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 |
|
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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 |
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