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Prism Prize Eligible Video: Donovan Woods- Grew Apart

The 2020 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Peter Huang, for his clip for Jessie Reyez's Far Away. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos that were eligible for the Prize, including this one from a Juno-winning roots singer/songwriter.

Prism Prize Eligible Video: Donovan Woods- Grew Apart

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The 2020 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Peter Huang, for his clip for Jessie Reyez's Far Away. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos that were eligible for the Prize, including this one from a Juno-winning roots singer/songwriter.


Donovan Woods - Grew Apart

Donovan Woods is a Canadian folk and country singer/songwriter born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario. With a multitude of albums and songs, Woods continues to create music with the sounds of folk and roots. He has had success with other artists covering his songs, and in 2019 he won a Juno Award in the Contemporary Roots Album of the Year category for his release Both Ways.

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Speaking, or rather singing, from the heart is what Woods knows best. The same holds true for his song and video for Grew Apart, which according to Rolling Stone, is a “simmering break-up tune”. 

Shot in Toronto, the clip shows the protagonist flashing between memories of his past relationship and conversations with friends on their thoughts of the best methods to move on. Clearly still hanging on to the past, the man can be seen rewatching old videos while simultaneously, telling his friends “it’s for the best” in an attempt to hide his true feelings about the situation. 

This video showcases the realities of a breakup and the different ways in which a person copes with those realities. 

Executive Producer: Cherie Sinclair, The Field Inc. 

Producer: Michael Mandarano

Director: Ryley Burghall 

Director of Photography: Mat Barkley

Production Designer: Jennifer Lumsden

Art Assistant: Rachel Marszalek  

1st AC: Alexander Clark

2nd ACs: Robin Clason, Elise Ardizzi

Key Grip: Nick Julian 

Swings: Khanya Alexis, Simon Sealy

Hair and Makeup by: Jooyeon Kim

Audio: Joshua Homoki 

Edited by: Joey Whitelaw, Rooster Post Production 

Colouring by: Clinton Homuth, Artjail Toronto

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Production Coordinator: Tash Williams

Production Assistants: Nikhil Asnani, Jeffrey Chiu, Peter Conroy, Ashutosh Sharma

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See Who Was Nominated — and Who Was Passed Over — in Oscars’ 2025 Music Categories

This is the fifth year in a row that one or more non-English language songs has been nominated for best original song.

Diane Warren received her 16th Oscar nomination for best original song on Thursday (Jan. 23) — a tally equaled by only three other songwriters in the 91-year history of the category. Sammy Cahn leads with 26 nods, followed by Johnny Mercer with 18 and Paul Francis Webster, also with 16. Warren was nominated this year this year for “The Journey,” sung by H.E.R. in The Six Triple Eight.

Moreover, this is the eighth year in a row Warren has been nominated, which enables her to tie Cahn for the longest continuous streak of nominations in this category. Cahn was nominated eight years running from 1954 to 1961.

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