Quebec talent swept the major film categories at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards, held on March 9 in Toronto at a CBC Broadcast Gala hosted by Martin Short.

Louise Archambault's Gabrielle, about a young woman with special needs who is struggling to live her life as an independent adult, was named best motion picture. Its lead star, Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, won the best actress award, beating the likes of Tatiana Maslany (Cas & Dylan), who won best actress in a TV series for Orphan Black, and Cara Gee (Empire of Dirt).

Meanwhile, Gabriel Arcand of Le Démantèlement (The Auction) beat Hollywood stars Jake Gyllenhaal (Enemy) and Daniel Radcliffe (The F-Word) for the best actor award.

Denis Villeneuve (who was nominated for an Oscar for Incendies) was named the best director award for his erotic thriller Enemy (which collected five awards).

Best original screenplay went to Empire of Dirt by Shannon Masters while best adapted screenplay went to The F-Word by Elan Mastai. Both have B.C. connections.

Anne Wheeler's Chi, about Vancouver star Babz Chula's pursuit of cancer treatment in India, won the best short documentary award while the Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal collaboration Watermark, a look at how water is used by humans around the world, was named best feature-length documentary.

Call Me Fitz led the main TV categories, winning best program, actor (Jason Priestley), and actress (Tracy Dawson) in the TV comedy awards.

Best acting awards in a TV drama or miniseries went to the leads of Jack: Rick Roberts, who portrayed the late NDP leader Jack Layton, and Vancouver-raised Sook-Yin Lee, who played his wife Olivia Chow.

The CBC's Dragon's Den won best TV reality/competition series.

Ann Shin, another B.C.–related winner, collected two awards for The Defector: Escape from North Korea: best documentary program and the Academy Diversity Award.

B.C. boy Michael Bublé won best host in a TV series for the 2013 Juno Awards.

Other B.C.–related winners included Brent Hodge and Grant Lawrence, who won best original program for digital media (non-fiction) for CBC Music Presents: The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions; Graeme Manson, who won best writing in a TV dramatic series for Orphan Black; and Glen Suitor, who won best sports analyst for the Grey Cup. 

Renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award while producer Don Carmody received the Cineplex Golden Reel Award for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which won four awards.

A full list of nominees and winners is available at the CSA website.