The Golden Screen Award, formerly known as the Golden Reel Award, is a Canadian
film
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award, presented to the Canadian film with the biggest
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The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Available f ...
. The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association introduced this award in 1976 as part of the
Canadian Film Awards
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until 1979. The Golden Reel became part of the
Genie Award
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s ceremonies in 1980, and is currently part of the
Canadian Screen Awards
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. It was renamed from Golden Reel to Golden Screen as of the
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
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film from
Quebec
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, the award often (although not always) went to the same film as the ''Billet d'or'' ("Golden Ticket"), which was presented by the
Prix Iris
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Public Prize in 2016.
In 2015, the Academy also introduced Golden Screen Awards for fiction and reality television, to honour the highest-rated Canadian television shows in each category.
Why Shoot the Teacher?
''Why Shoot the Teacher?'' is a 1977 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Kenneth Griffith, and Chris Wiggins. It is based on a book of the same name by Max Braithwaite.
Plot
The plot i ...
Meatballs
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The Dog Who Stopped the War
''The Dog Who Stopped the War'' (french: La guerre des tuques, lit. "The Tuque War") is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by André Melançon. The film was the first in the '' Tales for All (Contes pour tous)'' series of children's movies create ...
(La Guerre des tuques)''
* 1985 - ''
The Care Bears Movie
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* 1986 - ''
The Decline of the American Empire
''The Decline of the American Empire'' (french: Le Déclin de l'empire Américain) is a 1986 Canadian sex comedy- drama film directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Pierre Curzi and Dorothée Berryman. The film follows a group of ...
(Le Déclin de l'empire américain)''
* 1987 - '' The Gate''
* 1988 - ''
The Tadpole and the Whale
''Tadpole and the Whale'' (french: La Grenouille et la baleine) is a Canadian children's fantasy film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1988 as part of the Tales for All series."Demers film Tadpole wins a Golden Reel as box-office ch ...
(La Grenouille et la baleine)''
* 1989 - ''
Jesus of Montreal
''Jesus of Montreal'' (french: Jésus de Montréal) is a 1989 French Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a g ...
Black Robe
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Johnny Mnemonic
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* 1995 - ''
Crash
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* 1996 - ''
Air Bud
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Plot
Afte ...
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* 1997 - ''not awarded this year''
* 1998 - ''
Les Boys
''Les Boys'' is a 1997 Quebec-made comedy film directed by Louis Saia. It has spawned three sequels and by any measure (profit, box office or attendance) is the most successful Quebec made film series of all time, and one of the most successful ...
''
* 1999 - ''
Les Boys II
''Les Boys'' is a 1997 Quebec-made comedy film directed by Louis Saia. It has spawned three sequels and by any measure ( profit, box office or attendance) is the most successful Quebec made film series of all time, and one of the most successfu ...
''
* 2000 - ''
The Art of War
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* 2001 - '' Wedding Night (Nuit de noces)''
* 2002 - ''
Les Boys III
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Bon Cop, Bad Cop
''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' is a 2006 Canadian dark comedy- thriller buddy cop film about two police officers – one Ontarian and one Québécois – who reluctantly join forces to solve a murder. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French. The ...
Father and Guns
''Father and Guns (french: De père en flic, italic=yes)'' is a Canadian comedy film originating from Quebec that was released in 2009. Directed by Émile Gaudreault, the film stars Michel Côté and Louis-José Houde as Jacques and Marc Laroc ...
CBC News
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Pompeii
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* 2015 - ''
Snowtime!
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Toronto Star
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'', March 9, 2018.
* 2018 - ''
1991
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* 2019 - ''
Compulsive Liar
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Rookie Blue
''Rookie Blue'' is a Canadian police drama television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8 ...
'' (fiction), ''
The Amazing Race Canada
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The Amazing Race Canada
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'' (reality)
* 2016 - ''
Murdoch Mysteries
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'' (fiction), ''
The Amazing Race Canada
''The Amazing Race Canada'' is a Canadian adventure reality game show based on the international ''Amazing Race'' franchise. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show follows teams of two as they race across Canada and ar ...
'' (reality)
* 2017 - ''
Murdoch Mysteries
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'' (fiction), ''
The Amazing Race Canada
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'' (reality)
* 2018 - ''
The Indian Detective
''The Indian Detective'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama series which debuted on CTV and Netflix in 2017.The Amazing Race Canada
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ET Canada
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'', March 28, 2019.
* 2019 - ''
Murdoch Mysteries
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The Amazing Race Canada
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