Overview
- The Apprentice, a Canada-Ireland-Denmark co-production, won Best Motion Picture at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards.
- Sebastian Stan earned Best Leading Performance for his role as Donald Trump, and Jeremy Strong won Best Supporting Performance as Roy Cohn.
- Producer Daniel Bekerman used his acceptance speech to criticize President Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty.
- Canada’s Drag Race secured eight Screen Awards, the most of any series, including Best Reality Program.
- Earlier efforts by Trump’s team to block the film’s theatrical release as “election interference” failed to derail its success.