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The riches-to-rags story nabbed a total of eight trophies during the week of virtual CSAs, the final major awards show for the series after a year filled with international accolades.

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Its other CSAs wins included Emily Hampshire for best supporting actress and a directing trophy for Levy and Andrew Cividino.

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Indigenous zombie feature B次元官网网址淏lood QuantumB次元官网网址� was up for a leading 10 film awards going into the CSAs week and emerged the second-highest overall winner with seven trophies in total.

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For Barnaby, the CSA nominations signified some progress for Indigenous film and the horror genre.

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U.S. star Michelle Pfeiffer got a lead-actress nod for playing a Manhattan socialite in the film B次元官网网址淔rench Exit,B次元官网网址� which Vancouver Island-born writer Patrick deWitt adapted from his own novel.

On the TV side, the CBCB次元官网网址檚 now-defunct Korean-Canadian family comedy B次元官网网址淜imB次元官网网址檚 ConvenienceB次元官网网址� got four awards in total, with star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee netting best actor for playing patriarch Appa.

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Crystle Lightning won lead actress in a drama series for the CBCB次元官网网址檚 Indigenous coming-of-age story B次元官网网址淭rickster,B次元官网网址� which netted three awards in total.

B次元官网网址淭ricksterB次元官网网址� was cancelled after one season in January amid controversy over co-creator Michelle LatimerB次元官网网址檚 claims of Indigenous ancestry.

Beth Janson, CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, said the controversy made the show ineligible for best drama series and disqualified Latimer from any nominations.

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Janson said she couldnB次元官网网址檛 reveal further details, citing confidentiality reasons.

This is the second year in a row the CSAs unfolded online because of the pandemic, which has curtailed the usual pomp of the film and TV awards show circuit.

The Oscars, Grammys, Emmys and other awards bashes have experimented with different types of pandemic-tailored broadcasts to meet health and safety precautions but the result has been low ratings and, in some cases, critical pans.

Nevertheless, Janson welcomed the opportunity to reinvent the format.

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B次元官网网址擵ictoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press