The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of advance Canadian Screen Week galas in the week before the main ceremony. the gala for creative fiction storytelling was held on March 27, the gala for digital production was held on March 28, and the gala for film craft categories was held in the afternoon of March 31. The broadcast ceremony had no overall host, with the academy clarifying that the decision was made before the
Academy Awards made the same announcement. The ceremony did, however, included pretaped comedy segments from performers such as the casts of
Baroness von Sketch Show and
Letterkenny, as well as a short welcome introduction by actor
Andrew Phung and drag queen
Tynomi Banks. In film,
The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) was the year's big winner with five awards, although the Best Picture award went to
A Colony (Une colonie). In television, the drama series
Anne with an E and
Cardinal tied for the most wins, with seven awards each. ==Special awards==