The Constellation Awards are Canada’s two-year-old “annual science fiction awards, focused on rewarding excellence in science fiction film and television.” The Constellations “celebrate and honour the actors, writers, and technical artists behind the best of today’s science fiction film and TV works—with an added focus on Canadian contributions to science fiction film and television.” The winners will be announced at Polaris 22, the weekend of 11-13 July 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. Voting is open to all Canadian citizens, as well as attendees of last year’s and this year’s Polaris. To cast a vote, see this page.
This year’s nominees are:
Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode:
Jensen Ackles (in Supernatural‘s “What Is and What Should Never Be”)
Jack Coleman (in Heroes‘s “Company Man”)
Christopher Eccleston (in Heroes‘s “Distractions”)
Zachary Levi (in Chuck‘s “Chuck vs. the Truth”)
Jared Padalecki (in Supernatural‘s “Born Under a Bad Sign”)
David Tennant (in Doctor Who‘s “Human Nature”/”The Family of Blood”)
Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode:
Kristen Bell (in Heroes‘s “Cautionary Tales”)
Kristin Chenoweth (in Pushing Daisies‘s “Dummy”)
Christina Cox (in Blood Ties‘s “5:55”)
Naoko Mori (in Torchwood‘s “Greeks Bearing Gifts”)
Carey Mulligan (in Doctor Who‘s “Blink”)
Katee Sackhoff (in Battlestar Galactica‘s “Maelstrom”)
Amanda Tapping (in Stargate: SG-1‘s “The Road Not Taken”)
Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2007:
Battlestar Galactica
Chuck
Doctor Who
Jericho
Stargate: Atlantis
Supernatural
Best Male Performance in a 2007 Sscience Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series:
Bruce Boxleitner (in Babylon 5: The Lost Tales—Voices in the Dark)
Josh Brolin (in Grindhouse: Planet Terror)
Daniel Craig (in The Golden Compass)
Shia Leboeuf (in Transformers)
James Marsden (in Enchanted)
Will Smith (in I Am Legend)
Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series:
Amy Adams (in Enchanted)
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen (in Battlestar Galactica: Razor)Megan Fox (in Transformers)
Rose McGowan (in Grindhouse: Planet Terror)
Samantha Smith (in Transformers)
Emma Watson (in Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix)
Best Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series of 2007:
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Enchanted
Grindhouse: Planet Terror
I Am Legend
The Last Mimzy
Paprika
Transformers
Best Technical Accomplishment in a 2007 Science Fiction Film or Television Production:
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer‘s Silver Surfer Effects (Spectral Motion & WETA Digital)
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix‘s Costume Design (Jany Temime)
Paprika‘s Animation (Madhouse Studios)
Pushing Daisies‘s Art Direction (William J. Durrell, Jr.)
Star Trek‘s Remastered Special Effects (CBS Digital)
Transformers‘s Transformation Effects (Industrial Light & Magic)
Best Overall 2007 Science Fiction Film or Television Script:
Aeden Babish and Matt McGuiness for Journeyman‘s “Perfidia”
Paul Cornell for Doctor Who‘s “Human Nature”/”The Family of Blood”
Steven S. Deknight for Smallville‘s “Justice”
Eric Kripke for Supernatural‘s “What Is and What Should Never Be”
Steven Moffat for Doctor Who‘s “Blink”
Joe Pokaski for Heroes‘s “Five Years Gone”
Michael Taylor for Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2007:
Doctor Who (Canadian Co-Production)
Tanya Huff (creator of Blood Ties)
Stargate: SG-1 (filmed in Canada)
Supernatural (filmed in Canada)
Torchwood (Canadian co-production)
Laura Vandervoort (actress on Smallville)
The awards are presented and organized by the TCON Promotional Society, the not-for-profit corporation who organize the annual Polaris science fiction event (which used to be known as Toronto Trek).