I’ll admit that I could never keep the Geminis and the Genie Awards straight. Looks like the folks at the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television have gotten the hint. This year, they’ve combined the awards into a new format called the Canadian Screen Awards. These awards will honour Canadian work on all screens: cinema, television and interactive (ie. computers, tablets and phones). I was fortunate enough to attend this morning’s press conference where many of the nominations were announced. Unfortunately, that didn’t include those for short film. Though they were included in the full press release, I wanted to bring them front and centre here. Winners will be announced during the televised awards ceremony on Sunday March 3rd on CBC, but truly, it’s an honour just to be nominated!
Best Documentary Short
- The Boxing Girls of Kabul (Dir: Ariel Nasr)
- The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Dir: Igor Drljaca)
- Keep a Modest Head (Dir: deco dawson)
- Let the Daylight Into the Swamp (Dir: Jeffrey St. Jules)
- Three Walls (Dir: Zaheed Mawani)
Best Live-Action Short
- Chef de meute (Herd Leader) (Dir: Chloé Robichaud)*
- Frost (Dir: Jeremy Ball)
- Le Futur Proche (The Near Future) (Dir: Sophie Goyette)
- Première Neige (First Snow) (Dir: Michaël Lalancette)
- Throat Song (Dir: Miranda de Pencier)
Best Animated Short
- Bydlo (Dir: Patrick Bouchard)
- Edmond Was a Donkey (Dir: Franck Dion)*
- Demoni (Dir: Theodore Ushev)
- Paula (Dir: Dominic Étienne Simard)
Titles marked with an asterisk (*) have screened at Shorts That Are Not Pants. The others are on my radar!