Chat w Martin Katz on 2019 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced

Monday March 25th, 2019

(Rudy Blair Entertainment Media will be covering the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards 

 The 2019 Canadian Screen Awards   https://www.academy.ca/awards/  nominees were announced (Thursday February 7th, 2019) at Toronto’s Globe and Mail  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/ .    The Canadian Screen Awards honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production.  The CBC series “Anne with an E”  https://www.cbc.ca/anne/ and “Schitt’s Creek”  https://www.cbc.ca/schittscreek/ are the leading nominees for this year’s Canadian Screen Awards, with each show earning 15 nominations . For films, the leading contenders are from Quebec, Maxime Giroux’s allegorical drama “The Great Darkened Days”   https://www.tiff.net/tiff/the-great-darkened-days/  and Daniel Roby’s disaster thriller “Just a Breath Away”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eU52Gh3P08  with eight nominations apiece.  Three special awards will also be handed out , the Academy Icon Award goes to the comedy team The Kids In The Hall  https://www.jsrdirect.com/webstores/kidsinthehall , the Earle Grey Award will be given to multiple award-winning performer Mary Walsh https://twitter.com/marywalsh11?lang=en  and the inaugural Radius Award goes to Toronto born Actor Stephan James  https://www.instagram.com/tdotsteph/?hl=en  .  The broadcast of the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards Gala will air live on CBC Sunday March 31st, 2019 at 8:00 PM (9:00 PM AT / 9:30 PM NT).  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on red carpet at the nominee announcement to speak with Martin Katz  https://twitter.com/martinfkatz?lang=en , Chair of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television about the nominee announcement, some of the special awards what will be handed out and how comedy will play a big roll in the CSA broadcast.