VIDEO: Nominations Announced for the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards; Andrea Martin To Host Ceremony March 1 on CBC

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"Today we are very proud to reveal the nominees for the 2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS," says Helga Stephenson, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. "2014 was an exceptionally competitive year for Canadian film, television & digital media," Stephenson adds. "The Academy received a record number of Canadian Screen Awards submissions, which is also a good sign for the industry."

CSA nominations in 128 categories (24 film, 97 in television and 7 in digital media) were announced today at simultaneous press conferences in Toronto and Montreal and via live webcast on the Academy's new FanZone website, launched today. "Congratulations to all our 2015 Canadian Screen Awards nominees," says Stephenson. "We're looking forward to a great year with a brand new production team spotlighting stories about our country's best talent in a bold new way," she adds.

Cimoroni & Company and Rick Chisholm, co-producers of this year's Canadian Screen Awards, also produced the new 2015 CSA Trailer, launched today, that will play in both French and English on approximately 2,800 cinema screens nationwide.

The Academy's Canadian Screen Week features ten events in seven days, beginning February 23 and culminating with the Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast, hosted by Andrea Martin, on CBC, live from the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, on March 1, 2015, at 8pm (8:30 NT).

Andrea Martin recently released her new book "Lady Parts", and received a Tony Award for her role in Broadway's Pippin. She will soon star in an upcoming sequel to the hit film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.'

The two-time Tony Award winner was most recently seen in the NBC comedy series "Working the Engels." She appeared on the New York stage most recently in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Act One, winning an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance. Her other theatre credits include Exit the King, Young Frankenstein, Oklahoma, Candide and My Favorite Year, for which she won her first Tony Award. Her film and TV credits include The Producers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, All Over the Guy, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Breaking Upwards, and "SCTV," for which she earned two Emmy Awards. She will next be seen on screen in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

Click here for a list of nominations for film. | Click here for a list of nominations for television.

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