#FIRSTLOOK: 2025 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD BROADCAST GALA WINNERS – “THE APPRENTICE”, “CANADA’S DRAG RACE”, AND “UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE” AMONG TOP WINNERS

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) revealed the final group of winners of the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards tonight as this year’s events came to a close, bringing an end to three days of celebrating the best in Canadian film, television, and digital media.

Tonight’s winners were unveiled during The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, hosted by Comedian Lisa Gilroy and broadcast live on CBC and CBC Gem. The ceremony saw Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent take home Best Drama Series, while Children Ruin Everything won Best Comedy Series, presented by Lionsgate Canada. Supinder Wraich of Allegiance was awarded Best Lead Performer, Drama Series, presented by the Canada Media Fund and Andrew Phung of Run the Burbs won Best Lead Performer, Comedy. In film, The Apprentice was awarded Best Motion Picture and Performance in a Leading Role, Drama for Sebastian Stan; Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy went to Cate Blanchett for Rumours.

The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards also featured several memorable moments celebrating a selection of this year’s Special Award honourees. Kardinal Offishall honoured Marsha Greene with the Changemaker Award, presented by Insight Productions, while Lamar Johnson awarded the Radius Award, presented by MADE | NOUS, to Manny Jacinto. On stage, Greene and Jacinto each shared words of gratitude

List of winners below:

Best Lead Performer, Comedy

Run the Burbs
CBC (CBC)
(Pier 21 Films Ltd.)
Andrew Phung

Best Reality/Competition Program or Series

Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, DR Canada Four Productions Inc.)
Trevor Boris, Yette Vandendam, Betty Orr, Laura Michalchyshyn, Michael Kot, Justin Stockman, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, RuPaul Charles, Spencer Fritz, Brett Ashley, Tomás Maturana

Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award

The Way Home
W Network (Corus Entertainment)
(Neshama Entertainment, Fox Entertainment Studios)
Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, Marly Read, Arnie Zipursky, Suzanne Berger, Chyler Leigh, Andie MacDowell, Fernando Szew, Hannah Pillemer, Larry Grimaldi, Ani Kevork, John Calvert, Mitch Geddes, Jessica Runck

Radius Award, presented by MADE | NOUS

Manny Jacinto

Best Comedy Series
Sponsor | Lionsgate Canada

Children Ruin Everything
CTV (Bell Media)
(New Metric Media)
Mark Montefiore, Kurt Smeaton, Meaghan Rath, Anita Kapila, Chuck Tatham, Andrew De Angelis, Kathleen Phillips, Alyson Richards, Max Wolfond

Best Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur long métrage documentaire

Yintah – Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano, Bob Moore, Sam Vinal, Doris Rosso, Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin

Achievement in Direction | Meilleure réalisation

Matthew Rankin – Universal Language | Une langue universelle

Changemaker Award, presented by Insight Productions

Marsha Greene

Canada Media Fund Kids’ Choice Award

Warrior Up!
APTN (APTN)
(Picture This Productions)
David Finch, Maureen Marovitch

Performance in a Leading Role, Drama | Meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle, drame

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Motion Picture | Meilleur film

The Apprentice – Daniel Bekerman

Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy | Meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle, comédie

Cate Blanchett – Rumours

Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
Sponsor | The Canada Media Fund

Allegiance
CBC (CBC)
(Lark Productions)
Supinder Wraich

Best Drama Series

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Citytv (Rogers Sports & Media)
(Cameron Pictures, Lark Productions)
Erin Haskett, Tassie Cameron, Amy Cameron, David Valleau, Alex Patrick, Tex Antonucci, Wanda Chaffey
2025 Canadian Screen Award Winners Announced

This year, the Canadian Screen Awards recognized excellence across 149 film, television, and digital media categories. In television, Canada’s Drag Race led both television and overall honours with eight, including Best Reality/Competition Program or Series. Wynonna Earp: Vengeance won seven Canadian Screen Awards including Best TV Movie, and documentary series The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal also took home seven awards including Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series.

In film, Universal Language | Une langue universelle went home with six awards, including Achievement in Direction for Matthew Rankin and Original Screenplay, presented by Telefilm Canada. The Apprentice won five awards including Performance in a Supporting Role, Drama for Jeremy Strong, while the Canadian Screen Award for Performance in a Supporting Role, Comedy went to Graham Greene for Seeds. Best Feature Length Documentary went to Yintah, and the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award went to Karen Chapman for Village Keeper.

The Digital Media categories saw Stories from my Gay Grandparents win awards for Best Web Program or Series, Fiction and Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series for Tricia Black. Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series went to Megan Follows for My Dead Mom.

“The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards have been an extraordinary showcase of everything that makes our screen-based industries exceptional, honouring the creators, performers, and visionaries shaping Canadian storytelling,” said Tammy Frick, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “From bold new voices to globally recognized talent, congratulations to all of our 2025 Canadian Screen Award winners, nominees, and Special Award recipients. You each inspire us all with your work.”

The Canadian Screen Awards gathers annually the top talent in Canadian film, television, and digital media on one stage, and 2025 was no different. The vast majority of the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards were handed out live in Toronto at the CBC Broadcast Centre on May 30, 2025 and May 31, 2025 over a series of four shows, hosted by notable Canadian personalities: Michelle Dubé, Omar Sachedina, Chloe Wilde, Sonia Mangat, Carinne Leduc, Nigel Downer, and Allie Pearse. Additional Special Award recipients were also honoured during the award ceremonies: This Hour Has 22 Minutes received the Sustainable Production Award, presented by CBC; while Ellis Jacob and Denise Robert were each recognized with the Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute Award.

You can view The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards in its entirety for free on CBC Gem and all other shows at CanadianScreenAwards.ca.

The full list of 2025 Canadian Screen Award winners can be viewed here.

Highlights from the evening:

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About the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is the largest non-profit professional arts organization in Canada with a membership of more than 4,000 emerging and established English and Francophone industry professionals. Founded in 1979, the Canadian Academy is dedicated to recognizing, celebrating, and advocating for Canadian talent in the film, television, and digital media sectors while remaining committed to nurturing all levels of talent through professional development, networking opportunities, and guidance that contribute to industry growth, inclusion, and mentorship. The Canadian Academy annually produces the Canadian Screen Awards, bringing together the screen-based industries to honour and celebrate the country’s top talent, as well as the Gémeaux Awards, which recognize the best in French-language television and digital media productions in Canada.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television proudly acknowledges the support of its Leading Media Partner, CBC; Premier Partner, Telefilm Canada; Platinum Partner, Bell Media; and its Lead Partners, Netflix, the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Media Producers Association, Cineplex, the Cogeco Fund, and WBD Access Canada.

For information on membership and programming visit academy.ca.

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