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Snowtime!, animated tale from Quebec, was biggest Canadian film draw for 2015

The 3D animated film Snowtime! was the top Canadian box office performer in 2015, earning nearly $3.4 million at the box office and now the Cineplex Golden Screen Award as the year's biggest homegrown movie draw.

Golden Screen winners for most-watched TV series, reality show to be announced

Directed by Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson, Snowtime revisits the classic André Melançon tale about two rival bands of kids embroiled in a massive snowball fight over an elaborate snow fort during the winter break. (eOne)

The animated film Snowtime! was the top Canadian box office performer in 2015.

The 3D feature earned $3,359,425 last year, and is the latest recipient of the Cineplex Golden Screen Award for Feature Film as the year's biggest homegrown ticket draw.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television will recognize the film at the Canadian Screen Awards on March 13.

Snowtime! centres on the kids of a small village who decide to have a massive snowball fight. Directed by Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson, based on the classic André Melançon tale, it hit Quebec theatres in November and is set to expand across Canada on Feb. 12. 

The academy will also present Golden Screen Awards to the most-watched TV program and most-watched reality show.

Aunjanue Ellis and Cuba Gooding, Jr. appear in a scene from The Book of Negroes. (CBC/Entertainment One/Conquering Lion Pictures/Out of Africa Entertainment)

The finalists in the category for top series, limited series or TV movie are:

  • CBC's The Book of Negroes
  • CTV's Corner Gas: The Movie
  • CBC's Murdoch Mysteries
  • Global's Rookie Blue
  • CTV's Saving Hope

The reality show finalists are:

  • CTV's The Amazing Race Canada 
  • Global's Big Brother Canada
  • CBC's Canada's Smartest Person
  • CBC's Dragons' Den
  • CTV's MasterChef Canada

The finalists are the five top-rated programs in each genre for the 2014-2015 broadcast year, based on data from Numeris. 

The Amazing Race Canada is hosted by Canadian Olympian Jon Montgomery, left. (Bell Media/Insight Production)