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With a heavy thud, the Canadian Screen Awards, a blending of the former Gemini and Genie awards, announced its nominees Monday morning.
If the Canadian prizes are unable to compete with the Emmys and Oscars when it comes to prestige, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television apparently are compensating with sheer size. In the Academy's ponderous press release, the TV awards alone took up 46 pages with popular categories (best dramatic series) alongside more obscure nominations (best editorial research; best sound in an information/documentary or lifestyle program or series).
Within those pages, Manitoba-made television product certainly fared better than theatrical films, with multiple nominations for the final season of...