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2nd Annual CSA Gala Winners

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It was a big night for Canadian Film and Television this past weekend as the 2nd annual Canadian Screen Awards were handed out at the Sony Centre in Toronto. Put on by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, who were celebrating their 65th anniversary, the CSA gala celebrates the best Canadian films, shows, and performances of the past year.

Click here to see the full list of film award winners.

The big winner of the evening was Enemy, which took home 5 awards. Quebec director Denis Villeneuve won in the Achievement in Direction category for creating the psychological thriller, his second collaboration with actor Jake Gyllenhaal, about a university lecturer with an unhealthy obsession of his movie extra look-alike. Actress Sarah Gadon won for her supporting role as Helen, the pregnant wife of the movie extra Jake. Enemy also won for cinematography, editing, and musical score.

Denis Villeneuve

The Best Motion Picture award went to Gabrielle, continuing the trend of Canadian Oscar submissions winning top prize (War WitchMonsieur Lazhar, and Incendies all won in the last three years). In one of the most heartwarming moments of the night, the film’s star, Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, took home the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a young woman with William’s syndrome fighting for her sexual and romantic independence. Marion-Rivard lives with the disorder, but that didn’t prevent her from delivering a powerful performance and a cheerful acceptance speech.

Gabrielle Marion-Rivard

Viggo Mortensen presented Toronto native David Cronenberg with the Lifetime Achievement Award, the two having previously worked together in A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and A Dangerous Method. Cronenberg’s next project is called Maps to the Stars, about a Hollywood psychiatrist and his oddball family.

David Cronenberg

You can see a full list of the film award winners below, and for the rest of the night’s winners head on over to the Academy’s website.

Best Motion Picture 
Gabrielle – Kim McCraw, Luc Déry

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Gabriel Arcand – Le Démantèlement / The Auction

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Gordon Pinsent – The Grand Seduction

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard – Gabrielle

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Sarah Gadon – Enemy

Achievement in Direction
Denis Villeneuve – Enemy

Adapted Screenplay
Elan Mastai – The F-Word

Original Screenplay
Shannon Masters – Empire of Dirt

Best Animated Short
Subconscious Password – Chris Landreth, Marcy Page, Mark Smith

Best Live Action Short Drama
Noah – Patrick Cederberg, Walter Woodman

Best Short Documentary
Chi – Anne Wheeler, Yves J. Ma, Tracey Friesen

Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary
Watermark – Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Daniel Iron

Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design
Michel Proulx – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest
Man in the World

Achievement in Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc csc – Enemy

Achievement in Costume Design
Carmen Alie – Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde / Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man
in the World

Achievement in Editing
Matthew Hannam – Enemy

Achievement in Make-Up
Jo-Ann Macneil, Karola Dirnberger, Paul Jones – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Achievement in Music – Original Score
Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans – Enemy

Achievement in Music – Original Song
Jimmy Harry, Serena Ryder – The Right Kind of Wrong – “It’s No Mistake”

Achievement in Overall Sound
Andrew Tay, David Drage, David Giammarco, Greg Chapman, Matt McKenzie, Peter
Persaud – The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Achievement in Sound Editing
Alex Bullick, Christian Schaaning, J.R. Fountain, Jill Purdy, Kevin Banks, Nathan
Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Stephen Barden, Steve Baine – The Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones

Achievement in Visual Effects
Andy Robinson, Dennis Berardi, Edward J. Taylor IV, James Cooper, Jason Edwardh, Jo
Hughes, Leann Harvey, Sean Mills, Stephen Wagner, Trey Harrell – The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones

Photos courtesy of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television © 2014

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