Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian live action short film. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the award was not always presented at every Genie Award ceremony. In years when the award was not presented, a single award was instead presented for Best Theatrical Short Film, inclusive of both animated and live-action shorts. Under current Academy regulations, the awards for live action and animated shorts can be collapsed into a single award if either category receives two or fewer eligible submissions, but remain separate if both categories surpass two submissions. ^[1]

1980s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
1980 1st Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1981 2nd Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1982 3rd Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1983 4th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1984 5th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1985 6th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1986 7th Genie Awards	The Edit	Paul Caulfield	[3]
	Summer Rain (Pluie d’été)	Louis-Georges Tétreault	[4]
	Working Title	Fred Jones, Ken Scott
1987 8th Genie Awards	I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True	Daria Stermac, Kalli Paakspuu	[5]
	It's a Party!	Peg Campbell	[6]
	Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita	Jeremy Podeswa
	Transit	Jean-Roch Marcotte
	Where's Pete	Michael Scott
1988 9th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1989 10th Genie Awards	The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada	Bruce McDonald, Colin Brunton	[7]
	Inside/Out	Lori Spring	[8]
	The Job	Donald Scott
	The Milkman Cometh	Lorne Bailey
	Tenderfoot (Le Pied tendre)	Viateur Castonguay, Roger Boire

1990s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
1990 11th Genie Awards	In Search of the Last Good Man	Peggy Thompson, Peg Campbell	[9]
	The Journey Home	Mary Armstrong	[10]
	Monster in the Coal Bin	Ellen Rutter, Tracy Traeger, Allen Schinkel
	Multiple Choice	Debbie McGee
	Odyssey in August	Leonard Farlinger, Stephen Roscoe
1991 12th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1992 13th Genie Awards	Battle of the Bulge	Arlene Hazzan Green	[11]
	Kumar and Mr. Jones	Paul Brown, Leonard Farlinger	[12]
	Stroke	Gregory Middleton, Mark Sawers
1993 14th Genie Awards	The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore	Laurie Lynd	[13]
	The Date	Linda Theodosakis, Nikos Theodosakis	[14]
	Hate Mail	Chris Kelly, Mark Sawers
	Stereotypes (Stéréotypes)	Marcel Giroux, Jean-Marc Vallée
	Your Country, My Country (Dans ton pays...)	Marquise Lepage
1994 15th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1995 16th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1996 17th Genie Awards	No award presented; see Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film.		[2]
1997 18th Genie Awards	The Hangman's Bride	Naomi McCormack	[15]
	Elevated	Steve Hoban, Vincenzo Natali, Vanessa Laufer	[16]
	SSHHH	Sarah James Overton, Scott Smith, Helen du Toit
	Zie 37 Stagen	Marcel Giroux, Sylvain Guy
1998 19th Genie Awards	When Ponds Freeze Over	Mary Lewis	[17]
	The Chocolate Bomb (La Bombe au chocolat)	Sylvie Rosenthal	[18]
	Claire	Julie Trimingham, Ric Kokotovich
	Elimination Dance	Michael Ondaatje, Sandy Kaplansky, Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar
	Shoes Off!	Mark Sawers, Leah Mallen
1999 20th Genie Awards	Moving Day	Tina Goldlist, Chris Deacon	[19]
	Chronique d'un cheval fou	Michel Juliani, Raymond Gravelle	[20]
	Kuproquo	Jean-François Rivard  [ fr ], Marie-Josée Larocque
	Meanwhile (Pendant ce temps...)	Ghyslaine Côté, Robert Lacerte
	Revisited	Scott Weber

2000s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2000 21st Genie Awards	The Little Varius (Le P'tit Varius)	Alain Jacques, André Théberge	[21]
	Below the Belt	Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert, Kate Gillen	[22]
	Clean Rite Cowboy	Michael Downing, Joel Awerbuck
	Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry	Marlene Rodgers, Ines Buchli
	Soul Cages	Phillip Barker, Simone Urdl
2001 22nd Genie Awards	The Heart of the World	Guy Maddin, Jody Shapiro	[23]
	Camera	David Cronenberg, Jody Shapiro	[24]
	Side Orders (Foie de canard et cœur de femme)	Marie-Josée Larocque, Stéphane Lapointe, Christiane Ciupka
	Three Stories from the End of Everything	John Buchan, Semi Chellas
2002 23rd Genie Awards	I Shout Love	Meredith Caplan, Sarah Polley, Jennifer Weiss	[25]
	Blue Skies	Dawn Rubin, Ann Marie Fleming	[26]
	Clearing Skies (Une éclaircie sur le fleuve)	Barbara Shrier, Rosa Zacharie
	Hit and Run	Éric Couture, Éric Beauséjour, Richard Jutras, Ginette Petit, Christian Larouche
	In Store (En magasin)	Raymond Gravelle, Mario Bonenfant
	Remembrance	Stephanie Morgenstern, Paula Fleck
2003 24th Genie Awards	Noël Blank	Jean-François Rivard, Christiane Ciupka	[27]
	Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl	Brad Peyton, Jim Mauro	[28]
	Lonesome Joe	Leah Mallen, Mark Sawers
	Short Hymn, Silent War	Kate Kung, Sandy Reimer, Charles Officer
	Why Don't You Dance?	Meredith Caplan, Michael Downing, Joel Awerbuck
2004 25th Genie Awards	Capacité 11 personnes	Gaëlle d'Ynglemare, Yves Fortin	[29]
	Choke.	David Hyde, Tyler Levine, Carolyn Newman	[30]
	Desastre	Jay Field, Jane Michener, Ryan O'Donnell
	The Dog Walker	Andrew Rosen, Geoffrey Turnbull, James Genn
	TV Dinner...Burp!	Antonello Cozzolino, Annie Normandin, Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli
2005 26th Genie Awards	Milo 55160	Matthew Cervi, David Ostry	[31]
	The Big Thing	Carl Laudan	[32]
	Noise	Greg Spottiswood, Jason Charters, Liam Romalis
	The Remaining Days (Les Derniers jours)	Simon Olivier Fecteau, Jean-François Lord, Guillaume Lespérance
	Tuesday Morning...Somewhere (Mardi matin...quelque part)	Hélène Bélanger Martin, Antonello Cozzolino
2006 27th Genie Awards	Red (Le rouge au sol)	Maxime Giroux, Paul Barbeau	[33]
	Big Girl	Renuka Jeyapalan, Anneli Ekborn, Michael Gelfand	[34]
	Hiro	Matthew Swanson, Oliver-Barret Lindsay
	Jack and Jacques (Jack et Jacques)	Marie-Hélène Copti
	Snapshots for Henry	Teresa Hannigan, Charlotte Disher
2007 28th Genie Awards	After All (Après tout)	Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Élaine Hébert	[35]
	Regarding Sarah	Michelle Porter, Amy Belling	[36]
	Screening	Anthony Green, Philip Svoboda
	The Tragic Story of Nling	Jeffrey St. Jules, Larissa Giroux
	The Wake of Calum MacLeod (Faire Chaluim Mhic Leòid)	Marc Almon, Nona MacDermid
2008 29th Genie Awards	Next Floor	Denis Villeneuve and Phoebe Greenberg	[37]
	The Answer Key	Samir Rehem, Robin Crumley	[38]
	Beyond the Walls (La Battue)	Guy Édoin, Pascal Bascaron, Sylvain Corbeil
	Can You Wave Bye-Bye?	Sarah Galea-Davis, Paul Barbeau
	My Name Is Victor Gazon (Mon nom est Victor Gazon)	Patrick Gazé, Antonello Cozzolino, Marie-Josée Laroque, Annie Normandin
2009 30th Genie Awards	Danse Macabre	Pedro Pires, Catherine Chagnon	[39]
	Gilles	Constant Mentzas	[40]
	Land of Men (Terre des hommes)	Ky Nam Le Duc
	Life Begins (La Vie commence)	Élaine Hébert, Émile Proulx-Cloutier
	Princess Margaret Blvd.	Dan Montgomery, Kazik Radwanski

2010s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2010 31st Genie Awards	Savage	Lisa Jackson, Lauren Grant, Lori Lozinski	[41]
	File Under Miscellaneous	Jeff Barnaby, John Christou	[42]
	Marius Borodine	Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Vincent Hoss-Desmarais
	Out in That Deep Blue Sea	Kazik Radwanski, Dan Montgomery
	Vapor	Kaveh Nabatian, Cédric Bourdeau, Stéphane Tanguay
2011 32nd Genie Awards	Doubles with Slight Pepper	Ian Harnarine	[43]
	Ora	René Chénier, Philippe Baylaucq	[44]
	La Ronde	Élaine Hébert, Sophie Goyette
	Hope	Pedro Pires, Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso
2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards	Throat Song	Miranda de Pencier, Stacey Aglok Macdonald	[45]
	First Snow (Première neige)	Michaël Lalancette	[46]
	Frost	Lauren Grant, Jeremy Ball, Robert Munroe
	Herd Leader (Chef de meute)	Fanny-Laure Malo, Sarah Pellerin, Chloé Robichaud
	The Near Future (Le futur proche)	Sophie Goyette
2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards	Noah	Patrick Cederberg, Walter Woodman	[47]
	A Grand Canal	Johnny Ma	[48]
	Ina Litovski	Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin
	Remember Me (Mémorable moi)	Jean-François Asselin
	Time Flies (Nous avions)	Stéphane Moukarzel
2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards	Hole	Martin Edralin, Laura Perlmutter, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith	[49]
	The Cut (La Coupe)	Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering	[50]
	Follow the Fox (Suivre la piste du renard)	Simon Laganière
	Little Brother (Petit frère)	Rémi St-Michel, Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Éric K. Boulianne
	Sleeping Giant	Andrew Cividino, Karen Harnisch, Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger
2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards	She Stoops to Conquer	Zack Russell, Marianna Khoury	[51]
	Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre)	Philippe-David Gagné, Jean-Marc E. Roy	[52]
	Mynarski Death Plummet (Mynarski chute mortelle)	Matthew Rankin, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
	Overpass (Viaduc)	Patrice Laliberté
	Roberta	Catherine Chagnon, Caroline Monnet
2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards	Mutants	Alexandre Dostie, Hany Ouichou, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette	[53]
	A Funeral for Lightning	Emily Kai Bock	[54]
	Oh What a Wonderful Feeling	François Jaros, Fanny-Laure Malo
	Star	Émilie Mannering, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering
	Wild Skin (La Peau sauvage)	Ariane Louis-Seize, Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Hany Ouichou
2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards	Fluffy	Lee Filipovski	[55]
	The Beep Test (La Course navette)	Maxime Aubert, Audrey D. Laroche	[56]
	Garage at Night (Garage de soir)	Daniel Daigle, Aurélie Breton
	Plain and Simple (Tout simplement)	Raphaël Ouellet, Annick Blanc
	Pre-Drink	Marc-Antoine Lemire, Maria Gracia Turgeon
2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards
	Fauve	Jérémy Comte, Maria Gracia Turgeon, Evren Boisjoli	[57]
	The Colour of Your Lips (La couleur de tes lèvres)	Annick Blanc, Maria Gracia Turgeon	[58]
	The Fish and the Sea	Phillip Thomas
	For Nonna Anna	Luis De Filippis
	Mahalia Melts in the Rain	Émilie Mannering, Carmine Pierre-Dufour. Sarah Mannering, Fanny Drew
2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards
	Pick	Alicia K. Harris	[59]
	Black Forest (Forêt Noire)	Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Julie Groleau	[60]
	Just Me and You (Juste moi et toi)	Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Johannie Deschambault
	Kinship	Jorge Camarotti
	My Boy (Mon Boy)	Sarah Pellerin, Fanny-Laure Malo, Annie-Claude Quirion

2020s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards
	Black Bodies	Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, Tamar Bird, Sasha Leigh Henry	[61]
	Bad Omen	Salar Pashtoonyar	[62]
	Benjamin, Benny, Ben	Paul Shkordoff, Jason Aita
	Cayenne	Simon Gionet
	Goodbye Golovin	Mathieu Grimard, Simon Corriveau
2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards
	Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit)	Katerine Martineau, Guillaume Collin	[63]
	Fanmi	Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, François Bonneau, Carmine Pierre-Dufour	[64]
	In the Jam Jar	Étienne Hansez, Colin Nixon
	Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les Grandes claques)	Annie St-Pierre, Sarah Mannering, Fanny Drew
	Ousmane	Jorge Camarotti
2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards
	Simo	Rosalie Chicoine Perreault, Aziz Zoromba	[65]
	III	Salomé Villeneuve, Catherine Boily, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault	[66]
	À la vie à l'amor	Lex Garcia, Léonie Hurtubise, Émilie Mannering
	Mimine	Simon Laganière, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering
	No Ghost in the Morgue	Marilyn Cooke, Kélyna N. Lauzier
2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards
	Motherland	Jasmin Mozaffari, Priscilla Galvez, Caitlin Grabham	[67]
	Death to the Bikini! (À mort le bikini!)	Justine Gauthier, Léonie Hurtubise	[68]
	Heat Spell (L'Été des chaleurs)	Amélie Tremblay, Marie-Pier Dupuis, Dominique Dussault
	Invincible	Samuel Caron, Vincent René-Lortie
	Mothers and Monsters	Patrick Francke-Sirois, Isabelle Grignon-Francke, Édith Jorisch
2024 13th Canadian Screen Awards
	On a Sunday at Eleven	Alicia K. Harris	[69]
	Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?	Emily Harris, Bec Pecaut	[70]
	Bibi's Dog Is Dead	Shervin Kermani
	Fantas	Halima Elkhatabi
	Gender Reveal	Mo Matton, Léonie Hurtubise

See also

• Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film

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