| 4th Canadian Screen Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 13, 2016 |
| Location | Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto |
| Hosted by | Norm Macdonald |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Film: Room (9) TV: The Book of Negroes (11) |
| Most nominations | Film: Room (11) TV: Schitt's Creek (15) |
| Best Motion Picture | Room |
| Best Dramatic Series | 19-2 |
| Best Comedy Series | Schitt's Creek |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBC |
| Produced by | Barry Avrich |
The 4th Canadian Screen Awards was held on March 13, 2016, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2015.[1]
Nominations were announced on January 19, 2016. Throughout the week before the main ceremony, awards in many technical categories were presented in a series of galas.
During the ceremony, host Norm Macdonald suggested the award be called the Candy in honour of late Canadian actor John Candy, comparable to the Academy Awards long being known as Oscars.[2] The nickname has still not been officially adopted by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television,[3] although academy chair Martin Katz personally endorsed it in a follow-up interview with the Toronto Star.[3]
- ^ "Canadian comic Norm Macdonald to host Canadian Screen Awards". Hamilton Spectator, October 6, 2015.
- ^ Rachel West, "John Candy’s family reacts to Canadian Screen Awards nickname tribute," ETCanada.com, March 17, URL accessed March 19, 2016.
- ^ a b "Chair of Canadian film/TV academy is sweet on calling awards ‘the Candys’". Toronto Star, March 14, 2016.