Apr 3, 2019

"PAW Patrol" leads Canadian Screen Award Winners with 3 wins

Over the course of six days during Canadian Screen Week (March 25-31, 2019), the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the winners for its 2019 Canadian Screen Awards, which honor the previous year's most accomplished Canadian productions and artists on screens big and small.

The most lauded animated production was Spin Master Entertainment and Guru Studio's PAW Patrol for Nick Jr. (pictured at top), which received three accolades for animated program/series, sound for animation, and original music for animation. The prize for best animation direction went to Hotel Transylvania: The Series for its “A Few Good Monsters” episode.

Among the notable winners in the animation categories was Alison Snowden and David Fine's NFB film Animal Behaviour, which won the animated short award; and Charlie Tyrell's My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes winning the live-acton competition for short documentary.

Here are all the winners in the animation categories:

My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes, directed by Charlie Tyrell.

Animal Behaviour, directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine.

Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Benoit Brière and Bruno Maillard

PAW Patrol TVOKids (TVO) (Spin Master Paw Productions 5 Inc.) Jennifer Dodge, Laura Clunie, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Scott Kraft, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Jason McKenzie, Christina Sang – St. Catherine, David Sharples, Damian Temporale

Dino Dana TVOKids (TVO) (Sinking Ship Entertainment) J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Christin Simms, Matthew J.R. Bishop, Eric Beldowski

Hotel Transylvania: The Series – “A Few Good Monsters” Teletoon (Teletoon) (Nelvana Ltd.) Robin Budd

PAW Patrol – “Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Royal Kitties” TVOKids (TVO) (Spin Master Paw Productions 5 Inc.) Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Patton Rodrigues, Ryan Ongaro, Kyle Peters

PAW Patrol – “Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Royal Kitties” TVOKids (TVO) (Spin Master Paw Productions 5 Inc.) James Chapple, Graeme Cornies, David Kelly, Brian Pickett

Martin ShortThe Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment) (Portfolio Entertainment Inc. )

Corner Gas Animated – “Squatch Your Language” The Comedy Network (Bell Media) (Vérité Films) Brent Butt

Dino Dana Digital (Sinking Ship Entertainment) Blair Powers, J.J. Johnson, Ronald Ruslim, Gavin Friesen, Javier Plana, Mark Cautillo, Brian Andrade, Jermaine Williams, Andrew Eastmond, Andrew Ebert, Nathan Langdon, Roslyn Stockton, Sean Hamilton, Alex Gordon, Leisha-Marie Riddel, Deanna Ip, Leo Kouvaris, Adriano Bertuzzo, Kevin Gan, Michael Pearce, Rachel Cravit, Christopher Coey, Geordie Telfer

Vikings – “Moments of Vision” History (Corus Entertainment) (Take 5 Productions Inc.) Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Ovidiu Cinazan, Michael Borrett, Tom Morrison, Leann Harvey, Colin Hui, Paul Wishart, Jim Maxwell, Kieran Mckay

Gary and His Demons written by Mark Little

Museum of Symmetry (National Film Board of Canada) Maral Mohammadian, Michael Fukushima