APPLAUSE

Dan Levy won MTV’s 2019 Best Comedic Performance Award for Schitt’s Creek. He’s showrunner, writer, director, producer and performer of the critically acclaimed Canadian CBC series. Dan co-created Schitt’s Creek with his father, Eugene Levy, and stars alongside Eugene, Catherine O’Hara, Annie Murphy and Chris Elliott. The show was recently nominated for four Emmy Awards for its fifth season, including best comedy series. In 2016, Levy won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series for Schitt’s Creek, which also took home the Best Comedy award that year. Levy began his screen career co-hosting MTV Canada’s flagship show MTV Live and recently he signed a three-year deal with ABC Studios.‍
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AFBS awarded ACTRA member Joanne Vannicola with the 2019 Leslie Yeo Award for Volunteerism, which recognizes an AFBS member’s exceptional community spirit. The award celebrates Joanne’s extensive work as an advocate for survivors of child abuse, youth and women’s rights, violence issues and LGBTQ rights. Joanne founded the non-profit organization Youth Out Loud in 2004 and is the chair of ACTRA Toronto’s outACTRAto Committee. AFBS proudly presented Joanne’s award at AFBS’s Annual General Meeting and Members’ Social, which took place in June at The Globe and Mail Centre in Toronto, Ontario. afbs.ca
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This year, ACTRA Manitoba presented outstanding performance awards for Manitoba productions screened at the 19th annual Gimli Film Festival on July 27. Nancy Sorel won Best Performance by a Female for her role in Platypus and Adam Brooks won Best Performance by a Male for his work in Chowboys: An American Folktale. Wendy Crewson was honoured with the Alda Award in recognition of her illustrious acting career in Canada and abroad. The Gimli Film Festival takes place in Gimli, Manitoba. gimlifilm.com
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