Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay

{{Short description|Screenwriting award for film}} The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents one or more annual awards for the '''Best Screenplay''' for a Canadian film. Originally presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, from 1980 until 2012 the award continued as part of the Genie Awards ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/09/04/genie_and_gemini_awards_become_the_canadian_screen_awards.html |title=Genie and Gemini Awards become the Canadian Screen Awards |work=Toronto Star |date=September 4, 2012 |last=Knelman |first=Martin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322004814/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/09/04/genie_and_gemini_awards_become_the_canadian_screen_awards.html |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2013, it is presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.macleans.ca/culture/introducing-the-canadian-screen-awards-and-their-2013-nominees/ |title=Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees |work=Maclean's |date=January 15, 2013 |last=Johnson |first=Brian D. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605011251/https://www.macleans.ca/culture/introducing-the-canadian-screen-awards-and-their-2013-nominees/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In their present form, two awards are presented for '''Best Original Screenplay''' and '''Best Adapted Screenplay''', although historically this division was not always observed. In the Canadian Film Awards era, two awards were usually presented in Feature and Non-Feature (television films, short films, etc.) categories, although on two occasions the feature category was further divided into separate categories for Original and Adapted Screenplay, resulting in the presentation of three screenplay awards overall, and on two occasions only one award for Non-Feature Screenplay was presented. Under current Academy rules, the categories are collapsed into one if either category has fewer than five eligible submissions within the qualifying period; however, if both categories receive five or more eligible submissions, then separate awards are presented even if one category or the other ends up with fewer than five final nominees.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.academy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2020-Canadian-Screen-Awards-Film-Rules-Regulations-ENGLISH.pdf |title=2020 Canadian Screen Awards: Film Rules & Regulations |publisher=Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television |date=2020 |page=13 |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510220312/https://www.academy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2020-Canadian-Screen-Awards-Film-Rules-Regulations-ENGLISH.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==1960s==

==1970s==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Nominee ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan=5 align="center"| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''William Fruet''' |'''''Goin' Down the Road''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Ian McNeill''' |'''''Freud: The Hidden Nature of Man''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=5 align="center"| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Clément Perron''' |'''''Mon oncle Antoine''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Don Arioli''' |'''''Propaganda Message''''' and '''''Hot Stuff''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=5 align="center"| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Gilles Carle''' |'''''The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Michel Tremblay''' |'''''Françoise Durocher, Waitress''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=5 align="center"| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Jacques Benoît, Denys Arcand''' |'''''Réjeanne Padovani''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Alvin Goldman, Douglas Jackson''' |'''''The Sloane Affair''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=2 align="center"| 1974 |- | colspan=2 align=center | ''No awards presented this year'' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=7 align="center"| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Michel Brault''' |'''''Orders (Les Ordres)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''William Weintraub''' |'''''Why Rock the Boat?''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Patricia Watson''' |'''''A Bird in the House''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=5 align="center"| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Ted Allan''' |'''''Lies My Father Told Me''''' | <ref>Les Wedman, "'Lies' named Canada's best at Film Awards". ''Windsor Star'', October 25, 1976.</ref> |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''David King''' |'''''For Gentlemen Only''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=13 align="center"| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Robin Spry, Peter Pearson, Peter Madden''' |'''''One Man''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Zale Dalen | ''Skip Tracer'' | rowspan=3| <ref name=daley>Frank Daley, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96299747/ "Omens good for film awards show"]. ''Ottawa Journal'', November 19, 1977.</ref> |- | Marcel Sabourin | ''J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe)'' |- | Ratch Wallace | ''Ragtime Summer'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''James DeFelice''' |'''''Why Shoot the Teacher?''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Richard Benner | ''Outrageous!'' | rowspan=3| <ref name=daley/> |- | Patricia Watson | ''Who Has Seen the Wind'' |- | Stephen Zoller | ''Metal Messiah'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Cam Hubert''' |'''''Dreamspeaker''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | rowspan=7 align="center"| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Martyn Burke''' |'''''Power Play''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- |Richard Gabourie |''Three Card Monte'' | rowspan=2| <ref>"Four films nominated for Etrogs". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 24, 1978.</ref> |- |William Gray, John Hunter |''Blood and Guts'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay (Non-Feature)''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Gilles Carle''' |'''''The Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |}

==1980s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Nominees ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="14" align="center"| 1980 1st Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Janis Allen, Dan Goldberg, Len Blum''' | '''''Meatballs''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Mireille Dansereau | ''Heartbreak (L'Arrache-cœur)'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=changeling>Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 8, 1980.</ref> |- | Allan Moyle, John Laing, Stephen Lack | ''The Rubber Gun'' |- | Jim Osborne | ''Summer's Children'' |- | Anne Claire Poirier, Marthe Blackburn | ''A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête)'' |- | Steven Hilliard Stern | ''Running'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Diana Maddox, William Gray''' | '''''The Changeling''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Ted Allan | ''It Rained All Night the Day I Left'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=changeling/> |- | Jean Beaudin, Marcel Sabourin | ''Cordélia'' |- | R. J. Dryer, Martin Lager | ''Jack London's Klondike Fever'' |- | Jean-Claude Lord, Jean Salvy | ''Chocolate Eclair (Éclair au chocolat)'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 1981 2nd Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Réjean Ducharme''' | '''''Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Marc Rosen | ''Final Assignment'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=scott1981>Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1981.</ref> |- | Jean-Claude Labrecque, Jacques Benoit | ''The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin)'' |- | Micheline Lanctôt | ''The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)'' |- | Ken Mitchell | ''The Hounds of Notre Dame'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Max Fischer''' | '''''The Lucky Star''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Bernard Slade | ''Tribute'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=scott1981/> |- | Ronald Sutherland, Robin Spry | ''Suzanne'' |- | rowspan="12" align="center"| 1982 3rd Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;"| '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Terence Heffernan''' | '''''Heartaches''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Clay Borris | ''Alligator Shoes'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=plouffe>Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 4, 1982.</ref> |- | Paul Illidge, James Sanderson | ''Head On'' |- | Adam Arkin, Ian Sutherland, Morrie Ruvinsky | ''Improper Channels'' |- | Réjean Ducharme | ''Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs)'' |- | David Cronenberg | ''Scanners'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;"| '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Roger Lemelin, Gilles Carle''' | '''''The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Anne Cameron, Ralph L. Thomas | ''Ticket to Heaven'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=plouffe/> |- | Diana Maddox | ''The Amateur'' |- | rowspan="10" align="center"| 1983 4th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''John Hunter''' | '''''The Grey Fox''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Phil Savath, Laurence Keane, Chris Windsor | ''Big Meat Eater'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=miner>Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1983.</ref> |- | David Lee Henry | ''Harry Tracy, Desperado'' |- | John Juliani, Sharon Riis | ''Latitude 55°'' |- | Roger Fournier | ''A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Richard Paluck, Robert Guza, Jr.''' | '''''Melanie''''' ''Award later rescinded, due to late discovery that it did not meet the qualifications''<ref name=returned>"Melanie adaptation Genie returned". ''Cinema Canada'', No. 96 (May 1983). p. 12.</ref> | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Peter Dion | ''The Hot Touch'' | <ref name=miner/> |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 1984 5th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Bob Clark''' | '''''A Christmas Story''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | David Cronenberg | ''Videodrome'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Jay Scott, "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1984.</ref> |- | Jack Darcus | ''Deserters'' |- | Timothy Findley | ''The Wars'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 1985 6th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Daniel Petrie''' | '''''The Bay Boy''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Micheline Lanctôt | ''Sonatine'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 15, 1985.</ref> |- | Michel Langlois, Léa Pool | ''A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel)'' |- | Don Owen | ''Unfinished Business'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 1986 7th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Sandy Wilson''' | '''''My American Cousin''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Lise Lemay-Rousseau | ''The Alley Cat (Le Matou)'' | rowspan=3| <ref>"Scorecard of major nominees for tonight's Genie Awards on TV". ''Toronto Star'', March 20, 1986.</ref> |- | Mordecai Richler | ''Joshua Then and Now'' |- | Louise Rinfret, Claude Jutra | ''The Dame in Colour (La Dame en couleurs)'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 1987 8th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Denys Arcand''' | '''''The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Sharon Riis | ''Loyalties'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=allemang>John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 5, 1987.</ref> |- | Yves Simoneau, Pierre Curzi | ''Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' |- | Richard Nichol | ''Sitting in Limbo'' |- | Michael Jones, Andy Jones | ''The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Leon Marr''' | '''''Dancing in the Dark''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Gordon Pinsent | ''John and the Missus'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=allemang/> |- | Peter Rowe | ''Lost!'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 1988 9th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Jean-Claude Lauzon''' | '''''Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Sally Bochner, John N. Smith, Sam Grana | ''Train of Dreams'' | rowspan=4| <ref>Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 17, 1988.</ref> |- | Atom Egoyan | ''Family Viewing'' |- | William D. MacGillivray | ''Life Classes'' |- | Patricia Rozema | ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 1989 10th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Trevor Rhone, Glen Salzman''' | '''''Milk and Honey''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | André Melançon, Jacques Bobet | ''The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine)'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=1989nom>{{cite magazine |date=February–March 1989 |title=Genie Award Nominees 1989 |magazine=Cinema Canada |pages=27–35}}</ref> |- | Marie-José Raymond, Claude Fournier, Michel Cournot | ''The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)'' |- | Guy Maddin | ''Tales from the Gimli Hospital'' |- | Michael Rubbo | ''Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Norman Snider, David Cronenberg''' | '''''Dead Ringers''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Jackie Burroughs | ''A Winter Tan'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=1989nom/> |- | Francis Mankiewicz, Jacques Savoie | ''The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes)'' |- | Robin Spry, Douglas Bowie | ''Obsessed'' |- | Phil Savath | ''The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick'' |}

==1990s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Nominees ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="12" align="center"| 1990 11th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Denys Arcand''' | '''''Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Anne Wheeler | ''Bye Bye Blues'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=byebye>"Bye Bye Blues in running for Genie Awards". ''Vancouver Sun'', February 14, 1990.</ref> |- | Don McKellar | ''Roadkill'' |- | Atom Egoyan | ''Speaking Parts'' |- | Colleen Murphy | ''Termini Station'' |- | Peter Mettler | ''The Top of His Head'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Richard Beattie, Elliot L. Sims''' | '''''Cold Comfort''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Dany Laferrière, Richard Sadler | ''How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer)'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=byebye/> |- | John Varley | ''Millennium'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 1991 12th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Paul Quarrington, Eugene Lipinski''' | '''''Perfectly Normal''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Claire Wojas | ''Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=candidates>"Genie candidates announced". ''Edmonton Journal'', October 10, 1991.</ref> |- | Darrell Wasyk | ''H'' |- | Pierre Falardeau | ''The Party (Le Party)'' |- | André Forcier, Jacques Marcotte | ''An Imaginary Tale (Une Histoire inventée)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Brian Moore''' | '''''Black Robe''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | James DeFelice, Anne Wheeler | ''Angel Square'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=candidates/> |- | Léa Pool, Laurent Gagliardi, Michel Langlois | ''The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage)'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 1992 13th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Jean-Claude Lauzon''' | '''''Léolo''''' | <ref name=nakedlunch>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/lunch-eats-up-8-canadian-genies-101507/ |title='Lunch' eats up 8 Canadian Genies |last=Murray |first=Karen |date=November 22, 1992 |work=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827093019/http://variety.com/1992/film/news/lunch-eats-up-8-canadian-genies-101507/ |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Paul Donovan, Bill Fleming | ''Buried on Sunday'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=1992nom>"Genie Award nominations". ''Toronto Star'', November 20, 1992.</ref> |- | Paul Tana, Bruno Ramirez | ''The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine)'' |- | Jeff Schultz | ''North of Pittsburgh'' |- | Francis Damberger | ''Solitaire'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''David Cronenberg''' | '''''Naked Lunch''''' | <ref name=nakedlunch/> |- | Kelly Rebar | ''Bordertown Café'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=1992nom/> |- | Yvon Rivard, Jacques Leduc | ''Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)'' |- | David Brandes | ''The Quarrel'' |- | Gail Singer | ''True Confections'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 1993 14th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Peggy Thompson''' | '''''The Lotus Eaters''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Suzette Couture, Pierre Sarrazin | ''La Florida'' | rowspan=4| <ref>"Genie nominations". ''Calgary Herald'', October 20, 1993.</ref> |- | Atom Egoyan | ''Calendar'' |- | François Girard, Don McKellar | ''Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'' |- | David King | ''Harmony Cats'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 1994 15th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Atom Egoyan''' | '''''Exotica''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Mina Shum | ''Double Happiness'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=playback1994>{{Cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/1994/11/07/3898-19941107/ |title=The 1994 Genie nominees |date=November 7, 1994 |work=Playback |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603051609/https://playbackonline.ca/1994/11/07/3898-19941107/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Gilles Desjardins | ''Les Pots cassés'' |- | Roger Cantin | ''Matusalem'' |- | Léa Pool | ''Desire in Motion (Mouvements du désir)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Brad Fraser''' | '''''Love and Human Remains''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Jefferson Lewis | ''Ordinary Magic'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=playback1994/> |- | Paul Quarrington, Richard J. Lewis | ''Whale Music'' |- | rowspan="6" align="center"| 1995 16th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Gerald Wexler, Mort Ransen''' | '''''Margaret's Museum''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Sylvain Guy | ''Black List (Liste noire)'' | rowspan=3| <ref name=1995nom>"Nominees for the 1995 Genie Awards". Canadian Press, November 7, 1995.</ref> |- | Clément Virgo | ''Rude'' |- | Stephen Williams | ''Soul Survivor'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 1996 17th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Pierre Gang''' | '''''Not Me! (Sous-sol)''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Andrew Rai Berzins | ''Blood and Donuts'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=overtheedge>"Over-the-edge Canadian films poised for Genie nod". Canadian Press, November 24, 1996.</ref> |- | Gilles Carle | ''Poor Man's Pudding (Pudding chômeur)'' |- | Donald Martin | ''Never Too Late'' |- | Peter Wellington, Doug Smith | ''The Boys Club'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''David Cronenberg''' | '''''Crash''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Noel S. Baker | ''Hard Core Logo'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=overtheedge/> |- | Michel Marc Bouchard, Linda Gaboriau | ''Lilies'' |- | John L'Ecuyer | ''Curtis's Charm'' |- | Robert Lepage, Marie Brassard | ''Polygraph (Le Polygraphe)'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 1997 18th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Thom Fitzgerald''' | '''''The Hanging Garden''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Atom Egoyan | ''The Sweet Hereafter'' | rowspan=4| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/1997/11/17/19832-19971117/ |title=The 1997 Genie Awards |date=November 17, 1997 |work=Playback |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324204953/http://playbackonline.ca/1997/11/17/19832-19971117/ |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | André Forcier | ''The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)'' |- | Gabriel Pelletier, Yves Pelletier, Andrée Pelletier, Ann Burke | ''Karmina'' |- | Lynne Stopkewich, Angus Fraser | ''Kissed'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 1998 19th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''François Girard, Don McKellar''' | '''''The Red Violin''''' | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/1999/02/08/24421-19990208/ |title=Violin tops Genies |last=Binning |first=Cheryl |date=February 8, 1999 |work=Playback |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304031706/http://playbackonline.ca/1999/02/08/24421-19990208/ |archive-date=March 4, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Don McKellar | ''Last Night'' | rowspan=4| <ref>"Two films lead Genie pack". ''Waterloo Region Record'', December 8, 1998.</ref> |- | André Morency, Robert Lepage | ''Nô'' |- | Allan Scott | ''Regeneration'' |- | Sooni Taraporevala | ''Such a Long Journey'' |- | rowspan="14" align="center"| 1999 20th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Louis Bélanger''' | '''''Post Mortem''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | Bruce McCulloch | ''Dog Park'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=lacey>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/they-dream-of-genies/article4182076/ |title=They dream of Genies |last=Lacey |first=Liam |date=January 28, 2000 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145621/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/they-dream-of-genies/article4182076/ |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Jeremy Podeswa | ''The Five Senses'' |- | Léa Pool | ''Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)'' |- | Monique Proulx | ''The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Atom Egoyan''' | '''''Felicia's Journey''''' | <ref name=topalovich/> |- | François Bouvier, Marc Robitaille | ''Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver)'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=lacey/> |- | Jean-Philippe Duval, Alexis Martin | ''Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)'' |- | Kim Hogan | ''Heart of the Sun'' |- | Wayne Johnston | ''The Divine Ryans'' |- | Monique Proulx, Jean Beaudin | ''Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes)'' |}

==2000s==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Nominees ! style="width:19%;"| Film ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 2000 21st Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Denis Villeneuve''' | '''''Maelström''''' | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/maelstrom-storms-the-genies/article18428436/ |title=Maelstrom storms the Genies |last=Lacey |first=Liam |date=December 13, 2000 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211211651/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/maelstrom-storms-the-genies/article18428436/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Denys Arcand, Jacob Potashnik | ''Stardom'' | rowspan=4| |- | Frank Borg | ''My Father's Angel'' |- | Michel Marc Bouchard, Gilles Desjardins | ''The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines)'' |- | Clement Virgo | ''Love Come Down'' |- | rowspan="7" align="center"| 2001 22nd Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Paul Apak Angilirq''' | '''''Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner''''' | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/inuit-film-earns-top-honours-at-genie-awards-1.345666 |title=Inuit film earns top honours at Genie Awards |date=February 8, 2002 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109025219/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/inuit-film-earns-top-honours-at-genie-awards-1.345666 |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Renny Bartlett | ''Eisenstein'' | rowspan=4| |- | Catherine Martin | ''Marriages (Mariages)'' |- | Judith Thompson | ''Lost and Delirious'' |- | André Turpin | ''Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2002 23rd Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Deepa Mehta''' | '''''Bollywood/Hollywood''''' | <ref name=ararat>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/egoyans-ararat-named-best-film-takes-5-awards-at-the-genies/article1010681/ |title=Egoyan's Ararat named best film, takes 5 awards at the Genies |last=McKay |first=John |date=February 14, 2003 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201144140/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/egoyans-ararat-named-best-film-takes-5-awards-at-the-genies/article1010681/ |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Atom Egoyan | ''Ararat'' | rowspan=4| |- | Paul Gross, John Krizanc | ''Men with Brooms'' |- | Robert Morin | ''The Negro (Le nèg')'' |- | Jean-Phillipe Pearson, Patrice Robitaille, Ricardo Trogi | ''Québec-Montréal'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Sharon Riis''' | '''''Savage Messiah''''' | <ref name=ararat/> |- | Dominique Demers | ''The Mysterious Miss C. (La Mystérieuse mademoiselle C.)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Patrick McGrath | ''Spider'' |- | Edward Riche | ''Rare Birds'' |- | Judith Thompson | ''Perfect Pie'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2003 24th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Denys Arcand''' | '''''The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)''''' | |- | Louis Bélanger | ''Gaz Bar Blues'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=nod>{{Cite web |url=http://oldads.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20040329/genlist.html?print=yes |title=Genie countdown: Who will get the nod? |date=March 29, 2004 |work=Playback |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419220148/http://oldads.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20040329/genlist.html?print=yes |archive-date=April 19, 2017 }}</ref> |- | Sébastien Rose | ''How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)'' |- | Ken Scott | ''Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction)'' |- | Peter Wellington | ''Luck'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Robert Lepage''' | '''''Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune)''''' | |- | Maurice Chauvet | ''Owning Mahowny'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=nod/> |- | Daniel MacIvor | ''Marion Bridge'' |- | Charles Martin Smith | ''The Snow Walker'' |- | Esta Spalding | ''Falling Angels'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2004 25th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Francis Leclerc, Marcel Beaulieu''' | '''''Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives)''''' | <ref name=french>John McKay, "French-language cinema big winner at Genie Awards". ''Peterborough Examiner'', March 22, 2005.</ref> |- | Denise Filiatrault | ''Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Federico Hidalgo, Paulina Robles | ''A Silent Love'' |- | Don McKellar, Michael Goldbach | ''Childstar'' |- | David "Sudz" Sutherland | ''Love, Sex and Eating the Bones'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Luc Dionne, Sylvain Guy''' | '''''Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)''''' | <ref name=french/> |- | Joël Champetier, Daniel Roby | ''White Skin (La Peau blanche)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Jerry Ciccoritti | ''Blood'' |- | Todd Klinck, Jaie Laplante, John Palmer | ''Sugar'' |- | Jacob Tierney | ''Twist'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2005 26th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Jean-Marc Vallée, François Boulay''' | '''''C.R.A.Z.Y.''''' | <ref name=crazy>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/jean-marc-vallees-crazy-wins-big-at-2006-genie-awards/article20409646/ |title=Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. wins big at 2006 Genie awards |last=McKay |first=John |date=March 13, 2006 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413054247/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/jean-marc-vallees-crazy-wins-big-at-2006-genie-awards/article20409646/ |archive-date=April 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Louise Archambault | ''Familia'' | rowspan=4| |- | Michael Dowse | ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' |- | Deepa Mehta | ''Water'' |- | Luc Picard | ''Audition (L'Audition)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Atom Egoyan''' | '''''Where the Truth Lies''''' | <ref name=crazy/> |- | Diane Cailhier | ''The Outlander (Le Survenant)'' | rowspan=4| |- | David Christensen | ''Six Figures'' |- | Luc Dionne | ''Aurore'' |- | Nathalie Petrowski | ''Maman Last Call'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2006 27th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Philippe Falardeau''' | '''''Congorama''''' | |- | Martin Girard, Ghyslaine Côté | ''A Family Secret (Le secret de ma mère)'' | rowspan=4| <ref>"Genie's Rocket; Bon Cop, Bad Cop won at the box office but the story of a hockey legend received the most Genie Award nominations". ''Waterloo Region Record'', January 10, 2007.</ref> |- | Stéphane Lapointe | ''The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux)'' |- | Ken Scott | ''The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance)'' |- | Ken Scott | ''The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Robert Favreau, Gil Courtemanche''' | '''''A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali)''''' | |- | Mike Clattenburg, Robb Wells | ''Trailer Park Boys: The Movie'' | rowspan=2| |- | François Létourneau | ''Cheech'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2007 28th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Steven Knight''' | '''''Eastern Promises''''' | <ref name=awayfromher>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN0336860220080304?sp=true |title="Away From Her" dominates Canada's Genie Awards |access-date=2008-03-08 |last=McCrank |first=John |date=March 4, 2008 |publisher=Reuters}}</ref> |- | Denys Arcand | ''Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Douglas Coupland | ''Everything's Gone Green'' |- | Pierre Lamothe, Claude Lalonde | ''The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)'' |- | Marc-André Lavoie, Simon Olivier Fecteau and David Gauthier | ''Bluff'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Sarah Polley''' | '''''Away From Her''''' | <ref name=awayfromher/> |- | Michael Donovan | ''Shake Hands With the Devil'' | rowspan=2| |- | Maureen Medved | ''The Tracey Fragments'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2008 29th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Bernard Émond''' | '''''The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)''''' | <ref name=passchendaele>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/passchendaele-necessities-of-life-dominate-genie-awards-1.778921 |title=Passchendaele, Necessities of Life dominate Genie Awards |date=April 4, 2009 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101042429/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/passchendaele-necessities-of-life-dominate-genie-awards-1.778921 |archive-date=January 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Randall Cole | ''Real Time'' | rowspan=4| |- | Travis McDonald | ''Normal'' |- | Deepa Mehta | ''Heaven on Earth'' |- | Guillaume Vigneault | ''Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Marie-Sissi Labrèche, Lyne Charlebois''' | '''''Borderline''''' | <ref name=passchendaele/> |- | Richie Mehta, Shaun Mehta | ''Amal'' | rowspan=2| |- | Jeremy Podeswa | ''Fugitive Pieces'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2009 30th Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Jacques Davidts''' | '''''Polytechnique''''' | <ref name=polytechnique>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2010/04/12/polytechnique_sweeps_genie_awards.html |title=Polytechnique sweeps Genie Awards |last=Howell |first=Peter |work=Toronto Star |date=April 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043628/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2010/04/12/polytechnique_sweeps_genie_awards.html |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | David Bezmozgis | ''Victoria Day'' | rowspan=4| |- | Atom Egoyan | ''Adoration'' |- | Émile Gaudreault, Ian Lauzon | ''Father and Guns (De père en flic)'' |- | Charles Officer, Ingrid Veninger | ''Nurse.Fighter.Boy'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Kari Skogland''' | '''''Fifty Dead Men Walking''''' | <ref name=polytechnique/> |- | Tony Burgess | ''Pontypool'' | rowspan=2| |- | Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq, Madeline Ivalu | ''Before Tomorrow'' (''Le jour avant le lendemain'') |}

==2010s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Nominees ! style="width:19%;"| Films ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2010 31st Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Jacob Tierney''' | '''''The Trotsky''''' | <ref name=incendies>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/incendies-barney-s-version-dominate-genies-1.1078773 |title=Incendies, Barney's Version dominate Genies |date=March 10, 2011 |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815093108/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/incendies-barney-s-version-dominate-genies-1.1078773 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | Peter Stebbings | ''Defendor'' | rowspan=4| |- | Adriana Maggs | ''Grown Up Movie Star'' |- | Louis Bélanger, Alexis Martin | ''Route 132'' |- | Claude Lalonde | ''10½'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Denis Villeneuve''' | '''''Incendies''''' | <ref name=incendies/> |- | Michael Konyves | ''Barney's Version'' | rowspan=4| |- | Lee MacDougall | ''High Life'' |- | Vic Sarin, Dennis Foon, Catherine Spear | ''A Shine of Rainbows'' |- | Patrick Senécal | ''7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion)'' |- | rowspan="12" align="center"| 2011 32nd Genie Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Ken Scott, Martin Petit''' | '''''Starbuck''''' | <ref name=lazhar>{{cite web |url=http://www.macleans.ca/authors/brian-d-johnson/monsieur-lazhar-sweeps-the-genies/ |title=''Monsieur Lazhar'' sweeps the Genies |last=Johnson |first=Brian D. |author-link=Brian D. Johnson |date=March 8, 2012 |work=Maclean's |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430074508/http://www.macleans.ca/authors/brian-d-johnson/monsieur-lazhar-sweeps-the-genies/ |archive-date=April 30, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Anne Émond | ''Nuit #1'' | rowspan=4| |- | Eilis Kirwan, Larysa Kondracki | ''The Whistleblower'' |- | Jean-Marc Vallée | ''Café de Flore'' |- | Ryan Ward, Matthew Heiti | ''Son of the Sunshine'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Philippe Falardeau''' | '''''Monsieur Lazhar''''' | <ref name=lazhar/> |- | Ryan Redford | ''Oliver Sherman'' | rowspan=3| |- | Steven Silver | ''The Bang Bang Club'' |- | David F. Shamoon | ''In Darkness'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Kim Nguyen''' | '''''War Witch (Rebelle)''''' | |- | Jason Buxton | ''Blackbird'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=heilbronn>{{cite web |url=https://www.tribute.ca/news/2013-canadian-screen-award-nominees-announced/2013/01/15/ |title=2013 Canadian Screen Award nominees announced |last=Heilbron |first=Alexandra |work=Tribute |date=January 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512015849/https://www.tribute.ca/news/2013-canadian-screen-award-nominees-announced/2013/01/15/ |archive-date=May 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Xavier Dolan | ''Laurence Anyways'' |- | Bernard Émond | ''All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes)'' |- | Michael McGowan | ''Still Mine'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Salman Rushdie''' | '''''Midnight's Children''''' | |- | Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg | ''Goon'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=heilbronn/> |- | David Cronenberg | ''Cosmopolis'' |- | Anita Doron | ''The Lesser Blessed'' |- | Martin Villeneuve | ''Mars and April (Mars et Avril)'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Shannon Masters''' | '''''Empire of Dirt''''' | |- | Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Marc Tulin | ''Whitewash'' | rowspan=4| |- | Richie Mehta | ''Siddharth'' |- | Sébastien Pilote | ''The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)'' |- | Jonathan Sobol | ''The Art of the Steal'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Elan Mastai''' | '''''The F Word''''' | |- | Michel Marc Bouchard, Xavier Dolan | ''Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Javier Gullón | ''Enemy'' |- | Robert Lepage | ''Triptyque'' |- | Ken Scott, Michael Dowse | ''The Grand Seduction'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Xavier Dolan''' | '''''Mommy''''' | |- | Pearl Ball-Harding, Albert Shin | ''In Her Place'' | rowspan=4| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1770973/reynolds-pattinson-among-film-nominees-at-canadian-screen-awards/ |title=Reynolds, Pattinson among film nominees at Canadian Screen Awards |work=Global News |date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204841/https://globalnews.ca/news/1770973/reynolds-pattinson-among-film-nominees-at-canadian-screen-awards/ |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Atom Egoyan, David Fraser | ''The Captive'' |- | Stéphane Lafleur | ''You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)'' |- | Bruce Wagner | ''Maps to the Stars'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Nicolas Billon''' | '''''Elephant Song''''' | |- | Scott Abramovitch | ''The Calling'' | rowspan=2| |- | Joel Thomas Hynes | ''Cast No Shadow'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Benjamin August''' | '''''Remember''''' | |- | Anne Émond | ''Our Loved Ones (Les Êtres chers)'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=2016noms>Chris Jancelewicz, [https://globalnews.ca/news/2462969/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-rookie-blue-vikings-big-brother-canada-nominated/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: ‘Rookie Blue,’ ‘Vikings,’ ‘Big Brother Canada’ nominated"]. Global News, January 19, 2016.</ref> |- | Philippe Falardeau | ''My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t'en-guerre)'' |- | Matthew Hansen | ''Zoom'' |- | André Turpin | ''Endorphine'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Emma Donoghue''' | '''''Room''''' | |- | Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout | ''Eadweard'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=2016noms/> |- | Wiebke von Carolsfeld | ''The Saver'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Daniel MacIvor''' | '''''Weirdos''''' | |- | Kevan Funk | ''Hello Destroyer'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=furdyk2017>{{Cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ |title=2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed |last=Furdyk |first=Brent |work=Global News |date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225002957/https://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Zacharias Kunuk | ''Searchers (Maliglutit)'' |- | Johnny Ma | ''Old Stone'' |- | Stella Meghie | ''Jean of the Joneses'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Xavier Dolan''' | '''''It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)''''' | |- | Bachir Bensaddek | ''Montreal, White City (Montréal la blanche)'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=furdyk2017/> |- | David Bezmozgis | ''Natasha'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Sherry White''' | '''''Maudie''''' | |- | Josh Epstein, Kyle Rideout | ''Adventures in Public School'' | rowspan=4| |- | Sadaf Foroughi | ''Ava'' |- | Kathleen Hepburn | ''Never Steady, Never Still'' |- | Sarah Kolasky, Adam Garnet Jones | ''Great Great Great'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Anita Doron''' | '''''The Breadwinner''''' | |- | Nicole Bélanger | ''Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Susan Coyne | ''The Man Who Invented Christmas'' |- | Simon Lavoie | ''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)'' |- | Gabriel Sabourin | ''It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier)'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Catherine Léger''' | '''''Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun)''''' | |- | Renée Beaulieu | ''Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau)'' | rowspan=4| |- | Marc Bisaillon | ''With Love (L'Amour)'' |- | Philippe Lesage | ''Genesis (Genèse)'' |- | Guillaume Lemans | ''Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Robert Budreau''' | '''''Stockholm''''' | |- | Sharon Lewis | ''Brown Girl Begins'' | rowspan=4| |- | Nathan Parker | ''Our House'' |- | Arturo Pérez Torres | ''The Drawer Boy'' |- | Paul Risacher, Claude Landry, Maxime Landry | ''Racetime (La Course des tuques)'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers''' | '''''The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open''''' | <ref name=weaver>{{cite web |first=Jackson |last=Weaver |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-awards-final-night-1.5589379 |title=Antigone named best picture on final night of Canadian Screen Awards |publisher=CBC News |date=May 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529002158/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-awards-final-night-1.5589379 |archive-date=May 29, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Jonas Chernick, Jeremy Lalonde | ''James vs. His Future Self'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=songofnames>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1527585/song-of-names-the-twentieth-century-antigone-prix-ecrans-canadiens |title=Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations |publisher=Ici Radio-Canada |date=February 18, 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> |- | Anne Émond | ''Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette)'' |- | Matthew Rankin | ''The Twentieth Century'' |- | Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis | ''White Lie'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86" | '''Sophie Deraspe''' | '''''Antigone''''' | <ref name=weaver/> |- | Louise Archambault | ''And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=songofnames/> |- | Denis Côté | ''Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparus)'' |- | Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault, Jean Barbe | ''Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable)'' |- | Myriam Verreault, Naomi Fontaine | ''Kuessipan'' |}

==2020s== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#bebebe;" ! style="width:8%;"| Year ! style="width:19%;"| Nominees ! style="width:19%;"| Films ! style="width:2%;"| Ref |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Charles Officer, Wendy Motion Brathwaite''' | '''''Akilla's Escape''''' | <ref name=ramachandran>Naman Ramachandran, [https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ "‘Schitt's Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525225926/https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ |date=2021-05-25 }}. ''Variety'', May 21, 2021.</ref> |- | Jeff Barnaby | ''Blood Quantum'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=furdyk2021>{{Cite web|title=Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|date=March 30, 2021|website=ET Canada|author=Brent Furdyk|language=en-US|access-date=April 7, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411175507/https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | Sean Durkin | ''The Nest'' |- | Sophie Dupuis | ''Underground (Souterrain)'' |- | Evan Morgan | ''The Kid Detective'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Shyam Selvadurai, Deepa Mehta''' | '''''Funny Boy''''' | <ref name=ramachandran/> |- | Johnny Darrell, Andrew Duncan, Loretta Todd | ''Monkey Beach'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=furdyk2021/> |- | Patrick deWitt | ''French Exit'' |- | Catherine Léger | ''Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu)'' |- | Taylor Olson | ''Bone Cage'' |- | rowspan="13" align="center"| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Danis Goulet''' | '''''Night Raiders''''' | <ref name=nightraiders>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/night-raiders-scarborough-csa-night-five-1.6414141 "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, April 8, 2022.</ref> |- | Igor Drljaca | ''The White Fortress (Tabija)'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=furdyk2022>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ''ET Canada'', February 15, 2022.</ref> |- | Bretten Hannam | ''Wildhood'' |- | Kaveh Nabatian | ''Without Havana (Sin la Habana)'' |- | Mark O'Brien | ''The Righteous'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Catherine Hernandez''' | '''''Scarborough''''' | <ref name=nightraiders/> |- | David Bezmozgis, Erik Rutherford | ''Charlotte'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=furdyk2022/> |- | Sylvain Guy | ''Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions)'' |- | Fred Pellerin | ''The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps)'' |- | Éric Tessier | ''You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi)'' |- | rowspan="11" align="center"| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Anthony Shim''' | '''''Riceboy Sleeps''''' | <ref name=benchetrit>Jenna Benchetrit, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csas-2023-third-night-1.6809964 "Brother dominates with a dozen wins on third night of Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, April 13, 2023.</ref> |- | Marie Clements | ''Bones of Crows'' | rowspan=4| <ref name=viking>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/ecrans-canadiens-viking13-nominations/ "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', February 22, 2023.</ref> |- | Sadaf Foroughi | ''Summer with Hope'' |- | Sophie Jarvis | ''Until Branches Bend'' |- | Stéphane Lafleur, Eric K. Boulianne | ''Viking'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Clement Virgo''' | '''''Brother''''' | <ref name=benchetrit/> |- | Charlotte Le Bon | ''Falcon Lake'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=viking/> |- | Catherine Léger | ''Babysitter'' |- | rowspan="15" align="center"| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon''' | '''''Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)''''' | <ref name=cinematic>Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-cinematic-arts-2/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts"]. ''Broadcast Dialogue'', May 30, 2024.</ref> |- | Monia Chokri | ''The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain)'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=blackberry>[https://www.northernstars.ca/blackberry-leads-csa-nominations/ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations"]. ''Northern Stars'', March 6, 2024.</ref> |- | Brandon Cronenberg | ''Infinity Pool'' |- | Delphine Girard | ''Through the Night (Quitter la nuit)'' |- | Cody Lightning, Samuel Miller | ''Hey, Viktor!'' |- | Pascal Plante | ''Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges)'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller''' | '''''BlackBerry''''' | <ref name=cinematic/> |- | Sarah-Maude Beauchesne | ''Billie Blue (Cœur de slush)'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=blackberry/> |- | Eric K. Boulianne, Francis Leclerc | ''The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur)'' |- | Jacques Davidts | ''Ru'' |- | Fawzia Mirza | ''The Queen of My Dreams'' |- | Alexandra Weir | ''North of Normal'' |- | rowspan="15" align="center"| 2024 13th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Ila Firouzabadi''' | '''''Universal Language (Une langue universelle)''''' | <ref name=universal>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/05/31/csas-25-universal-language-takes-five-at-cinematic-arts-awards/ "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards"]. ''Playback'', May 31, 2025.</ref> |- | Henry Bernadet, Isabelle Brouillette, Nicolas Krief | ''Gamma Rays (Les Rayons gammma)'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=fdq2025>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/ecrans-canadiens-2025-nominations/ "Écrans canadiens 2025: les nominations"]. ''Films du Québec'', March 27, 2025.</ref> |- | Karen Chapman | ''Village Keeper'' |- | Kaniehtiio Horn | ''Seeds'' |- | Sarah Lévesque, François Péloquin | ''The Thawing of Ice (La fonte des glaces)'' |- | Jerome Yoo | ''Mongrels'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Sook-Yin Lee, Joanne Sarazen''' | '''''Paying for It''''' | <ref name=universal/> |- | Jason Buxton | ''Sharp Corner'' | rowspan=5| <ref name=fdq2025/> |- | Sophie Deraspe, Mathyas Lefebure | ''Shepherds (Bergers)'' |- | Atom Egoyan | ''Seven Veils'' |- | Sébastien Girard | ''Blue Sky Jo (La petite et le vieux)'' |- | Naomi Jaye | ''Darkest Miriam'' |- | rowspan="12" align="center"| 2025 14th Canadian Screen Awards |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Original screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''R. T. Thorne, Glenn Taylor''' | '''''40 Acres''''' | <ref name=thorne>Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2026/05/28/csas-26-r-t-thornes-40-acres-leads-cinematic-arts-winners/ "CSAs ’26: R.T. Thorne’s 40 Acres leads cinematic arts winners"]. ''Playback'', May 28, 2026.</ref> |- | Alexandre Auger, Éric K. Boulianne | ''Follies (Folichonneries)'' |rowspan=5| <ref name=2026noms>[https://www.academy.ca/nominees/ "Nominees"]. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, March 25, 2026.</ref> |- | Alexandre Auger, Mathieu Denis | ''The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel)'' |- | Alireza Khatami | ''The Things You Kill'' |- | Chandler Levack | ''Mile End Kicks'' |- | Sophy Romvari | ''Blue Heron'' |- | colspan=3 align=center style="background:#D8D8D8;" | '''Adapted screenplay''' |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Mélanie Charbonneau, Martine Pagé''' | '''''Out Standing''''' | <ref name=thorne/> |- | Philippe Falardeau | ''Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)'' | rowspan=2| <ref name=2026noms/> |- | Catherine Léger | ''Two Women (Deux femmes en or)'' |}

==See also== *Prix Iris for Best Screenplay

==References== {{Reflist}}

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