March 25, 2026

The 2026 Canadian Screen Award Nominees

WIFF films receive 79 nominations.

This morning, the 13th Canadian Screen Award nominees were announced. WIFF 2024’s 40 Acres leads the nominations with 10 overall, followed closely by WIFF 2025 selections Follies and Honey Bunch, with 8 nominations each. The WIFF 2025 Opening Night Film, Mile End Kicks, directed by Chandler Levack, received 7 nominations.

Overall, official selections of WIFF earned 79 nominations across all categories. A number of nominations went to previous WIFF Prize in Canadian Film Nominees, including Compulsive Liar 2, The Cost of Heaven, In Cold Light, Lovely Day, Peak Everything, Two Women, Where Souls Go, and Really Happy Someday. Other WIFF films nominated this morning include Wrong Husband, Who by Fire, At the Place of Ghosts, Nika & Madison, Yunan, The Track, Modern Whore, Saints and Warriors, The Mother and the Bear, The Train, The Well, Fanny, Sweet Summer Pow Wow, Shifting Baselines, and There Are No Words.

See the full list of nominees below.

Best Motion Picture

40 Acres
Blue Heron
The Cost of Heaven
Follies
Lovely Day
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
The Things You Kill
Wrong Husband

Achievement in Direction

RT Thorne, 40 Acres
Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron
Eric K Boulianne, Follies
Heather Young, There, There
Alireza Khatami, The Things You Kill
Zacharias Kunuk, Wrong Husband

Achievement in Casting

Stephanie Gorin, 40 Acres
Sharon Forrest, All the Lost Ones
Angela Quinn, Katrin Braga, Blue Heron
Tannaz Keshavarz-Agulto, Boxcutter
Annie St-Pierre, Mile End Kicks

Achievement in Cinematography

Edith Labbé, 1+1+1 Life, Love, Chaos
Jeremy Benning, 40 Acres
Andrew Appelle, Deathstalker
Nikolay Michaylov, Measures for a Funeral
Jared Raab, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
J Stevens, Really Happy Someday
Catherine Lutes, There There
Ronald Plante, Yunan

Achievement in Costume Design

Crystal Silden, All the Lost Ones
Chelsea Graham, Deathstalker
Melinda Dempster, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Heather Hedley, Honey Bunch
Mara Zigler, Measures for a Funeral
Leslie Kavanagh, Whistle

Achievement in Art Direction

Peter Cosco, 40 Acres
Joshua Turpin, Chloé Olson, Deathstalker
Joshua Turpin, Honey Bunch
Kerry Noonan, Malcolm McKenzie, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Antonin Sorel, The Train

Achievement in Editing

Kurt Walker, Blue Heron
Myriam Magassouba, Follies
Simone Smith, Mile End Kicks
Jane MacRae, Nika & Madison
Matthieu Bouchard, Chloé Robichaud, Two Women

Achievement in Hair

Toni Warren, At the Place of Ghosts
Sava Zeranska, Honey Bunch
Lyne Lapiana, Lovely Day
Pina Robinson, The Mother and the Bear
Karola Dirnberger, Whistle

Achievement in Make-Up

Charlotte Gavaris, Chris Bridges, At the Place of Ghosts
Erin Sweeney, Jaye Falcioni, Tanya Bishoff, Deathstalker
Niamh Mc Cann, Tenile Shockey, François Dagenais, Honey Bunch
Heather Jennings, Steven Kostanski, Patrick Baxter, Scared Shitless
Ashly Mckessock, Soul’s Road

Achievement in Music – Original Score

Todor Kobakov, 40 Acres
Steph Copeland, It Feeds
Adrian Ellis, Walker Grimshaw, The Legacy of Cloudy Falls
Erica Procunier, Please, After You
Suad Bushnaq, Yunan

Achievement in Music – Original Song

“Wildflower,” Brent Bodrug, Julian Stirpe, Siobhan Bodrug, Dream Eater
“A / S / L,” David Carriere, Jane Penny, Mile End Kicks
“The Alphabet Song,” Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Achievement in Sound Editing

Ed Douglas, Dermain Finlayson, 40 Acres
Matthew Chan, Bret Killoran, Gabriella Wallace, Honey Bunch
Elma Bello, Gabe Knox, James Bastable, Michelle Irving, Mile End Kicks
Jane Tattersall, Sue Conley, David Evans, Out Standing
Christopher Russell, Joe Scandella, Josh Fagen, Louis Duranleau, The Well

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Matthew Chan, Honey Bunch
Michelle Irving, Jeremy Fong, Pablo Villegas, Mile End Kicks
Lou Solakofski, Maryan P’yatnochka, Nika & Madison
Rudy Michael, Lucas Roveda, Dave Mercel, Adam Clark, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Brianna Todd, Carter Buckman, Sway

Achievement in Visual Effects

Cody Kennedy, Deathstalker
Tristan Zerafa, Lou Gatti, Mike Stadnyckyj, Graham Houston, Toshi Kosaka, James Soares, Christopher Shewchuk, Jeniree Bastidas, Onur Can Yol, Luca Tarantini, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Marc Hall, Moon Marsolais, Vincent Campbell, David Atexide, Glavens Monfleury, Out Standing
Vinesh Vickinadas, Scared Shitless
Matt Glover, Dave Sauro, Whistle

Adapted Screenplay

Philippe Falardeau, Lovely Day
Mélanie Charbonneau, Martine Pagé, Out Standing
Catherine Léger, Two Women

Original Screenplay

RT Thorne, Glenn Taylor, 40 Acres
Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron
Alexandre Auger, Mathieu Denis, The Cost of Heaven
Alexandre Auger, Eric K Boulianne, Follies
Chandler Levack, Mile End Kicks
Alireza Khatami, The Things You Kill

Best Stunt Coordination

Angelica Lisk-Hann, 40 Acres
Alex Chung, Tyler Williams, Deathstalker
Chris Mark, Carl Fortin, Honey Bunch
Sébastien Rouleau, Tom Eirikson, Jordan Dodds, In Cold Light
Dan Iaboni, Whistle

Performance in a Leading Role, Drama

Jasmin Geljo, Cat’s Cry
Milya Corbeil Gauvreau, Fanny
Grace Glowicki, Honey Bunch
Nina Kiri, Out Standing
Michaela Kurimsky, Sweet Angel Baby
Marlene Jewell, There, There
Noah Parker, Who by Fire
Theresia Kappianaq, Wrong Husband

Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy

Eric K Boulianne, Follies
Catherine Chabot, Follies
France Castel, The Furies
Neil Elias, Lovely Day
Jay McCarrol, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Patrick Hivon, Peak Everything
Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Two Women
Laurence Leboeuf, Two Women

Performance in a Supporting Role, Drama

Edik Beddoes, Blue Heron
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Sweet Angel Baby
Katie Matatall, There, There
Monia Chokri, Where Souls Go
Micheline Lanctôt, Where Souls Go
Paul Ahmarani, Who by Fire
Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Who by Fire
Leah Panimera, Wrong Husband

Performance in a Supporting Role, Comedy

Catherine Chabot, Compulsive Liar 2
Agathe Ledoux, Follies
Hassan Mahbouba, Lovely Day
Rose-Marie Perreault, Lovely Day
Devon Bostick, Mile End Kicks
Matt Johnson, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Graham Greene, Sweet Summer Pow Wow
Juliette Gariépy, Two Women

Best Feature Length Documentary

Endless Cookie
James Bay 1975: The Shock of Two Nations
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Spare My Bones, Coyote!
The Track

Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary

Etienne Roussy, Among Mountains and Streams
Marcel Mueller, CIRCO
Kyle Sandilands, Everest Dark
Glauco Bermudez, François Messier-Rheault, Shifting Baselines
Iris Ng, There Are No Words

Best Editing in a Feature-Length Documentary

Cindy Au Yeung, Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines
Andrew Beach, Graham Withers, It’s All Gonna Break
Nicole Bazuin, Modern Whore
Ricardo Acosta, CCE, Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Greg Ng, Hart Snider, Saints and Warriors

Best Original Music in a Feature-Length Documentary

Tom Third, Modern Whore
Gagan Singh, Singhs in the Ring
Marc Bell, Spare My Bones, Coyote!
Genevieve Vincent, The Stand
Edo Van Breemen, The Track

Best Sound Design in a Feature-Length Documentary

Andrew Zukerman, Endless Cookie
Eli Haligua, Blair Moog, Fatih Ragbet, Gulay Acar, Fairy Creek
Gregor Phillips, D’wayne Murray, Ramsay Bourquin, May Guimarães, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch, Jake Kerr, Peter Robinson, Saints and Warriors
Simon Plouffe, Seeing Through the Darkness
Sylvain Brassard, Spare My Bones, Coyote!

Best Short Documentary