It’s that time of the year again! Awards Season wouldn’t be complete without the Canadian Screen Awards, set to take place Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts for a fourth year. The Gala to be hosted by comedian Norm MacDonald, recognizes  the finest accomplishments in Canadian Film, Digital Media and Television, revealing its nominees this morning at TIFF Bell Lightbox with the help of Actors Aislinn Paul (Degrassi, Heroes Reborn) and Lyriq Bent (The Book of Negroes).  The Duo were revealed as nominees too.

Leading the Film nominees this year is Academy Award Best Picture-nominated ROOM with eleven nods including Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Art Direction, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Makeup, Music, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Actor in a Leading Role (Jacob Tremblay), Actress in a Leading Role (Brie Larson) and Actress in a Supporting Role (Joan Allen). Both Larson and nine-year-old Tremblay are fresh off Critics’ Choice Awards this past weekend for their work in the Toronto-made Film.

Following closely behind were HYENA ROAD, which despite a whopping eight nominations didn’t receive a Best Motion Picture nomination, and French-language Film OUR LOVED ONES with seven nominations.

SCHITT’S CREEK leads Television category nominees with 14 nominations, plus one in the Digital Media division, including Best Comedy Series, Best Direction in a Comedy Series (twice), Best Photography in a Comedy Series, Best Editing in a Comedy Series, Best Writing in a Comedy Series (twice), Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Chris Elliott) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara). Interestingly, father-son duo Eugene and Daniel Levy are going head-to-head in this category.

CSAs favourite Orphan Black follows closely behind in second with 13 nominations.  Tied with 12 nominations apiece were Mr. D and 19-2.

A star-studded list of nominees were announced with the likes of Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Plummer, Jared Keeso, Tatiana Maslany, Missy Peregrym, Megan Follows and several more. We wait to see the list of talent to grace the Red Carpet in March!

Earlier at the Press Conference, the new Discovery Award was presented to Director Yosef Baraki and Producers Andrew Korogyi and Asef Baraki for their Afghanistan-filmed Feature, MINA WALKING.  The Award is for emerging Filmmakers working with a budget of under $250k.

Once again this year, Fans will get a chance to connect with their favourite Canadian stars  Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Eaton Centre in the Canadian Screen Awards Fanzone.  Fans also will be given a chance to win a spot in the Red Carpet section at the Sony Centre on the day of the Awards and even have a chance to vote for their favourite Canadian star in the Fan’s Choice Award voting.  Details can be found here.

The 2016 Canadian Screen Awards air 8 PM on CBC Sunday, March 13, 2016.  See the full list of Nominees here.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

If you’ve seen There’s Something About Mary, chances are the character Woogie has forever left a mark on you! Chris Elliott‘s body of work has ranged from Film to turns on highly-recognizable TV Series like How I Met Your Mother, The Nanny, Wings, Saturday Night Live and now Toronto-filmed Sitcom, Schitt’s Creek.

Elliott in the Series, plays Roland Schitt on the Series about a formerly-wealthy Couple (Eugene Lev forced to start over on their one remaining property in a small town called Schitt’s Creek. The Series wraps filming of its second season at the end of June.

We spotted Elliott stopping for a quick grocery run. Despite working all day, he was more than nice still, taking Selfies with Fans. Coincidentally his Mary Co-Star Lin Shaye also was just in town!

See our Snap:

Awesome meeting this Funnyman, #ChrisElliott. Remember him from #TheresSomethingAboutMary and #SNL? He’s in-town filming #SchittsCreek Season 2.

A photo posted by Will Wong (@mrwillwong) on Jun 1, 2015 at 9:25pm PDT

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong/CBC)