The Canadian Society of Cinematographers held its annual awards gala on April 2 at the Arcadian Court in Toronto, where 17 cinematography and specialty awards were handed out. 

Don Carmody presented Rene Ohashi with the Theatrical Feature Cinematography Award for his work on Forsaken, and also presented Glen MacPherson with the Masters Award for outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography.

The TV Series Cinematography award resulted in a rare tie: David Greene won for 12 Monkeys, while Robert McLachlan was awarded for his work on Game of Thrones.

Bobby Shore won the Music Video Cinematography award for Lawrence Rothman’s “Oz Vs. Eden”, which was presented by Naveen Prasad, general manager of Elevation Pictures. Prasad also presented Kris Belchevski with the Dramataic Short Cinematography award for Dredger.

Other award winners include Goh Iromoto, who took home the Webeo award for We Belong to It; Greg Bartels, who received the Lifestyle/Reality Cinematography award for Hand Crafted: The Surfboard Maker; Ryan Knight won the TV Magazine Cinematography award for the “Under Fire” 16×9, episode on Global News; Bobby Shore nabbed his second award for Branded/Corporate/Education Cinematography for DNS “Visions.”

The Robert Brooks Award for Documentary Cinematography was given to Van Royko for his work on KONÉLINE: Our Land Beautiful, and was presented by documentary director and producer Peter Gentile. Gentile also presented the Docudrama Cinematography Award to Benjamin Lichty for Dangerous Persuasions’ “Escape from Jonestown.”

Sheridan College had three students vying for the best Student Cinematography award, which was taken home by Diego Guijarro Alvarez.

The Bill Hilson Award for “outstanding service contributing to the development of the motion picture industry” went to Jeff Flowers from Panavision, while Carlos Esteve received the President’s Award for outstanding service to the CSC, and Barrette Axford was the recipient of the Camera Assistant Award of Merit.

The Fritz Spiess Award for Commercial Cinematography went to Todd M. Duym for Lexus’ “The Choices You Make.” The award was presented by Paul Bronfman, chairman and CEO of William F. White International Inc. and the Comweb Group. Bronfman also announced a new scholarship for Canadian cinematographers in memory of late industry veteran, Vilmos Zsigmond.

The William F. White/ Vilmos Zsigmond Cinematography Scholarship is designed to help provide the next generation of Canadian cinematographers with access to post-secondary education

The $3,000 scholarship will be awarded to one full-time Canadian post-secondary student enrolled in his or her second, third or fourth year of study in an accredited college or university cinematography program during the 2016/2017 academic year.

“We wanted to honour Vilmos’ recent passing and our longstanding business partnership with a lasting tribute, something which we could do in perpetuity,” Bronfman said in a statement.

Applications for the scholarship are due June 30, 2016 and the winner will be announced in early September.