role |
Tout sur moi | Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series |
Tout sur moi | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Comedy Role |
Toute la vérité | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Dramatic Role |
Urbania.ca | Best Original Comedy or Variety New Media Program or Series |
Yamaska | Best Writing in a Dramatic Series |
Yamaska | Best Dramatic Series |
Yamaska | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Dramatic Role |
Zieuter.tv | Best Original Interactive New Media Program or Series |
Zooville II | Best Research in a Youth Program or Series |
Other Canadian awards
Title | Award | Category |
19-2 | The Fiction Rockies | Francophone - Fiction |
19-2 | The Rockies Gala | Best Francophone |
3600 secondes d'extase | Gala l'ADISQ | Best Television Show - Comedy |
A Heartland Christmas | DGC Awards | Best Sound Editing - Television Movie/Mini-series |
Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Children's Program or Series |
Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Narrator |
Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock | The Fiction Rockies | Youth Programs (13+) - Fiction |
Artzooka! | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | All genres 6-8 |
Back in the Day: On the Mighty Fraser | Leo Awards | Documentary Program or Series: Program - Series |
Barrymore | ACTRA Awards | Best Female Performer |
Belle-Baie | Prix Acadie-Québec | No category |
Blackstone | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Alberta Actress |
Blackstone | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Screenwriter Drama Over 30 |
Blackstone | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Screenwriting |
Blackstone | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Lead Performance by a Female |
Burning Water | Golden Sheaf Awards | SCIC Global Issues Award |
Call Me Fitz | 12th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival | Best Television Performance, Male |
Call Me Fitz | DGC Awards | Best Television Series - Comedy |
Code Breakers | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Documentary Over 30 |
Code Breakers | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Cinematographer Non-Fiction Over 30 |
Code Breakers | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Overall Sound Non-Fiction |
Combat Hospital | Playback Best of the Year | Show of the Year |
Degrassi | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Special Anniversary Outstanding Achievement Award |
Dirtgirlworld | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Animation 3-5 years |
Down2Earth | Canadian Environmental Media Award | Television Series Award |
Durham County | DGC Awards | Best Sound Editing - Television Series |
Flashpoint | Canadian Writers' Guild Screenwriting Awards | TV Drama |
Flashpoint | DGC Awards | Best Picture Editing - Television Series |
Frédéric Back: grandeur nature |
30th Festival International du Film sur l'Art ( FIFA) |
Audience Award ARTV |
Good Dog | 12th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival | Best Writing, Television Program or Series |
Heartland | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Dramatic Series |
Heartland | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Director Drama Over 30 |
Heartland | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Alberta Actor |
Heartland | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Cinematographer Drama Over 30 |
Heartland | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Editor Drama Over 30 |
Heartland | DGC Awards | Best Television Series - Family |
A Heartland Christmas | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Overall Sound Drama |
Hiccups | Leo Awards | Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Program |
Hiccups | Leo Awards | Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Direction |
Hiccups | Leo Awards | Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Screenwriting |
Hiccups | Leo Awards | Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Picture Editing |
Hiccups | Leo Awards | Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Performance |
Hors-serie.tv II | Prix Numix | Convergence Production: Information, Magazine and Documentary |
J'ai la mémoire qui tourne | Governor General's History Award for Popular Media | Pierre Berton Award |
John A: Birth of a Country | DGC Awards | Best Direction - Television Movie/Mini-series |
John A: Birth of a Country | DGC Awards | Best Television Movie/Mini-series |
John A: Birth of a Country | DGC Awards | Best Production Design - Television Movie/Mini-series |
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Best Editing in MOW or Mini-series |
King | ACTRA Awards | Best Female Performer |
La Reine malade | Planet in Focus Festival | Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Feature Film |
League of Super Evil | Leo Awards | Animation Program or Series: Program |
League of Super Evil | Leo Awards | Animation Program or Series: Screenwriting |
League of Super Evil | Leo Awards | Animation Program or Series: Overall Sound |
League of Super Evil | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Animation 9-14 years |
Les enfants de la Bolduc | Digi Awards | Best in Canadian Culture |
Less Than Kind | Canadian Writers' Guild screenwriting awards | TV Comedy |
Less Than Kind | 12th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival | Best Direction, Television Program or Series |
Less Than Kind | 12th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival | Best Television Performance, Female |
Liberia '77 | Golden Sheaf Awards | Documentary POV |
Liberia '77 | Golden Sheaf Awards | Best Director (Non-Fiction) |
Liberia '77 | Possible Worlds 6th Sydney Canadian Film Festival | Audience Award for Best Film |
Living in your Car | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Best Editing in Half-hour Broadcast Short Form Dramatic |
lol :-) | The Fiction Rockies | Comedy Programs |
Mixmania 2 | KARV, l'anti.gala Édition 2011 | Most Popular Television Program |
Musée Eden | Prix Numix | Convergence Production: Variety and Fiction |
National Parks Project | AToMiC Awards | AToMiC Transmedia (Bronze) |
Pet Heroes | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Director Non-Fiction Under 30 |
Producing Parker | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Best Editing in Animation |
Remote Control War | Golden Sheaf Awards | Documentary Social/Political |
Remote Control War | Golden Sheaf Awards | Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award |
Remote Control War | The Non-Fiction Rockies | Political Documentaries |
Rodeo - Life on the Circuit | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Documentary Series |
Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Overall Sound |
Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Costume Design |
Sanctuary | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Supporting Performance by a Male |
Shattered | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Lead Performance by a Male |
Stella and Sam | The Fiction Rockies | Children's Programs (2+) - Fiction |
Stella and Sam | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Grand Prize all categories |
TasteBudstv.com | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Best Convergent Interactive Content |
TasteBudstv.com | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Special Jury Award - Digital and Interactive Content |
That's So Weird | 12th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival | Best Television Performance, Ensemble |
The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That | Canadian Writers' Guild screenwriting awards | Animation |
The Ocean Room | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | All genres 3-5 |
The Tudors | Canadian Cinema Editors Awards | Best Editing in One hour Broadcast Long Form Dramatic |
The Tudors | DGC Awards | Best Direction - Television series |
The Tudors | DGC Awards | Best Television Series - Drama |
Tiga Talk! | Leo Awards | Youth or Children's Program or Series: Screenwriting |
Tipping Point | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Director Non-Fiction Over 30 |
Tipping Point | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Screenwriter Non-Fiction Over 30 |
Tipping Point | Alberta Film and Television Awards (The Rosies) | Best Editor Non-Fiction Over 30 |
Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil | Golden Sheaf Awards | Comedy |
Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Direction |
Un gars le soir | The Fiction Rockies | Francophone - Entertainment |
Une grenade avec ça? | KARV, l'anti.gala Édition 2011 | Hommage Award |
Vacation with Derek | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | All genres 9-12 |
What's Your News | Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence - Anglophone | Special Jury Award - Television |
When the Devil Knocks | Golden Sheaf Awards | Documentary Science/Medicine/Technology |
Wingin' It | Shaw Rocket Prize | No category |
X-Weighted Families | Leo Awards | Information or Lifestyle Series: Program |
X-Weighted Families | Leo Awards | Information or Lifestyle Series: Direction |
International awards
Title | Award | Category | Country/Region |
Ancients Behaving Badly: Caligula | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Platinum Remi | USA |
Apocalypse 2012 | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Platinum Remi | USA |
Beast Legends: Kraken | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Platinum Remi | USA |
Blowout: Is Canada Next? | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Special Jury Award | USA |
Degrassi | Peabody Award | No Category | USA |
Dino Dan | Kidscreen Awards | Preschool Programming: Best one-off, special or TV movie | USA |
Dive Detectives: Edmund Fitzgerald | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Special Jury Award | USA |
Durham County - Season 3 | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Gold Remi | USA |
Fire Jammers | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Special Jury Award | USA |
Frisson des collines | Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences | Jury Prize | Germany |
Ian Tyson: Songs from the Gravel Road | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Gold Remi | USA |
In Real Life | Kidscreen Awards | Viewer’s Choice best tweens/teens program | USA |
Inside the Haiti Earthquake | 8th Annual Games for Change Festival | Transmedia Award | USA |
Jann Arden: Free | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Platinum Remi | USA |
Les Bleus de Ramville | SXSW Film Design Awards. | Excellence in Title Design | USA |
Les enfants de la Bolduc | Communications Arts Magazine Interactive Annual | Best Interactive of the Year: Entertainment | USA |
Liberia '77 | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Platinum Remi | USA |
Life With Murder | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Special Jury Prize | USA |
Life With Murder | International Emmy Awards | Documentary | USA |
lol:-) | Montreux Comedy Awards | Best Non-Verbal Comedy | Switzerland |
One Ocean Interactive | The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival | Best Interactive/New Media Program | USA |
Paul Quarrington: Life in Music | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Gold Remi | USA |
Phoques: le film | Festival du Film Cynégétique «Chasse durable et Biodiversité | Prix du public | France |
Reel Injun | Peabody Award | No Category | USA |
Sex + Religion | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Gold Remi | USA |
Sports Vision | Finalists for 6th edition of Content 360, the international digital creativity festival held at MIPTV | Online and social games | France |
Tansi! Nehiyawetan | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Silver Remi | USA |
The Borgias | Primetime Emmys | Outstanding Costumes For A Series | USA |
The Borgias | Primetime Emmys | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | USA |
The Film Festival Project | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Silver Remi | USA |
Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Gold Remi | USA |
Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Platinum Remi | USA |
Vine of the Soul: Encounters with Ayahuasca | 44th Annual Worldfest - Houston Independent International Film Festival (Remi Awards) | Silver Remi | USA |
Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes | Kidscreen Awards | Kids Programming: Best one-off, special or TV movie | USA |