2026 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: ‘North of North,’ ’40 Acres’ lead pack
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Hit hockey romance 'Heated Rivalry' scored 18 nominations, including best drama series and best lead performer nods for François Arnaud and Hudson Williams.
A raunchy Arctic comedy series and a nerve-jangling post-apocalyptic thriller are the leading nominees going into this year’s Canadian Screen Awards.
North of North tops both TV and overall nominations with 20, including best comedy series and a lead performer nomination for Anna Lambe.
The Nunavut-shot series, co-produced by CBC and Netflix in partnership with APTN, stars Lambe as a young Inuk mother who craves more than the predictable life she’s been living in Ice Cove, a tight-knit Arctic town.
Meanwhile, 40 Acres leads the film categories with 10 nominations, including best motion picture and directing nods for R.T. Thorne, who is also up for best first feature. The film stars Danielle Deadwyler as an ex-military matriarch who protects her family in a famine-ravaged future.
Crave’s hit hockey romance Heated Rivalry scored 18 nominations, including best drama series, a directing nod for Jacob Tierney and best lead performer nods for François Arnaud and Hudson Williams.
A new rule comes into effect this year that states only Canadian citizens and permanent residents qualify for the acting awards. That makes Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie, who was born in Colorado and raised in Texas, ineligible.
Hosted by comedian Andrew Phung, the Canadian Screen Awards will air simultaneously on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global and STACKTV on May 31.
Among other top film contenders are French-Canadian comedy Follies, horror-thriller Honey Bunch and time-hopping bromance Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, which have eight nods each.
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