Leo Awards
2021
Best Motion Picture
All-in Madonna – developed through NSI Features First by director Arnold Lim and writer Susie Winters
Brother, I Cry – Jessie Anthony (NSI Art of Business Management – Indigenous Edition)
Monkey Beach – directed and co-written by Loretta Todd (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), co-written by Johnny Darrell and Andrew Duncan (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and produced by Carla Robinson (NSI Business for Producers) and Jason James (NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction Motion Picture
Jessie Anthony – Brother, I Cry / WINNER
Arnold Lim – All-in Madonna
Loretta Todd – Monkey Beach
Best Screenwriting Motion Picture
Jessie Anthony – Brother, I Cry / WINNER
Johnny Darrell, Andrew Duncan, Loretta Todd – Monkey Beach
Best Direction Television Movie
Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television) – A Love To Remember / WINNER
Peter Benson (NSI Totally Television) – Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist & Seek
Best Cinematography Short Documentary
David Malysheff (TELUS STORYHIVE) – Listening To Orcas / WINNER
Best Screenwriting Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Sonja Bennett (TELUS Optik™ Local) – Letterkenny, “Scorched Earth” / WINNER
Best Cinematography Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series
Amy Belling (NSI Features First) – BC Was Awesome – Barnard’s Express
Best Animation Program
Try to Fly – from The Affolter Brothers (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Best Art Direction, Animation Program
Try to Fly – from The Affolter Brothers
Best Direction, Animation Program
Try to Fly – from The Affolter Brothers
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program
Try to Fly – from The Affolter Brothers
Best Animation Series
Corner Gas Animated – executive produced by Virginia Thompson and Robert de Lint (both NSI Features First)
Best Direction Youth or Children’s Program or Series
Nimisha Mukerji (NSI Totally Television) – Gabby Duran & The Unsittables, “Vortex & Night Train” / WINNER
Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing) – Endlings “Unwelcome Home”
Best Web Series
Narcoleap – a TELUS STORYHIVE 100K funded web series from director and executive producer Kate Green (NSI Totally Television, NSI Lifestyle & Reality Series Producer) / WINNER
2020
Best Motion Picture
Ash – Amber Ripley (NSI Drama Prize)
Come to Daddy – Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First)
The Curse of the Willow Song – Karen Lam and Karen Wong (both NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)
Rustic Oracle – produced by Jason Brennan (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) / WINNER
Best Direction + Best Screenwriting, Motion Picture
Karen Lam – The Curse of the Willow Song / WINNER
Best Direction, Television Movie
Nimisha Mukerji (NSI Totally Television) – Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
Best Cinematography, Television Movie
Amy Belling (NSI Features First) – Ghosting: The Spirit Of Christmas / WINNER
Best Picture Editing, Television Movie
Simon Davidson (NSI Totally Television) – Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story / WINNER
Best Short Drama
B-Side – Alayna Silverberg (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Idols Never Die – Thomas Affolter and Derek Kwan (both TELUS STORYHIVE)
We Came From the Sea – Jeremy Lutter (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First) and Ryan Bright (NSI Features First) / WINNER
Best Direction + Best Screenwriting, Short Drama
Jerome Yoo (TELUS STORYHIVE) – Idols Never Die
Best Dramatic Series
Fortunate Son – Erin Haskett (NSI Drama Prize) / WINNER
Best Screenwriting, Dramatic Series
Sarah Dodd (NSI Features First) – Fortunate Son – Ruby Tuesday
Best Documentary Series
D’amours Et D’eau Fraiche – Sylvie Peltier (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)
Best Short Documentary Program
Sadika’s Garden – Chad Galloway, Julia Iriarte (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Hayashi Studio – Hayley Gray (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Best Direction, Short Documentary Program
Chad Galloway, Julia Iriarte – Sadika’s Garden
Hayley Gray – Hayashi Studio
Best Screenwriting, Short Documentary Program
Hayley Gray – Hayashi Studio
Best Cinematography, Short Documentary Program
Kaayla Whachell – Hayashi Studio
Vince Arvidson – Sadika’s Garden
Best Picture Editing, Short Documentary Program
Elad Tzadok – Hayashi Studio
Best Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series
BC was Awesome – Greg Crompton (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Best Direction + Best Screenwriting, Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series
Greg Crompton – BC was Awesome – Searching for Spirit Bear
Best Animation Program or Series
Dorg Van Dango – Kirsten Newlands (NSI Totally Television)
Best Youth or Children’s Program or Series
Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show – Loretta Todd (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Best Direction Youth or Children’s Program or Series
Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing) – Odd Squad – Raising the Bar / WINNER
Best Performance Youth or Children’s Program or Series
Peter Benson (NSI Totally Television) – The Healing Power of Dude – Middle School Musical / WINNER
Best Web Series
Hudson – Scott Lepp (NSI Features First)
Best Feature Length Documentary
Eddy’s Kingdom – Greg Crompton
Best Direction + Best Screenwriting, Feature Length Documentary
Greg Crompton – Eddy’s Kingdom
Best Cinematography Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series
Amy Belling (NSI Features First) – BC was Awesome – Searching for Spirit Bear
Best Picture Editing, Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Simon Davidson (NSI Totally Television) – Malibu Rescue – Stranger Flings
Best Casting, Television Movie
Hayley Gray – Indian Road Trip
Best Musical Score, Short Documentary Program
Mark Lazeski – Sadika’s Garden
Best Lead Performance by a Female, Television Movie
Jennifer Laporte (TELUS STORYHIVE) – V.C. Andrews’ Web of Dreams
Best Performance by a Female, Short Drama
Fiona Vroom (TELUS STORYHIVE) – Tipped
Best Performance by a Male, Short Drama
Chad Rook (TELUS STORYHIVE) – We Came from the Sea
Best Guest Performance by a Male, Dramatic Series
Peter Benson (NSI Totally Television) – The Good Doctor – Risk and Reward
2019
Best Screenwriting, Motion Picture
Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers) – Red Snow
Best Direction, Television Movie
David Weaver (NSI Drama Prize) – Every Day is Christmas
Best Short Drama
Encore – Arnold Lim (NSI Features First)
Best Short Documentary
Finding Big Country – produced by Kathleen Jayme, Michael Grand, James Brown(TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
After the Sirens – produced by Jason James (NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction, Short Documentary
Kathleen Jayme – Finding Big Country / WINNER
Best Screenwriting, Short Documentary
Kathleen Jayme – Finding Big Country / WINNER
Best Cinematography, Short Documentary
Odessa Shuquaya – NSI IndigiDocs short Cedar Tree of Life
Best Sound, Short Documentary
Eva Madden (NSI Drama Prize) – Cedar Tree of Life
Best Documentary Series
Bud Empire – produced by Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)
Paramedics: Life on the Line – produced by Erin Haskett (NSI Drama Prize)/ WINNER
Red Chef Revival – produced by Priyanka Desai, Jasleen Kaur, Ryan Mah (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Best Cinematography, Documentary Series
Ryan Mah – Red Chef Revival, Maskwacis
Best Picture Editing, Documentary Series
Ryan Mah – Red Chef Revival, Blood Tribe
Best Screenwriting, Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Sonja Bennett (TELUS Optik™ Local) – Letterkenny / WINNER
Best Animation Program or Series
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) – produced by Amanda Strong (NSI IndigiDocs)
Best Direction, Animation Program or Series
Amanda Strong – Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
Denver Jackson – STORYHIVE 100K series Esluna: The First Monolith
Best Art Direction, Animation Program or Series
Amanda Strong – Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) / WINNER
Best Screenwriting, Animation Program or Series
Amanda Strong – Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
Best Direction, Youth or Children’s Program or Series
Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing) – Dino Dana, Dino Poop
Best Web Series
Girls vs The City – produced by Brynn Peebles, Brianna Wiens (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Best Performance, Web Series
Brynn Peebles – Girls vs The City, Full Bachelorette
Brianna Wiens – Girls vs The City, The Colour Turple
2018
Best Motion Picture
Adventures in Public School – developed through NSI Features First by writer/producer Josh Epstein, writer/director Kyle Rideout
Black Kite – director Tarique Qayumi (NSI Diverse TV Director) / WINNER
Dead Shack – producer Amber Ripley (NSI Drama Prize)
Indian Horse – producers Paula Devonshire (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Televison), Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)
Kayak to Klemtu – writer/director Zoe Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First)
Best Direction, Motion Picture
Kyle Rideout (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First, NSI Totally Television) – Adventures in Public School
Tarique Qayumi – Black Kite / WINNER
Zoe Hopkins – Kayak to Klemtu
Best Screenwriting, Motion Picture
Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout – Adventures in Public School
Tarique Qayumi – Black Kite / WINNER
Zoe Hopkins – Kayak to Klemtu
Best Supporting Performance by a Female, Motion Picture
Sonja Bennett (TELUS Optik™ Local) – Kayak to Klemtu / WINNER
Best Short Drama
Soggy Flakes – writers/directors/producers The Affolter Bros. (TELUS STORYHIVE)
The Undertaker’s Son – writers/directors/producers The Affolter Bros.
Best Direction, Short Drama
The Affolter Bros. – The Undertaker’s Son
Best Screenwriting, Short Drama
The Affolter Bros. – The Undertaker’s Son
Best Cinematography, Short Drama
William Minsky (NSI Drama Prize) – Resonance
Best Dramatic Series
Somewhere Between – producer Holly Redford (NSI Features First)
Best Screenwriting, Dramatic Series
Sarah Dodd (NSI Features First) – Cardinal: Blackfly – Red / WINNER
Best Feature-Length Documentary
The Road Forward – writer/director Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers) / WINNER
On Putin’s Blacklist – writer/director/producer Boris Ivanov (NSI Global Marketing)
Best Direction, Feature-Length Documentary
Marie Clements – The Road Forward / WINNER
Boris Ivanov – On Putin’s Blacklist
Best Screenwriting, Feature-Length Documentary
Marie Clements – The Road Forward / WINNER
Boris Ivanov – On Putin’s Blacklist
Best Short Documentary
The Secret Life of Owls – producer Lynn Booth (NSI Global Marketing)
A Theatre Near You – A Powell River Story – producers Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir (both TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
Best Direction, Short Documentary Program
Andrew Muir (TELUS STORYHIVE) – A Theatre Near You – A Powell River Story / WINNER
Best Cinematography, Short Documentary Program
Amy Belling (NSI Features First) – Holy Angels
Greg Bartels (TELUS STORYHIVE) – A Theatre Near You – A Powell River Story
Best Documentary Series
1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus – co-director Lisa Jackson (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI IndigiDocs program advisor), co-writer Marie Clements / WINNER
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Lisa Jackson – 1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus
Best Picture Editing, Documentary Series
Erin Cumming (TELUS STORYHIVE) – Heavy Rescue: 401 – Skyway Thru Hell
Sean Horlor, Steve Adams (TELUS STORYHIVE) – Giant Tree Hunters
Best Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Hand Crafted – producers Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir (both TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
Love It or List It Vancouver – producer Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing)
Best Direction, Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Andrew Muir – Hand Crafted – The Bowyer / WINNER
Best Cinematography, Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Greg Bartels – Hand Crafted – The Neon Blender / WINNER
Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Letterkenny – producer Mark Montefiore (NSI Totally Television)
Best Performance, Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Sonja Bennet – Android Employed – The Family Unit
Best direction, animated program or series
Denver Jackson (TELUS STORYHIVE) – S.O.S.
Best Musical Score, Animated Program or Series
Daniel Janke (NSI Global Marketing) – The Mountain of SGaana
Best Performance, Youth or Children’s Programming
Peter Benson (NSI Totally Television) – Mech-X4 – X4 Versus Harper’s Ghost / WINNER
Best Web Series
Inconceivable (TELUS STORYHIVE) – series creator Joel Ashton McCarthy / WINNER
The Dangers of Online Dating (TELUS STORYHIVE) – series creator Brianne Nord-Stewart
Welcome to Surrey (TELUS STORYHIVE) – series creator Shyam Valera
Best Music Video
Breakfast With Liz by HUMANS – producer Amber Ripley (NSI Drama Prize) / WINNER
Best Student Production
Lions in Waiting – producer Selena Paskalidis (NSI Totally Television)
2017
Best Direction in a Motion Picture
Geoff Redknap (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First) – The Unseen
Best Screenwriting in a Motion Picture
Geoff Redknap – The Unseen
David Ray (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Television) – Grand Unified Theory
Best Short Drama
The Cameraman – Arnold Lim (NSI Features First) / WINNER
Best Drama Series
Motive – Erin Haskett (NSI Drama Prize)
Best Feature Length Documentary
Aim for the Roses – John Bolton (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction in a Feature Length Documentary
John Bolton – Aim for the Roses
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Documentary
John Bolton – Aim for the Roses
Best Direction in a Documentary Series
Sheona MacDonald (NSI Global Marketing) – Emergency Room: Life & Death at VGH – Going Home
Best Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program
Love It or List It Vancouver – Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing)
Tribal Police Files – Steve Sxwithul’txw (NSI IndigiDocs)
Best Music, Comedy or Variety Program
Letterkenny – Mark Montefiore (NSI Totally Television) / WINNER
Crash Gallery – Erin Haskett
Best Animation Program
Four Faces of the Moon – Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett (NSI IndigiDocs)
Best Direction in an Animation Program
Amanda Strong – Four Faces of the Moon
Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program
Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Amanda Strong – Four Faces of the Moon
Best Web Series
Sunnyhearts CC – Sonja Bennett (TELUS Optik™ Local)
2016
Best Motion Picture
The Devout – Daniel Hogg (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Script to Screen) / WINNER
Best Short Drama
Reset – Jeremy Lutter (NSI Drama Prize)
Best Cinematography
Amy Belling (NSI Features First) – Uulx: The Scratcher
Best Drama Series
Motive – Erin Haskett (NSI Drama Prize) / WINNER
The Romeo Section – Chris Haddock, Laura Lightbown (both NSI Global Marketing)
Continuum – Holly Redford (NSI Features First)
Best Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Hand Crafted – Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir, Andrew Millard (TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
Love It or List It: Vancouver – Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing)
Quest OutWest: Wildfood – Suzan Derkson (NSI Features First)
Best Cinematography Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Hand Crafted – Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir, Andrew Millard (TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
Best Picture Editing Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Hand Crafted – Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir, Andrew Millard (TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
Best Direction in an Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series
Andrew Muir – Hand Crafted – The Surfboard Maker (TELUS STORYHIVE) / WINNER
Best Web Series
Coded – Joely Collins and Steve Neufeld (TELUS STORYHIVE web series)
Hand Crafted – Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir, Andrew Millard (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Stricken – Eron Carruth (TELUS STORYHIVE)
The Drive – John Bolton (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television) / WINNER
Best Performance by a Male in a Web Series
Jarod Joseph – Coded – Spontaneous Combustion (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Best Performance by a Female in a Web Series
Angela Moore – Coded – Waste Of Time (TELUS STORYHIVE)
2015
Best Motion Picture
Eadweard – Josh Epstein (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)
Two 4 One – developed through NSI Features First by Maureen Bradley and Daniel Hogg (NSI Drama Prize)
Hector and the Search for Happiness – Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)
Best Direction in a Motion Picture
Kyle Rideout (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First) – Eadweard
Maureen Bradley – Two 4 One
Best Screenwriting in a Motion Picture
Josh Epstein and Kyle Rideout – Eadweard
Maureen Bradley – Two 4 One
Best Production Design
Kyle Rideout – Eadweard / WINNER
Best Dramatic Series
19-2 – Virginia Rankin (NSI Global Marketing)
Continuum – Holly Redford (NSI Features First)
Motive – Erin Haskett (NSI Drama Prize)
Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series
Katherine Collins (NSI Features First) – Motive – Pitfall / WINNER
Sarah Dodd (NSI Features First) – Motive – They Made Me a Criminal
Best Short Drama
Not Indian Enough – Andrew Genaille (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Best Screenwriting in a Short Drama
Matthew Bass (NSI Features First) – Let It Ride
Andrew Genaille – Not Indian Enough
Best Web Series
Mythos – Karen Wong (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television) / WINNER
Best Performance by a Male in a Web Series
Daniel Arnold (NSI Drama Prize) – Mythos – The Pied Piper
2014
Best Motion Picture
Lawrence & Holloman – co-produced by Daniel Arnold (NSI Drama Prize)
No Clue – co-produced by Laura Lightbown (NSI Global Marketing)
Sitting on the Edge of Marlene – co-produced by Amber Ripley (NSI Drama Prize)
Stress Position – co-produced by Amy Belling and A.J. Bond (both NSI Features First)
That Burning Feeling – co-produced by Jason James and Nick Citton (both NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction in a Motion Picture
Stress Position – A.J. Bond (NSI Features First)
Best Screenwriting in a Motion Picture
Lawrence & Holloman – Daniel Arnold (NSI Drama Prize)
That Burning Feeling – Nick Citton (NSI Totally Television)
Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture
Stress Position – Amy Belling (NSI Features First)
Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture
Lawrence & Holloman – Daniel Arnold (NSI Drama Prize)
Best Television Movie
Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story – co-produced by Brendon Sawatzky (NSI Features First, NSI associate faculty)
Best Direction in a Television Movie
The Colour of Rain – Anne Wheeler (NSI advisor and former board member)
Best Dramatic Series
Continuum – co-produced by Holly Redford (NSI Features First)
Motive – co-produced by Erin Haskett (NSI Drama Prize)
Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series
Motive, “Public Enemy,” – Katherine Collins (NSI Features First)
Best Short Drama
Floodplain – co-produced by Jeremy Lutter and Daniel Hogg (NSI Drama Prize film)
The Meeting – co-produced by Karen Lam (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction in a Short Drama
Floodplain – Jeremy Lutter (NSI Drama Prize)
Stalled – Karen Lam (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)
Best Screenwriting in a Short Drama
Floodplain – Daniel Hogg (NSI Drama Prize)
The Meeting – Karen Lam (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)
Best Short Documentary Program
Rise of the eSports Hero – co-produced by Erica Landrock (NSI Totally Television)
Best Documentary Series
Working People: A History of Labour in BC – produced by Erica Landrock (NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series
Chi – directed by Anne Wheeler (NSI advisor and former board member)
Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series
Chaos & Courage, “Urban Rescue,” – Tihemme Gagnon (NSI Storytellers)
Best Information or Lifestyle Series
The Proposal – co-produced by Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Wedding Belles – co-produced by Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Screenwriting in an Information or Lifestyle Series
The Proposal, “The ‘A’ Team,” – Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Wedding Belles, “Vintage Chic,” – Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Host(s) in an Information or Lifestyle Series
Wedding Belles, “If the Shoe Fits,” – Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Music Video
Beach Dream by Jets Overhead – co-produced by Jeremy Lutter and Daniel Hogg (both NSI Drama Prize)
2013
Best Motion Picture
Lucille’s Ball – co-produced by Karen Wong (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television)
Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series
Arctic Air ‘Secrets and Lies’ – Sarah Dodd (NSI Features First)
Best Short Drama
Shadowplay – co-produced by Kate Green (NSI Totally Television, NSI Lifestyle & Reality Series Producer)
Best Feature Length Documentary Program
High Five: a Suburban Adoption Saga – co-produced by Julia Ivanova, Boris Ivanov (NSI Global Marketing)
Best Documentary Series
Battle Castle – co-produced by Maija Leivo (NSI Global Marketing)
Best Information or Lifestyle Series
Anna and Kristina’s Grocery Bag – co-produced by Heather Hawthorn-Doyle (NSI Global Marketing), Sheona Mcdonald (NSI Global Marketing)
Get Stuffed – co-produced by Heather Hawthorn Doyle (NSI Global Marketing)
myVancouver – co-produced by Prem Gill (past NSI Board of Directors)
Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Less Than Kind ‘Liars’ – Benjamin Arthur (Less Than Kind was developed through NSI Totally Television)
Less Than Kind ‘Best Men’ – Lisa Durupt
Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series
Animism: The Gods’ Lake – A Wanderer No More – Tony Sekulich (NSI Totally Television)
2012
Best Feature Length Drama
Daydream Nation – produced by Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)
The Odds – produced by Simon Davidson, Kirsten Newlands (NSI Totally Television)
Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama
The Odds – Simon Davidson (NSI Totally Television)
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama
The Odds – Simon Davidson (NSI Totally Television)
Best Short Drama
Alchemy and Other Imperfections – produced by Heather Lindsay (NSI Totally Television) / WINNER
Last Christmas – produced by Katie Weekley, Geoff Redknap (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)
Best Screenwriting in a Short Drama
Last Christmas – Geoff Redknap (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Features First)
Woodrow Without Evelyn – Daniel Hogg (NSI Drama Prize)
Best Cinematography in a Short Drama
Le Jeu des Soldats and The Provider – Amy Belling (NSI Features First) / WINNER
Best Feature Length Documentary Program
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson – produced by Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)
Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Hiccups – produced by Laura Lightbown (NSI Global Marketing), Arvi Liimatainen (NSI Global Marketing) / WINNER
Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series
Picture Start – Ric Beairsto (NSI Global Marketing)
Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson – Trish Dolman (NSI Features First)
Best Animation Program or Series
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – produced by Kirsten Newlands (NSI Totally Television)
Best Information or Lifestyle Series
The Wedding Belles – produced by Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Screenwriting in an Information or Lifestyle Series
The Wedding Belles –The Big Day – produced by Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Host(s) in an Information or Lifestyle Series
The Wedding Belles – Fun and Photos – Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Music Video
Bad Choices by Shout Out Out Out Out – produced by A.J. Bond, Amy Belling (NSI Features First)
Best Direction in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Less Than Kind – Coming Around – James Dunnison (developed through NSI Totally Television)
Todd and The Book of Pure Evil – Daddy Tissues – James Dunnison (developed through NSI Totally Television)
Todd and The Book of Pure Evil – Jungle Fever – David Winning / WINNER
Todd and The Book of Pure Evil – See You Later … – David Winning
Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Less Than Kind – March Forth – Benjamin Arthur / WINNER
Less Than Kind – Reparations and Renewal – Benjamin James Ayres
Less Than Kind – March Forth – Tyler Johnston
2011
Feature Length Drama
Jason James (NSI Totally Television) – Fathers & Sons
Jason James – Repeaters
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama
Andrew Genaille (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) – Two Indians Talking
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
James Dunnison – Todd & The Book of Pure Evil – The Phantom of Crowley High (developed through NSI Totally Television)
David Winning – Todd & The Book of Pure Evil – Rock N’ Roll Zombies Know Best
Best Short Drama
Timo Puolitaipale (NSI Features First) – Death Wish
Amy Belling, A.J. Bond (NSI Features First) – Madame Perrault’s Bluebeard
Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama
Shirley Broderick – The Closer You Get To Canada (developed through NSI Drama Prize)
Best Cinematography in a Short Drama
Amy Belling – Madame Perrault’s Bluebeard
Best Documentary Series
Back in the Day: On the Mighty Fraser – Andrew Genaille
Dark Waters of Crime – Sylvie Peltier (NSI Features First, NSI Drama Prize)
Best Information or Lifestyle Series
The Wedding Belles – Aubrey Arnason (NSI Totally Television)
Best Host(s)in an Information or Lifestyle Series
Aubrey Arnason – The Wedding Belles – Food and Wong Foo
Best Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Hiccups – producer Laura Lightbown (NSI Global Marketing)
Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series
Benjamin Arthur – Less Than Kind – Spring Break (developed through NSI Totally Television)