With less than one week to go until the winners are announced, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) and CBC Television today announced the final group of presenters participating in the 2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS. Hosted by Emmy™award-winning comedy legend Andrea Martin, this year’s edition of the CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS will take place at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts and broadcast on CBC-TV on Sunday, March 1st at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT) and on CBC.ca at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).
Recent Academy Award®- and Golden Globe®-winning actress Julianne Moore (Maps to the Stars, Still Alice) highlights the final group of presenters for this Sunday’s gala broadcast that features an impressive list of Canadian and international talent, including 2014 Canadian Screen Award-winners from CBC’s 22 Minutes: Mark Critch, Cathy Jones, Susan Kent and Shaun Majumder; as well as Diego Klattenhoff (Homeland, The Blacklist); Kevin Durand (The Strain, The Captive); A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds, The Virgin Suicides); Jennifer Finnigan (Baby Sellers, Tyrant); Kristin Lehman (Motive); George Stroumboulopoulos (Hockey Night in Canada); Missy Peregrym (Rookie Blue); Meaghan Rath (Being Human); and Emmanuel Kabongo (The Animal Project, Teenagers).
Fans can engage with the CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS and CBC leading up to and throughout the gala on Fanzone.Academy.ca and by following @Academy_NET and @CBC on Twitter and Instagram using #CdnScreen15, as well as on Facebook by liking the Canadian Screen Awards and CBC.
Canadians can watch these stars and more on the 2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS, airing Sunday, March 1st at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC-TV and at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on CBC.ca. For a full list of Canadian Screen Awards nominees, visit academy.ca.
About the Academy | Academy.ca
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a national, non-profit, professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media. Unifying industry professionals across Canada, the Academy is a vital force representing all screen-based industries.
About the Canadian Screen Awards and Canadian Screen Week | Academy.ca
The Academy’s Canadian Screen Awards is the annual awards show to celebrate the best in film, television and digital media; they are part of Canadian Screen Week (February 23 - March 1, 2015) and the 2-Hour Live Broadcast Gala will air Sunday March 1 @ 8pm (8:30 NT) on CBC.
About CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.
A space for us all is CBC/Radio-Canada’s strategy to transform the public broadcaster, and ensure that it continues to fulfill its mandate for Canadians, now and for future generations. Through to 2020, the Corporation will increase its investment in prime-time television programming and continue to create radio programs of the highest quality, while promoting the development of digital and mobile platforms and content.
For more information including series synopses, press releases, hi-res images, video clips and bios, please visit the CBC Media Centre at cbc.ca/mediacentre. Follow CBC’s publicity team on Twitter @CBC_Publicity.
For further information, please contact:
Simon Bassett, publicist, CBC
simon.bassett@cbc.ca 416-205-8533 (office) 416-988-1590 (mobile)
Alma Parvizian, VP Publicity, Touchwood PR
alma@touchwoodpr.com 416-593-0777 x202 (office)
touchwoodpr.com, academy.ca/press
Suzan Ayscough, Director, Communications, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
sayscough@academy.ca 416-366-2227 x231 (office) 1-800-644-5194 x231 (toll-free)
academy.ca, twitter.com/Academy_NET
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