Docs ‘Our Man in Tehran,’ ‘Tales from the Organ Trade’ split Screen Awards

TORONTO – So far, “The Amazing Race Canada” is having an amazing run at the Canadian Screen Awards.

The second season of the popular CTV reality series claimed three trophies at an early awards show Tuesday, which recognized the best in documentary, reality, lifestyle, news, sports and digital media categories.

It included wins for best direction, picture editing and writing. The best reality show trophy will be handed out Sunday.

The documentary prizes were split between TMN/Movie Central’s “Our Man in Tehran,” which took five awards including best doc and direction, and History Channel’s “Tales from the Organ Trade,” which claimed four, including best writing and the Donald Britton Award for best social/political doc.

Winners in the news categories included Global National for best national newscast, CBC’s “The Fifth Estate” for best news or information program, CTV’s “W5” journalist Tom Kennedy for best host or interviewer in a news or information program or series, and CTV News journalist Janis Mackey Frayer for best national reportage. The prize for best live sports event went to CBC’s coverage of the Olympic women’s gold medal hockey game.

More trophies are set to be handed out Wednesday in drama, comedy, variety, children’s and performing arts categories.

The Canadian Screen Awards celebrate the best in homegrown film, television and digital media. Andrea Martin will host a televised ceremony Sunday night when winners in the marquee categories will be announced. It airs on CBC-TV.