The WGC Screenwriting Awards are now in their 25th year of celebrating and acknowledging the best of the best in Canadian screenwriting and the all-important creators behind the most engaging and powerful Canadian-made series, films, documentaries and webseries.
The WGC Screenwriting Awards will recognize and celebrate Canadian screenwriters and their scripts at a virtual ceremony on April 26, 2021. Details on the ceremony, including registration, will be coming soon to wgc.ca.
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2021 WGC SCREENWRITING AWARDS FINALISTS
CHILDREN’S
Odd Squad Mobile Unit, “Slow Your Roll” I Written by Mark De Angelis
Ollie’s Pack, “Birthday Shmirthday: A Cleo Badette Documentary” I Written by Jeff Sager
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, “I am Harriet Tubman” I Story by Desmond Sargeant
& Meghan Read, Teleplay by Desmond Sargeant
COMEDY SERIES
New Eden, “Who Are These Women?” I Written by Evany Rosen & Kayla Lorette
Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending” I Written by Daniel Levy
Schitt’s Creek, “Sunrise, Sunset” I Written by Kurt Smeaton & Winter Tekenos-Levy
DOCUMENTARY
The Detectives, “Project Prism” I Written by Eric Sabbag
John Ware Reclaimed I Written by Cheryl Foggo
Still Standing, “Rankin Inlet” I Written by Jonny Harris, Fraser Young,
Graham Chittenden, Steve Dylan
DRAMA SERIES
Cardinal: Until the Night, “Adele” I Written by Sarah Dodd
Diggstown, “Willy MacIsaac Redux” I Written by Floyd Kane
Transplant, “Pilot” I Written by Joseph Kay
Transplant, “Trigger Warning” I Written by Lynne Kamm
Transplant, “Under Pressure” I Written by Tamara Moulin
Trickster, “Episode 105” I Story by Michelle Latimer and Tony Elliott and Penny Gummerson, Teleplay by Penny Gummerson
FEATURE FILM
Akilla’s Escape I Story by Charles Officer, Screenplay by Charles Officer & Motion
Beans I Story by Tracey Deer, Screenplay by Tracey Deer and Meredith Vuchnich
The Willoughbys I Story by Kris Pearn, Screenplay by Kris Pearn and Mark Stanleigh
MOW & MINISERIES
Christmas On My Mind I Written by Kirsten Hansen
Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day I Written by Becky Southwell & Dylan Neal
No Good Deed I Written by Doug Barber
PRESCHOOL
16 Hudson, “Tickle Tornado” I Written by Suzanne Bolch & John May
Dino Dana, “Prehistoric Hospital” I Written by J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms
& Jagjiwan Sohal
Dino Dana, “The Sound of Dinosaurs” I Written by J.J. Johnson
Kingdom Force, “Big Cat Blues” I Written by Alex Ganetakos
Remy & Boo, “The Squailer” I Written by Jiro C. Okada
SHORTS & WEBSERIES
Detention Adventure, “Buried Treasure” I Written by Joe Kicak
My Pride: The Series, “Rain” I Written by Maddi Patton
Queens, “Minnie and Sharron” I Written by Pat Mills
Try to Fly I Written by Simone Swan & The Affolter Brothers
TWEENS & TEENS
Lockdown, “Social Togetherness” I Story by J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms,
Teleplay by J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms & Nicole Stamp
Lockdown, “Stake Outing” I Written by Lakna Edilima
Malory Towers, “The Ghost” I Written by Kate Hewlett
Utopia Falls, “The World is Yours” I Written by Joseph Mallozzi & R.T. Thorne
