Even after 35 years in the business, Toronto showrunner and actress Jennifer Podemski says she was “totally beside herself” to see her series “Little Bird” lead the Canadian Screen Awards nominations.
Her Crave/APTN series about an Indigenous woman's search for her birth family received 19 nods from the Academy of CanadianCinema and Television on Wednesday.
“Little Bird” received nods for best drama series, best drama performance for stars Darla Contois and Ellyn Jade, and best drama direction for Zoe Leigh Hopkins and Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, among other nominations. Podemski said creating “Little Bird,” which was shot during the pandemic amid “an apocalyptic winter in Manitoba,” was the most difficult thing she's ever experienced.
“I've been openly anxious about being brought to the centre of the Canadian film industry, mostly because I'm much more comfortable being an outsider,” he said. “We've been on this nearly 20-year journey from the fringes of this industry to somehow getting all this acclaim. It's quite surreal for us,” Miller added.
“It's definitely strange, but then again, the history of Canadian film is very weird. If you look at how much of our industry was built on the tax-shelter films of the '80s, Canadian film comes from, a very strange, outsider place,” he said.“If there's something that we do well in Canada, it's unconventional filmmaking. I think it's good for a big awards show like the CSAs to be recognizing a wide range of films like this.
“Sort Of,” a dramedy about a gender-fluid Pakistani Canadian millennial balancing various identities, is up for best direction and best writing in a comedy. The show is up against Crave's “Bria Mack Gets A Life” and “Letterkenny,” CBC's “Son of a Critch” and “Workin' Moms,” and CTV's “Shelved” for best comedy series.
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