By Rebecca Runz (Staff Writer)
The 2013 Canadian Screen Awards held it’s first annual red carpet Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast Gala in Toronto at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts and presented awards to 37 winners in film and television programming categories. The Event hosted by ever energetic and hilarious Martin Short and was broadcasted live on the CBC.
The inaugural CSA was denominated by the film, Rebelle/War Witch. The film walked away with 10 awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor/Actress.
The awards ceremony was hosted by Martin Short.
| Category | Film | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture | Rebelle / War Witch | Marie-Claude Poulin, Pierre Even |
| Best Feature Length Documentary | Stories We Tell | Anita Lee, Sarah Polley |
| Best Short Documentary | The Boxing Girls of Kabul | Annette Clarke, Ariel Nasr |
| Best Live Action Short Drama | Throat Song | Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Miranda de Pencier |
| Best Animated Short | Paula | Dominic Étienne Simard, Julie Roy |
| Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Still Mine | James Cromwell |
| Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Rebelle / War Witch | Rachel Mwanza |
| Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Rebelle / War Witch | Serge Kanyinda |
| Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Midnight’s Children | Seema Biswas |
| Achievement in Direction | Rebelle / War Witch | Kim Nguyen |
| Original Screenplay | Rebelle / War Witch | Kim Nguyen |
| Adapted Screenplay | Midnight’s Children | Salman Rushdie |
