‘Salt, Fresh & Field’ and ‘Finding Big Country’ win big at #LeoAwards19’s second ceremony
A popular adventure series about local food swept its category at the second night of #LeoAwards19.
Salt, Fresh & Field – a reality show about Western Canadian food sources, communities, and culture that airs on Telus Optik – won five Leos in the Information, Lifestyle or Reality Program or Series category, including Best Program, Best Direction, Best Picture Editing, Best Sound, and Best Host (for co-director and co-producer Chad Brealey, pictured above).
In the Motion Picture category, Edge of the Knife (SGaawaay K'uuna) added to the three awards it won the previous night when Sarah Hedar won the Leo for Best Picture Editing. Edge of the Knife (SGaawaay K'uuna) is the world’s first Haida-language feature film.
Rachel received multiple awards in the Web Series category, including Best Program and Best Performance Female for series star and co-producer Rachel Colwell.
Other big winners include the short documentary Finding Big Country (about filmmaker Kathleen Jayme’s search for former franchise player for the Vancouver Grizzlies, Bryant “Big Country” Reeves) and Animal Behaviour. The Academy Award-nominated animated short – about an animal group therapy session gone barking mad – won Best Direction in an Animated Short and Best Screenwriting in an Animated Short (for David Fine and Alison Snowden) and Best Voice Performance in an Animated Short for Ryan Beil.
The Leo Awards recognize excellence in the British Columbia film and television industry. More than 100 awards are handed out over three ceremonies each year, and #LeoAwards19 kicked off on Saturday night in a ballroom at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Sunday’s ceremony was hosted by Kalyn Miles and Lucie Guest, and the Red Carpet Gala – which will take place on June 1 at the Hyatt Regency – will be hosted by Peter Kelamis.
Full results below:
MOTION PICTURE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – MOTION PICTURE
C. Kim Miles
Welcome To Marwen
BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOTION PICTURE
Sarah Hedar
Edge of the Knife (SGaawaay K'uuna)
BEST MUSICAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Schaun Tozer
Rabbit
TELEVISION MOVIE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – TELEVISION MOVIE
Thomas Harting
Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance
BEST PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION MOVIE
Lisa Robison
The Simone Biles Story: Courage To Soar
BEST SOUND – TELEVISION MOVIE
Greg Stewart, Angelo Nicoloyannis, Jeff Jackman, Aaron Olson, Rick Senechal, Don Harrison, Ian Mackie, James Schoening
Benchwarmers 2
BEST MUSICAL SCORE – TELEVISION MOVIE
Peter Allen
Truly, Madly, Sweetly
SHORT DRAMA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHORT DRAMA
Daniel Carruthers
Encore
BEST PICTURE EDITING – SHORT DRAMA
Alexander Farah
Gong Ju
BEST MUSICAL SCORE – SHORT DRAMA
Sean William
Small Fish
DRAMATIC SERIES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – DRAMATIC SERIES
Brendan Uegama
Riverdale - A Night To Remember
BEST PICTURE EDITING – DRAMATIC SERIES
Daria Ellerman
Take Two - One To The Heart
BEST MUSICAL SCORE – DRAMATIC SERIES
Dan Mangan
Unspeakable - Heat Treatment
FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
I Am MLK Jr.
Derik Murray, Michael Hamilton, John Barbisan, Eric Macdonald, Peter Scarth, Jon Slusser, Jaimee Kosanke, Kevin Kay, Dr. Clayborne Carson - Producers
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Grant Baldwin
This Mountain Life
BEST SCREENWRITING – FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Leon Lee, Caylan Ford
Letter from Masanjia
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Grant Baldwin
This Mountain Life
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Finding Big Country
Kathleen Jayme, Michael Grand, James Brown - Producers
BEST DIRECTION – SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Kathleen Jayme
Finding Big Country
BEST SCREENWRITING – SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Kathleen Jayme
Finding Big Country
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Ian Kerr
After the Sirens
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Paramedics: Life on the Line
Louise Clark, Erin Haskett, Murray Battle, Rudy Buttignol, David Moses, Andrew Easterbrook, Megan Cameron, Ashley Olpherts - Producers
BEST DIRECTION – DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Danny Berish
Red Chef Revival - Maskwacis
BEST SCREENWRITING – DOCUMENTARY SERIES
François-Xavier De Ruydts
Uncharted Canada - Glaciers Whisper
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Shane Geddes
The History Of Food - The Future of Food
ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
BEST ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Corner Gas Animated
David Storey, Brent Butt - Producers
BEST DIRECTION – ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Alison Snowden, David Fine
Animal Behaviour
BEST ART DIRECTION – ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Amanda Strong, Cat Hayes, Femke van Delft, Dusty Hagerud
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
BEST SCREENWRITING – ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Alison Snowden, David Fine
Animal Behaviour
BEST SOUND – ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Jeneen Frei Njootli, Cris Derksen, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Ziibiwan Rivers, Joseph Murray, Lodewijk Vos
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)
BEST MUSICAL SCORE – ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
David Parfit, Marc Junker
Esluna: The First Monolith
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE – ANIMATION PROGRAM OR SERIES
Ryan Beil
Animal Behaviour
WEB SERIES
BEST WEB SERIES
Rachel
Rachel Colwell, Cynde Harmon, Bre Hamilton, Ben Ratner - Producers
BEST PERFORMANCE MALE – WEB SERIES
Matt Hamilton
The Actress Diaries – Lisa Kimberley Hughes Has No Hands
BEST PERFORMANCE FEMALE
Rachel Colwell
Rachel - Get The Phone
INFORMATION, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY PROGRAM OR SERIES
BEST INFORMATION, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY PROGRAM OR SERIES
Salt, Fresh & Field
Chad Brealey, Mary Kellough - Producers
BEST DIRECTION – INFORMATION, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY PROGRAM OR SERIES
Mary Kellough, Chad Brealey
Salt, Fresh & Field - Whitetail
BEST PICTURE EDITING – INFORMATION, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY PROGRAM OR SERIES
Alec MacNeill Richardson
Salt, Fresh & Field - Northern Pike
BEST SOUND
INFORMATION, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY PROGRAM OR SERIES
Mirko Vogel
Salt, Fresh & Field - Whitetail
BEST HOST(S)
INFORMATION, LIFESTYLE OR REALITY PROGRAM OR SERIES
Chad Brealey
Salt, Fresh & Field - Northern Pike
The events aren’t broadcast, but live-tweets can be found at @LeoAwards, @sabrinarmf, and #LeoAwards19. For more about the Leo Awards, visit http://www.leoawards.com.
