The Stratford Festival has received nine nominations for this year's Canadian Screen Awards.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announced the 2016 nominations this week.
The 2015 Stratford HD projects, King Lear, King John, and Antony and Cleopatra, have been honoured.
Executive Director Anita Gaffney says they are thrilled that their first installment of Stratford Festival HD project was recognized. She says the goal is to film all of Shakespeare's plays over ten years.
All of the HD films were broadcast on CBC-TV and screen at Cineplex theatres across the country.
The Canadian Screen Awards will be handed out at gala events in Toronto in March.
“These nominations are welcome recognition indeed for this ambitious undertaking,” says Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, who also directed King Lear. “I am personally delighted to see the nominations for King Lear, and equally proud of the success of all three titles.”
The festival’s nominations are as follows:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series
- Yanna McIntosh
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Seana McKenna
- King John
- Colm Feore, King Lear
- Tom McCamus, King John
- Geraint Wyn Davies, Antony and Cleopatra
- King John
- Barry Avrich, Susan Edwards, Anita Gaffney, Michael Levine
- King Lear
- Barry Avrich, Susan Edwards, Anita Gaffney, Michael Levine
- Gerald Altenburg, Sue Upton
- King Lear
- Best Costume Design
- Carolyn M. Smith
- King John
