The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has announced the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards nominations. Hosted by Andrew Phung, the show will be streamed on CBC Gem, Crave, and StackTV, and broadcast on CBC Television, CTV, and Global from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto on May 31, 2026.
Film Nomination
Best Motion Picture
- 40 Acres — Jennifer Holness
- Blue Heron — Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie and Sophy Romvari
- The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel) — Hany Ouichou
- Follies (Folichonneries) — Laurie Pominville, Hany Ouichou and Éric K. Boulianne
- Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers) — Kim McCraw and Luc Déry
- Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie — Matthew Miller and Matt Greyson
- The Things You Kill — Alireza Khatami and Michael Solomon
- Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara) — Samuel Cohn-Cousineau and Jonathan Frantz
Achievement in Directing
- R.T. Thorne — 40 Acres
- Sophy Romvari — Blue Heron
- Eric K. Boulianne — Follies (Folichonneries)
- Heather Young — There, There
- Alireza Khatami —The Things You Kill
- Zacharias Kunuk — Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)
Best Original Screenplay
- Alexandre Auger and Éric K. Boulianne — Follies (Folichonneries)
- Alexandre Auger and Mathieu Denis — The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel)
- Alireza Khatami — The Things You Kill
- Chandler Levack — Mile End Kicks
- Sophy Romvari — Blue Heron
- R. T. Thorne and Glenn Taylor — 40 Acres
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Mélanie Charbonneau and Martine Pagé — Out Standing
- Philippe Falardeau — Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)
- Catherine Léger — Two Women (Deux femmes en or)
Achievement in Cinematography
- Edith Labbé — 1+1+1 Life, Love, Chaos (1+1+1 La vie, l’amour, le chaos)
- Jeremy Benning — 40 Acres
- Andrew Appelle — Deathstalker
- Nikolay Michaylov — Measures for a Funeral
- Jared Raab — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
- J Stevens — Really Happy Someday
- Catherine Lutes — There, There
- Ronald Plante — Yunan
Achievement in Editing
- Kurt Walker — Blue Heron
- Myriam Magassouba — Follies (Folichonneries)
- Simone Smith — Mile End Kicks
- Jane MacRae — Nika & Madison
- Matthieu Bouchard, Chloé Robichaud — Two Women (Deux femmes en or)
Lead Performance in a Leading Role — Comedy
- Éric K. Boulianne — Follies (Folichonneries)
- France Castel — The Furies (Les Furies)
- Catherine Chabot — Follies (Folichonneries)
- Neil Elias Abdelwahab — Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)
- Karine Gonthier-Hyndman — Two Women (Deux femmes en or)
- Patrick Hivon — Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse)
- Laurence Leboeuf — Two Women (Deux femmes en or)
- Jay McCarrol — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Lead Performance in a Leading Role – Drama
- Milya Corbeil Gauvreau — Fanny
- Jasmin Geljo — Cat’s Cry
- Grace Glowicki — Honey Bunch
- Marlene Jewell — There, There
- Theresia Kappianaq — Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)
- Nina Kiri — Out Standing
- Michaela Kurimsky — Sweet Angel Baby
- Noah Parker — Who by Fire (Comme le feu)
Performance in a Supporting Role – Comedy
- Devon Bostick — Mile End Kicks
- Catherine Chabot — Compulsive Liar 2 (Menteuse)
- Juliette Gariépy — Two Women (Deux femmes en or)
- Graham Greene — Sweet Summer Pow Wow
- Matt Johnson — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
- Agathe Ledoux — Follies (Folichonneries)
- Hassan Mahbouba — Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)
- Rose-Marie Perreault — Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)
Performance in a Supporting Role – Drama
- Paul Ahmarani — Who by Fire (Comme le feu)
- Aurélia Arandi-Longpré — Who by Fire (Comme le feu)
- Edik Beddoes — Blue Heron
- Monia Chokri — Where Souls Go (Où vont les âmes?)
- Micheline Lanctôt — Where Souls Go (Où vont les âmes?)
- Katie Mattatall — There, There
- Leah Panimera — Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara)
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers — Sweet Angel Baby
Best Feature Length Documentary
- Endless Cookie — Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver, Daniel Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Chris Yurkovich, Jason Ryle and Neil Mathieson
- James Bay 1975: The Shock of Two Nations (Baie James 1975 : le choc des nations) — Marie-Pierre Corriveau, Karine Dubois, Ernest Webb, Catherine Bainbridge, Myriam Berthelet, Mathieu Fournier, Mélanie Lameboy, Archita Ghosh and Daniel Morin
- Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery — Dan Levy, Ally Pankiw, Christina Piovesan and Noah Segal
- Spare My Bones, Coyote! (Mais où va-t-on, coyote?) — Dominique Dussault and Jonah Malak
- The Track — Ryan Sidhoo and Graham Withers
Best Short Documentary
- King’s Court — Serville Poblete, Kate Vollum and Chanda Chevannes
- La Mayordomía — Martin Edralin
- The Muse — Wanda Nolan, Liz Cowie, Rohan Fernando and Nathalie Cloutier
- My Memory-Walls (Mes murs-mémoires) — Axel Robin
- Send and Receive — Dominique Keller
Best Live Action Short Drama
- Himalia — Catherine Boily, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault, Clara Milo and Juliette Lossky
- Karupy — Kalainithan Kalaichelvan, Shaista Roshan and Alison Almeida
- Little Victories (Les petites victoires) — Rafaël Beauchamp and Laurie Pominville
- Thin Walls — Robert Armanyous and Dayyaan Jameel
- Year of the Dragon — Giran Findlay Liu
Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama
- Sumathy Balaram — Karupy
- Charles-Alexis Desgagnés — A Dying Tree
- Siobhan Connors — Headcase
- Noam Desbiens-Lépine — Himalia
- Fiona Fu — Year of the Dragon
- Jamie Thomas King — The Light Before the Sun
- Lee Lawson — Thin Walls
- Hannan Younis — Halfway Haunted
Best Animated Short
- Bread Will Walk — Alex Boya and Jelena Popović
- The Girl Who Cried Pearls (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) — Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, Julie Roy, Marc Bertrand and Christine Noël
- The Gnawer of Rocks (Mangittatuarjuk) — Louise Flaherty
- Ibuka, Justice — Mylène Augustin and Justice Rutikara
- Sosuke the Duck — Bekky O’Neil
John Dunning Best First Feature
- 40 Acres — R.T. Thorne
- 100 Sunset — Kunsang Kyirong
- Blue Heron — Sophy Romvari
- Dinner With Friends — Sasha Leigh Henry
- Follies | Folichonneries — Eric K. Boulianne
- Where Souls Go (Où vont les âmes) — Brigitte Poupart
Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
- Peter Cosco — 40 Acres
- Kerry Noonan and Malcolm McKenzie — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
- Antonin Sorel — The Train (Le Train)
- Joshua Turpin — Honey Bunch
- Joshua Turpin and Chloé Olson — Deathstalker
Achievement in Costume Design
- Melinda Dempster, Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Heather Hedley — Honey Bunch
- Chelsea Graham — Deathstalker
- Leslie Kavanagh — Whistle
- Crystal Silden — All the Lost Ones
- Mara Zigler — Measures for a Funeral
Achievement in Sound Editing
- Elma Bello, Gabe Knox, James Bastable and Michelle Irving — Mile End Kicks
- Matthew Chan, Bret Killoran and Gabriella Wallace — Honey Bunch
- Ed Douglas and Dermain Findlayson — 40 Acres
- Christopher Russell, Joe Scandella, Josh Fagen and Louis Duranleau — The Well
- Jane Tattersall, Sue Conley and David Evans — Out Standing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Matthew Chan — Honey Bunch
- Michelle Irving, Jeremy Fong and Pablo Villegas — Mile End Kicks
- Rudy Michael, Lucas Roveda, Dave Mercel and Adam Clark — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
- Lou Solakofski and Maryan P’yatnochka — Nika & Madison
- Brianna Todd and Carter Buckman — Sway
Achievement in Music – Original Score
- Suad Bushnaq — Yunan
- Steph Copeland — It Feeds
- Adrian Ellis and Walker Grimshaw — The Legacy of Cloudy Falls
- Todor Kobakov — 40 Acres
- Erica Procunier — Please, After You
Achievement in Music – Original Song
- Brent Bodrug, Julian Stirpe and Siobhan Bodrug, “Wildflower” — Dream Eater
- David Carriere and Jane Penny, “A/S/L” — Mile End Kicks
- Jay McCarrol and Matt Johnson, “The Alphabet Song” — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Achievement in Makeup
- Charlotte Gavaris, Chris Bridges — At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik)
- Erin Sweeney, Jaye Falcioni, Tanya Bishoff — Deathstalker
- Niamh McCann, Tenille Shockey, François Dagenais — Honey Bunch
- Heather Jennings, Steven Kostanski, Patrick Baxter — Scared Shitless
- Ashly Mckessock — Soul’s Road
Achievement in Hair
- Karola Dimberger — Whistle
- Lyne Lapiana — Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)
- Pina Robinson — The Mother and the Bear
- Toni Warren — At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik)
- Sava Zeranska — Honey Bunch
Achievement in Visual Effects
- Cody Kennedy — Deathstalker
- Tristan Zerafa, Lou Gatti, Mike Stadnyckyj, Graham Houston, Toshi Kosaka, James Soares, Christopher Shewchuk, Jeniree Bastidas, Onur Can Yol and Luca Tarantini — Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
- Marc Hall, Moon Marsolais, Vincent Campbell, David Atexide and Glavens Monfleury — Out Standing
- Vineshh Vickinadas — Scared Shitless
- Matt Glover, Dave Sauro — Whistle
Best Stunt Coordination
- Angelica Lisk-Hann — 40 Acres
- Alex Chung and Tyler Williams — Deathstalker
- Chris Mark and Carl Fortin — Honey Bunch
- Sébastien Rouleau, Tom Eirikson and Jordan Dodds — In Cold Light
- Dan Iaboni — Whistle
Achievement in Casting
- Stephanie Gorin — 40 Acres
- Sharon Forrest — All the Lost Ones
- Angela Quinn, Katrin Braga — Blue Heron
- Tannaz Keshavarz-Agulto — Boxcutter
- Annie St-Pierre — Mile End Kicks
Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary
- Etienne Roussy — Among Mountains and Streams (Parmi les montagnes et les ruisseaux)
- Marcel Mueller — CIRCO
- Kyle Sandilands — Everest Dark
- Glauco Bermudez and François Messier-Rheault — Shifting Baselines
- Iris Ng — There Are No Words
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
- Cindy Au Yeung — Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
- Andrew Beach, Graham Withers — It’s All Gonna Break
- Nicole Bazuin — Modern Whore
- Ricardo Acosta, CCE — Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
- Greg Ng, Hart Snider — Saints and Warriors
Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
- Tom Third – Modern Whore
- Gagan Singh – Singhs in the Ring
- Marc Bell — Spare My Bones, Coyote! (Mais où va-t-on, Coyote?)
- Genevieve Vincent — The Stand
- Edo Van Breemen — The Track
Best Sound Design in a Feature Length Documentary
- Andrew Zukerman — Endless Cookie
- Eli Haligua, Blair Moog, Fatih Ragbet and Gulay Acar — Fairy Creek
- Gregor Phillips, D’wayne Murray, Ramsay Bourquin, May Guimarães, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch, Jake Kerr and Peter Robinson — Saints and Warriors
- Simon Plouffe — Seeing Through the Darkness (Les yeux ne font pas le regard)
- Sylvain Brassard — Spare My Bones, Coyote! (Mais où va-t-on, Coyote?)