The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017."Award Season Begins". Northern Stars, December 13, 2017. Nominations were announced on January 16, 2018.
Emma Hunter and Jonny Harris hosted the ceremony, which was held at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of advance galas throughout the week, promoted to as Canadian Screen Week, leading up to the main televised ceremony. Anne with an E received the most nominations, with 13 in total.
In the film categories, Maudie won the most awards, with seven, while Alias Grace, The Amazing Race Canada, and Cardinal all tied with six wins each in the television categories.
Film Nominees and winners are: Motion Picture Direction Maudie – Bob Cooper, Mary Young Leckie, Mary Sexton, Susan MullenAva – Kiarash Anvari, Sadaf Foroughi The Breadwinner – Andrew Rosen, Anthony Leo, Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) – Richard Lalonde The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) – Marcel Giroux Never Steady, Never Still – James Brown, Tyler Hagan Ravenous (Les Affamés) – Stéphanie Morissette | valign="top" | Aisling Walsh, Maudie Robin Aubert, Ravenous (Les Affamés) Alexis Durand-Brault, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Sadaf Foroughi, Ava Ian Lagarde, All You Can Eat Buddha Actor in a leading role Actress in a leading role Nabil Rajo, Boost Antoine L'Écuyer, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Tzi Ma, Meditation Park Émile Proulx-Cloutier, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Gabriel Sabourin, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Sally Hawkins, Maudie Denise Filiatrault, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Shirley Henderson, Never Steady, Never Still Mahour Jabbari, Ava Marine Johnson, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Actor in a supporting role Actress in a supporting role Ethan Hawke, Maudie Sylvio Arriola, All You Can Eat Buddha Jahmil French, Boost Sladen Peltier, Indian Horse Natar Ungalaaq, Iqaluit Bahar Noohian, Ava Oluniké Adeliyi, Boost Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Porcupine Lake Clare Coulter, Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Brigitte Poupart, Ravenous (Les Affamés) Original Screenplay Adapted Screenplay Sherry White, Maudie Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout, Adventures in Public School Sadaf Foroughi, Ava Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still Sarah Kolasky and Adam Garnet Jones, Great Great Great Anita Doron, The Breadwinner Nicole Bélanger, Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Susan Coyne, The Man Who Invented Christmas Simon Lavoie, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Gabriel Sabourin, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Feature Length Documentary Short Documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World – Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Lisa Roth, Stevie Salas, Tim Johnson, Diana Holtzberg, Jan Rofekamp, Ernest WebbManic – Kalina Bertin, Marina Serrao, Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) – Christine Falco, François Jacob, Vuk Stojanovic Resurrecting Hassan – Carlo Guillermo Proto, Roxanne Sayegh, Pablo Villegas, Maria Paz Gonzalez Unarmed Verses – Charles Officer, Lea Marin | valign="top" | Take a Walk on the Wildside – Lisa Rideout, Lauren Grant, Sasha FisherBabe, I Hate to Go – Andrew Moir Three Thousand – Asinnajaq, Kat Baulu |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Live Action Short Drama ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Animated Short |- | valign="top" | Fluffy – Lee FilipovskiThe Beep Test (La Course navette) – Maxime Aubert, Audrey D. Laroche Garage at Night (Garage de soir) – Daniel Daigle, Aurélie Breton Plain and Simple (Tout simplement) – Raphaël Ouellet, Annick Blanc Pre-Drink – Marc-Antoine Lemire, Maria Gracia Turgeon | valign="top" | The Tesla World Light – Matthew Rankin, Julie RoyDam! The Story of Kit the Beaver – Kjell Boersma, Josh Clavir Fox and the Whale – Robin Joseph Hedgehog's Home – Eva Cvijanović, Vanja Andrijević, Jelena Popović Manivald – Chintis Lundgren, Draško Ivezić, Jelena Popović |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Art Direction/Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Cinematography |- | valign="top" | François Séguin, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) Guillaume Couture, Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Sophie Jarvis and Liz Cairns, Never Steady, Never Still Siamak Karinejad, Ava Marjorie Rhéaume, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Nicolas Bolduc, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) Nicolas Canniccioni, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Sina Kermanizadeh, Ava Mathieu Laverdière, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Norm Li, Never Steady, Never Still Costume Design Editing Trysha Bakker, Maudie Julie Bécotte, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Mario Davignon, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Brigitte Desroches, Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette, All You Can Eat Buddha Stephen O'Connell, Maudie Kiarash Anvari, Ava Darragh Byrne, The Breadwinner Louis-Philippe Rathé, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Simone Smith, Never Steady, Never Still Overall Sound Sound Editing Claude La Haye and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) Philippe Attié, Boost Sylvain Bellemare, All You Can Eat Buddha Pierre Bertrand, Stéphane Bergeron, Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher and Maxime Potvin, Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Matt Drake, Nate Evans and Christopher O'Brien, Never Steady, Never Still Nelson Ferreira, John Elliot, J. R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo and Tyler Whitham, The Breadwinner Claude Beaugrand, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Sylvain Bellemare, All You Can Eat Buddha Marie-Claude Gagné, Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Christian Rivest, Antoine Morin, Thibaud Quinchon, Guy Pelletier and Guy Francœur, Goon: Last of the Enforcers Achievement in Music: Original Score Achievement in Music: Original Song Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, The Breadwinner Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool and Alexis Martin, Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Pierre-Philippe Côté, Ravenous (Les Affamés) Ben Fox, Never Steady, Never Still Terry Riley and Gyan Riley, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) Qais Essar and Joshua Hill, "The Crown Sleeps" – The Breadwinner Dani Bailey, "Rid the Dark" – Hunting Pignut Joey Sherrett, Chris Gordon and Nathaniel Huskinson, "CTS Thief" – Boost Make-Up Visual Effects Erik Gosselin and Marie-France Guy, Ravenous (Les Affamés) Kathryn Casault, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) Sonia Dolan, The Man Who Invented Christmas Bruno Gatien, All You Can Eat Buddha Marlène Rouleau, Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Alain Lachance, Yann Jouannic, Hugo Léveillé, Nadège Bozetti, Antonin Messier-Turcotte, Thibault Deloof and Francis Bernard, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) Jonathan Piché Delorme, Fabienne Mouillac, Alain Lachance, Caroline Guagliardo, Alexandre Tremblay, Thibault Deloof and Benoit Gagnon, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Greg Behrens, Brendan Taylor, Jasmine Scott and Martin O'Brien, The Man Who Invented Christmas Marc Hall, Jonathan Cyr, Emmanuel Bazin, Clément Natiez and Emmanuelle Gill, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Marc Hall, The Cyclotron (Le Cyclotron) Best Cinematography in a Documentary Best Editing in a Documentary Alfonso Maiorana, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Mike McLaughlin, Unarmed Verses Duraid Munajim, My Enemy, My Brother Carlo Guillermo Proto, Resurrecting Hassan Vuk Stojanovic, François Jacob and Ilya Zima, A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) Benjamin Duffield and Jeremiah Hayes, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Frank Cassano, Sled Dogs Anouk Deschênes, Manic François Jacob and Jéricho Jeudy, A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) Roland Schlimme, Long Time Running John Dunning Discovery Award Special awards Black Cop – Cory Bowles, Aaron HortonThe Devout – Connor Gaston, Amanda Verhagen Wexford Plaza – Joyce Wong, Matt Greyson, Harry Cherniak | valign="top" | Best First Feature: Ava – Sadaf Foroughi"Sadaf Foroughi's 'Ava' wins best first feature film from Canadian Screen Awards". National Post, January 31, 2018. Golden Screen Award: Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2)
Television
Programs Drama series Comedy series Anne 19–2 Mary Kills People Pure Vikings Kim's Convenience Letterkenny Michael: Every Day Nirvanna the Band the Show Workin' Moms Animated program or series Documentary program Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Beat Bugs Camp Lakebottom Hotel Transylvania Wandering Wenda Rise Cheer Up Kosher Love Much Too Young Sickboy Children's or youth fiction Children's or youth non-fiction Odd Squad Degrassi: Next Class L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew The Next Step Science Max Finding Stuff Out The Mystery Files This Is My Family Undercover High Factual Program or Series History Documentary Program or Series Mayday Employable Me Konnected.tv Payday Taken The Nature of Things: "Lost Secrets of the Pyramid"Black Watch Snipers Hunting Nazi Treasure Real Vikings: "Viking Women" Searching for Vimy's Lost Soldiers |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Lifestyle Program or Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Limited Series |- | valign="top" | Property Brothers Backyard Builds Dead Set on Life The Goods Great Canadian Homes Alias Grace Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall Cardinal The Disappearance The Kennedys: After Camelot Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series Pre-School Program or Series Rush: Time Stand Still Exhibitionists Extraordinary Canadians Interrupt This Program Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star PAW Patrol The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Dino Dana Justin Time Max & Ruby Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series (Rob Stewart Award) Social/Political Documentary Program (Donald Brittain Award) The Nature of Things: "The Wild Canadian Year" – Jeff Turner, Sue Turner, Caroline UnderwoodCall of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees – Merit Jensen Carr, Jeff McKay The Nature of Things: "The Great Wild Indoors" – David York, Bryn Hughes, Roberto Verdecchia The Nature of Things: "Running on Empty: Surviving California's Epic Drought" – Mike Downie, David Wells The Water Brothers – Jonathan Barker, Wendy MacKeigan, Jane Jankovic | valign="top" | The Secret Path – Stuart Coxe, Mike Downie, Jocelyn Hamilton, Gord Downie, Justin Stephenson, Jeff Lemire, Sarah Polley, Patrick DownieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone – Fred Peabody, Peter Raymont, Steve Ord, Andrew Munger, Jeff Cohen, Oliver Stone Colonization Road – Michelle St. John, Brendan Brady, Jordan O'Connor, Shane Belcourt, Evan Adams Migrant Dreams – Min Sook Lee, Lisa Valencia-Svensson The Skin We're In – Gordon Henderson, Stuart Henderson |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Sketch comedy program or series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Talk program or series |- | valign="top" | Baroness von Sketch Show The Beaverton Rick Mercer Report This Hour Has 22 Minutes The Marilyn Denis Show CityLine Howie Mandel: A Bell Let's Talk Special