Here's who is nominated for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards

Samritha Arunasalam · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 26, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Nominations for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards were announced Wednesday, with the crime series Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent dominating nominations successful some tv and wide categories while Universal Language led in the movie category.

Among its 20 nominations, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent received nods successful the champion pb performer (Kathleen Munroe), play bid and champion absorption categories. Based connected its namesake American series, it follows an elite squad of Canadian constabulary detectives arsenic they analyse high-profile crimes and corruption successful Canada's largest metropolis.

Universal Language, the Oscar-shortlisted movie directed by Matthew Rankin, received 13 nominations successful categories including champion question representation and accomplishment successful direction. David Cronenberg's The Shrouds followed with nine.

Best question picture

• The Apprentice
• Darkest Miriam
• Gamma Rays 
• Universal Language 
• Village Keeper
• Who Do I Belong To

Achievement successful direction, film

• Naomi Jaye, Darkest Miriam
• Henry Bernadet, Gamma Rays 
• Ara Ball, L'Ouragan F.Y.T.
• Atom Egoyan, Seven Veils
• Matthew Rankin, Universal Language 
• Meryam Joobeur, Who Do I Belong To

Other tv bid with aggregate nominations were the play miniseries Bones of Crows and 2 drama series, Children Ruin Everything and Run the Burbs. All 3 earned 12 nominations each.

Comedy integer media bid My Dead Mom scooped up 8 nominations and children's sci-fi bid Davey and Jonesie's Locker received 10 nominations.

Best drama series

• Children Ruin Everything
• Don't Even
• Late Bloomer
• The Office Movers
• One More Time

Best play series

• Allegiance
• Bones of Crows
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
• Potluck Ladies
• Sight Unseen

The yearly event, which recognizes excellence successful Canadian film, tv and integer media, is scheduled to statesman connected May 30 and volition culminate connected June 1 with a amusement hosted by comedian Lisa Gilroy. It will aerial unrecorded connected CBC Gem astatine 8 p.m. ET.

In total, 265 feature, documentary and abbreviated films received nominations for this year's Canadian Screen Awards, portion 433 tv and integer media titles were nominated. 

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Other nominees:

John Dunning grant for champion archetypal diagnostic film 

• Deaner '89
• Hunting Daze 
• Mongrels
• Seeds
• Village Keeper
• Who Do I Belong To

Performance successful a starring relation (film, drama)

• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
• Oshim Ottawa, Atikamekw Suns 
• Britt Lower, Darkest Miriam
• Carrie-Anne Moss, Die Alone
• Chaïmaa Zineddine Elidrissi, Gamma Rays
• Sean Dalton, Skeet
• Christine Beaulieu, The Thawing of Ice
• Olunike Adeliyi, Village Keeper

Performance successful a starring relation (film, comedy)

• Maïla Valentir, Ababooned 
• Paul Spence, Deaner '89
• Taylor Olson, Look astatine Me
• Emily Lê, Paying for It
• Cate Blanchett, Rumours
• Kaniehtiio Horn, Seeds
• Rojina Esmaeili, Universal Language
• Pirouz Nemati, Universal Language

Best pb performer (drama series)

• Supinder Wraich, Allegiance
• Grace Dove, Bones of Crows
• Michelle Morgan, Heartland
• Mayko Nguyen, Hudson & Rex
• Kathleen Munroe, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
• Aden Young, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
• Hélène Joy, Murdoch Mysteries
• Vinessa Antoine, Plan B

Best pb performer (comedy series)

• Aaron Abrams, Children Ruin Everything
• Meaghan Rath, Children Ruin Everything
• Mary Walsh, The Missus Downstairs
• Daniel Beirne, One More Time
• D.J. Demers, One More Time
• Rakhee Morzaria, Run the Burbs
• Andrew Phung, Run the Burbs
• Anastasia Phillips, The Trades

Best factual series

• In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery
• Little Big Community
• PD True
• Who Killed WCW?
• Who Owns the World