Break out the maple syrup—we’ve got BIG news to share!
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy) has announced the nominees for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, and we are thrilled to share that our 9 Story and Brown Bag shows have racked up an incredible combined total of 9 nominations! The 13th annual awards celebrating excellence on-screen across 149 television, film and digital media categories, will be presented over three days in Toronto, ending with The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, hosted by Canadian comedian Lisa Gilroy, streaming live in its entirety on Sunday, June 1 at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT on the free CBC Gem streaming service.
Now on to our exceptional nominated series and nominees…
First up, our favourite Creature Adventurers the Wild Kratts (9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company) snagged not one, but two nominations. The series is nominated for ‘Best Animated Program or Series,’ rounding out the group of five outstanding nominated series including Unicorn Academy (Spin Master), Rubble & Crew (Spin Master), Camp Snoopy (WildBrain), and Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (WildBrain). And the directing duo Martin Kratt and Louis Champagne are both nomination for ‘Best Direction, Animation’ for the Wild Kratts episode ‘Our Blue and Green World – Part 1.’
Our Wild Kratts directors are not our only 9 Story & Brown Bag Films honourees in the ‘Best Direction, Animation’ category, Rosie’s Rules director Heejung Yun and Paul Riley are nominated for their work on the episode ‘The Jalapeño Giant.’ Filling out the category are Mélanie Daigle for Camp Snoopy (WildBrain), Diana Basso and Joey So for Rubble & Crew (Spin Master Entertainment) and John Lei for Dino Ranch (Boat Rocker, Industrial Brothers.)
Our series also snagged up multiple writing nominations. In the category of ‘Best Writing, Animation,’ Kyah Green was nominated for their work on the episode “Straight from the Horse’s Mouth” from Open Season: Call of Nature and Lindsey Addawoo was nominated for their work on the episode “I Am Bessie Coleman” from Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. Also nominated in the category are Roger Bainbridge for Doomlands, Josette Jorge for Galapagos, and Scott Montgomery, Robb Armstrong, Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz, and Cornelius Uliano for Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin.
Let’s Go, Bananas! scooped up a nomination for ‘Best Original Music, Animation’ by Matt Ouimet, along with Ian LeFeuvre for Builder Brothers Dream Factory, Graeme Cornies, Brian Pickett, James Chapple for PAW Patrol, Petteri Sainio for Rocket Club, and Graeme Cornies, Brian Pickett, James Chapple for Rubble & Crew.
Our Open Season: Call of Nature audio team made up of Rob Andres and Stephen Mullett received a nomination for ‘Best Sound, Animation,’ joining other category nominees Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Anita Yung, Madelyn Southward, Kyle Peters, Katie Pagacz, Bethany Masters, Patton Rodrigues, Mitch Connors for PAW Patrol, Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Kyle Peters, Bethany Masters, Luke Dante, Patton Rodrigues for Rubble & Crew, and Brendan Quinn, Tyler Tsang, Ethan Myers, Julian Rudd, Art Mullin, Drew Snyder, Levi Considine, Kevin Chamberlain, Chris Battaglia, Ryan Chalmers for Unicorn Academy.
Finally, we also want to congratulate our Open Season: Call of Nature voice talent for their nominations in the ‘Best Voice Performance’ category, including Joshua Graham who plays the character of Elliot on the series and Josette Jorge who voices the character of Giselle.
Best Animated Program or Series
- Wild Kratts
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Chris Kratt, Vince Commisso, Martin Kratt, Blake Tohana, Cheryl Knapp, Coral Schoug, Nora Keely
- Broadcaster & Channel: TVO, TVOKids
Best Direction, Animation
- Wild Kratts, ‘Our Blue and Green World – Part 1′
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Martin Kratt, Louis Champagne
- Broadcaster & Channel: TVO, TVOKids
Best Direction, Animation
- Rosie’s Rules, ‘The Jalapeño Giant’
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Heejung Yun
- Broadcaster & Channel: TVO, TVOKids
Best Writing, Animation
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, ‘I Am Bessie Coleman’
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Lindsey Addawoo
- Broadcaster & Channel: TVO, TVOKids
Best Writing, Animation
- Open Season: Call of Nature, ‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth’
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Kyah Green
- Broadcaster & Channel: WildBrain, Family Channel
Best Sound, Animation
- Open Season: Call of Nature, ‘Radio Wild’
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Rob Andres, Stephen Mullett
- Broadcaster & Channel: WildBrain, Family Channel
Best Original Music, Animation
- Let’s Go, Bananas!, ‘Daddy Date Night’
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Matt Ouimet
- Broadcaster & Channel: CBC, CBC
Best Voice Performance
- Open Season: Call of Nature
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Joshua Graham as Elliot
- Broadcaster & Channel: WildBrain, Family Channel
Best Voice Performance
- Open Season: Call of Nature
- Production Companies: 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
- Nominees: Josette Jorge as Giselle
- Broadcaster & Channel: WildBrain, Family Channel
All our 2025 Canadian Screen Awards nominated series are animated in Toronto, Canada, by the world-class animation studio Brown Bag Films, and produced by 9 Story Media Group. The extraordinary animal-powered adventures of Wild Kratts is co-produced by the Kratt Brothers Company, and the animated adventure-comedy hit Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is based on Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos’ best-selling kids book series, Ordinary People Change the World. Rosie’s Rules was created by Emmy Award-winning writer and children’s book author, Jennifer Hamburg (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Super Why!, Pinkalicious & Peterrific,Cyberchase, Doc McStuffins). Hamburg also serves as Executive Producer on the series, along with TV veteran, Mariana Diaz-Wionczek, PhD, (Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go!, Santiago of the Seas). Open Season: Call of Nature is based on the characters from the Sony Pictures Animation motion pictures and Let’s Go, Bananas! was created by award-winning writer and producer Tim Bain, creator of action-comedy series Kangaroo Beach and writer on hit children’s series including Bluey, PJ Masks, Thomas the Tank Engine and Aardman’s Epic Adventures of Morph.
A MASSIVE thanks to our outstanding crews, amazing partners, and a huge congratulations to all of this year’s nominees! These nominations are a testament to the passion, creativity, and dedication of each production’s team. A round of applause to everyone involved in bringing these series from script to screen. We will be rooting for everyone during The Scripted Television Awards, which will be presented on Saturday, May 31, at 7pm ET.
The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards will be handed out from Friday, May 30, 2025, to Sunday, June 1, 2025, at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto. Nominees and winners will be celebrated alongside this year’s Special Award recipients in a series of five award shows, culminating with the finale: The 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, hosted by Lisa Gilroy, available live on CBC Gem.
The full schedule is as follows:
Friday, May 30, 2025
12:30 PM ET: The News, Entertainment, and Sports Awards, presented by CTV News, Crave, and TSN
7:00 PM ET: The Documentary, Factual, Lifestyle, and Reality Awards, presented by Crave
Saturday, May 31, 2025
12:30 PM ET: The Cinematic Arts Awards, presented by Telefilm Canada, supported by Cineplex
7:00 PM ET: The Scripted Television Awards
Sunday, June 1, 2025
8:00 PM (9 AT, 9:30 NT): The 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (broadcast show on CBC and CBC Gem)