{"id":2973,"date":"2017-03-13T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/03\/13\/orphan-black-its-only-the-end-of-the-world-win-big-at-canadian-screen-awards\/"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:39:14","slug":"orphan-black-its-only-the-end-of-the-world-win-big-at-canadian-screen-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/03\/13\/orphan-black-its-only-the-end-of-the-world-win-big-at-canadian-screen-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Orphan Black, It’s Only the End of the World win big at Canadian Screen Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBC<\/em><\/p>\n

Sure, there were some big winners at the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs), with the sci-fi thriller\u00a0Orphan Black<\/em>, sprinter bio pic\u00a0Race\u00a0<\/em>and the Xavier Dolan-directed\u00a0It’s Only the End of the World\u00a0<\/em>taking home trophy after trophy.<\/p>\n

But it was the handful of heartfelt speeches that made for the most memorable moments during Sunday’s gala in Toronto, hosted by Howie Mandel.<\/p>\n

Like Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s acceptance speech. The\u00a0Kim’s Convenience\u00a0<\/em>star\u00a0nabbed best actor in a comedic role and he sure was proud.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I deserved,” he joked in character as Appa, the moment\u00a0he got up to the mic.<\/p>\n

He then took a big sigh, dropping\u00a0Appa’s accent,\u00a0and told the crowd he was “living in a dream.” Lee\u00a0introduced himself as an immigrant and stressed how important\u00a0shows and characters like Kim’s<\/em> are given\u00a0the current\u00a0political climate.<\/p>\n

“We might have some cultural differences but deep down inside when it comes to family, we are all the same,” he said, moving some of his castmates to tears.\u00a0“I’ve never been more proud to be a Canadian than right now.”<\/p>\n

All this came after Tatiana\u00a0Maslany’s back-to-back wins for her work in Orphan Black\u00a0<\/em>and The Other Half<\/em>, where she was the one holding back tears and Adrian Holmes’s moving tribute to “all minorities,” which ran overtime and had him yelling over the play-him-off\u00a0band (he won best actor in a dramatic role for\u00a019-2<\/em>).<\/p>\n

It was a theme that ran throughout the evening\u00a0\u2014 winners were surprised, overwhelmed or\u00a0emotional, sometimes a mix of the three.<\/p>\n

“This has been, without a doubt, the most f—–g surreal day of my life,” Lee told reporters backstage post-win.<\/p>\n

Mandel channels Oscars skits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday’s\u00a0gala marked the end of the CSAs, an exhaustive week-long celebration of Canadian film, television and digital media, put on by the\u00a0Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.<\/p>\n

Mandel kept spirits high as host however, spending a large chunk of the televised two-hour show out in the crowd, playfully interacting with the performers. There were shades of past Oscars skits as Mandel also gabbed with non-stars, from a woman sitting in the crowd to a trombonist\u00a0in\u00a0the pit band.<\/p>\n

At one point, he handed out a birthday card\u00a0for the crowd to sign to celebrate Canada’s 150th\u00a0anniversary.<\/p>\n

Dolan’s film raked in the most trophies of the evening \u2014 six for best film, adapted screenplay, directing, make-up, cinematography and\u00a0acting\u00a0\u2014\u00a0but the Quebec director couldn’t make it, awkwardly sending a surrogate in his place to read prepared remarks off a smart phone.<\/p>\n

Between the televised gala and non-televised pre-show awards which started the evening,\u00a0CBC picked up eight trophies for\u00a0its shows and documentaries including Murdoch Mysteries<\/em>, Schitt’s Creek<\/em>, the Rio Olympic coverage\u00a0and last summer’s\u00a0broadcast of the Tragically Hip\u00a0show in Kingston.\u00a0Among the night’s big winners:<\/p>\n