Massive congratulations to Catherine Hernandez, who has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for her feature film Scarborough, based on her bestselling novel of the same name.
About Scarborough:
Scarborough explores the struggles, endurance, and resilience of this culturally diverse Toronto community through the lives of three kids growing up within a system that has set them up for failure. Filmed on location in the Kingston-Galloway/West Hill neighbourhood, Scarborough takes place over the course of a school year.
The Canadian Screen Awards will be announced starting Monday, April 4th. Follow the link to see the full list of nominees: https://www.academy.ca/nominees/?cat=f
Catherine Hernandez is the author of the novel Scarborough, which won the 2015 Jim Wong-Chu Award; was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award, Toronto Book Award, the Evergreen Forest of Reading Award, and Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; and was longlisted for Canada Reads 2018. It made the “Best of 2017” list from The Globe and Mail, National Post, Quill and Quire, and CBC Books. Her plays The Femme Playlist / I Cannot Lie to the Stars That Made Me, Singkil, and Kilt Pins were published by Playwrights Canada Press, and her children’s book M is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book was published by Flamingo Rampant. She is the Artistic Director of b current. Catherine is represented by Samantha Haywood for screenwriting and Marilyn Biderman for books.